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Jason's face at the bottom of that last pic... pure lust.

Rock The Beach, Helsinki Finland 2013

I've just remembered a load of these from a few years ago. "Furred men eat salmon, Ella said oh no" - Hitchin' A Ride "I live inside this mental cave, throw my emotions in the gays, Helen needs them anyway" - Burnout "I am a son of a bitch, a nigger and a pole" - St Jimmy "She assaulted the earth and she's dangerous" - She's A Rebel "Too much too soon, too late and now become an igloo" - Too Much Too Soon "Are you locked up in a world that's before W" - She "I'm not part of Fur Elise I'm just alright" - Stuck With Me "My wallet's farted, so has my head" - Walking Contradiction

Sydney tongueporny

Neutral opinion: I can't see much different between this thread and the old thread, but it's nice to have a fresh start to refresh the conversation. I think that's great, it alludes to the fact that drug addiction and mental illness aren't viewed as diseases the way physical illnesses are. If someone with a physical illness said it it'd be accepted, but coming from someone talking about drug addiction and mental illness it sounds like a silly exaggeration. Immature, self indulgent whining about a "really bad disease". Even though that isn't true it's how society often treats that kind of illness, and how it can feel to be suffering from it. The childishness of the phrase is what gets across that feeling of patheticness/helplessness.

I don't consider DRB to be in the same echelon as a JoS, Homecoming, 21st Century Breakdown or American Eulogy. To me, it's simply a medley (not a suite) that I can enjoy without regret. Mike's bass is definitely one of my favorites along with Castaway, She, and Makeout Party. Whether or not it's an objectively "good" song musically, it's always fun to listen to for me.

Some bigger versions of pix from the club show in Sydney (Feb 20, 2014):

Today. Source: @tater1011 on Ig

Yes, otherwise I would have praised him ten-fold. Norah Jones did say how surprised she was that he could sing like that, though. My favorite album from a pure vocal stand point is 21CB. Last Night on Earth is enough on its own. Then consider 21 Guns, Before The Lobotomy, and Restless Heart Syndrome (among others). Warning is probably second b/c of a few things I've noted in the past thread. AI probably third

Learn to play better then My favourite album vocally is American Idiot. Aside from his actual voice, the delivery on a lot of it is amazing. I've never heard Billie sound more like he means it, especially on the title track, JOS and Holiday. The vocal filters sound epic, too.

No It's the fact that the songs sound so much better with live guitars and mike/billie harmonies. And upped tempo. Completely changes the dynamic of the songs.

soundwave pics!!!

Homecoming: "I started fucking running as soon as my pizza drowned..."

The second one.... I am laughing so hard

for what it is worth, the videos from echoplex pre-rehab sounded damn good. And he seemed to improve gradually as the 99 Rev tour went on. Plus you can't forget Foreverly which was masterful vocally

Sure, but I also think his vocals were stronger on the AI and 21CB (pre-Broadway) tours. Broadway helped his voice, but he was already getting stronger in the time leading up to it. It's almost as if he stopped caring. It kind of feels like he's not giving it his all in his singing at least. I know he's about "delivering a message" and not trying to be a flashy frilly singer (nor could he be) but I feel like he tried to hold and sustain good notes more in the past and now he's just kinda choppy about it. Then again, they don't sing 21 Guns anymore so many there are just fewer dramatic moments.

Christian's Inferno..... the first time I listened to it,I thought it was: "whoooohooooo, fishing is bad enough!" lol wut. ps. completely forgot that song existed O.o

''The Tonny's shop is a contortionist'' ''You're fucking only along for the ride'' (?) ''Where have all the mothers gone'' And this, only on Letterbomb. Also, instead of ''Castawayyy-ay-ay'', I always hear ''cassoulet'', that's a meal with white beans and sausage.

It was discussed earlier in the thread...just scroll up a bit

They probably have favorites from every album. Songs they enjoy the most, like to play the most, are most proud of having written. I know! He looks so good and healthy.

reminds me of this pic

See? People don't recognize Edgar Allan Poe! In all seriousness, that's actually kind of a fucking awesome misinterpretation.

Brutal Love wouldn't have succeeded on mainstream radio. The best part of the song is 3 minutes in. Alt/Rock radio might play it but it would not achieve much success

^^^WOW

"I've got a really bad disease" has got to be one of the worst lyrics to open a song ever. I can't get passed that in RLS

I do agree with this, and think it's awesome, but at the same time... Doesn't it kind of go against your thinking of "it doesn't matter whether it says Green Day or Foxboro on the cover of an album, it'd sound the same either way," or am I completely missing the point?

They would have changed it to "I'm fucking Justin Bieber."

Well, I don't know if this could be an unpopular opinion but, Foxboro's record should had been a Green Day record.

I was born the day before Dookie was relased. In '94 of course. Not a great references

The fact that everyone acknowledges that Billie is a horrible actor is yet another reason that I am baffled that people still want the AI movie to happen.

From a movie. Well actually it didn't make it into the movie.

Fashion Victim is severely underrated

The end of an era. Great new thread title, though--nice one, Tom. Unpopular opinion: Warning probably had the weakest single choices of their career pre-Trilogy. "Minority" is great, but the title track is too repetitious to be ideal; "Waiting", while great, is one of the album's weaker tracks; and "Macy's Day Parade" is a little too much of a downer to be a radio hit. "Castaway" and "Church on Sunday" would've been ideal.

I didn't like the amount of times Billie used the word fuck on Uno or Dos, rather I think the amount of fucks he gave on Tre was just right.

8 Great Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes The Green Day frontman has said some insightful stuff over the years and here’s some of the best. http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/news/2014/2/8-things-you-probably-didnt-know-billie-joe-armstrong-said/

billie in australia... SPEECHLESS .

I had a set of their 1990-2009 studio albums bought for me quite recently.

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Sometimes I just fall in to a deep awe about how poetic Billie Joe really is. I don't quite understand how beautiful his lyrics are until I actually see them written down.