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Do you think if I went to a GD concert Billie Joe would choose me to go up on stage if I held up a sign saying "I'll make you feel tall"?

Only the sickest of all people would commit an act so vile.

Where's the love for "Do Da Da" at?

Fuck you all (except Jimmy), Nimrod's great

Rep, weed and Red Bull are best consumed together and not remotely in moderation. Much like Green Day. #fullcircle

You're welcome. Sadly, those Spin pictures are among rare things I got from Google books, though I plan to get the actual magazine at some point. Anyway, the eight Japanese magazines/books I got off eBay some two weeks ago just arrived. If anybody would like to see any of these before others and knows there's something interesting inside (such as specific pictures, some setlist, well, anything), just ask and I'll make a priority scan list.

have you heard of Norwegian death metal?

Holiday is also the kind of song that can span musical tastes and generations. I have Holiday as my song people listen to while they are waiting for me to pick up my cell. My brother, who is 20 years older than me, thought it was great. Because of it I got him to listen to AI and now he is hooked. Even thought it is not the defining moment of AI, it is one of the songs that can bring people to the whole record. AI in general is a complete masterpiece

Oof, I don't know, man. Holiday has the killer riff, an actual bassline from Mike, insanely good lyrics, and is without a doubt the most fervent song on the album politically. It's not my fave song on AI by any means, but every time I relisten to it I'm reminded just how strong it is.

Hey, hey, hey, I'm defending it too! It's my second-favorite GD album! Fair enough, I guess. Maybe it's just because I'm a huge fan of contrasting styles in general (The White Album is my favorite Beatles album, after all), but Nimrod is my absolute favorite of theirs to listen to, whether it's on vinyl or on the car radio. I suspect that it's my favorite of theirs tbh, but AI is still rated as my favorite because it's the album that got me into rock and it's obviously a complete artistic masterpiece. Plus any album that has JOS on it is automatically the best ever.

I really don't understand it when people say this. Apart from Hitchin' a Ride, Last Ride In, Take Back, King for a Day and Good Riddance there are no real stylistic outliers. The songs are all produced very similarly and have a similar musical composition and structure. Compare the first half of Nimrod, in which the outliers are Hitchin' a Ride and Last Ride In, to the first half of Warning, where within six songs we have a Kinks ripoff, a rockabilly number, three standard Green Day songs and a goddamn Russian waltz complete with spaghetti Western bridge. I'd argue that Warning is far more of a stylistic clusterfuck than Nimrod is.

And of course, if we want to take his name in vain there's always "Jimrod Christ!"

Dookielukie should still be used in more formal contexts. Like, in Christianity God is still sometimes referred as thou and not you, so if we follow that example, when you nimjim Andres it's should still be called dookieluking. Nimjiming Andres could also be called an indirect self-ban, but that's another matter.

TOM I FUCKING HATE YOU, STOP NIMJIMMING ME GODDAMMIT!!!

I only repped this post because I'm glad you've returned, and I enjoyed you comparing one of my favorite songs, Sassafras Roots, to Red Bull, one of my favorite drinks that I feel embodies the tone of the song quite well. However, Sassafras Roots is still superior. Yeah, basically this is where I'm at with his opinion at this point.

Does anyone else REALLY REALLY want Billie to do a solo project? Just as something to experiment with until Green Day are ready to come back.

Yeah, it was a clever move by Billie to rhyme light with light.

Haushinka and All the Time are actually in my top twenty Green Day songs. Haushinka might even crack the top ten. It's one of their best songs for guitar and drums, and the melody and emotion are *so* good.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/judy-greer-fred-armisen-billie-joe-armstrong-geezer-1201352793/ Here's what Fred and Billie were doing the other day.

Most of Nimrod is just mediocre for GD standards, in my opinion. Walking Alone, Haushinka, Reject, Scattered, King For A Day, Uptight, Worry Rock, and Prosthetic Head are all decent songs but I feel GD has much better. For me, the only songs on Nimrod that stand out are Good Riddance, The Grouch, and Hitchin A Ride. And even then The Grouch and Hitchin A Ride aren't so incredible that it makes up for Jinx, Take Back, Nice Guys Finish Last, Platypus, and All the Time. Compare that to Warning (which I prefer). Macy's Day Parade, Castaway, Minority, and Church On Sunday are a big four that really display GD's range of abilities. Misery is a work of art in it's own right. Even the "weaker" links have positives. Warning (song) has some very good lyrics, Hold On has some nice harmonica action. Songs like Jackass, Deadbeat Holiday, and Blood Sex and Booze are great adds to the catalog as well. Jackass has a wicked bite lyrically and the melodies on the latter two songs are fantastic. Obviously this is all subjective, but I think that Nimrod doesn't make up for lack of cohesiveness with stand out tracks where I believe Warning is slightly more cohesive and better displays the talents of GD.

Holiday's great. Carry on...

I can understand that—a lot of my favorite albums are very cohesive (AI, obviously, Who's Next, Exile on Main St., The Times They Are a-Changin', etc.). I guess I've just never been bothered by loads of styles either. Hmm, I think that's beaten by JOS, Holiday, BOBD.

I don't see how Uptight is that much of an outlier? Same for Prosthetic Head. And Platypus would've been right at home on Insomniac. I'll give you Take Back and King for a Day being a bit jarring back to back, though.

THANK YOU. It has great songs on it but I still don't get it as an album. It's less cohesive than International Superhits, which is just ridiculous when you think about it.

In a (likely vain) attempt to put this thread back on track, an unpopular opinion: Nimrod is overrated. It's a jumbled up mess of an album and Nice Guys Finish Last and Take Back are two of the worst songs they have

I don't believe in God and I don't believe in Nimjim either so it makes perfect sense to me

dunno if it's a joke or not... :/

I would never NimJim someone. You're right.

Both are bad for you. Consume rep only!

Is he wearing a striped sweater? Omg, I love this man. <3

Well, we can talk about being Fairy God Mother of Cinderella, or being proud to be a part of GDC <3 !!!

http://m.wikihow.com/Do-Something-Constructive The list isn't very good, though, since it doesn't include the option "become a member of an Internet message board.

No, see Kut was an emotional person... he was happy after the release of dookie, but he was depressed after that shit took birth. So, he took a lot of sleeping pills and killed himself.

Don't ever put Kurt along side Justin again Side note Kurt killed himself a month after Justin was born... I think he knew... Lol

This is what I have so far! (This is just Green Day wise).

I understand what he means perfectly well, he's just wrong.

Foreverly was great. I Run NY was ok. Avicii hasn't even been released yet. Miranda Lambert was an award show performance for 2 minutes. Joan Jett was a charity performance. You're acting like they are pumping out material or something.

I'd love more Pinhead Gunpowder, I'm getting hooked on them

Congrats on your nuanced argument.

Don't you mean CHeerS?

Oh yeah I meant that Favourite Son's theme is slagging off Bush. That isn't the main theme of AI but it is a part of it, and being dissatisfied with and questioning government and society in general is a major theme, so lyrically I'd say it fits with the album. I see what you mean there though, if it was on there it would be the most cheerful sounding song. Probably another reason why it's better as more of a cheerleader to the album as a b-side instead. It's only last year that they played Reading and Leeds as well as an awesome smaller show at Brixton Academy, and they're not finished yet. They'll announce new UK tours when they make a new album. And you never know one day we might be really lucky and they'll play another Foxboro show here and BJ can spit on you!

You've done it again, Iva, thanks!

From tumblr, with fans So cute

Oh god... not again, You're just comparing the ""Red Bull"" to ""Weed"" ... -_- -_-

I saw a GDC reference today it was written on a cardboard box and I think it was part of the product code...

Corey Taylor from Slipknot did an interview with Larry King and was asked what he has on his iPod and one of the bands he mentioned was Green Day. Found that really interesting. http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/corey-taylor-0_614yqybvqr9g