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

[That Dude]

I took some time away from the album.   

My detours were Eminem, other Green Day records, Scars on Broadway and my own recordings.   

Now I'm back and the album hasn't lost any of it's charm; It's still a fun listen and I even give my least favorites spins.   After playing Sugar Youth at least twice of course.   

At home now, blasting ZZ Top and about to go on the prowl for new music to listen to.  

[21st_century_gloria]

Let's just say that in my experience Sugar Youth could really stand up to American Idiot in the context of being the song that's most dangerous to drive to  

[Red]

9 hours ago, Beerjeezus said:

The album itself doesn’t sound half-assed, I mean, if I wasn’t a part of the fandom, I wouldn’t have a reason to think there’s something off.

I agree with most of what you are saying, but this album and it's terrible marketing is getting absolutely butchered by the general public to the point where even I don't understand why people hate it so much.

The Trilogy had it's fair share of haters, so did RevRad (for some reason I still don't understand) but I have NEVER seen as many people hate a GD record as I have with this one, so yeah, I think they notice there's something slightly off 😂.

[Beerjeezus]

11 minutes ago, Red said:

I agree with most of what you are saying, but this album and it's terrible marketing is getting absolutely butchered by the general public to the point where even I don't understand why people hate it so much.

The Trilogy had it's fair share of haters, so did RevRad (for some reason I still don't understand) but I have NEVER seen as many people hate a GD record as I have with this one, so yeah, I think they notice there's something slightly off 😂.

True, I have looked past it  I guess a part of it is the cringy promo and another is the fact that the album sounds different than what people are used to, but yeah you’re right - I can’t dispute with that.

[BraedonHorbacio]

On 3/10/2020 at 8:01 AM, Sheenius said:

The internet is treating FOAMF like the Playstation Classic. Kinda sad to see a bunch of drones that know nothing try to act like their opinion is valuable. 

I get objectively why the reviews are mixed but the album is not a 0/10... While this possibly may be my least or second least favourite that's more just based on my taste and punk bias. 

I will say I am getting pissed off with the hate around "why is he doing this vocally why doesn't he just do the thing he always does?". I will say these are some of the hardest GD songs to sing and he's hitting notes he hasn't hit since 39/Smooth (which was when he was a kid...). 

Mike's bass playing and the band as a rhythm section is really tight as well. Just seems that the negatives and changes are overshadowing some of the more positive things. 

 

This is probably going to sound technical and boring but it also feels like the vocal mix is being interpreted as poppy because of the glossy layered sound - I think those are actually 60’s effects that just happen to resemble modern pop sounds. It sounds like there’s an ADT on his voice in all the songs, which was an effect George Martin & The Beatles invented because John Lennon hated doubling his voice. It basically took the single vocal track and created fake doubles by playing the original vocal at a slightly different but randomized speed and pitch at the same time. Listen to Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and you’ll for sure hear the FOAM vocal sound. It almost feels like a totally different album when ya start finding these little Easter eggs 

[Lenny]

3 hours ago, BraedonHorbacio said:

This is probably going to sound technical and boring but it also feels like the vocal mix is being interpreted as poppy because of the glossy layered sound - I think those are actually 60’s effects that just happen to resemble modern pop sounds. It sounds like there’s an ADT on his voice in all the songs, which was an effect George Martin & The Beatles invented because John Lennon hated doubling his voice. It basically took the single vocal track and created fake doubles by playing the original vocal at a slightly different but randomized speed and pitch at the same time. Listen to Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and you’ll for sure hear the FOAM vocal sound. It almost feels like a totally different album when ya start finding these little Easter eggs 

George Martin did a lot of stuff with the vocals when producing The Beatles. I know Butch Vig has studied a lot of similar techniques which he used on Nevermind. He actually used that John Lennon thing you mentioned in his argument with Kurt to get him to buy into the vision. 

[pacejunkie punk]

32 minutes ago, BraedonHorbacio said:

This is probably going to sound technical and boring but it also feels like the vocal mix is being interpreted as poppy because of the glossy layered sound - I think those are actually 60’s effects that just happen to resemble modern pop sounds. It sounds like there’s an ADT on his voice in all the songs, which was an effect George Martin & The Beatles invented because John Lennon hated doubling his voice. It basically took the single vocal track and created fake doubles by playing the original vocal at a slightly different but randomized speed and pitch at the same time. Listen to Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and you’ll for sure hear the FOAM vocal sound. It almost feels like a totally different album when ya start finding these little Easter eggs 

I wish I had the technical knowledge to appreciate these little details because just reading about that is very cool

[Slave To The Network]

I am super loving Sugar Youth. It's my favorite FOAM song right now. Such an awesome track! It came on while I was driving the other day and I replayed it because I just really needed to hear it again. I'm sad that it's so short. I'm pretty sure the "and it's dangerous" line is the exact same tune as "and she's dangerous" from She's A Rebel, which is kinda cool and funny because it's just one word different.

[That Dude]

5 hours ago, Green Day In Seattle said:

I am super loving Sugar Youth. It's my favorite FOAM song right now. Such an awesome track! It came on while I was driving the other day and I replayed it because I just really needed to hear it again. I'm sad that it's so short. I'm pretty sure the "and it's dangerous" line is the exact same tune as "and she's dangerous" from She's A Rebel which is kinda cool and funny because it's just one word different.

Went from "she" to "it" because he doesn't want to be a Romeo.  

He wants to do yeyo.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

Quarantine, smocking on the balcony, a desert world in shutdown in front of me, Junkies on a high in my headphones.

Sadly, a terribly appropriate song for these terrible and sad times 

[21st_century_gloria]

On 3/10/2020 at 11:29 AM, Sheenius said:

is he in panicland or something

Ok, now I know you're not their drummer  

[Lenny]

1 minute ago, 21st_century_gloria said:

Ok, now I know you're not their drummer  

I was a session drummer on Magnum Opus. Never had the chance to get to meet the band. 

It's more like a hooker. Get in and get out. Except I get paid. 

[Guest]

Things I absolutely love about Sugar Youth: 
- The lyric Like a high school loser that will never ever, ever, ever fuck the prom queen
- Billies voice when he sings All hell is breaking loose and heaven only kno_o^oo^o_oows
- The I'm hearing voices up inside my head ^{Oh, what you thinkin'?} I need a sugar fix, it's making me sick ^{Oh, what you drinkin'?} part
- The sound effect on the yayo and the fact that it's basically just an excuse for Billie to sing HEYOOOH 
- Ok every single thing 

I can't stress enough how much I love that song. I can't get enough of it.

[The Grohl]

3 minutes ago, Nightlife said:

Things I absolutely love about Sugar Youth: 
- The lyric Like a high school loser that will never ever, ever, ever fuck the prom queen
- Billies voice when he sings All hell is breaking loose and heaven only kno_o^oo^o_oows
- The I'm hearing voices up inside my head ^{Oh, what you thinkin'?} I need a sugar fix, it's making me sick ^{Oh, what you drinkin'?} part
- The sound effect on the yayo and the fact that it's basically just an excuse for Billie to sing HEYOOOH 
- Ok every single thing 

I can't stress enough how much I love that song. I can't get enough of it.

Mad props for the visual representation of Billie's singing

[Beerjeezus]

2 minutes ago, kaylubd said:

Mad props for the visual representation of Billie's singing

Yeah I can HEAR IT

[21st_century_gloria]

13 minutes ago, Nightlife said:

Things I absolutely love about Sugar Youth: 
- The lyric Like a high school loser that will never ever, ever, ever fuck the prom queen
- Billies voice when he sings All hell is breaking loose and heaven only kno_o^oo^o_oows
- The I'm hearing voices up inside my head ^{Oh, what you thinkin'?} I need a sugar fix, it's making me sick ^{Oh, what you drinkin'?} part
- The sound effect on the yayo and the fact that it's basically just an excuse for Billie to sing HEYOOOH 
- Ok every single thing 

I can't stress enough how much I love that song. I can't get enough of it.

And the way he sings "Gonna dance/ to something wiiiiiiiilllld"  ❤️

There's just a lighthearted feel to it. I get chaotic vibes from it but at the same time feel peaceful while listening to it. Oxymoronic, sure, but there you go.

[Guest]

Just now, 21st_century_gloria said:

There's just a lighthearted feel to it. I get chaotic vibes from it but at the same time feel peaceful while listening to it. Oxymoronic, sure, but there you go.

I agree! It's a song that that somehow always fits my mood, whatever it may be. 

[21st_century_gloria]

1 minute ago, Nightlife said:

I agree! It's a song that that somehow always fits my mood, whatever it may be. 

This. 

Something that you should never, ever try is to drastically increase the volume while playing it in the car just in the second before BJ says "yayo" [which I have always heard as heyyy ohhh and nothing will convince me otherwise haha] and it will sound like the car's speakers have exploded.  Gave me a scare!

[Red]

13 hours ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

Quarantine, smocking on the balcony, a desert world in shutdown in front of me, Junkies on a high in my headphones.

Sadly, a terribly appropriate song for these terrible and sad times 

For me, it starts with Troubled Times on RevRad, then after that when I want to feel slightly less shit about what the world has come to, it's Junkies on a High as I watch the world...

 

BUUUUURRRRNNNNN!!!

[Lenny]

All hell is breaking loose and Wuhan only knows

[ricardoverde]

On 3/5/2020 at 8:09 PM, ImNotInGreenDaydummy said:

i can’t believe someone who wrote all of nimrod wrote FOAMF. just pisses me off at this point. this midlife crisis has to end. and to only play the hits during hella mega too smh. 

Totally agree. FOAMF Just sucks, But to be fair I like four songs of the album, but no so much. What a incredible discography ruined by this "midlife crisis" record as you said. Also the cover of the album man, can't be worse.

[That Dude]

4 minutes ago, ricardoverde said:

Totally agree. FOAMF Just sucks, But to be fair I like four songs of the album, but no so much. What a incredible discography ruined by this "midlife crisis" record as you said. Also the cover of the album man, can't be worse.

NIMROD 2:   The Unicorn is Dead! The Final Battle! 

[Lenny]

3 minutes ago, That Dude said:

NIMROD 2:   The Unicorn is Dead! The Final Battle! 

Whe'ever you go you know covid will be there

If Wuhan should fall Covid will be there 

Covid is everywhere so Covid will be there

 

From Rome to Wuhan wall 

Border security will test us all

[21st_century_gloria]

7 minutes ago, Sheenius said:

From Rome to Wuhan wall 

Border security will test us all

Even Rome had to fall sometime

[Lenny]

Just now, 21st_century_gloria said:

Even Rome had to fall sometime

The third Roman Empire is yet to come. Except this time it will rise from the place where the most Italian citizens live outside of Italy.