Nimrod 25th Anniversary Edition

[The Grohl]

11 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

 

Still haven't received my package. At least it's now somewhere in Canada. 

And I still have no updates whatsoever about my foam finger 😠

[WhiteTim]

I finally got my order last week

[That Dude]

Ranking the Demos!  

 

[Arnel]

Honestly, I'd love to see Hitchin' a Ride video in 4K.

[The Grohl]

Just sent my second message to Green Day support because I haven't heard anything about my order and it's approaching a month since I've ordered.

[Little Boy Named Booze]

FINALLY

[Insomniac1984]

On 2/22/2023 at 3:11 PM, The Grohl said:

Just sent my second message to Green Day support because I haven't heard anything about my order and it's approaching a month since I've ordered.

Thank God you don't live in Southamerica, I had to wait for THREE MONTHS to get my No Fun Mondays CD. Something similar happened when I ordered The Network's new album (but... that's another band NOT RELATED AT ALL to Green Day...)

[Als5678ors2]

Hi, from Perú here. Almost 1 month later, the nimrod box is finally in my hands. 

[That Dude]

5 hours ago, Als5678ors2 said:

Hi, from Perú here. Almost 1 month later, the nimrod box is finally in my hands. 

That's pretty good typing for someone with a big ole box of Green Day in hand.  

NICE! 

 

[jumpsalty]

Black eyeliner guitar tones are like answering machine by the replacements

[The Grohl]

Three months. It's been three freaking months. That's how long the Green Day store has been giving me the run around. After firing off a FIFTH message this time asking to cancel my order, I suddenly get a message that says my order has shipped. Unbelievable. I really hope to never deal with their store again because it fucking sucks. Shipping delays, that are never stated up front, high shipping fees, high prices in general, and poor communication. Screw that. 

[That Dude]

6 minutes ago, The Grohl said:

Three months. It's been three freaking months. That's how long the Green Day store has been giving me the run around. After firing off a FIFTH message this time asking to cancel my order, I suddenly get a message that says my order has shipped. Unbelievable. I really hope to never deal with their store again because it fucking sucks. Shipping delays, that are never stated up front, high shipping fees, high prices in general, and poor communication. Screw that. 

Are there any band sites that are good about merch?  I've rarely ever done it, but I had a lot of issues with Against Me's store. They send me the wrong shirt...3 times!  Finally got in contact with a really awesome person and they figured the problem on their end and let me keep all four shirts for the price of one. 

I wonder who is in charge of that stuff. 

 

[pcj]

15 minutes ago, The Grohl said:

Three months. It's been three freaking months. That's how long the Green Day store has been giving me the run around. After firing off a FIFTH message this time asking to cancel my order, I suddenly get a message that says my order has shipped. Unbelievable. I really hope to never deal with their store again because it fucking sucks. Shipping delays, that are never stated up front, high shipping fees, high prices in general, and poor communication. Screw that. 

 

2 minutes ago, That Dude said:

Are there any band sites that are good about merch?  I've rarely ever done it, but I had a lot of issues with Against Me's store. They send me the wrong shirt...3 times!  Finally got in contact with a really awesome person and they figured the problem on their end and let me keep all four shirts for the price of one. 

I wonder who is in charge of that stuff. 

 

They should at least have kept you informed and up to date about delays. 

When merchandise is on offer there may be only a limited number of items available, or none at all. The usual practice is see how many orders they get first then manufacture. Particularly if various sizes are involved say a  t-shirt. Suppliers don't want to make loads first then have loads of stock that no one wants. You can usually sus things out when ordering stuff and it says allow X number of weeks for shipping. Then you know there's no stock held. 

But it's no excuse. The order site should have explained this is advance. Also, the customer service was crap. 

If you're worth your salt at selling, the goods must be quality, with full customer support and logistics service. If not, no one will come back again and you go bust. 

[That Dude]

1 hour ago, pcj said:

 

They should at least have kept you informed and up to date about delays. 

When merchandise is on offer there may be only a limited number of items available, or none at all. The usual practice is see how many orders they get first then manufacture. Particularly if various sizes are involved say a  t-shirt. Suppliers don't want to make loads first then have loads of stock that no one wants. You can usually sus things out when ordering stuff and it says allow X number of weeks for shipping. Then you know there's no stock held. 

But it's no excuse. The order site should have explained this is advance. Also, the customer service was crap. 

If you're worth your salt at selling, the goods must be quality, with full customer support and logistics service. If not, no one will come back again and you go bust. 

I will keep this in mind once I start making merch.  

This really stink about Nimrod.  I've already put mine up on the shelf and nearly forgotten about it, haha.  

 

 

[The Grohl]

5 hours ago, pcj said:

 

They should at least have kept you informed and up to date about delays. 

When merchandise is on offer there may be only a limited number of items available, or none at all. The usual practice is see how many orders they get first then manufacture. Particularly if various sizes are involved say a  t-shirt. Suppliers don't want to make loads first then have loads of stock that no one wants. You can usually sus things out when ordering stuff and it says allow X number of weeks for shipping. Then you know there's no stock held. 

But it's no excuse. The order site should have explained this is advance. Also, the customer service was crap. 

If you're worth your salt at selling, the goods must be quality, with full customer support and logistics service. If not, no one will come back again and you go bust. 

That's what I'm saying! I understand if items aren't ready or if there are shipping delays, but tell me that up front. Don't keep me in the dark wondering what happened especially when other people start saying they got their orders. I know lots of people want to support bands and buy from their own stores, but issues like this is what drives people away. This isn't the first time they've done this. Last time I ordered something, didn't hear anything, threaten to cancel, whoop my package suddenly has an update. It shouldn't take me saying please cancel my order to actually get some movement on the package.

 

6 hours ago, That Dude said:

Are there any band sites that are good about merch?  I've rarely ever done it, but I had a lot of issues with Against Me's store. They send me the wrong shirt...3 times!  Finally got in contact with a really awesome person and they figured the problem on their end and let me keep all four shirts for the price of one. 

I wonder who is in charge of that stuff. 

 

The only good experiences I've had with band store is PUP (they had awesome customer service!) and Turnstile. Green Day has a terrible store. Creeper has an awful store. And AFI has a pretty crappy/overpriced store too. 

[Yosuke Hanamura]

Can anyone confirm if the CD edition is HDCD Encoded or not?

[WhiteTim]

5 hours ago, Yosuke Hanamura said:

Can anyone confirm if the CD edition is HDCD Encoded or not?

I don’t think so it’s not listed anywhere 

[alienlifeform]

Just got my silver vinyl!!! This is the kind of boxset I alwatys wanted!!

Just a big curiosity that i don't think anyone pointed out so far. In the 12" booklet, we got for the first time some part of the lyrics from 'Platypus' printed. It's the last verse of the song and I noticed that there is a line we've been singing wrong this whole time:

Everywhere you look, the lyrics have a phrase that says: "When you go down head first into the ground', but on the booklet for Nimrod XXV the line is written correctly "When you go down in flames into the ground".

So, we've (at least me) been singing along it worng haha

[pcj]

2 hours ago, Alf said:

Just got my silver vinyl!!! This is the kind of boxset I alwatys wanted!!

Just a big curiosity that i don't think anyone pointed out so far. In the 12" booklet, we got for the first time some part of the lyrics from 'Platypus' printed. It's the last verse of the song and I noticed that there is a line we've been singing wrong this whole time:

Everywhere you look, the lyrics have a phrase that says: "When you go down head first into the ground', but on the booklet for Nimrod XXV the line is written correctly "When you go down in flames into the ground".

So, we've (at least me) been singing along it wrong haha

www.songlyrics.com/green-day/platypus-i-hate-you-lyrics/

It's not just you it seems. The above website (sorry it will not link you need to copy and paste), gives the lyrics for every GD song. And it has "head first"

Rise and fall, back up against the wall
What goes around is coming back and haunting you
It's time to quit 'cause you ain't worth the shit
Under my shoes or the piss on the ground

No one loves you and you know it
Don't pretend that you enjoy it and you don't care
'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear
'Cuz I hate you 'cuz I hate you 'cuz I hate you 'cuz I hate you

I heard your sick sucked on that cancer stick
A throbbing tumor and a radiation high
Shit out of luck and now your time is up
It brings me pleasure just to know your gonna to die

No one loves you and you know it
Don't pretend that you enjoy it and you don't care
'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear
'Cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you

Dickhead, fuckface
Cock-smoking, mother-fucking
Asshole, dirty twat
Waste of semen, I hope you die, hey

Red eye, code blue I'd like to strangle you
And watch your eyes bulge right out of your skull
When you go down head first into the ground
I'll stand above you just to piss on your grave

And no one loves you and you know it
Don't pretend that you enjoy it and you don't care
'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear
'Cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you

 

Oh yea! The list of 639 songs is a mess. There are typos, covers and duplications. I've whittled it down to around 283 songs, still checking. 

[alienlifeform]

16 minutes ago, pcj said:

www.songlyrics.com/green-day/platypus-i-hate-you-lyrics/

It's not just you it seems. The above website (sorry it will not link you need to copy and paste), gives the lyrics for every GD song. And it has "head first"

Rise and fall, back up against the wall
What goes around is coming back and haunting you
It's time to quit 'cause you ain't worth the shit
Under my shoes or the piss on the ground

No one loves you and you know it
Don't pretend that you enjoy it and you don't care
'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear
'Cuz I hate you 'cuz I hate you 'cuz I hate you 'cuz I hate you

I heard your sick sucked on that cancer stick
A throbbing tumor and a radiation high
Shit out of luck and now your time is up
It brings me pleasure just to know your gonna to die

No one loves you and you know it
Don't pretend that you enjoy it and you don't care
'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear
'Cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you

Dickhead, fuckface
Cock-smoking, mother-fucking
Asshole, dirty twat
Waste of semen, I hope you die, hey

Red eye, code blue I'd like to strangle you
And watch your eyes bulge right out of your skull
When you go down head first into the ground
I'll stand above you just to piss on your grave

And no one loves you and you know it
Don't pretend that you enjoy it and you don't care
'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear
'Cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you, 'cuz I hate you

 

Oh yea! The list of 639 songs is a mess. There are typos, covers and duplications. I've whittled it down to around 283 songs, still checking. 

yep, these lyrics are everywhere since ever. That's what happen when the band don't put the lyrics on the booklets

[That Dude]

So Nimrod is amazing.  Love the whole collection, Green Day are #1.

But Linkin Park just dropped Meteora's 20th Anniversary and it's just overstuffed with bullcrap.   

The album and one disc of demos, great.   but three live albums of the same songs, and then a pile of absolute leftover noise from the studio floor?   YUCK.  

Linkin Park are my 15th favorite band, but gosh dang.

POOP.

 

[WilliamWes]

On 1/26/2023 at 11:23 AM, Alf said:

Black Eyeliner

Hey, do you say
Can I borrow some of your black eyeliner
To make my eyes look just like yours

Please, can you apply
On my ----- Eyes open wide
-----

Bloodshot deadbeat, lack of sleep
Making your mascara bleed
Slip down your face
Leaving traces of mistakes

Hey, what would you say
If I ask to kiss you one last time again
Is it even worth to try?

If you can't reply
Can I apply your black eyeliner one more time
To make tour eyes look just like mine

Bloodshot deadbeat, lack of sleep
Making your mascara bleed
Slip down your face
Leaving traces of mistakes
 

If I knew about these lyrics in 1997, I still wouldn't have guessed it would become an important part of their style in 2004.

[Eric]

On 4/11/2023 at 1:54 PM, That Dude said:

So Nimrod is amazing.  Love the whole collection, Green Day are #1.

But Linkin Park just dropped Meteora's 20th Anniversary and it's just overstuffed with bullcrap.   

The album and one disc of demos, great.   but three live albums of the same songs, and then a pile of absolute leftover noise from the studio floor?   YUCK.  

Linkin Park are my 15th favorite band, but gosh dang.

POOP.

 

Meteora is a much better album than Nimrod and the anniversary of Meteora was done way better than nimrod's. 

[That Dude]

12 hours ago, Eric said:

Meteora is a much better album than Nimrod and the anniversary of Meteora was done way better than nimrod's. 

I could imagine putting Meteora over some Green Day albums.  The first two, maybe even a couple more.  But not Nimrod.  Interesting.   An album versus album between these two bands would be a fun thing to do.

 

[Annie, get your gun]

I love all demos but my favourite of course it's Tré's Polka  I wish they'd record more songs like that, instrumentals or written by Mike or Tré and make a great mix like Nimrod is; instead of mafia stuff that I'm not really into.

Oh, and I'm so happy that they posted an hd version of Nice Guys my favorite video ever