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1972 BC, so even further back. It's about how phat the Assyrian empire was. And of course, a party record.

what?

You heard her. Apparently all the albums connect together when you just randomly insert the album titles into some random sentence that you construct

That "evidence" he provided couldn't be more unrelated or irrelevant.

I think 1972 will be more about them. What's the point of writing a song about something that happened 50 years ago?

If you love the band, clearly is worth it. Expensive yes, but can you put a price for a memory you would cherish the rest of your life?

I'm not expecting any changes either but I still bet it'll be a memorable show! So, for those who won't be attending, better keep tuned for the streaming. I think Globoplay will stream it live, but I not certain if people not living in Brazil can access the platform or if it'll be available on the free plan. Here's the link if you guys want to try it out: https://globoplay.globo.com/

We do know there were some guitar overdubs done to the demos before Demolicious was released but after the trilogy albums came out. And that doesn’t even count the Otis Mixes.

That you and your audience are too young to have a memory of

Anyone else notice he said "Billie Joe had produced the last ten years worth of Green Day records himself with the band". The only self-produced album they made was RevRad. Rob was with them during the trilogy. It had been 8 years since the trilogy so maybe he's rounding up to 10 but if he was trying to say "They've been self-producing since after the trilogy", it seems weird to say "Billie Joe had produced the last ten years worth of Green Day records himself with the band" when they only released one Green Day album between the trilogy and FOAMF (along with a couple of new songs like Xmas Time of the Year and Back in the USA) I've been critical of FOAMF but I've never singled out Butch as the culprit of the album's failure. I think it was mostly down to the band most likely. But this definitely seems like he's making excuses He's acting as if there's like no metrics for an album's success nowadays because people don't buy albums. People still listen to albums. They still stream, they still play songs on radio, there are still charts and FOAMF didn't do very well in any of these metrics in terms of album performance or singles performance. Any metrics they did do well in like reaching no. 1 on the US Rock Airplay charts are metrics they did just as well in on RevRad and/or the trilogy. Also if he's saying that FOAMF was more successful than 21CB, I just don't know what world he's living in. The album that housed 21 Guns? The album that won a grammy for best rock album? The album that had a lot of new interesting sounds that a lot of fans didn't hate but actually loved it for? FOAMF wasn't even NOMINATED for anything It seems like he's taking advantage of the fact that people don't really know what makes an album successful nowadays since people don't buy albums. But if you just look at chart positions or streaming numbers for all the album tracks on spotify, they're not doing well. Yes, rock music doesn't perform as well currently but even taking that into account, it still doesn't look good

Best live band on the planet! Although I miss seeing them touring smaller venues 😕

His evidence is wishful thinking. "If I say something enough times, I'm bound to be right eventually" is what he's thinking

The Hot! tag bait me again 😅

I was with him til he started just plain lying. I have no problem with FOAM being Billie’s vision, nobody hits gold 100% but the later part of what he says is just nuts.

I buy CDs as I like to have a physical copy of albums, I transfer them onto my IPod. I also listen to music on Spotify, although it’s mainly songs that I don’t have on my IPod that I listen to on Spotify. I’ve also used Spotify as a means to try an album before I buy it.

I don't even know how to stream music tbh

Well, I buy CDs, too. I use Amazon Music in my car.

Am I the last music fan on earth that buys music still and doesn’t stream it??

Streaming numbers for FOAM on Spotify are ridiculously low for a band of this size.

Maybe there would be a political song about Nixon and the Watergate scandal

Does anyone else notice that a lot of their albums seem tied together? 39/smooth and slappy hours turn into having to kerplunk which leaves dookie sitting there while going through insomnia making someone feel like a complete Nimrod for not heeding the Warning from their mother to clean it up.... It's like they started out telling a whole story showing their genius. Perhaps the next album is going to have some historical content. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_in_the_United_States There is no climax to this story however, because things are constantly changing... Yes we can look at history for queues to what has happened, but what happens when it gets mixed up? What happens when history does not repeat itself? Is that something they may end up seeing as worth exploring?

Green Day is Green Day I compare them to no other. And frankly I don’t give a sh** if they are pop punk or punk rock…. when a song sounds good a song sounds good. They have a lot of good sounds.

He’s starting from the presumption that a single will be out in October and using that as the basis for his belief that the single will be out in October. That plus the random fact that HLAHG came out in October which was a docufilm not a single or an album. Odd reasoning. The single could just as easily drop 2-3 months before any album release date and we have no idea when that will be. Personally, I would love for him to be right because I want to hear a new song live in Austin.

His next tweet was To be fair i have not taken my bipolar meds in almost a week. I could be very wrong about Green Day. But idk bc its all adding up. He's tweeting every hour about anything.

Absolutely! I saw them live this year and they were amazing. They always put on a great show and Billie is a brilliant frontman always engaging with the audience and making it an interactive experience. Their ticket prices are also very reasonable for a band of their status. If you get a chance to see them live go for it.

Ok… I made a Reddit post comparing Rod's Hickory Pit (1987) to the Starbucks/Gas Station it now is and some random user said this: "Shame to see...I have the Rod's Hickory Pit performance on cassette and it's a pretty darn good show, imo. I believe there is an unreleased song or two in the set" I think this guy is getting mixed up with some other show but idk what’s going on.

This is the Starbucks if anyone is interested

I still buy everything physically. I wouldn't know how to stream either

I buy it digitally. Listen on Youtube and Spotify sometimes, but hate commercials and don't want to pay for plans.

Yeah but there's also a correlation to how much people stream FOAMF on spotify and on other streaming services, just like there is with like every other album. Now that's not to say that there isn't a bigger proportion of streams of FOAMF coming from Amazon music compared to other albums where there may be a bigger proportion of streams coming from spotify but generally low streams on spotify should equal low streams generally, right?

I wouldn't be surprised if some of these trilogy "demos" were actually recorded after the trilogy actually released. I strongly believe that the arrangements for songs like Baby Eyes and 99 Revolutions were actually vastly improved on Demolicious and having things like the bass intro and key change respectively added some much needed life, energy and realization to the songs. They ended up using the same arrangement for 99 Revolutions on tour, which I think further adds credibility to this theory. When it comes to concept albums, I'd be very surprised if demos didn't involve doing drafts of the entire album to make sure it flows well and fits together. I don't see how any artist could make a true masterpiece of work without having at least one draft beforehand.

If they're your favorite band I don't see the reason to question worthiness of seeing them live..

Absolutely worth every penny! You will not be disappointed.😊

I haven't seen them on the Hella Mega Tour but I have seen them before and, as others have already said, they're one of the best live bands out there so go for it if you can

Seeing Green Day live is the ultimate high. They are undoubtedly the best live band on this planet. The AI tour set at Milton Keynes was awesome. As well as the memory, I can relive some of it over and over thanks to Bullet in the Bible. I've several DVD's of live shows but you can't substitute being there. If you can afford it go for it, you'll never regret it. The only worry is the rising ticket costs. There was a discussion on another topic few days ago. I'm concerned real fans are gonna be priced out.

He even said Billie replied to his story on Instagram about this theory with a thinking emoji. But no proof.

Absolutely! Fantastic band live, you will have so much fun. Enjoy!

I know he can’t just go “oh yeah so this was a huge project I did and it flopped” but he sounds absolutely delusional

Prior to recording, Green Day rented rehearsal space in Oakland. Armstrong invited Cavallo to attend the sessions and help guide their writing processes. Cavallo encouraged the idea of a concept album, recalling a conversation the two had a decade prior, in which Armstrong expressed his desire for their career to have a "Beatles-like arc to their creativity." During the sessions at Studio 880, Green Day spent their days writing material and would stay up late, drinking and discussing music. The band set up a pirate radio station from which it would broadcast jam sessions, along with occasional prank calls. The band demoed the album sufficiently so that it would be completely written and sequenced before they went to record. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idiot

“I was stoked because obviously, it was their most successful record since American Idiot, in a time where you can’t follow that, you can’t follow a “lightning in a bottle” moment where a band sells 10 million plus on a record. Everybody’s waiting for you to top it and you just can’t. I’m not even saying sales-wise, sales don’t even exist anymore, so that’s not a factor, it’s more just radio hits.” Is he being sarcastic? I never heard these songs on the radio. Yeah some singles charted but the rock charts are thin and they did nothing compared to the singles of RevRad and Oh Love was Billboard Hot 100. Also he’s including 21CB?? That won a Grammy and had two huge singles? He’s full of shit. “But we did it on our own terms, and we did it without a label, and we did it without anyone in our way.” Again he’s insane. Without a label? It was their last album under an old contract with Warner. They couldn’t shut up about that in the interviews. Haha he pulled the same shit with Weezer’s Pacific Daydream, another pop album hated by the fans. It’s almost word for word the same excuse: “Again, I was trying to let an artist do what their vision is and what they want to do, as opposed to trying to come in with a seasoned band like that and tell them how they should sound. Everybody is trying to get into the studio and remake Pinkerton, everyone. I know plenty of those people and I know plenty of times it’s been attempted. Again, lightning in a bottle, you can’t do it.” “But the fans who are fucking awful will just hate everything they do if they don’t try to do Pinkerton, which is very narrow-minded and one-sided, but also, again, here we go, don’t shoot the fucking producer! Because I do what the artist wants me to do for them. Whether or not they think that’s true or not is on them”

When you hear Blitzkrieg Bop play and think "Okay, that means the Drunk Bunny will be out any second."

They always said they wanted to get either an A or an F. I guess if you're gonna be bad at something, be really really bad.

Uh Uh, what's so funny? Your album.

Congratulations, I guess? https://loudwire.com/study-green-day-father-of-all-among-worst-reviewed-albums-century/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

It'll be televised here in Brazil by Multishow, so expect to be uploaded to Youtube after the show airs 😉

Mike from @batmansmom

What century though?

It’s crazy how well Billie’s mom looks at 90