WTF is this? Green Day

[jimmyjazz 46131]

OK, I'm not a big Green Day fan, but Dookie holds a soft spot in my heart for setting the bar that all poppy punk-n-roll bands should aspire to (and almost always miss).  

That said, this new tune is utter garbage.  It sounds like Maroon 5 tried to knock off Jack White.  This makes it the trifecta of suck.  Fall Out Boy is apoplectic yet feeling superior.

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[ConferenceRoom 6147]

Sounds straight out of 2004. Like the Vines and the Darkness had a stupid kid. Gross. 

[jimmyjazz 46131]

It doesn't even remotely sound like anything they've ever done.  It certainly doesn't sound like Billie Joe Armstrong on vocals.  I highly doubt one of the other guys sang it, but crimony, it's just flat out awful either way.

[Al_4_ISU 12485]

Yeah, that's pretty awful.

I enjoyed them a lot when I was younger.  I got super into The Who shortly after I got out of my pop punk/punk phase, and that was right when American Idiot was coming out.  It seemed like a great homage, and the perfect soundtrack to everything at the time.  I think that was my sophomore year at ISU.

I listened to it last year for the first time in over 10 years and chuckled at the idea of thinking this was even above average, let alone brilliant.

Dookie and Nimrod still hold up for what they are.

Edited September 10, 2019 by Al_4_ISU

[jimmyjazz 46131]

I never equated American Idiot to anything by The Who, but rather just a watered down version of their previously snottier selves.  That said, it was a whole lot better than this crap.

[CooterBrown 18029]

I fucking hate Green Day. I had a roommate in college who had their very first CD around ‘92, so I had to listen to that shit for years before they went mainstream.

That said, this is their best song.

[Al_4_ISU 12485]

I never equated American Idiot to anything by The Who, but rather just a watered down version of their previously snottier selves.  That said, it was a whole lot better than this crap.

It was the whole “rock opera” billing.

[Buzzrock 14941]

It doesn't even remotely sound like anything they've ever done.  It certainly doesn't sound like Billie Joe Armstrong on vocals.  I highly doubt one of the other guys sang it, but crimony, it's just flat out awful either way.

I agree with statements one and two but not three.

They created something different (for them). Sounds like rock n roll to me.

[Celery Man 20996]

Billy Joe is the least interesting dude from... whatever group of dudes you might place him in from that type/era of rock.

[Buzzrock 14941]

The first time I saw the video for Longview I said “those guys are gonna be huge.” Every once in awhile you just know.

[Junior Miller 1502]

dookie was great. 

Everything they've done after was crap. After hearing the stuff they've put out the last 25 years since I can't believe they ever came up with dookie. 

[Beau Vine 54430]

Fuck you guys, they're great, but this sucks, mainly because of the vocals.

Also, they're apparently playing the Rangers' stadium in Arlington, with Fall Out Boy and Weezer.  Who thinks Green Day is a stadium band????

[DougO 5256]

I ilked liked Dookie for about three spins until their fake punk revival ripoff got stale already. They have sucked shit ever since. They are also a prime example of what an absurd pile of crap the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame really is.

[ztejas 43537]

2 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Who thinks Green Day is a stadium band????

Green Day has been a stadium band for 15 years. 

[pops 7006]

Not sure what to think about this. Has to be the bass player singing, right?  That can't be BJ. And yeah they are processed poppy punk but for fucks sake they invented the genre. So I still like them and fuck you. 

[Al_4_ISU 12485]

I would say the Ramones invented pop punk.

[jimmyjazz 46131]

8 hours ago, pops said:

Not sure what to think about this. Has to be the bass player singing, right?  That can't be BJ.

It's Billie Joe.  I saw a live clip -- he's doubled, I think by the auxiliary keyboard guy.

[Beau Vine 54430]

12 hours ago, ztejas said:

Green Day has been a stadium band for 15 years. 

They weren't selling out *arenas* on their last tour, and the two times they played in MLB stadiums, they had 10K+ unsold tickets:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_Radio_Tour

The American Idiot tour played ZERO stadiums.

Shit, when they came to Austin in 2013, they played Moody Theatre.  

[Beau Vine 54430]

11 hours ago, pops said:

Not sure what to think about this. Has to be the bass player singing, right?  That can't be BJ. 

 

[ztejas 43537]

6 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

The American Idiot tour played ZERO stadiums.

I mean are we just getting into semantics because American Idiot played plenty of arenas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idiot_World_Tour

Is there a difference between a "stadium band" and an "arena band"? You can't just play "stadiums"

[Beau Vine 54430]

18 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I mean are we just getting into semantics because American Idiot played plenty of arenas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idiot_World_Tour

Is there a difference between a "stadium band" and an "arena band"? You can't just play "stadiums"

Stadium = where football or baseball teams play, min capacity = 30K

Arena = where basketball or hockey teams play, max capacity = 20K

All of the US venues on this Green Day tour are baseball or baseball stadiums.

Not sure why you're being so damn obtuse.

[ztejas 43537]

3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Stadium = where football or baseball teams play, min capacity = 30K

Arena = where basketball or hockey teams play, max capacity = 20K

All of the US venues on this Green Day tour are baseball or baseball stadiums.

Not sure why you're being so damn obtuse.

I'm not being obtuse I just didn't know there was much of a difference between a "stadium" band and "arena" band. I get your point now. 

[pepper brooks 580]

I am going against the grain here, and I don't hate this at all.  I also think American Idiot is a spectacular piece of work.  

[pepper brooks 580]

On 9/20/2019 at 1:23 PM, Beau Vine said:

Stadium = where football or baseball teams play, min capacity = 30K

Arena = where basketball or hockey teams play, max capacity = 20K

All of the US venues on this Green Day tour are baseball or baseball stadiums.

Not sure why you're being so damn obtuse.

they are playing Minute Maid Park in Houston next August, and have played large stadiums at times in the past.  I wouldn't say they're a perennial stadium band, but certainly they can play those venues in certain markets.  

[Bogeywon 2519]

They are touring with weezer and fall out boy next summer

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Total garbage. Surprised I made it to the halfway point.

[smuggs 9353]

Green Day is a hippodrome band you fucking twats.

[Buzzrock 14941]

I ilked liked Dookie for about three spins until their fake punk revival ripoff got stale already. They have sucked shit ever since. They are also a prime example of what an absurd pile of crap the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame really is.

Eventually every guitars/drums/vox band will be in the R&R HoF because they are running out of rock bands. 10 years from now they’ll be inducting the Lumineers and Cage the Elephant.

[Beau Vine 54430]

4 hours ago, pepper brooks said:

they are playing Minute Maid Park in Houston next August, and have played large stadiums at times in the past.  I wouldn't say they're a perennial stadium band, but certainly they can play those venues in certain markets.  

They weren't selling out *arenas* on their last tour, and the two times they played in MLB stadiums, they had 10K+ unsold tickets:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_Radio_Tour

The American Idiot tour played ZERO stadiums.

Shit, when they came to Austin in 2013, they played Moody Theatre.