BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Sometimes I'm not sure how Green Day counts as a band that makes protest music or whatever. Just spent about an hour downloading some SOAD and CCR, if you want to hear some searing, intelligent political protest music go listen to that. Sometimes I think I'm too old for being a Green Day fan. I remember all 11 year olds liking them in 2009. Quote
Popular Post Libertine Angel Posted March 21, 2015 Popular Post Posted March 21, 2015 Sometimes I think I'm too old for being a Green Day fan. I remember all 11 year olds liking them in 2009. No such thing as too old for Green Day. 9 Quote
Chin for a Day Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 No such thing as too old for Green Day. I can agree with that 3 Quote
WhiteTim Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 He also hit some guy who pushed me and my friend around and told him to shape up. He was amazing. Awesome there's still people out like that Quote
Hermione Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Billie has "ALL AGES" tattooed on his arm and they genuinely seem to stand for that idea which I've always found awesome. Definitely no age limits for Green Day. 2 Quote
Mykee Mexx Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Never mind, I'll take the prior. May I watch you while threatening you with DRB and a whip in my hand if you refuse to do so? See You Tonight is a sweet little song on its own but I mostly think of it as a Fuck Time intro. The contrast going from that to Fuck Time is pure gold so I wouldn't skip it YES, YES and YES! Love you, Hermione! 1 Quote
Popular Post Mayonaise Posted March 22, 2015 Popular Post Posted March 22, 2015 While Brain Stew/Jaded is great, when it comes to "duo songs" I'll go with Jinx/Haushinka any day. 5 Quote
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 But...Are We The Waiting/St.Jimmy. These two are perfect. Quote
Mayonaise Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 But...Are We The Waiting/St.Jimmy. This two are perfect. Jinx/Haushinka is perfecter. 1 Quote
Chin for a Day Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Jinx/Haushinka is perfecter. Hollywood/BOBD trumps all Quote
WhiteTim Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 But...Are We The Waiting/St.Jimmy/Give Me Novacaine These three are perfect. Fixed Quote
Z J Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Sometimes I'm not sure how Green Day counts as a band that makes protest music or whatever. Just spent about an hour downloading some SOAD and CCR, if you want to hear some searing, intelligent political protest music go listen to that. I agree and disagree. Green Day has written some of the best politically themed songs of all time, in my opinion. However, they are certainly not a band I would characterize as political in nature. And I wouldn't send someone looking for political music in their direction, if that makes any sense. 2 Quote
Chin for a Day Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I agree and disagree. Green Day has written some of the best politically themed songs of all time, in my opinion. However, they are certainly not a band I would characterize as political in nature. And I wouldn't send someone looking for political music in their direction, if that makes any sense. I agree with you 100%. AI is one of the most effective political albums ever written. It starts out very, in your face, with AI, but then becomes much more subtle. The way it is designed, it wants to make you think about your choices instead of the writer trying to tell you what your choices should be. The fact that they are not political in nature makes AI that more effective, because it is not coming from a normal source. 1 Quote
Popular Post AlissaGoesRAWR Posted March 23, 2015 Popular Post Posted March 23, 2015 I will never forget the (old) Clint Eastwood looking motherfucker in the pit in Brooklyn last time I saw GD. Dude was raging hard. He also hit some guy who pushed me and my friend around and told him to shape up. He was amazing. I'll never forget the older guy with us in the pit in Pittsburgh who said it was his teenaged son's first concert. I asked him where his son was, since I didn't see anyone with him, and he replied "Oh, I put him up in the stands... he's not ready for this yet." He then proceeded to mosh and was basically a badass. 5 Quote
Popular Post Z J Posted March 27, 2015 Popular Post Posted March 27, 2015 Listening to Shenanigans cover to cover. Suffocate, Desensitized, Do Da Da, and Ha Ha You're Dead are some of the best pop punk songs around. Where pop punk goes wrong for me, Green Day aces. Which is without a doubt because most post-Dookie pop punk has had clear Green Day influence. Mainly in the vocal delivery but really all over the place. Billie Joe Armstrong's delivery is so often mimicked, this album makes it clear why. Not much in the way of vocal filters, just Billie and Billie-Mike harmonies. The way his voice runs down those vocal melodies in the above songs is signature Green Day. They wrap perfect little melodies around their words, without ever (that I can recall) using woah's or oh's to make it easier to write. A lot of modern pop punk bands can use those well, putting in cool runs once in a while with the oh's is fine. However many bands (Heyyyyyy Weezer) overdo it, and use it has a crutch. Plus Green Day's oft-overlooked harmonies (not by us, but by the music media), killer vocal melodies, tight rhythm section with melodic bass fills and flashy drum fills. All of that is signature Green Day. I can't believe these are fucking b-sides. It just shows how easily this comes to them. It's why I think we may get a bit more pop punk music if they release more stuff. I think the album could be a balance like Shenanigans, but they clearly just have this draw to it. This could be banal though, so I digress. And for my opinion I'll also throw out there that I think Desensitized is one of the top 3 or 4 pop punk songs Green Day has done. At least in terms of excelling at the common characteristics of pop punk. 11 Quote
UNICORN VOMIT Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 I agree & love your depth of explanation especially reference to billie joe Armstrong's delivery 1 Quote
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Desentisized and Suffocate are in my top ten. Quote
Hermione Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Nicely put. I agree Desensitized is up there with their best, and I think You Lied is genius as well. 1 Quote
Mykee Mexx Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Ha Ha You´re dead - haven´t listened to it for a long while. Thanx for reminding me, it´s one of my favourites. 1 Quote
Popular Post BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted March 27, 2015 Popular Post Posted March 27, 2015 And On The Wagon! I love it so much. 6 Quote
Mykee Mexx Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Yes! I see, I´m gonna listen to Shenanigans right now. See you later! Quote
Chin for a Day Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 And On The Wagon! I love it so much. Agreed on the wagon is my favorite too 3 Quote
UNICORN VOMIT Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Shenanigans it is then - I hardly ever listen to it. 1 Quote
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