New song "Bang Bang" coming August 11th

[Justin1]

1 minute ago, Dakke said:

Yeah, of all the silliness we've bantered and bickered about, we haven't yet talked about the style and content of an accompanying music video. I'm hoping for a real video, not just a live performance like Oh Love.

As long as it's not like the bored to death video lol! As much as I love the song, the whole high school thing has to go! 😎

[Dakke]

Just now, Justin1 said:

As long as it's not like the bored to death video lol! As much as I love the song, the whole high school thing has to go! 😎

Give me something epic like 21 Guns or (even better) something really artistic and just out-of-this-world awesome like 21CB.

[Sarcasm]

1 minute ago, Justin1 said:

As long as it's not like the bored to death video lol! As much as I love the song, the whole high school thing has to go! 😎

Blink has a way of always acting like they're bored teenagers while being in their 40s. It's a subject I don't care for anymore. The same goes for songs about how awesome California is, which made Blink's new album a double whammy of no-nos. 

[Billie Hoe]

4 minutes ago, Dakke said:

Yeah, of all the silliness we've bantered and bickered about, we haven't yet talked about the style and content of an accompanying music video. I'm hoping for a real video, not just a live performance like Oh Love.

I hope it will be really creative like Holiday or 21st Century Breakdown (that's one of my favorite music videos). When I Come Around has a beautiful video too. Just... something creative  

[Jesus of Seneca]

Hopefully no one kills me for saying this, but now about a neat abstract video also, ya know - like stuck with me.

[Mykee Mexx]

No special expectations here. Wait and see.

[Supercali_swagilistic]

6 minutes ago, Billie Hoe said:

I hope it will be really creative like Holiday or 21st Century Breakdown (that's one of my favorite music videos). When I Come Around has a beautiful video too. Just... something creative  

I'm one of these persons who don't really watch music videos. I only remember St. Jimmy

[Justin1]

8 minutes ago, Dakke said:

Give me something epic like 21 Guns or (even better) something really artistic and just out-of-this-world awesome like 21CB.

I usually like seeing solid performance videos for the 1st single, maybe with the Grey/Black western theme they have going on that pic, and maybe something more epic like WMUWSE for their second video if it's a ballad.

[dudley dawson]

Is anyone tempted to NOT listen to the single (or any subsequent singles) until the album comes out?  Go in completely fresh?  I'm temped but I don't trust myself to hold out lol.  Reason being, Know Your Enemy and Oh Love both disappointed me when they came out.  In the context of each album, they sounded much better.  I'm nervous Bang Bang will disappoint me outside of the full album context.  But we shall see.

[Dakke]

1 minute ago, dudley dawson said:

Is anyone tempted to NOT listen to the single (or any subsequent singles) until the album comes out?  Go in completely fresh?  I'm temped but I don't trust myself to hold out lol.  Reason being, Know Your Enemy and Oh Love both disappointed me when they came out.  In the context of each album, they sounded much better.  I'm nervous Bang Bang will disappoint me outside of the full album context.  But we shall see.

I would try if I were not on this forum, but I'm too avid a fan and too wary of letting anyone spoil the song for me, even if via a description. One single won't do harm nor is it representative of the whole record.

[LostCanadianGoose]

I listen to Alternative Buffalo a lot and the DJ who said the new single is like Dookie or maybe even a little rawer is very plausible in my eyes. This really seems like they're doing the Lo-Fi equipment deal like Billie said he wanted to do way back in the RS article. 

[Billie Hoe]

9 minutes ago, dudley dawson said:

Is anyone tempted to NOT listen to the single (or any subsequent singles) until the album comes out?  Go in completely fresh?  I'm temped but I don't trust myself to hold out lol.  Reason being, Know Your Enemy and Oh Love both disappointed me when they came out.  In the context of each album, they sounded much better.  I'm nervous Bang Bang will disappoint me outside of the full album context.  But we shall see.

Oh no I'm definitely going to listen to it as soon as possible. As if I had remotely any self control. I'd have to avoid the internet and the radio for god knows how long, because you bet your ass, I would see someone giving their opinion on it and when it's either "meh" or "terrible" I would forever hate myself for not listening to it before someone else already gave me their honest impression and ruined "the first time" for me. (Or... you know if @Steven Seagull said the track was the best they had ever done)

[LostCanadianGoose]

1 minute ago, Billie Hoe said:

Oh no I'm definitely going to listen to it as soon as possible. As if I had remotely any self control. I'd have to avoid the internet and the radio for god knows how long, because you bet your ass, I would see someone giving their opinion on it and when it's either "meh" or "terrible" I would forever hate myself for not listening to it before someone else already gave me their honest impression.

It's been too goddamn long since I've heard new material from them. Gotta listen as soon as possible.

[Mary Daze]

36 minutes ago, Dakke said:

I think it feels like a comeback after the unremarkable passage of the Trilogy. Remember, in the mind of the casual listener they haven't produced something memorable since 2009's 21 Guns. Bang Bang and 12 need to nail it.

Bang bang and 12????????

what is that 12? Another song?

[Sarcasm]

I'll probably tune in to the radio, but if the whole album leaks (which could happen at any moment, mind you) I'll try to resist the temptation. We'll see if @petros is right and I'm a weak willed individual or not

[Libertine Angel]

1 minute ago, Mary Daze said:

Bang bang and 12????????

what is that 12? Another song?

The 12th album

[dudley dawson]

3 minutes ago, LostCanadianGoose said:

I listen to Alternative Buffalo a lot and the DJ who said the new single is like Dookie or maybe even a little rawer is very plausible in my eyes. This really seems like they're doing the Lo-Fi equipment deal like Billie said he wanted to do way back in the RS article. 

Did he also praise Oh Love when it came out?  I remember that one was well received by the press and then we all heard it and were (mostly) disappointed.  His description just seems too good to be true to me.  Like, imagine the best Green Day song ever and then multiply that by 100.  That's Bang Bang.  I'm not buying it until I hear it for myself.

[Billie Hoe]

2 minutes ago, Sarcasm said:

I'll probably tune in to the radio, but if the whole album leaks (which could happen at any moment, mind you) I'll try to resist the temptation. We'll see if @petros is right and I'm a weak willed individual or not

If it leaks, I hope you all shut up and don't say anything about the album/song  But knowing GDC, that won't happen... Someone should do a leak alert or something...

[Mary Daze]

Just now, Libertine Angel said:

The 12th album

That's the other thing i was thinking of but the sentence above made it sound like it's another song, haha

[Billie Hoe]

3 minutes ago, Mary Daze said:

Bang bang and 12????????

what is that 12? Another song?

their twelfth album  

[dudley dawson]

2 minutes ago, Sarcasm said:

I'll probably tune in to the radio, but if the whole album leaks (which could happen at any moment, mind you) I'll try to resist the temptation. We'll see if @petros is right and I'm a weak willed individual or not

What makes you think it could leak at any moment?

[LostCanadianGoose]

Just now, dudley dawson said:

Did he also praise Oh Love when it came out?  I remember that one was well received by the press and then we all heard it and were (mostly) disappointed.  His description just seems too good to be true to me.  Like, imagine the best Green Day song ever and then multiply that by 100.  That's Bang Bang.  I'm not buying it until I hear it for myself.

I rarely, if ever, heard Oh Love or any other trilogy song on that station. 

[Sanity Loan]

3 minutes ago, dudley dawson said:

What makes you think it could leak at any moment?

Nah.

[Chin for a Day]

4 minutes ago, dudley dawson said:

Did he also praise Oh Love when it came out?  I remember that one was well received by the press and then we all heard it and were (mostly) disappointed.  His description just seems too good to be true to me.  Like, imagine the best Green Day song ever and then multiply that by 100.  That's Bang Bang.  I'm not buying it until I hear it for myself.

He actually did not say whether he liked it or not.  He gave the description of what it was like and then said he is excited for people to hear it.  He also said that people that like old style GD will love it.  He never said if he liked old style GD

[Sanity Loan]

The program director and DJ at LIVE 105, the station that was getting to preview songs today.