1972 project speculation thread

[Little Boy Named Booze]

1 hour ago, GDFan2019 said:

I could see them winning a Grammy for the new album! Based on the teasers, they're going all out for this one and making it special!!!

Green Day will never win a Grammy ever again

[Montclare]

12 hours ago, Gwen Stacy said:

Love Is For Losers reached that level or had that magic touch for me. Which is why it bugs me to no end that it was a solo project rather than a proper Green Day album. 

Part of me likes that it was a side project, both because it feels more special to the die hard fans, and also because I love that it's all Billie, but anytime I hear LIFL (the song), it kills me that no one in the general public knows it. I truly think that could have charted well (at least in the rock/alternative charts) if it had just been promoted.

[Flashback]

2 hours ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

Green Day will never win a Grammy ever again

I also think so, unless punk rock in general gets a revival again. But if we look at the Best Rock Grammy nominees, there are a lot of bands which are way more commercially present right now than GD I'm afraid.

[AlienVisitor]

Green day might win a Grammy with their new album  considering how new music is so shit these days..  They might not have a lot of competition.

Just throw out a beautiful ballad out there and viola, we have a grammy 

[StillBreathing]

Green Day in another dimension 2005-2024

 

after American Idiot 

2008 - stop drop and roll 

2010- RevRad 

2012- love is for losers 

2013- no fun Mondays 

2015- uno/dos/tre (released as foxboro hot tubs) 

End 2017- 21st century breakdown 

Early 2018- play small theatre tour with foxboro hot tubs and Norah jones as support act 

2020- the network pt 2

2024- 1972: documentary history of the band and concept album 

 

imagine 🧐

 

 

[Little Boy Named Booze]

If this Instagram post about Oakland Coffee posted 4 days ago is really a hint for the next album like some people are saying and that the next album is a rock opera like American Idiot then the first single should be called Boulevard of Broken Beans. 

[Montclare]

I could see GD winning a Grammy again. Look how many artists win at the tail end of their career. Lots of times not even for their best material, but just because the voters want to reward them for having a long career.

[Sanity Loan]

11 hours ago, GDFan2019 said:

I could see them winning a Grammy for the new album! Based on the teasers, they're going all out for this one and making it special!!!

Let’s be careful to not get too hyped up about this, despite the early indications we have that it could be good.

I was told, however, “it’s a great record.”

[alienlifeform]

2 minutes ago, Sanity Loan said:

Let’s be careful to not get too hyped up about this, despite the early indications we have that it could be good.

I was told, however, “it’s a great record.”

Did anything change in the intention of putting out that side project?

[Lenny]

11 minutes ago, Sanity Loan said:

Let’s be careful to not get too hyped up about this, despite the early indications we have that it could be good.

I was told, however, “it’s a great record.”

I cant remember too far back but were you told a few years ago that Foam was a bad record?

11 hours ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

Green Day will never win a Grammy ever again

If they continue with the strategy from the trilogy to foam this will hold true

If theyre actually in Oceanway with Rob though then this should atleast be a solid record. Doesn’t mean they’ll win a grammy but they should atleast be at the award ceremony this time. But given the amount of time its been since their last nomination and given their history they always have a chance to win.

6 hours ago, AlienVisitor said:

Green day might win a Grammy with their new album  considering how new music is so shit these days..  They might not have a lot of competition.

Just throw out a beautiful ballad out there and viola, we have a grammy 

Yeah so if they chart with a song like that then its a slam dunk. They need a rockin single too though. With AI you had a good contrast with those singles - AI, Holiday and BOBD 

21cb you had KYE and 21 guns - both charted extremely well.

they need to dominate the Alternative charts and rock charts with the rocking tune and then sweep into the top 40 with the tune that creates contrast on the album. 
 

GD at their best had the reach that they had because they diversified their sound and got played across several radio stations regardless of their stylistic differences.

[Cunt]

Honestly, like do we really care if they win a Grammy? Do they care if they win a Grammy? All I care is that this album gives me 35-45 minutes of rock and roll happiness and that when the tour is announced I don’t have to drive to fucking Denver again to see these guys. 

[Sanity Loan]

17 minutes ago, Sheenius said:

I cant remember too far back but were you told a few years ago that Foam was a bad record?

I wasn't given this type of opinion for FOAM. I have no reason to doubt the person who said this.

[DookieLukie]

1 minute ago, Sanity Loan said:

I wasn't given this type of opinion for FOAM. I have no reason to doubt the person who said this.

If they’re connected to the band, why would they ever say anything negative about their record? Or even their friends’ record.

[MillenniumFan]

27 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

If they’re connected to the band, why would they ever say anything negative about their record? Or even their friends’ record.

Might not be so much that they would say something negative, as much as not necesarily *highlighting* or *emphasizing* how good something in particular is, i.e. big praise of a record as opposed to the absence of that, if you catch my drift. 

Thing is, I think superfan expectations for the new record are sky-high and frankly quite likely to be dashed, at least for many here on GDC. That said, after FOAM, the wider public’s expectations (by which I mean casual fans & listeners) are reasonably low, so I feel comfortable saying the album is very likely to get a lot of good press and reception by alternative rock / punk fans, which I’m happy about, even if some on here (perhaps even myself) will end up disappointed.

However, whilst only the final album will tell the full story, they appear to have put a lot of effort and care into the new record and I think we’ll be able to hear that, one way or another. 

[AlienVisitor]

1 hour ago, Sanity Loan said:

Let’s be careful to not get too hyped up about this, despite the early indications we have that it could be good.

I was told, however, “it’s a great record.”

So it's not an amazing record but only "great" ?? 

 

[alienlifeform]

34 minutes ago, MillenniumFan said:

Might not be so much that they would say something negative, as much as not necesarily *highlighting* or *emphasizing* how good something in particular is, i.e. big praise of a record as opposed to the absence of that, if you catch my drift. 

Thing is, I think superfan expectations for the new record are sky-high and frankly quite likely to be dashed, at least for many here on GDC. That said, after FOAM, the wider public’s expectations (by which I mean casual fans & listeners) are reasonably low, so I feel comfortable saying the album is very likely to get a lot of good press and reception by alternative rock / punk fans, which I’m happy about, even if some on here (perhaps even myself) will end up disappointed.

However, whilst only the final album will tell the full story, they appear to have put a lot of effort and care into the new record and I think we’ll be able to hear that, one way or another. 

The thing is that it's almost impossible to put out a worse record than Father Of All... 

[AnonymWarnerGermany]

1 hour ago, Sanity Loan said:

I was told, however, “it’s a great record.”

I hate you and I love you

[Reverend Strychnine Twitch]

1 hour ago, AlienVisitor said:

So it's not an amazing record but only "great" ?? 

 

I'm extcited to hear that 'they really upped their game this time' (both the band and production).

[PluckyJokerhead]

I'm seeing this record as a punk rock album written by the guys who did Revolution Radio, Love is for Losers, and Money Money 2020 II - produced by the guy who did most of Green Day's best albums and mixed by my favourite mix engineer. 

Of course it's not another American Idiot, but I still have no reason to doubt that it's at least 'great' at a minimum. One divisive record and a few songs that were done during a global pandemic aren't going to convince me otherwise. 

[Virginia Lot Lizard]

On 8/6/2023 at 11:27 AM, Gwen Stacy said:

Love Is For Losers reached that level or had that magic touch for me. Which is why it bugs me to no end that it was a solo project rather than a proper Green Day album. 

Same!

The gasoline that lit the creative juices for Love is for Losers is so reminiscent of Gloria, Stay the Night, Fell for You, Stop Drop and Roll, Mother Mary and maybe even Dream Catcher.

I love the lyrics from the songs of that ghost he’s been chasing of the one that got away. I hope that inspiration/muse makes a lot of appearances on the new record. That well of inspiration is gold. The gift that keeps on giving. I hope they use that fuel to inspire this new Green Day era. 

[420thedoctor69]

If 1981 really is the first single then I’m really worried because I wasn’t impressed like even in the slightest. I hope the studio version is better than the live version.

 

Overall I don’t really have much hope in this album which sucks because they’re my favorite band. But the trilogy was a mess, Revolution Radio was half good and FOAM has 2 songs I still revisit.

 

They can still surprise me but I’m really scared they won’t. I’d be more impressed if they went the direction of One Eyed Bastard because that song smacked. 1981 is kinda dogshit.

[phildunphy]

maybe I not allowed to say It here, but a new song resembles Holiday

Edited August 7, 2023 by phildunphy

[steve46]

3 hours ago, AlienVisitor said:

So it's not an amazing record but only "great" ?? 

 

I thought the same. Hopefully it‘s more than just great. They really need a banger this time!

[GuitarPunk94]

do we know that 1981 is really a song from the upcoming LP?

i know we got the youtube teasers etc, but maybe its a song they dropped during recording process and it wont be on the actual tracklist?

[phildunphy]

the wait will worth guys

I have heard 4 new songs and it's a banger