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Turns on TV - Millionaires hot seat is on: First question: Billie Joe Armstrong is the lead singer of which American punk rock band. Thank you just won $20,000

I also really love the variety. If I want something "heavier" and super conceptional, I'll listen to 21CB. If I want a dancy rock banger, I prefer the trilogy etc. RevRad is the honest, personal and kinda nostalgic record. It's not like the old albums disappear with the new one, so there's something for everyone. One thing I really love about RevRad: Billie often said AI is about him, but he expressed himself by using characters, kinda distancing himself from it. In RevRad he's using the "I" a lot and of course "My name is Billie and I'm freaking out". I just like that development. It makes us connect more with the songwriter.

Don't really know what I can say because I think RevRad contains Billie's most honest lyrics yet . Think of Forever Now or Still Breathing, or any of the songs really, it's all his honest feelings about his personal experiences and struggles or outlook on the world. I even like the more light hearted lyrics, like in Youngblood where they're appropriately fun and slightly silly because he's looking back fondly on his young, carefree days falling in love. I actually think it's on another level of honesty, rather than speaking through characters or going for any kind of concept that stuff is all stripped back and it's just him writing songs from a personal and direct place. Everyone's entitled to their opinion of course but I have no complaints! Still listen to it almost daily.

I love RevRad! It has some of the most heartfelt and personal lyrics of Green Day. Yeah, some lyrics are cringeworthy, but it's not like that hasn't happened before, haha. I also got the overall excitement over GD back because of RevRad. Still, I think it's in the nature of music that everyone connects with it on a different level. Some like it, some hate it, some love it. Why care

This makes me sad. I think RevRad is wonderful and has some of BJ's best ever songwriting.

LOL yeah right? Imagine all the other guys are out seeing the city and having fun and Billie is sitting in his hotel room and playing with his puppet. Maybe perfecting his act for the next video.

I like it too. I like dos better, but uno is a good album

I was obsessed with KYE when it came out. I still think it's an awesome song. Simple but powerful, and I just love the guitar sound. I agree with this. And for me, 21CB doesn't have any filler at all. I adore it. Everything is a joke to the internet there are literally always comments bringing artists down, no matter who it is. I think it's this need to look like you're not following the crowd when actually nobody cares lol. Apparently being excited about a thing isn't cool but whatever, I'm excited about my favourite band. Sue me!

That I think is simply not true. I'm sure it's a loud minority rather than a majority. Where is the flood of dislikes on YouTube videos, where is the avalanche of negativ comments on Meteoritic? The reality is the album is generally well received among critics and casual listeners. Only few say it's complete garbage or that Green Day is a joke and those kind of people typically only like few Green Day albums anyway, or don't like Green Day at all...

I think that like pretty much every other GD album, RevRad has some flaws. But it would still be in my top half of my album rankings list. AI and 21CB are the only albums to me that have next to no flaws (Yeah I said 21CB, come at me bros)

Some people here have said that most people said that Rev Rad is mediocre. Where are you seeing that? The majority of the critics reviews that I have seen have been favorable, if not glowing. I don't read social media much, but I just went and looked at Youtube comments and I would say 90% of them were positive. Everything I have seen is a more positive response to the album.

Oh, I'm kinda different then, because it all starts with "I wanna listen to Green Day", haha.

Lately I'm hearing Say Goodbye more and more on the radio (that is, on Virgin Radio). That makes me quite happy every time but I wonder why Say Goodbye when Revolution Radio is about to be released as the third single?

I do think the lyrics can be on the simple side. But to me that's not necessarily a bad thing, more complicated or abstract lyrics can be good but so can more simple and direct ones. I relate to Somewhere Now more than I relate to any other Green Day song and I think the album is full of deeply personal (eg "I'm like a son that was raised without a father, I'm like a mother barely keeping it together"), honest (eg "My name is Billie and I'm freaking out..."), reflective/nostaglic (eg Outlaws, Youngblood, Somewhere Now/Forever Now) and relatable (eg Still Breathing, SN/FN again, Troubled Times and the other songs expressing despair with the current state of the world) lyrics. Whether they're good is personal taste but they feel very much inspired to me.

I agree 100%, I wanted to mention the classic rock influence, which I love. Personally, listening to Rev Rad just makes me happy, it brings me back to the time when it came out. I enjoy it to the point that I wish they would play the whole thing live (some songs more than others, but still).

21st Century Breakdown is a masterpiece. 2nd favorite album barley behind American Idiot

Insomniac for speed ironing!

I think Rev Rad is absolutely brilliant. They tried some things they haven't done before. While one particular song is dire, the rest are amazing. I love that you can hear the classic rock influences throughout the album. And I feel most of the lyrics are so heartfelt. I feel like Billie let us into his soul. The only thing I would change is one particular song, other than that I'm thrilled with the album.

Suffocate, Do da da, Desensitized, You lied

Haha yeah that is kind of bad sounding. When playing with his puppet I guess you could say he's playing with himself. LOL and yes I meant for that to sound dirty.

I love all the 'every time he does this it gets faster' videos It's just so nonsensical but hilarious! I'd love a "y'know" version Listening to Bullet In A Bible, or any of the live songs that I have on my iPod, is so much fun because most of the time I know when Billie Joe will say something like "alright!" or "get those hands up in the air!" and I'll shout along with him

Oh boy.. Here's something that's going to get the GD purists angry. .... I actually liked ¡UNO! Like a lot.

21cb is an awesome album, it's my #4.

I love this too

This may be my favourite Green Day birthday wish photo ever

Gentlemen too I hope . I think the majority of my GD listening is done while doing housework so everything . I do particularly like to listen to Insomniac while mowing the lawn though.

Whenever I hear anyone mention RevRad, both online and out in the real world, they all use the same word - Dissapointing - and I kinda agree. Whilst I think lots of these people are still in the AI mindset, I still think RevRad could've been better, is this the best album the guys could've produced? If yes, that's kinda dissapointing that BJ's song writing has deteriorated from the past, and if no then why wasn't this the best it could be? They had little inside pressure, they took their time and the album was in their control. Dont get me wrong there are some good Green Day songs, Forever and Somewhere Now are good and there are some ok tracks like Still Breathing and Bang Bang, but they're disappointing when you take them out of a Green Day context and put them in a general music context, they're not exactly classics. So yeah that's my unpopular opinion, RevRad both could and should have been better considering the talent and songwriting ability in the band.

that sound very wrong! he is in his hotel room playing with his "puppet" or my mind is in gutter!

Not sure if this goes in the Fan Photos thread or what... Exclusive shot from #RevRadAsia2018

Where are Billie and Mike when all this fun is being had with Koalas? Billie and a Koala could be too much cuteness - of god, just thought, Billie with mega eyeliner and a panda, how cute would that be?!

Lol Jason looks freaked the fuck out.

I like Know Your Enemy. I mean I'm a bit sick of it because I've heard it so much (not live, just in general) but as a song I actually like it.

I don't see any problem laughing at flat-earthers.

Oh it really can be, there are plenty of laughable opinions out there. Not talking about music of course

While I wouldn't say it's the worst Dookie doesn't wind up in the top 5 for my ranking but that could be because I have overplayed that album in the 90's

Billie playing with Jesse Malin and the St Mark's Social back when he was acting in the AI Musical in NYC:

I like the entirety 21st Century Breakdown. I doubt anyone else does.