haveUgotAny Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'm seeing lots of people here that didn't like troublemaker ... Is it just me that found that solo awesome ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooooooooooooom Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Sometimes I feel like people are wanting to be more positive about this album than they actually feel about it. Like people are only saying it's the best thing ever (which it isn't; I think it's actually pretty good however) because it's Green Day. Would you like these songs if it wasn't Green Day? Would you like these songs were it not for the fact you hate 21CB? I'm not having a go at anyone it's just a natural thing to do to want to like something that you're favourite band has made without judging it rationally in context with other music that is being / has been produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyDirnt Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'm seeing lots of people here that didn't like troublemaker ... Is it just me that found that solo awesome ? The solo is really good, but I don't really like the verses. And I find the song overall boring. Now that I see how great Fell For You is I can't help wondering how Fell for the Snoo was. I mean, the lyrics would have had something to do with Tré or something? Sometimes I feel like people are wanting to be more positive about this album than they actually feel about it. Like people are only saying it's the best thing ever (which it isn't; I think it's actually pretty good however) because it's Green Day. Would you like these songs if it wasn't Green Day? Would you like these songs were it not for the fact you hate 21CB? I'm not having a go at anyone it's just a natural thing to do to want to like something that you're favourite band has made without judging it rationally in context with other music that is being / has been produced. I like this like 1000000000x compared to 21CB and AI. But I feel most songs are average-good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anja Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 "Sweet 16", a song in the latter half of the album takes you into real unapologetic pop rock and features Billie Joe adopting a softer higher pitch while looking back on life and how far he and he band has come over the years "Bring me back, To an hour ago, Time stands still, As the years go by", BJ then goes on to reminisce about sleeping on cardboard at friends houses and admiring girls and similar teenage baggage that will tug at the heartstrings of hardcore GD fans (especially me who welled up a bit when listening to it for the first time). Do we know if this is what the song is about? Either way, I find this a great explanation and interpretation of the song. I need to read the lyrics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcamionos Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Rusty James Cover ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarPunk94 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Do we know if this is what the song is about? Either way, I find this a great explanation and interpretation of the song. I need to read the lyrics! GDA: "Song Meaning Sorry, we don't have a song meaning for "-Your AD here-" yet. But it's coming soon!" an update would be nice.. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_unoxx Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Since everyone is saying Oh Love was a horrible single which song do you think would've been a good first single? I'm thinking Angel Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyDirnt Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Since everyone is saying Oh Love was a horrible single which song do you think would've been a good first single? I'm thinking Angel Blue I'd say Fell For You, Sweet 16 or Angel Blue indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy the Kid Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Just a thought (off-topic): To those who say Green Day are pop and not punk, and Sex Pistols the same, please listen to their work (both bands). 1039, Kerplunk, Dookie, Insomniac and parts of Nimrod are Pop Punk, at least. Some songs are really old school punk rock. Listen to The Ramones, Green Day's old sound is very similar and Ramones are a PUNK ROCK BAND. Sex Pistols, even if a fabricated mess, are Punk Rock. And to those who say Punk doesn't sell... See how many copies has sold Smash by The Offspring. Sorry again for Off-topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dori_Epiphone Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Nuclear Family or Carpe diem should have been first Single Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haveUgotAny Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 i think nuclear family is a good single material ... As far as Troublemaker i have to agree that it ends kinda weird, seems unfinished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_unoxx Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'd say Fell For You, Sweet 16 or Angel Blue indeed. I thin one of the faster songs with more energy would've been a great first single that would draw people in y'know? Like I love Oh Love but non-Green Day fans hate on it all the time and my radio station even said that it does nothing for them, I think if Angel Blue was the first single they would've felt different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyDirnt Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I thin one of the faster songs with more energy would've been a great first single that would draw people in y'know? Like I love Oh Love but non-Green Day fans hate on it all the time and my radio station even said that it does nothing for them, I think if Angel Blue was the first single they would've felt different Yeah, I think a fast song would have definitely been a much better choice. Like LYG or Angel Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_unoxx Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Yeah, I think a fast song would have definitely been a much better choice. Like LYG or Angel Blue. Exactly because that's what people were wanting and I just think it would've helped promote the album a lot better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Since everyone is saying Oh Love was a horrible single which song do you think would've been a good first single? I'm thinking Angel Blue Let Yourself Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anja Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Let yourself go imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_unoxx Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Let Yourself Go But Let Yourself Go kinda gets repetitive, I'm not hating on the song, I love it but people who aren't Green Day fans are soooo critical to every little thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of 1967 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Here is a short review I made for general people on facebook, hope you enjoy: Ok. Calmed down a bit now. Yes Uno! is great. By no means an all time classic or anything, just a good solid album that does what it sets out to do and a little a bit more and whats better is there is two more to come! There is definitely a 60's pop rock feeling to UNO but the next album in about a month is a classic rock and roll vibe that will most likely switch things up even more. It is by no means punk but the echos of the angst of old from he old days are still reverberating through the songs they play. "Stay the night" is the best song on the album delivering great vocal hooks and a powerful chorus with a Celtic tone Whereas Troublemaker feels very reminiscent of songs from 2000 album Warning but then transforms into an exciting liquid solo at the end that is unlike anything that Green Day has done before. "Sweet 16", a song in the latter half of the album takes you into real unapologetic pop rock and features Billie Joe adopting a softer higher pitch while looking back on life and how far he and he band has come over the years "Bring me back, To an hour ago, Time stands still, As the years go by", BJ then goes on to reminisce about sleeping on cardboard at friends houses and admiring girls and similar teenage baggage that will tug at the heartstrings of hardcore GD fans (especially me who welled up a bit when listening to it for the first time). The album has only a few downfalls that stand out such as the final track "Oh love" which just doesn't seem to quite fit in alongside the other songs and is arguably much too long however still delivers a solid chorus as the song builds to an epic finale that just does not seem to sit comfortably with the rest of the fun laid back power pop on the record. Despite the average ending Uno delivers kicks and punches in a lot of good places and is overall a very solid album and is well worth listen for most mainsteam listeners and music fanatics alike. I think it is definitely worth a 4/5 I think your recap is pretty spot on. My post-first-listen thoughts in no particular order: The shit-kickers on this album are Nuclear Family, Stay the Night, Let Yourself Go, Loss of Control, and Angel Blue (which is so far my favorite of the batch). The Chuck Berry-esque guitar riff they capture in Angel Blue, the tight vocals and rhythm, the garage-band solos, strong lyrics, and an energetic, infectious, poppy, flowing melody that just explodes all over your eardums, is what makes that song the real standout for me thus far. Let Yourself Go's potent, brash, inward-focused punk rhythm has echoes of Christian's Inferno, but succeeds in bringing that rage home emotionally whereas Christian's got lost in an overproduced mix and lyrical spaghetti. Tre's "SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPP!!!!" scream in the background of the second verse right before the chorus repeats is beyond perfect -- it cracks me up every time I hear it and elevates the song to an entirely new level. Stay The Night - When they play this live, Tre usually does a machine-gun fill to transition in the full band from the solo guitar. They didn't do this in the studio -- instead, a single kick drum downbeat separates the solo and I don't think it does justice to what follows afterwards. I'm OK with the soft yet aggressive "one guy, one guitar, one little amp" start, but I think I wanted more of a "BLASTOFF" effect at the end of this solo than they gave it. I have mixed feelings about the "heyyyy ohhhhh" in the lyric right before the final repetition of the bridge -- ranging between unnecessary on the one hand and "cool, so this is what Rob Cavallo meant by trying to bring the band's live feel to the album" on the other. I *think* I like the drum ad-lib that Tre does to close the song out (again, bringing the feel of a live show --- or perhaps just a bunch of old friends jamming in the garage -- to the album). Rusty James has an aura of Who Wrote Holden Caulfield in the lyrics -- I can just feel it even though I haven't dug into the lyrics in detail yet...that's on my to-do list. I think I'm hearing a touch of Bon Jovi's "Never Say Goodbye" in one of the chord progressions. Good song. Carpe Diem is the surprise of this set -- after hearing the various live iterations, I was practically expecting to be disappointed by it but BJ and Mike put a punch in the vocals that just make me smile and say "very well done, guys". Yeah, so the chord progression in part of the chorus is drawn from Suffocate...so what. It's what they do with it here and where they take it that counts, and what counts is that they've given us a powerful and uplifting track that any of us can use to pull ourselves out of an emotional rut. Kill The DJ - tongue-in-cheek lyrics that, by setting them against a four-on-the-floor disco beat, mock the party lifestyle that the beat itself represents. Not going to be one of my favorites (then again, neither was Horseshoes & Handgrenades), but it's not schlock either. Troublemaker could have been written by The Network. Liking it so far. Fell For You and Sweet 16 are, well, okay, with I think Sweet 16 being the more enjoyable of the two. At this point, I'm seeing both of them as basically sweet, sugary pop songs that aren't hooking me that much yet -- but haven't dug more deeply into the lyrics yet to find what little secrets Billie is hiding in his songwriting. Finally...Oh Love. I've never understood what all the hate is about with this one. So it's not "one, two, fuck you" punk. It's an impressionist gem. Sparse lyrics leaving you to connect up the dots that hide deep, introspective, "Oh my GOD am I really going to do this!!??" tension, backed by silence in some spots and an inferno of guitars and percussion in the rest. It's not the Green Day we've grown to expect, but who cares. It's a good, solid song with one of the brightest melodies I've ever heard from this band. Running through all of the songs: The best studio vocal performances we've heard from Billie, and the cleanest, punchiest, most explosive mix we've ever gotten from Green Day. You can hear the instruments, you can feel the percussion, you can hear the empty spaces in the music. Good, solid rock'n'roll from start to finish. At this point, I'm giving this either a B+ or A-, subject to upgrading as I dig deeper into the melodies and the lyrics. Pretty damn good after just the first listen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcasm Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 GDA: "Song Meaning Sorry, we don't have a song meaning for "-Your AD here-" yet. But it's coming soon!" an update would be nice.. :/ Dude the album isn't out yet, be patient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarplayer015 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Just listened to the album all the way through. It's nice how Green Day are doing whatever they want with their music . Lovin "Fell for you" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastnightonGDA Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'm really liking it! I'm so pleasantly surprised! The opening to Kill the DJ is still the biggest mind fuck. so great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma1215 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Still not listening ...so is there a difference between the studio version and the record version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarPunk94 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Dude the album isn't out yet, be patient nono..i mean in general..i just searched randomly for pulling teeth meaning and there its the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localinsomniac Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Don't kill me for this- the thing I'm most excited about re: the trilogy is the fact that it's (probably) not going to resemble American Idiot or Breakdown in any way, shape or form. Everything I've read so far indicates that the band didn't have any particular direction they wanted to take the music; they just wanted to get in a room, write songs and have a good time. All of my favorite Green Day albums have that feeling in the songs and lyrics. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the last two records for what they are. But they needed to pull away from the rock opera/concept stuff and get back to the dirty basics. I'm fully expecting a change of pants after the first listen to ¡UNO!. Fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcasm Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 nono..i mean in general..i just searched randomly for pulling teeth meaning and there its the same Song meaning can be submitted by members, write away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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