Leaderboard

And sorry for double posting, but: Green and 1D may have some relations musically, both have strong pop influences, and there are some aspects of bubblegum pop in Green Day's music. But the biggest difference is that Green Day's songs were lyrically honest, controversial and even in the beginning more original than your average pop lyricism. And of course, in my opinion, Green Day's songs are shittons better, but that's not the point. The point was that some kind of connection could be made, but that's not very prominent at all. Even though especially on their debut album Billie Joe wrote a fair share of clichéd teenage romance stuff (which is only natural for Christ's sake, and not a sin per se) he also already wrote some more mature, versatile lyrics. You always can see the touch of his personal style and you can see he writes what he feels whereas the more stereotypical lyrics of One Direction could be penned by practically anyone, and you wouldn't notice any difference.

"the needle in the vein of the fuzztablishment"?

The Grouch is brilliant.

Yeah honestly I've always assumed that all mainstream country is written by the same guy. It seems like it. I'm going with "Magic man, egocentric plastic man" or "Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow" or "Sects of disconnection and traditions of lost faith" or "What's the latest way that a man can die? Screaming Hallelujah" or "Seasons change as well as minds" or- fuck. I can't do this. I'm just going to quit GDC at 2,999 posts so I don't have to deal with the pressure

I know we all tease about Kerrang rehashing old Green Day stuff but I'm just happy at least one magazine is still talking about them. Makes them less forgotten even in this down time.

Regarding gum: "It's good for your vocal chords. Keeps ya luuubed up." - Billie Joe

We really don't talk about how Emenius Sleepus is one of the best songs on Dookie often enough.

Restless Heart Syndrome is masterful. Just listened to it for the first time in a while and it just blew my mind.

Wait, the songs on Insomniac have lyrics? I thought Billie was just mumbling the whole time!

#outlaws

As I recall Tom and I talked about you making your title Unpopular Opinions' Pimp.

One Direction + Green Day = Five Seconds Of Summer, clearly.

Well when you put it like that! But seriously, disagree with what? There's no point in just shouting out things like that then not at least defending them Absolutely love the part where the bass drops in after "...shitty old man" Also the line "Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals, I had a young and optimistic point of view." is a personal favorite

I like it too, it's not messy. It' sounds like stage destruction and the end of a gig.

We need to have a thread dedicated to educating the good people of GDC about the incredible lyrics on Insomniac

Check them out! Most of them are brilliant. I'm listening to Ashley now and must say I really love it's dark vibe.

No Pride.

But by that logic...EVERYONE is a conspirator!

Fuck, of course! I decided on "wasted youth and a fistful of ideals" a month or two ago when I realised how much time I'd wasted last year instead of working, but you're absolutely right.

Ooh, thanks for the rec. Not "The Son of a Bitch and Edgar Allan Poe?"

The lyrics on that track are simple, but great. I love the little breakdown at the end too. Definitely in my top 3 on Dookie along with Sassafras Roots and Longview.

It's painful.

It's a metaphor for I meant Maria, not Haushinka, oops.

YES. I love that too.

I don't have a local record store, so iTunes and Amazon are my friends.

Lately, I've had a newfound appreciation for Holiday, especially lyrically, with it's political undertones. And not to forget the fact that it's brilliant musically as well, and it just adds to the overall message of the song. My greatest wish for the future of Green Day is that it brings another song of this caliber.

I've said before, but Rotting is tragically underrated.

As in "I'm '83" ? You've got good genes if you have lived that long

the filters fit this song better than anything else on Dos and the lyrics are basically about nothing but they don't pretend to be anything else, besides I love the guitar and the outro. I agree that the way he captures women is much less respectful than before, but not mysogynic. He doesn't hate the woman he just wants to have sex and has no other intentions with her. He doesn't say women are nothing else but holes to insert a penis into, he just changes the point of view. And he can hardly write much differently given the topic being partying.

Amanda is really catchy. Also, it hits pretty close to home because my first real girlfriend was named Amanda, and the song pretty much sums up our relationship. All of my friends think it's hilarious. They thought I won some contest to have Green Day write a song about my life or something. In fact, Billie's ex Amanda is basically just like mine. All the songs that he has written about her perfectly sum up what this girl was like. And I mean all of this in the worst way possible. This Amanda girl was the most hurtful, manipulative, and abusive person I've ever been acquainted with. I find the song "Amanda" wicked catchy though so it's like I'm hurting myself every time I listen to it.

Replace Walk Away with Lazy Bones and I COMPLETELY agree! I actually enjoyed Fuck Time, and despite being a raging feminist, I don't really find it sexist or disgusting. It's meant to be completely over-the-top, and in my opinion it's almost like a parody of songs that are vaguely about sex. Rather than trying to disguise it as something romantic or clever, he's basically just like "hey, I'm here, I'm horny, let's fuck." And honestly, who hasn't felt that way before?

Because we never see anything about the majority of Dos's women besides their bodies. We don't know their personalities, their motivations, their desires. All we know is their physicality. Even if you don't consider it misogynist, it's damned poor character writing, damned poor storytelling, and frankly a cringeworthy attempt at recapturing lost youth on Billie's part.

You said it so much better than me but I couldn't be bothered trying to find the quote.

The women in the Trilogy, are not, for the most part, people. They are receptacles to insert a penis into. And that's the most disappointing thing about the entire collection.

"I don't have sex 'cause I can't get it up."

I like the ending, personally.

Not that it makes the line that much better, but it's "choke you", not "fuck you"...

Nice page own you've got there.

Although everyone hates on DOS, it's actually overall the most solid album of the three. It's diverse in sound, unlike UNO, but also cohesive in theme and tone, unlike TRE. I think if DOS had better lyrics we'd be looking at it as the best. The musical compositions throughout DOS are generally interesting and of high quality. If the lyrics were more like Stop Drop and Roll, I think this album would be a fan favorite.

Wow, That's Loud! has such a killer riff that the lyrics become likeable the more one listens to it.

Funny my dad said the same Had I known that 5 or so years later they'd release the extra tracks on a compilation album I maycnot have bought it

:wub: