Random Green Day Thoughts

[HoneyEmerald]

59 minutes ago, Christian's Inferno! said:

I understand the criticism but I don't really agree with it for the most part. I think when people say a certain song is bad lyrically, they usually mean there are 1 or 2 lines in the song or in one verse that they don't like and then they ignore the rest of the lyrics. There are lyrics that are pretty bad or generic, but I mean it's no worse than what I'd expect from a trilogy of albums

Btw in my original comment, I accidentally said that most of the lyrics are meaningless filler when I meant to say that people think most of the lyrics are meaningless filler. I edited my original comment

How do any of us know what other people think? We can only truly know what we ourselves think…

[Slave To The Network]

Misery is such a strange song, but Billie's vocals on it are just phenomenal and that's what makes it for me. Otherwise I wouldn't give it a second thought.

Oh, and unrelated, I helped out a guy today at work who's name was Kevin Preston. 

[dreamykatie]

Misery is seriously my 2nd or 3rd favorite off of Warning because it's so strange! And you're right, Billie's vocals are amazing on it. Such a shame we'll never hear it live because of what makes it so unique!

[pacejunkie punk]

21 minutes ago, dreamykatie said:

Misery is seriously my 2nd or 3rd favorite off of Warning because it's so strange! And you're right, Billie's vocals are amazing on it. Such a shame we'll never hear it live because of what makes it so unique!

I love that like Homecoming it’s a song that they all wrote together it’s a big part of what makes those songs so unusual sounding and special

[dreamykatie]

2 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I love that like Homecoming it’s a song that they all wrote together it’s a big part of what makes those songs so unusual sounding and special

Ah really? That's incredible! I knew about Homecoming and I think it's such an underrated gem, it's so cool to know that's the case with Misery too! Makes me hope we'll get a song like that off of 1972. 

[pacejunkie punk]

4 minutes ago, dreamykatie said:

Ah really? That's incredible! I knew about Homecoming and I think it's such an underrated gem, it's so cool to know that's the case with Misery too! Makes me hope we'll get a song like that off of 1972. 

I would love that

[Slave To The Network]

I was just listening to Homecoming today and marveling at what a fucking masterpiece of a song it is! I so wish they would play it live again. 

[That Dude]

Just finished the Redundant Podcast on Bullet in a Bible and it's a lot of fun!  Those guys are all about the Idiot era and had a lot of praise for it.  I need to revisit it, maybe that's something me and my son can do here soon.

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

I never realised the musical soundtrack vinyl was worth much. I see it sells from between £113-£220! One went yesterday for £165!

[That Dude]

Redundant Podcast actually liked Father of All, I can't believe it.

But they absolutely hated the musical and Shenanigans, oooph. 

 

 

[Flashback]

Is it just me or is Green Day recently headlining more festivals than they used to? Maybe people started recognizing again how great they are live 😄

[jengd]

Spread the word!

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

1 hour ago, Flashback said:

Is it just me or is Green Day recently headlining more festivals than they used to? Maybe people started recognizing again how great they are live 😄

Definitely seem to be playing a lot, lot more festivals (which is kinda shitty for us but great if it means more people are recognising how great they are. Personally I'd say it's possibly Crush but what do I know?) 

[The Grohl]

30 minutes ago, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said:

which is kinda shitty for us 

Sums up my feelings about Green Day at festival quite nicely.

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

2 hours ago, Flashback said:

Is it just me or is Green Day recently headlining more festivals than they used to? Maybe people started recognizing again how great they are live 😄

They also started doing sponsorship deals and package tours - they're reducing their touring costs.

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

Saw this on Twitter. Someone managed to get the guys to sign their Oakland Coffee hat

 

[That Dude]

On 4/28/2022 at 5:35 PM, Christian's Inferno! said:

So I was just listening to the trilogy and while reading along with the lyrics on genius, I noticed that there are some more interesting lyrics than I thought. I think because there are so many songs & lyrics on these albums that people think most of them are just meaningless filler but there's definitely interesting stuff in there that you won't notice if you're not really paying attention. Not to say the trilogy is a lyrical masterpiece, obviously it's not. But because there are so many lyrics there and there are some lyrics that are just... bad, a lot of people assume that all of it is bad

BM Excellent is the greatest line Billie Joe ever wrote. 

[HoneyEmerald]

If being a singer in public is only to cover up the screams of people in the back room, I'm not sure I want anything to do with it.   I really hope that Green Day isn't involved with that shit. 

[Zebahar]

Here comes the shock is a song I listen to almost every day. I don't love the lyrics, but I love the energy of the music.

I feel like if the lyrics were a little better (less use of the word "baby"), and it had a chorus that wasn't just repeating the title of the song, it could have been a solid song

[Bakabanas]

So Tell Me When It's Time To Say I'll Spank You

https://ibb.co/7K4FgHL On random, image found in Madrid punk rock bar.

[Guest]

 

[Slave To The Network]

My coworker asked my what "my type"  is the other day and I said "Well... just look at Billie Joe Armstrong and you'll know. That's my type. It's Billie Joe." 

[Montclare]

Just realized how much Kevin's Close My Eyes sounds like the Foxies Dark Side of Night.

[Guest]

You know your mental health is not at its best when concerts are coming but you aren't excited. You basically feel nothing about this

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

Wow 21st Century Breakdown is 13 today! On one hand it doesn't feel that old but on the other hand it feels a long, long time ago! 

Here's Kerrang's article about it if anyone is interested

https://www.kerrang.com/green-day-the-inside-story-of-21st-century-breakdown/