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Like "we will see how godless a nation we have become"! That is such a badass opening for EJN so why not do it with another song. It would be cool.

I'm amazed to see how "Too Dumb Too Die" doesn't seem to be appreciated that much, I immediately fell in love with that song and it is actually one of my favorite on Revrad.

I liked it because I partially agree with you. The only thing I don't agree with you is that 21 Guns is a meh song. I love the song overall. However, it is so amazingly dynamic and exciting on stage. Seeing 21 Guns on stage was one of the best scenes of any play I have ever seen.

It's nothing to "get away with". Not all lyrics have to make sense in a literal way like an essay, sometimes it can be more about the feeling or the aesthetic of how they sound. Loads of bands write waaaaaay more abstract lyrics than Billie does, he can do it too sometimes if he wants. Agree 100% Aww I really like that line. I think it's kind of more....honest and brave that he says his name. Like standing up and saying "My name is [ ] and..." and admitting something that's hard to admit is an embarrassing thing to do, so for a song where he's revealing these personal feelings it seems appropriate.

I never understood why people thought Trilogy-bashing was an "unpopular" opinion...

With it being brought up again everywhere, I keep thinking about it... There are still certains things about the iheartradio outburst that I think were exaggerated and unworthy of the public response it caused. At the time, it bothered me that the stage antics alone were viewed as shocking. In the whole of the things GD and Billie have done on stage, that hardly seemed different. Instruments have been destroyed before. His Steve Jobs cancer comment was more blasphemous than his Bieber comment. I do not doubt that it was worthy of being a catalyst for him getting help, but what signifies that to me are the stories and personal reveals since then, not the incident itself. And without that context? Idk, it never truly shocked me.

I got the award for a reason

It is so. much. better. than KYE. They should start playing it again.

Aw that's amazing! It's such an amazing song (and video), no wonder it got you hooked It doesn't seem very likely now but I reaally hope we can hear it live

Yeah, the video did the job for me too. That song just blew my mind and then I saw Billie at the end of the video - that made me a fangirl as well right away.

I love 21st Century Breakdown live I really miss that song

Yes! 21st CB still gives me chills sometimes, it was such an epic opening song on the tour. I also loved Murder City, I hope they play some of those again. I haven't listened to 21st CB (the album) in such a long time, I need to do it soon.

I couldn't agree more! I love EJN. If I could pick one 21CB song to replace KYE, I'd go for it or 21CB.

I wish they played EJN, it's such a badass song overall. I'd prefer it over know Know Your Enemy actually.

Not sure I've ever posted in this thread before! Okay, here's one of mine: I prefer the musical version of 21 Guns to the real thing. 21 Guns and WMUWSE are meh songs to me, though bizarrely I adore similar 'slow' songs like BOBD and Novacaine.

I totally agree. I love that line so much. Definitely honest and brave. As for iHeart...I don't know. They've done wacky things, but that situation (to me) came across as much more of a rockstar diva rant than anything they'd done before. It felt out of character for the band they've become over the years. What I don't understand is why they still seem to be asked whether or not they agreed with what Billie said. I mean, it's nice that Mike and Tre support why he was upset, but it was a drunken rant, nothing more. Trying to look for meaning in it seems silly. When talking about it, I don't understand why Billie should have to say "Well, it's not necessarily that I don't agree with what I said, I just regret how fucked up I was and that I wasn't acting like myself." I take little stock in what he said, because it just doesn't seem relevant to the broader situation.

Yeah, I look at it as you described, I mean I think it's honest and brave, but I just wanted to say when I first heard that line it felt so awkward, don't really know why but I must admit that since then I'm not really a big fan of that one

I absolutely agree. What's probably an even more unpopular opinion is that I like Forever Now better than Somewhere now although they're both not that great. And I totally agree on that cringeworthy line, I feel external shame every time I listen to it.

i LOVE the frilly shirt.

I listened to the album all the way through when I first got it, and this was one that really caught my attention. I don't like the slow beginning, I usually skip to the one minute mark, but I love the rest

I wouldn't say it's one of my favorites, bit it has grown on me.

Top 5 songs & yes for EJN.

You are so smart

I would say it's comet-bus

I'd utterly love to hear Before The Lobotomy live.

That song is amazing, yeah. And I completelly understand that you fell in love with GD in 5 minutes It happened to me while watching AI in 2004 after 2 minutes of that song and video How do they do that? Haha Magic

Before the tour started, I thought that Billie might say 'deserve to be anhiliated' before the start of bang bang. I want him to say it.

I absolutely agree. It's almost as out of place as Mike's line in that "English math and science song" (I can't remember how is it called now). It doesn't really ruin the flow of the song at the beginning. I think of it as more of the type of a intro like Nobody Likes You then as about a proper beginning of the song.

I love the lyrics for 21 Guns. There are so many genuine questions there in that song that I can't resist to at least think about the answer to them. It still amazes me though. For me, there are one of their best lyrics ever written in these verses IMHO.

I must admit that I feel the same

Either that or they could have left it out completely.

Yes, there is. You said that song is generic. That's a statement not an opinion and it's a wrong statement. Song as musically complex as SN simply doesn't fall into that category at all. What you wanted to say is that you dislike it and that's fine but it isn't generic at all. See, I'm not a fan of Pink Floyd but I don't say their music is generic. Becuse it isn't. There's a major difference between discussing opinions on a piece of music and discussing the musical side of the piece itself.

I'm curious as to why you think it is average. You are a musician and I feel that RevRad is possibly the most difficult and diverse album they have ever done. Not that it is difficult but comparatively. It isn't just 3 chord power chord songs. It shows a continued growth from that. I'm good with the first three, the last one, is the song that should not be named.

From yesterday's show in LA

got a bigger one for you

omg

Pretty sure this hasn't been posted in here before:

These are so awesome from when Billie was St Jimmy on Broadway:

Has anyone else noticed Billies pouts?

Everyone says that about it, but if that's the case how is there actually a problem? You can just pick those songs yourself, make a playlist of them and listen to it, and enjoy your solid Green Day album . It's even better doing it yourself because your list of favourite songs will no doubt be different to other people's or the band's, so you'll get the exact ones you want. From the point of view of the album(s) maybe being more successful/well received I get the argument for slimming down but just from the point of view of enjoying the music all it would've done is made it highly likely you would've missed out on hearing some of your preferred songs. Oh and about Awesome as Fuck/Bullet in a Bible, BIAB obviously has the best DVD of the two but I much prefer the Awesome as Fuck CD! Yeah there's a bit of noticeable vocal effect on there but everything else is in its favour, the variety of different songs at different venues and the way it captures the energy of the band and crowd and the feel of that tour. The BIAB CD all recorded in one place and with really not the most interesting versions of songs to listen to (although they're very entertaining to watch) is dull in comparison.

21CB is great, but it doesn't quite beat AI for me. Both are brilliant in every way though.

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Replacing 99 Revs with Nightlife as the opening song Extending King for a Day by ten minutes, now with twerking and Satanic rituals! Moar Trilogy Playing All by Myself a number of times in a row Adding Like a Rat Does Cheese and Boys in the Bathroom Stall as set staples