Juan Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 What about cowbell?More Cowbell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anko Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 What about cowbell?More Cowbell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydée Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Funny thought, wouldn't be awsome if Billie came out with a TV and a GH game and controler and just jammed during like an intermission or something?lol. that'd be epic. funny picture on my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdscape Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Personally I think that Billie liked the feeling of having no guitar and just running around during the Hottubs tour. So maybe he wanted to see the reaction he got from it from a bigger crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farley drexel hatcher Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 It's not as if he's not playing guitar at all, though. I don't see the big deal in him giving the guitar over to someone else during the really fast paced songs so he can run around and go crazy; can you imagine what St Jimmy or Are We The Waiting (least i think it was that one) would have been like if he'd played guitar? But he won't be giving it up entirely, i'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooldude256 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 even when he played guitar he never stood in one spot very long (or at least thats what happened in the vids I've seen)so I dont think that will changeWell on slower, more mellow songs I don't think he moves around at all. I recall the Whatsername video here last week had Billie just standing there at the mic singing. I imagine a song like Last Night on Earth might be similar, but we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break of Day Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Id like to see you play better than him. It is hard to play the guitar, especially live. He doesnt just run around and strum! He does way more. Its not like he's gonna be still in one spot for the whole concert. Then it'll be boring.I'm sorry, but I really doubt you know what you're talking about. I've been playing guitar for 3 years and I'll tell you right now, the only "Impressive" stuff that Billie has written are the solos in One for the Razorbacks, Dry Ice, and the whole song basically of I want to be Alone. The rest is all chords or VERY simple riffs...Billie is not a very good guitarist, but the band isn't built on extraordinary guitar. He does just run around and strum, as do most vocalists who also play guitar. Billies old solos were pretty tight but he stopped playing them in all the new stuff, everything since dookie has been much more simple, in my opinion. If you played guitar or knew anything about it, you'd agree that Billie is not a good guitarist, for the most part. He can improvise decently when he tries, but he never tries anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezurgam Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Not a fan of Green Day treading into U2 territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooldude256 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 that's what I was just thinkingIf they have a new guitarist, then maybe, that's because they NEED one now, not before, but now. and that's a good thing, no?It would be:Billie Joe + Guitar + more guitarThat's an equation I like. I don't think there's anything to freak out about here. He's just a guitarist who will probably be playing Billie's parts during faster-paced songs. I can't see him abandoning it all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbug Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I knew this was coming.He really didn't do that much guitar playing on the last tour, and even then I wondered why he didn't just give it up and become a frontman. He also didn't play at all w/ FHT. Soooooo I'm not surprised lolI can't tell for sure, but that dude looks pretty young. I'm looking forward to all of this, I think they're making the right moves here. I think he should play Blue for the older stuff, though. it's only fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**nobodylikesyou** Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I dunno, I mean Billie's a hell of a frontman but sometimes he's naked without his guitarI guess for the old stuff he'll be back with blueHe sure didnt seem naked without it at the FHT shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 He sure didnt seem naked without it at the FHT shows. FHT didn't have 20 years of playing with one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shangri-La Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I knew this was coming.He really didn't do that much guitar playing on the last tour, and even then I wondered why he didn't just give it up and become a frontman. He also didn't play at all w/ FHT. Soooooo I'm not surprised lolI can't tell for sure, but that dude looks pretty young. I'm looking forward to all of this, I think they're making the right moves here. I think he should play Blue for the older stuff, though. it's only fitting.He's older than Billie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitary One Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I'm sorry, but I really doubt you know what you're talking about. I've been playing guitar for 3 years and I'll tell you right now, the only "Impressive" stuff that Billie has written are the solos in One for the Razorbacks, Dry Ice, and the whole song basically of I want to be Alone. The rest is all chords or VERY simple riffs...Billie is not a very good guitarist, but the band isn't built on extraordinary guitar. He does just run around and strum, as do most vocalists who also play guitar. Billies old solos were pretty tight but he stopped playing them in all the new stuff, everything since dookie has been much more simple, in my opinion. If you played guitar or knew anything about it, you'd agree that Billie is not a good guitarist, for the most part. He can improvise decently when he tries, but he never tries anymore.It's not that Billie isn't a very good guitarist, because even as simple as it is, it sound good. It's that for Green Day he doesn't need to do anything too impressive. I'd dislike it if they changed that much, going from simple Green Day songs to complex bullshit that doesn't fit their style... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooldude256 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 I knew this was coming.He really didn't do that much guitar playing on the last tour, and even then I wondered why he didn't just give it up and become a frontman. He also didn't play at all w/ FHT. Soooooo I'm not surprised lolI can't tell for sure, but that dude looks pretty young. I'm looking forward to all of this, I think they're making the right moves here. I think he should play Blue for the older stuff, though. it's only fitting.Maybe he's getting lazy? It did take him 3 years to write the album...I'm kidding. I'm sure he still has as much energy as...before... >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**nobodylikesyou** Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 He's older than Billie 37 same age as they all are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drink Drank Punk Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 It's not that Billie isn't a very good guitarist, because even as simple as it is, it sound good. It's that for Green Day he doesn't need to do anything too impressive. I'd dislike it if they changed that much, going from simple Green Day songs to complex bullshit that doesn't fit their style...Complex music isn't bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**nobodylikesyou** Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 FHT didn't have 20 years of playing with oneit doesnt matter, it was still green day.jack says hi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitary One Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Complex music isn't bad.I never said it was, I just said it doesn't fit Green Day's style. I like complex stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drink Drank Punk Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I never said it was, I just said it doesn't fit Green Day's style. I like complex stuff I see, I agree with the idea that Green Day's simpler old songs are awesome but I also kinda like the idea that they're maturing as musicians...at least that's the impression I've gotten so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbug Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 He's older than Billie Really? lol Hard to tell from the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezurgam Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I never said it was, I just said it doesn't fit Green Day's style. I like complex stuff Green Day is actually one of the more complex bands out there if you compare it to all the mainstream shit out these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 it doesnt matter, it was still green day.jack says hi. but different music, I mean, what if Billie didn't play with a guitar that rockin' 21st Century BreakdownI can't see it in my head, now slow stuff I can or fast hardcore stuff I can since he did it alreadyI don't know, wait and see I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
permanent_insanity Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 FHT didn't have 20 years of playing with oneexactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose armstrong Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 As he said, he gets exhausted after playing 2 acts, the man needs a break peoplez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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