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But that’s most of Green Day’s catalog. What were you expecting? They don’t make instrumental music, they make music with vocals. You can’t take away an integral part of the piece of art and then complain about it. That’s like taking the sauce away from spaghetti and then saying that it isn’t good spaghetti.

I don't love it but don't hate it either. It's catchy and upbeat. But why do so many of his lyrics sound like they're made with a random Green Day lyrics generator anymore? Rainy days and razor blades Hurricanes and headlines Open roads and traffic lights

Technically that’s what Billie Joe is.

I agree. The self-deprecating title ("Pollyanna" means an excessively optimistic person) also seems like an acknowledgement of having some apprehension underneath.

Copyright infringement lvl 1000 Like are they actually serious..?😄 (Picture of a norwegian fries company)

This song honestly felt like the greatest gift from the boys. While I was feeling so messed up, all the positive vibes on the lyrics and melody gave me the strength to keep going. I couldn’t really think of any better timing than that. So, I’m planning to listen to this on repeat during these stressful days I’m going through🖤

I love this song!! I didn't think I'd hear such an uplifting song from them any time soon! Made me inexplicably happy. So catchy too!

I noticed this too. The title. IMO the whole song feels like fear of a let down. And then repeated repeated at the end “don’t let me down”. The song sounds kind of sad lyrically with an upbeat sound and fun guitar. Like it might not be alright. Don’t let me down. That’s a lot of pressure for the Pollyanna. We need to help her out. Be kind to one another. Does anyone know if these are new or old lyrics? There’s a theory going around that this song is from the 21CB era? Kind of feels new and like the toxic positivity and isolation of our new climate but seems Billie Joe also has wrote from the feeling of being isolated and broken-hearted and looking for something or looking to someone for years.

I love MM2020 Part II! It’s an eclectic and fun collection of songs. Ivanka is a Nazi and Threat Level Midnight are some of the most energized punk songs they’ve released in years. And, hearing very well written songs from Mike and Tre is also a treat. I play the album from start to finish and never feel tempted to hit next. But, I also really liked MM2020 (Part 1).

Yeah, except they immediately re-sign with them straight after so.... ...this. When you ignore the joke songs, everything left is arguably musically and lyrically more interesting than anything off of FOAM. The production quality feels much better, like they actually put effort into this instead of just throwing in random laser sounds, then there is the whole experimentation/creativity let loose on the entire thing, so to me personally it just feels a bit more refreshing and far less like cringe/bland boomer songs. Also Fentanyl 👌

Interesting. I don't know if polished is the word I would have chosen, but I don't know how else I would describe it. I guess my best guess at a description would be that the way he used to sing had more of a visceral grit to it that really projected from his very soul. It was still smooth and clear, but it had that underlying emotional depth. Now when he sings it's like he's got the technical prowess, but the depth has fallen by the way side. There are very few songs that I can name recently outside of ones like Brutal Love that seem to have as much of that.

Am I the only one who doesn't give a shit about MM2020 part 2? There's like 5 songs on there that are worth listening to and only 2-3 songs that are worth revisiting imo. Honestly there's more reason to return to FOAMF imo

Woah this was a nice surprise! Every step out of their destructive yolo-party-until-you-die-attitude is a step in the right direction for me, so even though it still has to grow on me, I think I like it. I love the positive message. We all need a Billie telling us everything is gonna be alright these days, I guess🥺

You seem like you don't really know GD music. Listen to anything from AI, 21st CB, RevRad or even FOAMF and then tell me their music is not good instrumentally. I'd say some songs are even better without the voice because you can clearly hear all the other interesting parts that Billie's playing. In some songs there are even multiple guitar parts that you can't normally hear. Great example is Boulevard of Broken Dreams or 21 Guns which has beautiful piano pretty much all across the song but you can't really hear it because it's lost in the mix. I recently fell in love with Oh Yeah! after I played the instrumental version of it and I'm not a fan of the song at all. I urge you to listen to all of the instrumentals that you can find on YouTube and then you might see how bad/lazy their last two songs are.

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It's pretty much comparing nerds to punks.

It’s hard to compare the two bands to me musically because they’re so different. They each have their own lane and do their thing well.

There was a song that was mentioned in the 21st CB era called "Wonderful" that Billie wrote after Obama was elected. All that was said about it was it was a very happy and optimistic song written in reaction to that event. Because this song is very optimistic and says "wonderful" it brought it to mind. I guess it's possible it's reworked from it or they used some things from it but there's nothing concrete to say it is.

I swear this place. Nitpickingcommunity

Hopefully soon! Yeah interestingly enough, I had drinks with the marketing manager for Warner Canada tonight and he mentioned in passing how’ there’s a new Green Day album. Being released this year

i mean they seem pretty tight still

I hope when (when not ifffff omgggggg please for the love of Beejeezus whennn...) when the Longshot tours again I hope they always pick local bands to open. Longshot shows are hard enough to get into it would be cool if they gave local bands a thrill and a leg up by insisting on small lesser known local bands open the show. Thanks for posting this ❤️

Haha, yeah Other Garden tried to sue Green Day because “Warning” sounds a little like their song “Never Got the Chance.” But, that song sounds like “Picture Book” by The Kinks 😆 (which is probably where Billie Joe got the idea from since he’s a big Kinks fan). There have been quite a few parts in Billie Joe’s songs that are similar to other songs. But this is just the case with music, especially rock music. The most obvious one is Mark Curry’s song “It’s Only Time.” Check it out in YouTube and you’ll immediately hear what song Green Day wrote probably based on this (either intentionally or unintentionally). Another that I just discovered is that “Threat Level Midnight” sounds a lot like “Never Alone” by the Dropkick Murphys!

just saying... it's just a common font type reused a million times, no copyrights were infringed

70% of Network songs were better than this and Billie hid them with a side project. Why?

Probably going to be announcing the guys who will replace Mike and Tre on live TV.

I thought something similar with the frowny faces in the videos. You have the upbeat, forward looking lyrics, but still some apprehension beneath that as well.

Yeah, they've only been my favorite and most listened to band for the past 15-20 years so I obviously don't know their music. In addition, being able to play most of their songs on guitar, including the "other interesting parts that Billie's playing", really makes me that the person that shouldn't make a statement like I did. In all seriousness, I didn't mean for the "but that's most of Green Day's catalog" comment to imply the instrumental versions of their music isn't good; it's quite the opposite. I have the official instrumental version of every album from Dookie up through RevRad and I enjoy listening to them quite frequently.

(As much as I enjoyed Pollyanna, I think I enjoy most songs off OK Human more...)

All My Favorite Songs by Weezer and Choker by 21 Pilots is getting played 45 times a day it's so stupid.

Weirdly I found that to be the opposite with HCTS, the instrumental improved it.

Well they knew about Bratwurst so maybe HCTS will not be on the album.

They could always decide to leave it off now based on the reception it got

I assume it’s that way. Same art concept, similar sound...

Nice ! Hoping it's not gonna be released in February and gonna be longer than 30 minutes.

I've never seen this before. Must have been taken around the same time Billie was filmed sleeping on that couch in BIAB. He looks super cute!

Yep. Sorry, I was between meetings at work and saw he shared a story. In a rush to screencap, upload & post here...

Blond. billie. looks. Fantastic.

So it wasn't a fuck you to Warner and we need to accept the fact that it was a bad Green Day album NOT on purpose.

Lights Out Levine and David Field. Then Billie can be one step closer to what obviously is his ultimate goal- becoming a full time member of Prima Donna.

BBQ album confirmed, the hot dog was just the starter! 😄

Honestly if it does, I wouldn't expect a full fledged era defining album. I have talked about the possibility of more of a Shenanigans style collection of odds and ends rather than something along the lines of albums we've been seeing recently. Think FOAM but even less focused and more random. I could see all of the recent 3 singles being on a 10-12 track album of this style. You know, something to throw out there to keep the music flowing (and kind of wash away the bad taste of FOAM a little) for the next few years or so while the boys figure out and work on whatever they are doing next. There have been plenty of positive Green Day songs. RevRad is actually almost full of them. The main difference is here Billie is just straight up singing about "life is wonderful" but in those songs, and many many others, Billie is being realistic. Think more: Life isn't always wonderful. Life can be really fucked up... but lets embrace who we are, lets look how far we've come. We're still breathing. We're still alive.

This. I listened to an hour ago and already forgotten it. I thought the idea of putting out music more frequently would be a good thing, but if they’re just going to churn out generic stuff like this I’d rather they don’t. Having said that I’ll eat my words somewhat if they’re secretly working on a great album and just putting out b sides in the meantime. I say somewhat because it still damages your name if you release sub par material in the interim.

everyones talking about a new album but forget that in interviews before covid billie kept saying they were excited to be able to just release songs whenever without needing an album . damn.

Last time we saw Billie he looked like a slightly chubby trucker. I wonder if he's cardio-ing like crazy from now until the first tour date. It's crunch time! Literally.

This song made me want to listen to Cage The Elephant. It really fits into a playlist with their music.

Great song! Finally they released some song that has more positive than negative/depressed vibe. I'm happy. Thanks GD ❤️

Let me guess. All of you hate it.

Musically that’s true, I just thought they were one of those bands that was in it together for the long haul, at least that’s how they always talked about it. I love everything Billie does, but I don’t want to see Green Day drift apart.