Insomniac90 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 A release in december could be a difficult decision promotional. But if they‘ll announce their tour in january/february people have less money than in december because of christmas 😂 So yeah, for a better charts performance probably better at the beginning of the year but ticket sales would make sense in november/december as a present from your besties or something 😂 Who knows, I‘m just excited and take it whenever they start selling tickets or pre order 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDFan2019 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said: Billie (perhaps deliberately) didn’t even say it was a new song. Casual fans probably just assumed it was another deep track they didn’t know and forgot about it quickly thereafter. This is not meant for promotion. I think they just wanted to give something to the uberfans that would recognize it as new and also (possibly mainly) to try it out and see how it sounded live. They would have to say something soon. The radio stations are talking about it https://www.audacy.com/alt923/news/green-day-premiere-new-song-1981-during-festival-set 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashback Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 hours ago, GDFan2019 said: Didn’t MCR release Foundations of Decay around that time last year? Foundations of Decay was released in May last year. Wow, I remember how stoked I was that they could release a new album anytime soon. Well ... 😅 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomniac90 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 28 minutes ago, GDFan2019 said: They would have to say something soon. The radio stations are talking about it https://www.audacy.com/alt923/news/green-day-premiere-new-song-1981-during-festival-set Doesn‘t work here in Europe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1KEY Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 7 hours ago, Flashback said: Robbie Williams uses teleprompters on stage for many years. That would be a good possibility. They look like stage monitors with a display on it and can be placed everywhere on the stage That's what Ozzy does, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westerberg89 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Having sat with the song & footage from the festival for a day or so, i'm really not getting the hype. The song is bang average, at best. I don't like saying that because these guys are my favourite band. Hoping that the studio version is way better, but the chorus is just so middle of the road. RevRad was such a fantastic album & on that tour, Billie sounded at his best and the band were phenomenal. I don't know if the FOAM era has pushed his vocals to places they should never have been pushed to & now were seeing and hearing the aftermath of that in his live performances as of recent. It's a shame because he's always been renowned for being a great singer & Green Day one of the best live bands, ever. I wish I loved the song but i just don't. All being said, those little 8 second clips that leaked a couple weeks back sounded great. One Eyed Bastard was awful though (I know that was a foam b-side) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mato Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Westerberg89 said: All being said, those little 8 second clips that leaked a couple weeks back sounded great. One Eyed Bastard was awful though (I know that was a foam b-side) It's quite the opposite actually, clips were FOAM outtakes and One Eyes Bastard was recorded later. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Finally listened to it the whole way through, and yeah it is just very average. Could be a catchy little bop, but nothing more. It does have the classic GD sound which is nice. Wish it wasn't so repetitive. Don't really have any thoughts on it further than that. Probably won't listen to it again until it gets released properly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Just now, pouty bitch said: Finally listened to it the whole way through, and yeah it is just very average. Could be a catchy little bop, but nothing more. It does have the classic GD sound which is nice. Wish it wasn't so repetitive. Don't really have any thoughts on it further than that. Probably won't listen to it again until it gets released properly. There are so many things that rhyme with 1981, it seems like Billie could have come up with something else. I'm hopeful that Billie simply wasn't well rehearsed on every verse, and they weren't stated clear at the concert. Let's try out some better lines for the chorus! She's gonna bang her head like 1981 The clouds are raining, she's got glasses for the sun Pain shooting through the barrel of her gun She's gonna bang her head like 1981 or She hurts so bad sometimes she feels numb okay, that's enough. I know genius lyrics isn't at all correct. But it's still cool to see a very generic album cover and the two songs listed over there. And if you click on 1981, it says "this song is expected to be released in 2023". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Here's a question: Was there anyone in the crowd that night that knew every word? Also, GDC Insiders - had you guys heard this one before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Essentially, 1981 is the year before it all began for Green Day. 1982 would be the year Billie's father passed, Billie met Michael Pritchard. Billie would get Blue around this same time...... we could be looking at those stories through a rock opera perspective or even just standard song perspective. An actual prequel to American Idiot that is in some ways, MORE emotional than that record. I'm digging deep into his guitar lesson days with George Cole, wow. Blue was purchased from David Margen of Santana! If Green Day's next album is about Billie birth all the way up to his struggles in the American Idiot narrative.... WOW. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Little Boy Named Booze Posted July 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2023 55 minutes ago, That Dude said: Here's a question: Was there anyone in the crowd that night that knew every word? It was the quietest moment of the show. Nobody understood what the hell was going on. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDFan2019 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Little Boy Named Booze said: It was the quietest moment of the show. Nobody understood what the hell was going on. The applause after the song sounded pretty loud to me on stream. How loud was it in person? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Boy Named Booze Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Just now, GDFan2019 said: The applause after the song sounded pretty loud to me on stream. How loud was it in person? I mean during the song. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said: It was the quietest moment of the show. Nobody understood what the hell was going on. It’s because GD are normally such a tight band but the new song was really… tightn’t 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 During FOAM, I listened to all the artists Billie mentioned as an influence. I guess now I have to listen to every 1972 and 1981 album ever. I don't need sleep. For now, check out the top hits: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashback Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch_green_day_debut_new_song_1981_during_live_show.html#comments Ultimate Guitar wrote an article about the new song. They generally wrote more articles about Green Day during the last few months than they used to do before. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian's Inferno! Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 7 hours ago, That Dude said: During FOAM, I listened to all the artists Billie mentioned as an influence. I guess now I have to listen to every 1972 and 1981 album ever. I don't need sleep. But Billie said 1972 is dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Strychnine Twitch Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I think the studio version of this song will slightly be different than the live version. 1981 is more in the vein of Back in the USA, Too Much Too Soon, 99 Revolutions... If it will be the lead single of the new album, I agree that it's too straight forward than an anthem type of song. Nevertheless, its the familiar Green Day sound we all know, so I enjoy it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train27 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Christian's Inferno! said: But Billie said 1972 is dead When and Where?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDFan2019 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, Train27 said: When and Where?? On the new Instagram Threads app 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDayItaly Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 44 minutes ago, Train27 said: When and Where?? On Threads, almost two weeks ago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Christian's Inferno! said: But Billie said 1972 is dead I'm still going to listen to ever 1972 song ever. But I guess I could start with 81 albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lenny Posted July 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2023 The clip didn’t do it justice. They rushed that and weren’t ready. As for the structure of the song it’s standard Green Day. It seems fast and fun but it’s nothing more, nothing less. Reminds me a bit of when they did this with C&V on the 21cb tour 51 minutes ago, GreenDayItaly said: On Threads, almost two weeks ago Probably means they have a legit title picked for the album or he’s just fucking around with fans for fun 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDFan2019 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Someone took a cover of 1981 and used AI to change it to Billie's voice 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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