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It's either kill your friends or compromise, there is no in between, haha!  I love how Black Eye Liner became two opposite sides of the spectrum.

Anybody else trying to sing along and messing up royally because you've been singing Nimrod the same way for 25 years and the words are different.   

When I learn these, it better add to my memory and not replace the old ones, or I'm going to be very angry with you, Billie Joe. 

Of course I was one that complained that demolicious was too similar to the final product, so I'ma stop typing now.

 

I'm about to rank the songs of Nimrod.   

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Ranking of the Nimrod songs.   What I realized is that while the variety is great, there is nothing better than the style of Scattered, Worry Rock and Uptight.    If Green Day were going to go full AC/DC and never change their sound, that's the sound I would want them to use.  

1.       Scattered   (perfection section)  

2.        Worry Rock

3.       Good Riddance

4.        Uptight

5.       Hitchin a Ride

6.        Walking Alone

7.       The Grouch 

8.       King For A Day  (near perfect section)

9.       Redundant

10.   Jinx  

11.   Nice Guys Finish Last

12.   Platypus - I Hate You

13.    All The Time    (I could part ways with these songs if I absolutely had to)

14.   Prothedichead  

15.    Reject

16.    Take Back

17.    Last Ride In

18.    Haunshinka

 

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1 hour ago, A Worry Rock said:

Got my vinyl box set at a local record store today! The indie silver box sets are numbered, don't know about the standard box set. It doesn't say out of how many.

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What's in the book?  

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1 hour ago, That Dude said:

What's in the book?  

Lyrics only for the 18 Nimrod songs, not the demos. The vinyl book pages are the exact same as the CD one. 

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8 hours ago, Christian's Inferno! said:

Well that's just a single lead vocal. Before the trilogy, Mike would like have background vocals or would harmonise with Billie but that's basically absent starting from 2012. Besides that one line on Sex Drugs & Violence, I don't think I've heard Mike sing in any Green Day song

American Eulogy too he does a full verse 

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7 hours ago, That Dude said:

Ranking of the Nimrod songs.   What I realized is that while the variety is great, there is nothing better than the style of Scattered, Worry Rock and Uptight.    If Green Day were going to go full AC/DC and never change their sound, that's the sound I would want them to use.  

1.       Scattered   (perfection section)  

2.        Worry Rock

3.       Good Riddance

4.        Uptight

5.       Hitchin a Ride

6.        Walking Alone

7.       The Grouch 

8.       King For A Day  (near perfect section)

9.       Redundant

10.   Jinx  

11.   Nice Guys Finish Last

12.   Platypus - I Hate You

13.    All The Time    (I could part ways with these songs if I absolutely had to)

14.   Prothedichead  

15.    Reject

16.    Take Back

17.    Last Ride In

18.    Haunshinka

 

1. All The Time.

2.Prosthetic Head.

3. The Grouch.

4. Redundant 

5. Nice Guys Finish Last 

6.Worry Rock.

7. Good Riddance.

8. Take Back.

9. Haunshinka.

10.Reject.

11. Scattered.

12.Walking Alone.

13. Uptight.

14.Jinx.

15.King For A Day 

16.Platypus-I Hate You.

17.Hitchin' A Ride.

18.Last Ride In 

 

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8 hours ago, That Dude said:

Ranking of the Nimrod songs.   What I realized is that while the variety is great, there is nothing better than the style of Scattered, Worry Rock and Uptight.    If Green Day were going to go full AC/DC and never change their sound, that's the sound I would want them to use.  

1.       Scattered   (perfection section)  

2.        Worry Rock

3.       Good Riddance

4.        Uptight

5.       Hitchin a Ride

6.        Walking Alone

7.       The Grouch 

8.       King For A Day  (near perfect section)

9.       Redundant

10.   Jinx  

11.   Nice Guys Finish Last

12.   Platypus - I Hate You

13.    All The Time    (I could part ways with these songs if I absolutely had to)

14.   Prothedichead  

15.    Reject

16.    Take Back

17.    Last Ride In

18.    Haunshinka

 

Uptight is my #1. Reject my #18

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8 hours ago, Freezing Melons said:

Live Album is great - so great to hear all the banter between the crowd and Billie

How funny how Billie keeps going "what's that??" As if he can have some sort of conversation with the audience 

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On 1/28/2023 at 12:32 AM, That Dude said:

Ranking of the Nimrod songs.   What I realized is that while the variety is great, there is nothing better than the style of Scattered, Worry Rock and Uptight.    If Green Day were going to go full AC/DC and never change their sound, that's the sound I would want them to use.  

1.       Scattered   (perfection section)  

2.        Worry Rock

3.       Good Riddance

4.        Uptight

5.       Hitchin a Ride

6.        Walking Alone

7.       The Grouch 

8.       King For A Day  (near perfect section)

9.       Redundant

10.   Jinx  

11.   Nice Guys Finish Last

12.   Platypus - I Hate You

13.    All The Time    (I could part ways with these songs if I absolutely had to)

14.   Prothedichead  

15.    Reject

16.    Take Back

17.    Last Ride In

18.    Haunshinka

 

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It's great to hear those demos, Black Eyeliner in particular :happy:

The only thing I'm slightly disappointed in is the mixing of the live show, especially since CLA did it. There's too much overall ambience/PA in the mix and it lacks some bass. Take a listen to The Grouch from Redundant single below. It slightly lack high end that XXV version has, and it is muddy in lower mids, but the overall kick - snare - bass ratio is still a lot better and cleaner than the XXV version. It's too bad, I was expecting it to be a lot better 😕

It's still awesome to have this one in the collection tough. I've been waiting for the full show release for 15 years!

 

 

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I really like the Desensitized demo. The lyrics of the final version are much better but the demo lyrics feel more angsty.

 

 

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8 hours ago, pcj said:

1. All The Time.

2.Prosthetic Head.

3. The Grouch.

4. Redundant 

5. Nice Guys Finish Last 

6.Worry Rock.

7. Good Riddance.

8. Take Back.

9. Haunshinka.

10.Reject.

11. Scattered.

12.Walking Alone.

13. Uptight.

14.Jinx.

15.King For A Day 

16.Platypus-I Hate You.

17.Hitchin' A Ride.

18.Last Ride In 

 

Happy to see All the Time so high.  I think that and Misery are the most underrated GD songs.

But then you got a side eye for how low KFAD and HAR are. :dry:

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Place inside my head may not be everyone else’s favorite (or apparently not even well liked), but the band decided to include it, and even put it second in the track list for a good reason, and that makes me feel like I’m in good fucking company! 
 

 

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1 hour ago, Radiation Fear said:

Place inside my head may not be everyone else’s favorite (or apparently not even well liked), but the band decided to include it, and even put it second in the track list for a good reason, and that makes me feel like I’m in good fucking company! 
 

 

Has anyone here said they didn’t like it, from what I recall it’s gotten a lot of praise. I think Mike’s songs should get more recognition by the band this one is a bop

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Just got an email saying the foam fingers everyone loves are back and immediately thought it was Father of All M fingers  and not the Nice Guys fingers.

But then I realized everyone hates it but me.

#betterthandookie

 

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3 minutes ago, That Dude said:

Just got an email saying the foam fingers everyone loves are back and immediately thought it was Father of All M fingers  and not the Nice Guys fingers.

But then I realized everyone hates it but me.

#betterthandookie

 

First you say East Jesus Nowhere is one of your least favourite GD songs and next you're saying Father of All is #betterthandookie?

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