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This debate about using the N-word in American Eulogy reminds me of a story I wrote about a girl whose family sued a local school district for racial discrimination. Allegedly, students hurled the N-word on a daily basis while school officials sat by and did nothing. One administrator apparently even admitted she uses the word frequently herself. As I was preparing to write the story, I asked my editor if I should use the word "nigger," or write "N-word," or put "n-----," or some other censored form. He told me censoring the word diminishes the wrong these people did. He suggested I print the full word "nigger" when describing the allegations against the school officials, and I did. In printing "nigger," sure, I probably offended some people. But I wasn't printing it as my own words. I was printing it as the racist school official's words. The point is to make people feel uncomfortable by using the word in your quotation or paraphrase — to show how wrong it is when used this way. I think the same argument can (and should) be used for American Eulogy. Green Day obviously isn't saying it in the manner rappers or racist white people do. The band included it in lyrics as a quotation, while quoting a mentality the song is clearly against. The point is to make you uncomfortable by using the quote. Fuck, the phrase is even put in quotation marks in the lyrics, which rarely happens: Fight fire with a riot The class war is hanging on a wire Because the martyr is a compulsive liar, when he said "It's just a bunch of niggers throwing gas into the ..." So, yeah, my conclusion: The point of the lyric is to make you uncomfortable, but not with Green Day. You're supposed to be mad at the "martyr/compulsive liar."

To get back on topic, if Josh Klinghoffer can get inducted so can Jason.

I can't believe I forgot to list it.

Is that even fair? 39/Smooth is Green Day's debut album, so of course it contributes more to music than some RHCP album that isn't BSSM, Californication, or Stadium Arcadium.

...is a moron.

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Green Day ( or maybe just Billie Joe) on the next Kerrang Magazine

ISH, not Shenanigans. I'm disappointed in you. All the work I put into raising you and that's how you thank me.

Instrumentation-wise how could anyone think Breakdown isn't their best? Probably followed by Warning and then Tre. But Dos is way down. It's exactly the same kind of setup as Dookie but without the good songs.

It wasn't that big of an incident, he posted a cartoon of himself that he drew on Instagram and called it "spazzy". In the UK people with cerebral palsy used to be called spastics, but then people started using "spastic", "spaz" and "spazzy" as insults which was obviously offensive towards people with cerebral palsy and is still considered as being offensive here, so a few people from the UK objected to it in the comments section. I believe in the US the word spastic was never a common term for people with cerebral palsy and is used as an insult only in reference to its original meaning of anything that has sharp jerky movements so it doesn't have that offensive connotation. So it was a cultural difference really.

Since we're on the subject of American Eulogy I just want to point out how awesome that verse is. The lyrics are good, but primarily the way Billie rattles off far too many syllables a line is epic. You just think he's gonna take a breath and he keeps going through the next chord change. That kind of delivery is really appealing to me, which is probably why my favourite album is the Manics' Holy Bible.

It's interesting how it varies. I remember Hitchin' a Ride gettiing far more airplay here than all Dookie and Insomniac singles combined. Also, on this shitty toplist show I watched back then, all Nimrod singles topped the list at one point or another.

JAR was HUGE! I was only a few years old around the time it came out so I didn't experience it first-hand but from what I've seen and gathered over the years, JAR was really big. And the reason? It was the first release after Dookie.

I think I am. At least I'm still able to log in even though I haven't renewed in years.

Mention Biffy and Ceadog isn't far behind with a recommendation.

Liv Matthews @livmatthews1 · 23h 23 hours ago Finally got it!signed by the one and only Billie Joe Armstrong! Best birthday present so far! @BJAofficial @GreenDay