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What do you think about this sentence: "Punk is the enzyme of Rock" Assuming that Rock is a chemical reaction happening in our bodies, Punk, that is a subgenre of Rock, is the thing that makes this reaction happen faster. In fact Punk has always an average of BPM (160/190) greater than Rock (120/140). So, when listening to GD, it's like our body, or better, our "Rock" side, improves its speed. That's why we feel so good. Does it make sense, or am I crazy?

God, I was thinking the same thing last week. I was listening to a live version of Dominated Love Slave and his voice is really good!

I referred mostly to Kerplunk, Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod. Anyway Bang Bang should be doubled, it beats in 2 not in 4. So 260 BPM.

That's great to know, I just thought that in'03 they were kind of thought of as a has-been 90's band like so many others. Listening to Tre's part in Homecoming, and realised just how much I love his voice the rare few times he sings. Anyone remember 'Sid Sings' (Sid Vicious). If Tre ever did something like that I'd die Seriously though, It's time for a new Tre song. (Anyone notice that the end of that piece in Homecoming is the beginning of Castaway?)

There's also the instance where they just gave him the shirt and said, here kid, wear this because your character is supposed to be into punk music, and he's like okay cool! I hope it was his own idea but know way to really know. Yeah, GD was fuckin huge in the 90's before all the AI stuff came about, and very rough around the edges people would listen to it, it was heavy. AI made a lot of people shut their eyes to the band with the drastic change but in the midst brought a completely new wave of kids to the dance and a lot of old school metallers and punks retreated back to their heavy roots. They will continue to say that is when Green Day was awesome but truthfully, they have just given us so much since. No doubt though, Dookie was just as big as AI on radio and stuff, Nimrod got a ton of airplay too. Wonder, based on his age if that kid was into the old music, most likely was, or if JB just handed him the shirt or something, also a possibility.

Thank you. Also checked online. My logic drives me away from this. I was sure it was 260 BPM because I counted I as doubled. There is nothing to do. I still imagine it in my mind as faster than a normal 130 BPM song... Maybe I have a strange and different understanding of music (this may be the reason why I love it so much). Anyway I admit I was wrong. Thank you again.

Wow, what a beautiful picture! Thanks for posting it!

Ah, so eating one's hat is prospective but eating crow is retrospective. Makes sense now, thanks

They should pull out Emenius Sleepus on the upcoming tour and be sure to announce it was written by Mike!

Thanks, that video made my day

Haha, in an English test where I had to talk about my personality I quoted the chorus of Walking Contradiction. Not sure if it has been a good idea though. School is not interesting ---> you don't learn anything GDC is interesting ---> you learn a lot of things (and have fun) Do you see? I just learned some logics stuff.

Yeah, GDC gave me more than school did lol And same - I read a lot of articles and watched interviews, both helped a ton. Btw, is it only me or is Billie really very easy to understand? I don't know what it is, maybe it's just that he speaks relatively slowly and uses (used) so many filler words but I've always found him very easy to understand when he's talking, of course. Singing is a different beast.

Yees, I though about that as well, you really learn a lot of vocabulary just from the lyrics. My classmates were always in disbelief how I knew all these words because they knew I really didn't study When I was 15, after I saw Green Day live, I had a bit of an obsession phase and decided to watch every single interview I could find online, which helped me a lot - at first I could hardly understand what they were saying but it got better really quickly. And I'm pretty sure being on GDC helped as well, you learn a lot here (and not just language related things ).

Thank you both, good to know this has more meanings. I currently study English at uni and although I'm sometimes overwhelmed with having to think about language related stuff nonstop, I like learning new idioms and also the differences between British and American expressions. I enjoyed learning English from the beginning, but I have to say that discovering Green Day helped a lot to develop my interest in the language and majorly contributed to the fact that I never had to study for any English tests at school

To be honest, I never knew that either, thanks for sharing! I just never stopped to think about that line I guess, but "Billie literally eats crows" made me laugh

Look at him posing

I really want to know if he has pants to match that jacket. I will be highly disappointed if he doesn't.

larger unwatermarked versions Figured I share while I wait to photos to upload on GDA... I apparently have a scary number of Green Day photos.

Everything. The entire discography. Play for 8 hours. I'll bring sandwiches.

So Starbucks is not hipster enough for Green Day?