Leaderboard

Same, absolutely. Things were weird leading up to the Trilogy, and at the time I thought it was me just growing apart from them, even though I never thought that would happen. And then, well, things got worse before they got better. Even when they came back in 2013, I was trying so hard to make things feel the way they did before, but I just couldn't move past feeling generally shitty about the entire era. So, I took a good two years off from the band where they didn't have nearly as much influence in my life as they had previously. I needed that break, and it really did me some good. It was crucial for me that the band move past that time so we could start with a clean slate. I didn't realize just how much I needed that until the RevRad era started, and everything felt light and happy and I felt like I was falling in love with them all over again. I don't know how else to describe it other than this feels like a new beginning as a fan. I love it. I'm having the most fun I've ever had since becoming a fan 12-ish years ago.

Was working out to Tre today. The wife came home early and we ended up slow dancing to The Forgotten and Brutal Love as the album replayed automatically on the DVD player. Was a beautiful moment as it is Valentine's Day and shit. This band is just something else.

The Forgotten is so underrated. I love the music and lyrics are something I can easily relate to. The arrangement is simple but emotional enough to the spirit of the song.

I'm listening to Bang Bang on a loop again... this song is everything. Everything about this song is perfect - the speed, his voice, his scream, the drums, the guitars, the lyrics, the message... I still get butterflies in my stomach when I listen to it and even though I'm physically quiet I'm shouting along in my mind. It's not just the feeling it gives me now, but the feelings it gave me when I first listened to it. It takes me back to when I was lying on my back in my bed, earphones plugged into my laptop, volume turned up to the maximum, not understanding a single word but still excitedly letting it fabricate my brain into mush while staring at the ceiling with wide eyes and absolute amazement. Almost crying because after years of waiting, my favorite band was finally back, better than ever, and everything was just getting started. Remembering how this was literally the only song I listened to for weeks. A 3 hour car ride would turn into 3 hours of Bang Bang. If it wasn't Bang Bang, I wasn't interested. I couldn't get tired of it and I still can't get tired of it. And then seeing them on stage at the AMAs, performing this glorious song, being their glorious selves, doing the "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA" chant and Billie letting us do it at the concert, joining in... I only have 100% purely positive emotions about this song. ... oh yeah, and I still hear "...Hulk Smash of men, they claim responsibility for the executions..." in the radio chatter.

I LOVE all the songs that have strings in them. The Forgotten, Good Riddance, Restless Heart Syndrome, etc - and Viva La Gloria actually nearly made me cry when I listened to the instrumental version. Ugh I love it

How lovely to see some love for The Forgotten . I really love the ending lyrics of it, very nice sentiment to end the albums on. And I'm also a sucker for strings.

my thoughts are so simple these days. i just listened to insomniac and thought i love insomniac .

The guys are very romantic today haha, so cute

Okay, Billie's post is sweet as heck. AWW. And since it appears that we can post them... Here's tre's:

I'm going through the extremely difficult process of ordering my top 30 favourite Green Day songs, and having to listen to a lot that I tell myself are my favourites. And I just... god, Brutal Love is a masterpiece and I can't overstate how much I adore it. It has landed firmly at #2 which is kind of a surprise to me, but also not really because everything about it from the lyrics to the melody is just perfect It's one of those rare songs that feel like they could change the rhythm of my heart, however ridiculous that sounds

^^ Yesterday I was listening ¡Tré! and I almost forgot how much I love Brutal Love, it's such a beautiful song, Billie's voice sounds amazing and is one of my favorites live, that scream after "something for my trouble mind" still gives me chills, ugh I love it so much and it makes me sad that they don't play it live anymore and probably never will.

This performance strikes me so deep. I cry almost every single time, and it shatters me not knowing if I'll ever get to hear it live.

they should also let the fans vote on their set lists sometime

The Forgotten is such an underrated song and def. one of my favs. off of Tre. It's quietness and instrumental music is so beautiful and emotional. It reminds me so much of Let It Be.

The Forgotten is a great song! I do think it's one of the best in the Tre record. But I do agree that it is pretty underrated.

That's my favourite part

Can these assholes stop announcing new shows and new merch when they already stole all of my money and made me poor 💔

Dad reading a review of the Leeds concert Dad: it says in the review ''Green Day middle-aged punks''. How old are they? Me: 44 Dad: 44???? If they're 44 and people think they're middle-aged, how old do you think that makes me feel?

Don't worry, they'll be there next year and they'll win the best rock album with RevRad. I really hope so. The album has a great potential, I hope it'll do well!

The Forgotten/Brutal Love. Just epic. I'm happy that you had a well-timed GD/love moment.

They weren't nominated.

I fell out of touch with a friend I made years and years ago through Green Day on LiveJournal, but recently we've started talking again and she was like "I still think of Green Day most days, you know?" And I didn't know how to respond to that, because the general gist is that she's gotten over them and it felt like she expected I have, too So I just sent her this with "haha... yeah... same"

That is so weird. Billie's disembodied head from the American Idiot era just sitting on Kurt's shoulder?! (ps sorry mods but for some stupid reason it won't allow me to remove the image from the quote)

Metallica does that sometimes they let fans pick a few songs and the winners is NEVER a rare track or anything

What a shitstorm would it be though.

I'm not sure if this belongs here or not but Courtney Love posted this on her IG...?

I just had the weirdest dream about them. At first I didn't remember anything but throughout the day my memory came back and then I searched for this topic to have a place to share it: It was a cold night in a small estate near my house (in Germany!). I was coming back home from whatever I did that night, I guess it doesn‘t matter. But then happened something that – when I think about it now – doesn’t make any sense at all: As I was walking down the street at exactly 12 o’clock, a few houses further some people went on the balcony. And they were singing something: They sang “Happy Birthday Billie Joe!” I was like “wait, what did they just…?” and ran towards the house. I looked at the signs and there was one reading “Armstrong”. So I guess I was at the Armstrong’s house, right? The door opened and I went upstairs. There it was: The apartment of Billie Joe! He opened the door. He talked to me like he was a normal person and he really didn’t seem surprised that I knocked on his door in the middle of the night. Well, he had his family over and Mike was there as well. But Tré wasn’t there for an uncertain reason. He showed me his apartment and introduced me to his family. It pretty much fell like I’m the star which I’m definitely not! I looked at all the pictures hanging on his walls. Mike was in the kitchen making coffee. He asked me if I – as their guest – wanted some coffee as well. I agreed of course. In the kitchen where nobody else was seeing us, I asked Billie to take a photo of us together since this was a huge dream for a while now. He then took the cell phone I gave him and took some photos. I asked Mike to do the same of course since I got the chance already. This was going way too fast somehow and I was still shocked at how normally he welcomed me. But it is getting even more strange: The next minute he suggested to load that photo up on Facebook. I asked him why and he answered something along the lines of “So everybody can see how much fun you had with us tonight!”. I put the photo up on Facebook. After that I was in the apartment for a while spending time with Billie and his family (and Mike). I asked Billie what he is doing in Germany at that time. He told me he is on a tour in the moment (which I should have known about). Then he said he’d be leaving in a few days for another gig. We two talked a lot more but I really can’t remember what exactly we were talking about or any of his words. As it was around three o’clock in the morning (yes, I stayed there for three hours) I suggested that I could come there the next day and that I should go home now because my mother is already waiting for me to come home for a long time now. As I was about to go home, Billie asked me how far I had to go. He said that if it was far to walk, I should probably call home and stay over at his house. I told him that I only had to walk a little way and want to go home now (how could I be that dumb?!). He said it was okay but he really liked the idea of me coming over the next day (on his birthday)... Sorry about the post's length but I had to tell the whole story.

I'm glad this thread was bumped! I had a dream last night that I was front row for the Ormeau Park gig, but the front wasn't crowded so I could move around and actually breathe and Green Day played Church On Sunday and 409 In Your Coffeemaker, and I put it here but no one cared lmao

I have the link to GD's Twitter account on my home screen so I just decided out of curiosity to see which users the account follows. One of them is @POTUS which is now entitled "President Trump", so someone may need to unfollow that account!

MTV Classic Presents Backtrack: Green Day We're celebrating the release of Green Day's 12th studio album Revolution Radio with this look back at some classic performance and interview footage with the band. Middle fingers up!

I had the weirdest dream last night. My friend and I went to a concert and it didn't start until midnight. That's not the weirdest part though; the bands playing were Green Day and Duran Duran. What a weird combination. The good part of the dream was that I got to go into a room afterwards and meet them. They must've known me because they called me by my first name and hugged me. Then we drove home and I woke up.

i dreamed that i was waiting after a show of green day...and billie came out came to me and my sis and then we somehow sat in a car and he drove....i kinda didn'T ask for a pic or so..idk why...maybe i was soooo happy that i met him and was in the same car and then we stopped and he bought some drink...and that's it^^ was pretty cool

When their next post is about how hot he is

I noticed there's more and more of "Billie Joe is my dad" posts and I wonder what could be possibly more uncomfortable.

He's the lead singer of Green Day

This era made me fall back in love with Green Day hardcore. I've never not been a fan but looking back I can see I wasn't as into them during the trilogy era as I had been previously. In 2009 I skipped school to book tickets to see them, in 2013 I bought a ticket for Emirates AGES after they went on sale and I wasn't on GDC and the general excitement level was just below what i'd always had. This era however has been amazing, my love has come back big time, I love the album, I'm back here making dumb posts, and the two gigs I just went to were overwhelming and emotional and just kick ass. I just love this band and i love you guys and hey, I'm not even drunk making this post

The hangover from your first Green Day concert is awful. You look forward to it for so long then it's gone in the quickest two and a half hours of your life. Thank you Green Day for the best performance and showmanship that I have ever seen in a concert.

I really feel like a lot of Revolution Radio sounds closer to the vibe of the Trilogy than it does to any other Green Day record. At least 75% of the Trilogy to me felt like Green Day embracing power pop, 50s and 60s pop, and garage rock n roll to the max, more so than any other record of theirs. Of course Green Day throws their own sort of spin on those styles, and of course Green Day has dabbled in those sounds in the past, but the Trilogy to me felt like the first time they whole heartedly embraced those styles of pop. IMO, Somewhere Now, Forever Now, Bouncing Off The Walls, Too Dumb To Die, Young Blood, all sound like 70s/80s power pop. Outlaws to me sounds like 50s/60s pop. But then I hear everyone comparing Rev Rad to AI and 21CB. I suppose everyone hears things differently, which isn't a bad thing. But IMO, Rev Rad is like a sibling to the Trilogy. Which isn't a bad thing to me at all. What do you guys think about all this? This might been talked about a shit load already, in which case, apologies...

@MBarenaberlin

Guys, Trilogy supporters, it's so sad to see GD playing live 7 songs from AI and ZERO from Uno, Dos and Trè. They're always GD, yeah, but it's like you erase 4 years of your life...

I had one last night that I was going to a concert but when we got there I needed to change close (I was still in pajamas?). There weren't any bathroons, so I was behind a curtain to change, and while I was putting on a bra, Tre Cool walks in and starts yelling at me that I'm inappropriate, that should be dressed, and a whole bunch of other shit. I was trying to be dressed. Which I tried to explain, but that didn't help. And I have to be honest - it has fucked me up more than it should.

Yesterday I had a dream: I went to a GD concert. Oh, wait... It wasn't a dream!

I had a dream that I was at the show they're going to be doing in Glasgow in July and Green Day had found out it was my birthday so Billie pulled me up on stage and got everyone to sing Happy Birthday to me. Then he said that we've got some presents for you and Mike and Tre went off stage and they came back with a load of merchandise and Billie said that's not all and that they were going to take me out to dinner the next day. I never got to the dinner because my son though it would be a good time to wake me up.