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While browsing Apple Music and its curated playlists, "Bang Bang" is all over. - #6 in Hot Tracks (All Genres) - #7 in "Best of the Week" curated playlist (All Genres) - #1 in Hot Tracks (Alternative) - #1 in Hot Tracks (Rock) - #1 in "The A-List Alternative" curated playlist - #1 in "The A-List: Rock" curated playlist - #1 in "The A-List: Hard Rock" curated playlist

I kinda can't get over how good the lyric video is?! Like, take away the lyrics and it's an amazing music video. No pressure for the actual music video or anything.

There were some lines in the song that made me think directly of Adam Lanza. Daddy's Little Psycho and Mommy's little soldier. Adams father left years ago because he could not deal with Adam's problems or Adam's mother. Adam's mother was a prepper, which is a movement of people that think they need to prepare for a catastrophe. They stock pile food, arm themselves, learn to shoot, etc. Adam's mother taught him how to shoot to prepare him. Also, the I want to dance like I'm on the video. Before the Sandy Hook shooting, Adam used to go to the local movie theater, which has a small arcade. He used ot meet a friend there and they used to use this machine where you do dances to the video. A few months before the shooting, something happened with the friendship and Adam stopped going. I am guessing that it is based on certain circumstances around several mass shooters.

^ this is easily my new favourite picture I was going through my old Green Day folders recently and found lots of my old favourites...

http://blinkmybrain.tv/greenday-bang-bang Just clicked the Directed by link under Bang Bang lyrics video and was directed on this site. Looks funny with video taken to pieces. Billie, Mike and Tre kicking ass

I don't really listen to trilogy songs that often but when I do, I listen the whole thing, all the 37 songs. It's a fucking ride.

Also Billie's vocals on Last Night on Earth are stunning.

The fact that no one in my real life can share the excitement about GD coming back is just frustrating. I just watched the bang bang lyrics video and got all hyper again, I can even feel my heart racing

I took it to mean maybe they were enjoying the process and feeling inspired but just channeled that by keeping on pushing and pushing out more songs, rather than being more relaxed and letting them come naturally/slowly and not going with every single idea. He said he liked the songs and liked making them so I don't think he meant forced as in having a miserable time making songs when they didn't want to, more just that they took a different approach. Could be that they were almost too inspired with the trilogy and it pushed them to force out as many songs as they could rather than being more considered about things as they have been this time.

I keeping singing the song over & over - I kinda feel guilty when I say hoorah hoorah - like I'm celebrating - GD what have you done😕

The other page of the interviewthingy can be seen here.

I don't think it's people being hypocrites. They weren't saying one thing while actually feeling something else. But I do agree that people's opinion changed dramatically based on criticisms other people were making. And then the iHeart incident happened and album sales tanked and people who were once really into it started talking shit about it. They definitely let popular opinion mold their own opinions. I think that's part of human nature. While I was really excited about the albums and very hyped up, after they were out for a bit, I thought they were underwhelming, while still having some very good songs on there. I don't blame people for not really liking the albums considering everything else that unfolded, but I did definitely notice opinion here turn based on how the general public felt about it.

HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL MANLY CHIN

I don't know if this has been talked about yet, but I like this song's lyrics as a continuation of Having A Blast. Billie's focus with the gun issue seems to fall to the psychosis-- the hero complex of the people committing heinous gun crimes. He wrote from the perspective of the shooter (I know it was a bomb, but I digress) with Having A Blast. In Bang Bang he's a removed narrator addressing the character from Having A Blast using that biting sarcasm and irony that he does so well to paint the true insanity and futility of mass shooters. I don't know if he even thought of Having A Blast while writing Bang Bang, but the echoes speak to his focus on the issue

Bang Bang

Anyone interested in UK radio play can look here: http://comparemyradio.com/tracks/Green_Day/Bang_Bang Been steady, nothing big but 1 play per day on Radio 1 is interesting considering they dropped Green Day from playlists after the trilogy. Kerrang tend to shuffle their 'A-List' tracks every few weeks so I wouldn't be surprised if their plays skyrocket when it's on rotation.

I saw the iTunes Store in Ireland had an add at the top of their page too for Revolution Radio. This didn't happen with Uno Dos or Tre or 21st CB.

I have to disagree on Last Night on Earth, I think it is one of the most beautiful ballads they have ever done. Musically, I find it beautifully serene and calming. I find the lyrics heartfelt and mature. Where WIT's lyrics sound like they were by a 5th grader and musically pretty much the same. WMUWSE is pretty much the exact same song musically. I agree that most casual fans would not understand what the song is about if they didn't know the back story, which is one of the reasons I don't think the song works. I don't consider Misery a ballad. Usually ballads are of a romantic nature. It is a slower song. FYI, I love Misery.

The picture from the Rolling Stone scan is my new favorite.

I believe the moment I started looking differently on the trilogy and stopped loving it was when iHeart put a shitstain on the whole era. Since then my appreciation for it only decreased.

you people are mixing up mall punk and pop punk. pop punk should be called "buzz pop", because when using a term like "pop punk", the real pop punk kids must constantly defend their bands by saying "it's pop punk, but not that shit on MTV." look at lookout records circa 1996-oh, forgot about the queers, screeching weasel, groovie ghoulies, riverdales..all that shit, didnt you? what would you classify that as? those bands are certainly NOT in the same boat as good charlotte and sum 41. i'm not even going to attempt to define "punk rock", because it's annoyingly controversial and no matter how hard you try, people are always going to have different definitions for it. whatever. however, "pop punk", to me, is just simple 3 chord songs pop songs, mostly ramones influenced, faster paced then most regular pop songs, about whatever. shit that doesnt matter. fun. girls. heartache. beer. whatever. its supposed to be fun. i hate when shit is all serious. this is lame. bye. michelle shirelle

I am exploding inside just thinking about what this is going to sound like live. Can't wait!

It's always a clusterfuck when people try to pinpoint a genre on Green Day.

Agreed - Peacemaker fits really well into that theme too, the "orgasmic" feeling of committing mayhem to satisfy some sort of personal vendetta.

I'm going to have a laugh if they get the tour and he lets the crowd sing that part.

The trilogy has certainly been the GD release I've listened to the most in the last 4 years.

Have you guys tried singing along the Hurrah - Bang Bang!, Hurrah -Bang Bang! While singing both parts? Me and my sister did that and we couldn't stop laughing. We speed up both parts and it ends up sounding hilarious. Totally the way I'm gonna sing it at a concert! hahah

Bang Bang Youtube video has over 1,000,000 views !

I don't understand the hate ¡Dos! gets. It's my favorite from the trilogy.

Brutal Love was an amazing closer.

It's really not though. I feel like a lot of people try to play dumb with what that term means. It means music steeped in punk that has heavy elements of pop sensibilities ingrained within it. It tends to be more structured and accessible to the general public. Less hardcore. Don't know why people here always make such a big deal about it, or even the band itself. It borders on cringe-worthy at times how much people seem to care, yet claim they don't actually care.

Yeah that sucks.

Thank you!

After reading the RS article on RevRad, I think I finally understand what they were going for with the Trilogy. It was supposed to be lighthearted, quick, and fun. Sadly, I think that's more of a side project thing to do.

Pop punk has more focus on melody and softer themes mainly. The riffs are often crunchy and the harmonies are very poppy much like Green Day. They rely far heavier on the hook in pop punk than they do straight up punk. Punk is always fast, vocals are often less polished and the hooks aren't as radio friendly. To put it in Green Day context, the overarching sound of Dookie is pop punk, while Insomniac has far more punk underpinnings (while still returning to those pop hooks at times). Here's a pretty good template for what a pop punk song is outside of GD because I think most bands put a bit different of a spin on the genre and it usually sounds like:

Okay i decided to make one. This must be so annoying for bands haha, so tough. Yeah just picked stuff I think would be absolutely amazing to hear live. Also assume the other new songs we don't know yet are in here. 1. Welcome to Paradise 2. Bang Bang 3.Stuart and the Ave. 4. Christie Road 5. East Jesus Nowhere 6. Longview 7. Oh Love 8. Paper Lanterns 9. Dominated Love Slave/All By Myself 10. Scattered 11. She 12, Armatage Shanks 13. Minority 14. Coming Clean 15. King For a Day (w.out shout) 16. Let Yourself Go 17. Burnout 18. Murder City 19. Basket Case 20. Church on Sunday 21. Whatsername 22. Waiting 23. WMUWSE 24. American Eulogy 25. American Idiot 26. JOS 27. Good Riddance

Nimrod is my #6.. I love it, but not as much as Uno and Tre.. AI, Dookie and Warning will always be my Top 3 unless RevRad is really special

Hey hey nothin' but respect here between Jimmy and I, I debate with love

Cause he has a chin..... lol better stop the spam before Mar attacks

Except his eyes are blue

1. I actually enjoyed the fact that we had so little information leading into this single's release, along with the album. While getting all the videos and articles during the process of the trilogy being recorded was a great insight to the process, I know I overanalyzed everything and ruined my initial experience with the albums. I was expecting a certain sound and got something else. This time around I set no expectations for the album on any front, and I was pleasantly surprised with Bang Bang. 2. This song is pumpass! I can only hope that it is used as a setlist opener to get the people going, unless they go with Revolution Radio or Somewhere Now. I love how this song is a combination of what they have done sonically and lyrically, but is still an evolution to their own sound. 3. It took a little bit on Thursday, but this song reminded me of the whole Elliot Rodger situation from two years ago. The fact that I had to try to narrow down what specific mass shooter this song reminds me of is pretty sad, although you could make an argument for a lot of the shooters over the last five years. There are enough lines in the song that make me think of this particular shooter. "You're dead! I'm well fed. Give me death or give me head. Daddy's little psycho and Mommy's little soldier." Elliot was from a very well to do family and his sexual frustration led him to think that carrying out his manifesto was the right thing to do. Plus, it seemed like he had jealousy of his father who didn't have any problems with his wealth or love life. His dad even said that they didn't have that great of a relationship for quite a long time. "I testify like a lullaby of memories. Broadcasting live and it's on my radio. I got my photobomb, I got my Vietnam. I love a lie just like anybody else." Elliot had posted videos and written on message boards prior to the shooting. He posted his manifesto online for the world to see before he carried out this atrocity. His sexual frustration that had been going on his life to that point was his Vietnam. That somehow him not getting laid was his own private war that he was never going to win. I think the lie he believed was the fact that he had money and fancy things (broadcasting from my room and playing with my toys_, along with supposedly being the "nice guy", was going to be all he had to do to get with women (or at least the ones he was attracted to). This is a narrative that has been put out that because you have all of these things and are attracted to someone, they have to want you just as much. I mean he called himself a supreme gentlemen and the perfect guy. In the end his inability to take responsibility to look in the mirror to see his own faults led to his own downfall. "I want to be a celebrity martyr. The leading man in my own private drama. The hero of the hour." "It's my private holy war. Oh baby baby this is Viva Vendetta. For this is love or its' World War Zero." Somehow I see Elliot thinking that what he was doing was acting on behalf of all those that were sexually frustrated as him, and that he was going to be seen as a hero/good guy by them. That by taking this "stand", he was going to be better off. Based on what I can remember, from a young age he noticed that there was a social hierarchy and that he didn't fit in. That even with everything else he had, he couldn't move up. He built this up so much that it consumed him and his inability to get with women. By creating these videos, writing these posts, and carrying out his manifesto/war on women he could finally have the power and control he wanted.

This moment at 3:48 when they transion to Basket Case and you can see happiness on Tre's and Billie's face and how proud they are will forever be my favorite Green Day moment.

the trilogy is perfect as it is, a triple album. I love several songs and like most of the rest, for fuck's sake even Nightlife has a really enjoyable bass line I like. I think songs like Angel Blue, Carpe Diem, Lazy Bones, Ashley, 8th Avenue Serenade are okay but for some people, they are their favourites so I would never wanted the trilogy to be shorter. Btw.. Let's be honest here, guys. GDC is full of shit sometimes, I remember I joined this site when UNO was about to get released and when all the albums leaked everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) loved the trilogy, people were even saying that TRÉ was one of their best works yet, the hype for the trilogy was fucking insane and I don't really get why suddenly everyone started to hate on it. Hypocrites.

Case in point (I stole this from green-day-bread)

I don't read instagram comments. And they most likely don't either (and so their kids) I agree the daddy thing is creepy when it's meant sexually.

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I'm not totally in on the discussion and haven't be very aware of fan opinions since before the Trilogy came out, last time I was really in the Green Day loop was the 21stCB era. That said, I enjoyed the trilogy a lot, I think it had a lot of great song that would have made a stellar one album. I liked the Foxboro Hottubs vibe songs but I didn't like that they kept the Foxboro Hottubs sonics for these songs. I revisit the Trilogy regularly, at least 8 songs from it are on my Go-to-Green Day playlist and for what it's worth I've been a fan since 1998 and since I became a fan there has never been an album that came out that disappointed me. I would say one thing I found they super fucked up with the Trilogy though, the freakin singles, Oh Love and the fuckin Twilight song are just awfully cheesy. Kill The DJ was too repetitive and flat for a single and Let Yourself Go is just dumb, I'm all for dumb fun but Let Yourself Go was just too dumb to be fun. Stray Heart was a decent single but it kinda got lost in the hay of shit singles, just like the amazing X-Kid. I think the singles were horrible representation for the albums.