pasalaska Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Sorry about being late, GDCers – Jaymee and I moved in to our new apartment this weekend. It’s 8.30pm Sunday right now, so this is going to be shorter than usual, just because I want to get SotW out tonight. Thanks for reading and contributing This week’s song of the week is Sick Of Me, originally a b-side to some Hitchin’ A Ride singles (1997), but more commonly known as track 10 off Green Day’s b-side compilation album, Shenanigans, released in 2002. We haven’t had a Shenanigans song in over a year, so I figured we should do something about that. Right from the opening seconds, Sick Of Me gives off a great feeling of frustration and annoyance– Billie’s voice is at its snotty best and the opening, accusatory line ‘why can't you just admit it, you've had it, you’re sick of me’ really sets off the vibe of the whole song. Listening to the lyrics, it’s pretty clear that Sick Of Me is about a failing, or at least dysfunctional relationship. The two parties are obviously in the middle of some on-going fighting, and the narrator is just ranting a list of the reasons of why the other person is so sick of him. At the same time though, there’s also a fearful element amongst the spite, when he asks ‘am I losing you?’ – he says that their efforts to keep on trying to save their relationship is ‘a waste’. I really like how the repetitiveness of the song is like the repetitiveness of a real argument; it just keeps re-hashing the same points over and over again and gets nowhere going in circles. The only time when the song breaks from the verse/chorus repetitiveness is when it goes into the bridge, and that’s where the narrator snaps and finally says ‘I’m sick of you to’ – that’s also where Billie’s voice gets the most nasal and nasty, which is a brilliant little touch. Video! Despite my heroic efforts to find a live video of this song, I was unsurprisingly left disappointed, so we’ll just have to settle for the album version of the song with Shenanigans’s awesome cover art. Lyrics: Why can't you just admit it, you've had it, you’re Sick of me You're fed up with all my bad habits, you’re Sick of me To your lies you've become so desensitized Sick of me Lost regrets and you say that you’re mad at me Sick of me Wandering out the door I am on to you You’re coming back for more Am I losing you? Like a dog that just pissed on your barbecue Sick of me Losing faith and you still don't know what to do Sick of me Losing health and now you hate everything and you're Sick of me It's a waste but we still keep on trying you're Sick of me Wandering out the door I am on to you You’re coming back for more Am I losing you? So you got your problems So you got it alright Do you have a conscience? Do you have a reason? Well I'm sick of you too. Wandering out the door I am on to you You’re coming back for more Am I losing you? ********************************************************************************************************* You can nominate songs for discussion as Song of the Week in the SotW Nominations and Archive thread, which contains links to each previous Song of the Week in its first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcause Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Here's a fucking nasty brawl - sick of me, sick to the stomach, acid-words spewing out. I see the title and it speaks someone who's sick of themself - like, tell me something I don't already know, and fuck you. Yeah, it's putting out pissed and defiant, but at its heart, it's saying 'I know what a mess I am right now, I already got a fight on my hands, I don't need you telling me how much of a problem I am to you'. Here is the place of feeling that love has been pushed to its limits, like, you're gonna give up on me anyway, so why don't you just do it? Comes back with 'I'm sick of you too' - hey, news-flash, you aren't so perfect either. This song is all balled up in a wounded little paranoid corner, lonely as all fuck. The only way to come out is fighting, right or wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayish Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Decent song... never really loved this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJA TC MD Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 This is a cool song. Great choice for this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Billiejoezee- Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 GREAT choice. Everything off of shenanigans is absolutely perfect. I really love this song. The lyrics, and billie joe's snotty vocals. A bit embarrasing to listen to in the company of others with that um... fart sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestboundSign! Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Sick of me might be my favorite song off Shenanigans. I'm happy with it being Song of the Week. I believe I mentioned it in the nominations forum! What I especially love about it are Billie's snotty vocals, as it was said before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout98 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I never really listen to Shenanigans, but when i do, this is the first song i usually think of and play. It's a great song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 The snobby voice makes me love the song, especially the opening line. WHEYYYYYY'CEHEHHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecanoLP Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Billie's voice is perfect and tt really reminds me of All The Time, Uptight or Reject. Great song, everything that was created in the Nimrod writing process is just perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary711 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I never really got into this song. Don't know why though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colour_me_stupid_ Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Heh, I chose this song when I posted in the Green Day song that describes your life right now (Or whatever it's called) thread yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasalaska Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 GREAT choice. Everything off of shenanigans is absolutely perfect. I really love this song. The lyrics, and billie joe's snotty vocals. A bit embarrasing to listen to in the company of others with that um... fart sound. yeah... I've never really gotten that sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura! Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 GREAT choice. Everything off of shenanigans is absolutely perfect. I really love this song. The lyrics, and billie joe's snotty vocals. A bit embarrasing to listen to in the company of others with that um... fart sound. I always wondered why that sound was in the song. SIck of Me is a song I've never really listened to a lot, I don't skip it when it comes up on shuffle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I think Aska and Angeline have already summed this song up perfectly! What great takes on it, can't think of much to add. But I will say I really love the way Billie spits out the lyrics. So wonderfully bitter and snotty. That disgusting wet fart sound actually makes me feel sick which is quite fitting I suppose . Also, there was a Warning era interview where Billie mentioned that he'd recently drunk loads at a barbecue and couldn't stop pissing, and in the end he pissed all over the barbecue itself. This happened after Sick Of Me was released so it wasn't the inspriration for the lyric, but whenever I hear "Like a dog that just pissed on your barbecue" I can't help but think of that lol. Maybe he wanted to act out the song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasalaska Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Also, there was a Warning era interview where Billie mentioned that he'd recently drunk loads at a barbecue and couldn't stop pissing, and in the end he pissed all over the barbecue itself. This happened after Sick Of Me was released so it wasn't the inspriration for the lyric, but whenever I hear "Like a dog that just pissed on your barbecue" I can't help but think of that lol. Maybe he wanted to act out the song! I've never heard that before ew. What is with that man and peeing in inappropriate places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I've never heard that before ew. What is with that man and peeing in inappropriate places? LOL I know right? I've just found the article, for some idiotic reason it's written in white with a white background so you have to highlight it to read it. It's a really good and funny article, highly recommended http://www.greenday.net/melodymaker.html "We've really been partying on this tour. We were playing at the Gorge in Washington and I sank about eight gin and tonics and I just couldn't stop pissing. I must have a small bladder cause I pissed everywhere - in the end I pissed all over the barbecue. Man, that cleared the room pretty fast!" "I tell you, though" deadpans Tre, "the hotdogs never tasted so good as on that day!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristen M Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Funny I listen to Shenanigans for the first time in like 2 months today I LOVE blasting this song when I'm pissed, always makes me feel better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissawebster Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 OMG! I LOVE it when I hear a Green Day song for the first time. Like others said before, I love how it has this wicked nasty tone to it reminiscent of Nimrod. You immediately think of any fight you've ever had just before the big breakup, and it's easy to imagine doors slamming and things breaking and BJA scribbling out the lyrics so angry and erratic that the paper tears. Great song choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasalaska Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 I love how it has this wicked nasty tone to it reminiscent of Nimrod. Funny you say that - this was a Nimrod b-side. It does have that nastiness that's in Nimrod, it's almost the darker alternative to Worry Rock. You've never heard it before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissawebster Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Funny you say that - this was a Nimrod b-side. It does have that nastiness that's in Nimrod, it's almost the darker alternative to Worry Rock. You've never heard it before? "the darker side of Worry Rock" That's the perfect description for it. And no, I've never heard it before. I have the Nimrod CD, but it isn't on there. Unless there are more songs on the CD than on the list and I don't know how to access them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasalaska Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 "the darker side of Worry Rock" That's the perfect description for it. And no, I've never heard it before. I have the Nimrod CD, but it isn't on there. Unless there are more songs on the CD than on the list and I don't know how to access them? It was originally released as an extra song (or b-side) on the CD single for Hitchin' A Ride, but it's also on the b-side compilation Shenanigans. It's not on nimrod, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissawebster Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Oh. Too bad, 'cause I really like it. Yeah, I had a holy fuck moment a little while ago because I just realized there are probably other b-side songs I haven't heard yet on the seven(!!) Green Day CD's I've been listening to for the last nine months, because it never occurred to me to flip the freaking CD over. ::head palm:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasalaska Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Oh. Too bad, 'cause I really like it. Yeah, I had a holy fuck moment a little while ago because I just realized there are probably other b-side songs I haven't heard yet on the seven(!!) Green Day CD's I've been listening to for the last nine months, because it never occurred to me to flip the freaking CD over. ::head palm:: You can find the majority of b-sides from Dookie to Warning on Shenanigans. You won't find them on the other albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsup? Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I think Aska and Angeline have already summed this song up perfectly! What great takes on it, can't think of much to add. But I will say I really love the way Billie spits out the lyrics. So wonderfully bitter and snotty. That disgusting wet fart sound actually makes me feel sick which is quite fitting I suppose . Also, there was a Warning era interview where Billie mentioned that he'd recently drunk loads at a barbecue and couldn't stop pissing, and in the end he pissed all over the barbecue itself. This happened after Sick Of Me was released so it wasn't the inspriration for the lyric, but whenever I hear "Like a dog that just pissed on your barbecue" I can't help but think of that lol. Maybe he wanted to act out the song! Thus gain a deeper meaning to the sentence!! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissawebster Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 You can find the majority of b-sides from Dookie to Warning on Shenanigans. You won't find them on the other albums Thanks! I'll have to add it to the list of CDs I have to get. The list is getting long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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