Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! - Out Friday

[Guest]

21 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

They seem to be done with The Network stuff on the socials and that’s sad. Seems too quick, I was hoping for maybe some mainstream promotion and more of a push with the merch. This was such an underground release but the album is too good

I agree, but I think they made this album this way deliberately to say all the things that need to be said but that would make the "mainstream" lose its shit; hence they made it an underground Network album rather than a mainstream Green Day album. 

[pacejunkie punk]

57 minutes ago, BillieMyLove said:

I agree, but I think they made this album this way deliberately to say all the things that need to be said but that would make the "mainstream" lose it's shit; hence they made it an underground Network album rather than a mainstream Green Day album. 

That may be overstating their current status. I’m not sure they’re that relevant anymore that the mainstream cares what Green Day says. They called their album Father of All Motherfuckers and no one batted an eye. The mainstream expects them to be boomer punk edgy and “political” anyway.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said:

That may be overstating their current status. I’m not sure they’re that relevant anymore that the mainstream cares what Green Day says. They called their album Father of All Motherfuckers and no one batted an eye. The mainstream expects them to be boomer punk edgy and “political” anyway.

That might be true, but I would argue Green Day is still pretty relevant. They may not have the fame they had during AI, but if you look at all the public appearances they still get asked to do, and things like the NHL partnership, they are still very much in the public eye and gaining new fans.  They are still an active band. "Father of All Motherfuckers" may have had a little shock value in the title, but I would hardly call the lyrical content controversial. I think MM2020 II may have been pushing it a little too much, at least in some people's opinions, in this very fractured time, and I think they were aware of that. At the same time, even if it was an underground release, I am beyond grateful that they made this record because the world needed it. 

[DookieLukie]

5 hours ago, BillieMyLove said:

I agree, but I think they made this album this way deliberately to say all the things that need to be said but that would make the "mainstream" lose its shit; hence they made it an underground Network album rather than a mainstream Green Day album. 

The mainstream media won't "lose their shit" about anything Green Day says. MM2020 pt.2 doesn't say anything that controversial anyway, except maybe Ivankkka.

[Hermione]

I think they'd make the same political points as Green Day, it's nothing that extreme. The Network was just a fun way to do it this time. They could release all their side stuff as Green Day (and it would sell more if they did) but having different bands and secret identities etc just makes things more interesting and is another part of the creativity, and they sacrifice some sales and recognition for that. I'd say not doing a big promotional push is more just part of the fun of keeping The Network a bit of a secret than because of any worries about the content being heard by more people. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, DookieLukie said:

The mainstream media won't "lose their shit" about anything Green Day says. MM2020 pt.2 doesn't say anything that controversial anyway, except maybe Ivankkka.

I mean, this should be the truth but I feel like everybody is losing their shit over everything right now. And I was not talking about the "mainstream media," but about the peanut gallery on social media LOL.

[The Grohl]

I didn't get Foreverly for xmas and Santa didn't bring me Kevin or Billie but Santa did get me Money Money 2020 Part 2 on vinyl!!!

And I got a gift card so I can get the CD AND a shirt! 

[jengd]

Santa brought me Disease Is Punishment!  Good Santa,  no Billie though 😌

[That Dude]

14 hours ago, jengd said:

Santa brought me Disease Is Punishment!  Good Santa,  no Billie though 😌

If you watch Disease is Punishment in slow motion, you can spot Billie if you look hard enough.   

(just kidding, he wasn't there that night).

 

[That Dude]

Listening to Shenanigans today, and I'm hearing a lot of what Fink is doing on We Told Ya So! in the vocal performances.   Sort of a deeper register than usual.  

Man, Shenanigans is just as good or better than most of the Green Day's discography.  

[trambopoline]

couldn't find the general network thread so I figured I'd post here- saw the snoo mask appear in a video from 1998!!

He's putting it on in the background at 22:23

[jengd]

10 hours ago, That Dude said:

Listening to Shenanigans today, and I'm hearing a lot of what Fink is doing on We Told Ya So! in the vocal performances.   Sort of a deeper register than usual.  

Man, Shenanigans is just as good or better than most of the Green Day's discography.  

We Told Ya So isn’t Fink though, it’s Van Gough!

[That Dude]

3 hours ago, jengd said:

We Told Ya So isn’t Fink though, it’s Van Gough!

I was referring to the album, not The Prophecy.

 

[Thelongshot]

Trying to work out lead vocals. Obviously Billie on most of them - some Tre ( trans am asphyxia and respirator but do you think Kevin is singing fentanyl? I love billie's voice on  degenerate! Do you think any other band members are singing leads?

[Gonzalo17]

59 minutes ago, Thelongshot said:

Trying to work out lead vocals. Obviously Billie on most of them - some Tre ( trans am asphyxia and respirator but do you think Kevin is singing fentanyl? I love billie's voice on  degenerate! Do you think any other band members are singing leads?

Many voice effects in the record... difucult to insure who sings in every song... I'm not completly sure who sings in Cancer, Squatter, Hey Elon and Heard Immunity...

[Pereprimus]

1 hour ago, Gonzalo17 said:

Many voice effects in the record... difucult to insure who sings in every song... I'm not completly sure who sings in Cancer, Squatter, Hey Elon and Heard Immunity...

cancer: billie cough fink and Van Gough
squatter: don't know I think it's the three mixed together
hey Elon: Tre cough cough the snoo
heard immunity: I would say Jason white don't know why or Van Gough anyway his voice is similar on this 
 

 

[greendepent]

13 hours ago, jengd said:

We Told Ya So isn’t Fink though, it’s Van Gough!

Actually, is the three of them

[Annie, get your gun]

I just want them to be worldwide famous so the cd can get into this country. I love this whole project being a fun secret but I'm not exactly in USA. And I'll never be that lucky to hear The Network in my local radio 😢

[MarriedtoMikeDirnt]

Gosh, I sure do hope we get another music video soon. Just spitballing here, but before/on Friday would be great.

*wink, wink, nudge, nudge*

 

But I should keep my mouth shut.

WOULDN'T WANT THE NETWORK TO SEE THIS 

[Slave To The Network]

• Cancer is Billie and Mike
• Hey Elon is Tré
• Squatter is Tré
• Heard Immunity is Mike
• Fentanyl is Billie

I don't think Jason sings lead on any of the songs.

Edited December 30, 2020 by Slave To The Network
corrected

[Squashie]

Kevin isn’t in the network. 

[Hermione]

13 hours ago, Thelongshot said:

Trying to work out lead vocals. Obviously Billie on most of them - some Tre ( trans am asphyxia and respirator but do you think Kevin is singing fentanyl? I love billie's voice on  degenerate! Do you think any other band members are singing leads?

Billie Fink:
Theory of Reality
Fentanyl
Ivankkka is a Nazi (Snoo in the intro section)
Degenerate
Carolina's Ultimate Netflix Tweet
Cancer is the New Black (Snoo says "cancer is the new black" in the chorus)
Popper Punk
Jerry Falwell's Pool Party
Threat Level Midnight
Art of the Deal With the Devil

Mike Van Gough:
The Prophecy (possible additional vocals from the others)
Trans Am
Digital Black
Tarantula
Heard Immunity
Time Capsule
Amnesia Vagabond

Tre The Snoo:
Asphyxia
Flat Earth
Respirator 
Squatter
That's How They Get You (possible additional vocals from the others)
The Stranger
Hey Elon

plus Pizzagate, no vocals

Also for fun, this is who sings lead on what on Money Money 2020 (although I believe there's a lot more of Fink and Van Gough singing additional/backing vocals on each other's songs here than on the new album):

Fink:
Supermodel Robots
Spike
Right Hand-A-Rama
Roshambo
Teenagers From Mars

Van Gough:
Joe Robot
Love and Money
Spastic Society 
X-Ray Hamburger
Hammer of the Gods

Fink & Van Gough duet:
Transistors Gone Wild
Reto
Money Money 2020

The Snoo:
Hungry Hungry Models

3 hours ago, Slave To The Network said:

• Cancer is Billie and Mike
• Hey Elon is Tré
• Squatter is Tré
• Heard Immunity is Mike
• Fentanyl is Billie

I don't think Kevin or Jason sing leads on any of the songs.

The Network is Billie (Fink), Mike (Van Gough), Tre (The Snoo), Reto Peter (Captain Underpants), Chris Dugan (Z) and Jason White (Balducci)
 

[That Dude]

13 hours ago, Laly said:

I just want them to be worldwide famous so the cd can get into this country. I love this whole project being a fun secret but I'm not exactly in USA. And I'll never be that lucky to hear The Network in my local radio 😢

Has anyone ever heard The Network on the radio? 

I know I haven't.

Without being an International Superfan, I don't think I would have even stumbled upon them in any way.  Ever.

Have they charted at all? 

[Pereprimus]

1 hour ago, That Dude said:

Has anyone ever heard The Network on the radio? 

I know I haven't.

Without being an International Superfan, I don't think I would have even stumbled upon them in any way.  Ever.

Have they charted at all? 

heard them one time only on radio and it was fentanyl, first time I heard it didn't knew it was them. Ivankkka too but it was for the trump affiliation and that's all

 

ps: some of my friends who don't care about /like GD are actually liking this album by the way

Edited December 29, 2020 by Pereprimus

[Little Boy Named Booze]

My first re-listen since 3 weeks.
This album is still amazing.