Father of all Motherfuckers - What are your thoughts on the new album?

[UNICORN VOMIT]

59 minutes ago, 21st_century_gloria said:

Hey same!

ditto

[Clockwise]

Meet Me On The Roof and Stab You In The Heart are both from These Paper Bullets, right? So now we have 5 tracks from the show turned into songs for other projects.

The Last Time

Give It All To You

Keep Me Satisfied

Meet Me On The Roof

Stab You In The Heart

Make for a pretty good mock-Beatles EP I think!

[DookieLukie]

1 hour ago, Clockwise said:

Meet Me On The Roof and Stab You In The Heart are both from These Paper Bullets, right? So now we have 5 tracks from the show turned into songs for other projects.

The Last Time

Give It All To You

Keep Me Satisfied

Meet Me On The Roof

Stab You In The Heart

Make for a pretty good mock-Beatles EP I think!

Is Meet Me on the Roof confirmed from that? I don't think he said that.

[Thatsername]

So, after one week of listening, I can say this album grew on me a lot and I'm happy that it's so much better than expected after we got the first two singles. FRA is still a weak song for me, but I like it more now. FOAM is the only song on the album I still absolutely don't like, sorry. We won't be friends in this lifetime😂

I love Graffitia, Junkies on a High, Meet Me on the Roof, Sugar Youth, Take the Money and Crawl and Oh Yeah. I can't get so much into Stab You in the Heart because it sounds like an exact copy of Hippy Hippy Shake for me. I like Teenage Teenager, but it's too long in my opinion - I don't see the point of this being the longest song on the album with 3:45, they are repeating one verse and a repetetive chorus over and over. It could have been shorter and Graffitia could have used some extra time. It has that epic, Who-esque, anthem-like feel and could totally be the Forever Now of this record with one or two extra minutes. Have I already mentioned how much I love Graffitia?

So overall, I think it's a really good record with songs I like a lot. And now that I got over the shock of how dark, depressing and even suicidal some of the lyrics are, I can even dance to the songs (after the first few listens, I felt more like crying to be honest because some lyrics are truly shocking). 

[Mato]

I would love if they'd use Kerplunk font/logo in future releases again. It's such an iconic font. If I remember correctly, the last time they used it was on Vinyl box set thing, back in 2009.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

One week of love for FOAM, with no afterthoughts on sight  

[pacejunkie punk]

2 hours ago, Thatsername said:

So, after one week of listening, I can say this album grew on me a lot and I'm happy that it's so much better than expected after we got the first two singles. FRA is still a weak song for me, but I like it more now. FOAM is the only song on the album I still absolutely don't like, sorry. We won't be friends in this lifetime😂

I love Graffitia, Junkies on a High, Meet Me on the Roof, Sugar Youth, Take the Money and Crawl and Oh Yeah. I can't get so much into Stab You in the Heart because it sounds like an exact copy of Hippy Hippy Shake for me. I like Teenage Teenager, but it's too long in my opinion - I don't see the point of this being the longest song on the album with 3:45, they are repeating one verse and a repetetive chorus over and over. It could have been shorter and Graffitia could have used some extra time. It has that epic, Who-esque, anthem-like feel and could totally be the Forever Now of this record with one or two extra minutes. Have I already mentioned how much I love Graffitia?

So overall, I think it's a really good record with songs I like a lot. And now that I got over the shock of how dark, depressing and even suicidal some of the lyrics are, I can even dance to the songs (after the first few listens, I felt more like crying to be honest because some lyrics are truly shocking). 

Your comment got me thinking. He once said that Lazy Bones was a song that was hard for him to perform because it was so true it made him emotional. I wonder if the same holds true for some of these darker songs and why he’s reluctant to play them live? 

[DookieLukie]

I actually like I Was a Teenage Teenager, but I agree that it's way too long. I wonder what the intention was. 

[Thatsername]

So apparently, my FOAM vinyl is still in California😂 But at least I got a status update this time. It was my mistake that I accidentally ordered it on the US and not the EU store, but why the hell is it still in California after one week? It will probably never get here because I'm sure it will get stuck at customs🤣😭

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

7 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

I actually like I Was a Teenage Teenager, but I agree that it's way too long. I wonder what the intention was. 

I like that actually, because it allows the song to smoothly progress in its instrumental component  It starts as a soft no drums song, and it ends in a completely different and anthem-ish state. It works pretty well IMHO, especially if compared to “similar” tracks from the band such as Outlaws. 

[DookieLukie]

5 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

I like that actually, because it allows the song to smoothly progress in its instrumental component  It starts as a soft no drums song, and it ends in a completely different and anthem-ish state. It works pretty well IMHO, especially if compared to “similar” tracks from the band such as Outlaws. 

I think Outlaws is much better, just unbalanced in the mix.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

Just now, DookieLukie said:

I think Outlaws is much better, just unbalanced in the mix.

I really don’t agree, can’t stand that song anymore. I like the idea behind it, but it gets too boring after the first 40 seconds. Just my opinion of course, but despite the interesting lyrics it just never kicks in as it should be. IMHO this is one of those cases where having a producer pushing the band really makes the difference. 

[Ritz]

God damn, this album always ends when I start enjoying the sound.

[That Dude]

Love it front to back, but if I skip something it's "Teenager" and "Stab". 

Sometimes I skip the first 2 songs just because I heard them so much already.  Every now and then I skip 'Oh Yeah" but rarely.  

[Little Boy Named Booze]

1 minute ago, That Dude said:

Love it front to back, but if I skip something it's "Teenager" and "Stab". 

Sometimes I skip the first 2 songs just because I heard them so much already.  Every now and then I skip 'Oh Yeah" but rarely.  

So you're skipping like 5 songs 😂

[DookieLukie]

16 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

I really don’t agree, can’t stand that song anymore. I like the idea behind it, but it gets too boring after the first 40 seconds. Just my opinion of course, but despite the interesting lyrics it just never kicks in as it should be. IMHO this is one of those cases where having a producer pushing the band really makes the difference. 

I agree that it is too long and the production takes away some of the punch. Otherwise, it's well constructed. But yeah...it doesn't need to be 5 minutes lol

[BratReject23]

5 minutes ago, That Dude said:

Love it front to back, but if I skip something it's "Teenager" and "Stab". 

Sometimes I skip the first 2 songs just because I heard them so much already.  Every now and then I skip 'Oh Yeah" but rarely.  

SAME. I've already listened to much the first two and I can't stand teenager 🙄 Stab you in the heart is just fuck time 2 for me so I skip it. I enjoy a lot the Last four😃

[That Dude]

12 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Airplane said:

So you're skipping like 5 songs 😂

On different listens, yeah. 

Mostly I listen to "Oh Yeah" through "Graffitia" and then if I am still driving I will listen to the beginning of the album.

[pacejunkie punk]

14 minutes ago, That Dude said:

On different listens, yeah. 

Mostly I listen to "Oh Yeah" through "Graffitia" and then if I am still driving I will listen to the beginning of the album.

That’s what I do. On a drive I’ll start it at track four and let it come around to the beginning at the end if I have time. I don’t skip anything though I just want to hear tracks 4-10 more right now.

[herewegoagain]

4 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Your comment got me thinking. He once said that Lazy Bones was a song that was hard for him to perform because it was so true it made him emotional. I wonder if the same holds true for some of these darker songs and why he’s reluctant to play them live? 

Bit strange* to make a "party record" then not want to play the songs because they're too depressing. 

*that's our Billie of course 

[UNICORN VOMIT]

7 hours ago, Ritz said:

God damn, this album always ends when I start enjoying the sound.

Mine finished yesterday & then Love is for Losers started & I remembered what a treat that was when it was released😊

[Albelint]

On 2/13/2020 at 4:48 PM, That Dude said:

This album has me building a playlist of it's influences!

While I have taken notes of musicians Billie has name dropped, I'm sure I've missed some - any you've heard??

I am not exactly how I am organizing it yet.  One with only FOAM influence, or with other Billie favorites.  Or a seperate list for that.  

In any case, this album had me super excited about the history of Rock N Roll!

 

I kinda did the same thing, when Billie mentioned motown and soul music i started to listen some of that from the 60'. Honestly i didn't find that many similarities but i discover some amazing songs.

I'm stunned by Aretha Franklin singing. I'm out of breath just thinking singing like her.

Spoiler

 

 

[21st_century_gloria]

9 hours ago, herewegoagain said:

Bit strange* to make a "party record" then not want to play the songs because they're too depressing. 

*that's our Billie of course 

The reasoning as to why BJ writes depressing songs even when intending to make a "party record" is because... he doesn't wanna freak you out, but he cannot li-i-i-ie

[PursuitOfEpicness]

50 minutes ago, 21st_century_gloria said:

The reasoning as to why BJ writes depressing songs even when intending to make a "party record" is because... he doesn't wanna freak you out, but he cannot li-i-i-ie

WHO’S HOLDING THE DRUGS?!

[Aidana]

Listened to American idiot yesterday and I can say that it’s the best album that ever existed. Foam is also great. I’m in love with it. Guys never disappoint me. Glad they are experimenting and that they never stick to one thing. The goat