lagurney Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 From the entire Trilogy, my favourite songs would have to be X-Kid, Let Yourself Go, Missing You, Stray Heart, Drama Queen and Brutal Love. According to my phone, the song I hate the most is Amanda. Wow, that's almost perfect with the exception of the comment about Amanda, love that song!! I also agree with your earlier comment about 99 Revolutions, weak and boring song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cath Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 99 Revolutions is an amazing song. and so is Nuclear Family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhTheGuilt. Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 "The Forgotten" has one of the most beautiful lyrics written by Billie.I love that song so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Wow, that's almost perfect with the exception of the comment about Amanda, love that song!! I also agree with your earlier comment about 99 Revolutions, weak and boring song... I'm going to have to take the time to listen to the song again! Who knows, with another few goes it may tickle my fancy. "The Forgotten" has one of the most beautiful lyrics written by Billie.I love that song so much. Agreed. I really love that song. I wasn't thrown off at all by it's association with Twilight. In fact, I kind of like Twilight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I take back all my See The Light hate. This changed my mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2K5KVOxcpA&feature=player_embedded "I'm not a daydreamer and I'm not disengaged" is such a better line for Mike near the end of American Eulogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdfan1 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 To be honest I didn't care for the albums after American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown was alright, there were some songs that I thought were awesome, but I really didn't like 21 Guns. I honestly loved the lyrics in the second verse, and some other parts but the music I didn't like at all. As for the trilogy, Uno was alright, Dos I hated, and Tre was the better of the three for me. I loved X-Kid, 99 Revolutions, and Dirty Rotten Bastards. Overall the trilogy didn't give me that overwhelming feeling of euphoria that Green Day's older material gave me. 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk are amazing albums. Musically they are awesome as well as lyrically. It really shows how Billie Joe has quite the songwriting skills at such a young age. I agree with alot of the comments I read previously which said that Rest is a great song, I absolutely love that song. I love all the songs from their career spanning from the beginning to American Idiot. However like I said before their songs after American Idiot I got lost on. Thier music videos also for the trilogy I hated too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowhereBound Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 People are really going to hate me for this, but I apologize ahead of time. I LOVE Green Day's "dirty" records in the sense of distortion like in Dookie or Insomniac. However, I don't like the "dirty" sound of 39/Smooth (Kerplunk, I can deal with though). I understand they recorded 39/Smooth for like $600 dollars, but I just can't get into it like every other fan can. I kind of wish that Green Day would keep the vocals, but re-record all of the instruments with the same notes, keys, chords, and all, but use the higher quality studio sound. I just feel like a bad fan because I can't appreciate 39/Smooth like everyone else can simply because it sounds like a bad recording job. (Once again, I am well aware of their monetary difficulties they had back then...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark in the night Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I don't like Warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cob Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I don't like Warning Ouch. I love Warning and I can't stress it's awesomeness enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyHandGrenade Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Ouch. I love Warning and I can't stress it's awesomeness enough. Church on Sunday to Fashion Victim to Castaway to Misery is my favorite stretch of any four songs from a GD album. Castaway is catchier than a zombie pandemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Not sure where to post my thought but ill do it here But in the debate bout what Billie believes in or what religion he is He could be like Thomas Jefferson and is a deism which is the belief that there IS a God but doesnt believe in the bible or a certain religion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cob Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Not sure where to post my thought but ill do it here But in the debate bout what Billie believes in or what religion he is He could be like Thomas Jefferson and is a deism which is the belief that there IS a God but doesnt believe in the bible or a certain religion Honestly, I think Billie believes in a God but doesn't like institutionalized religion. There's that interview with that arrogant piece of shit Bill Maher where Billie really seems to be struggling with outright saying that he disagrees with faith or religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Honestly, I think Billie believes in a God but doesn't like institutionalized religion. There's that interview with that arrogant piece of shit Bill Maher where Billie really seems to be struggling with outright saying that he disagrees with faith or religion. Which is exactly is what deism is they believe in God/Jesus but they don't believe in the bible aa they say there is no proof they are word of God and they don't believe in any religions Neil Armstrong is among the deists same with Thomas Jefferson John Adams Abraham Lincoln Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musso_kn Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Honestly, I think Billie believes in a God but doesn't like institutionalized religion. There's that interview with that arrogant piece of shit Bill Maher where Billie really seems to be struggling with outright saying that he disagrees with faith or religion. Urgh, I saw that. I wanted to hear Billie explain East Jesus Nowhere thoughtfully, not flat out say "religion is a bunch of bullshit" just to please quasi-liberal-islamaphobe-maher. It was a little disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I agree it seems most likely that that's Billie's personal view on it, disliking organized religion but being agnostic or maybe believing there's a God himself. But don't forget he also used to do things like apparently starting a chant of "Fuck Christ!" at a show, and appears to have no problem criticizing religion in his music, making fun of it in interviews and onstage, or with things like hearing Tre straight out mocking any idea of religion or a God existing. Even if he isn't an atheist himself I can't imagine he's particularly bothered by that kind of stuff, and he's said before that he's a big fan of Bill Maher and that his film Religulous helped inspire East Jesus Nowhere! I think he was just being his normal awkward self in that interview (same way he was on Times Talk for example) regardless of the subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I don't take anything Billie says publicly about religion seriously. I feel like he's just pulling shit out of his ass half the time depending on what kind of reaction he's hoping to get. I'm not saying he doesn't have his own personal belief system right now, but that it's impossible to gauge it based on his public statements and song lyrics. So, I don't really try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I don't take anything Billie says publicly about religion seriously. I feel like he's just pulling shit out of his ass half the time depending on what kind of reaction he's hoping to get. I'm not saying he doesn't have his own personal belief system right now, but that it's impossible to gauge it based on his public statements and song lyrics. So, I don't really try This, and I think it's something a lot of people do; what comes out of your mouth is altered to suit the reaction you want at that moment in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musso_kn Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I agree it seems most likely that that's Billie's personal view on it, disliking organized religion but being agnostic or maybe believing there's a God himself. But don't forget he also used to do things like apparently starting a chant of "Fuck Christ!" at a show, and appears to have no problem criticizing religion in his music, making fun of it in interviews and onstage, or with things like hearing Tre straight out mocking any idea of religion or a God existing. Even if he isn't an atheist himself I can't imagine he's particularly bothered by that kind of stuff, and he's said before that he's a big fan of Bill Maher and that his film Religulous helped inspire East Jesus Nowhere! I think he was just being his normal awkward self in that interview (same way he was on Times Talk for example) regardless of the subject matter. Urgh, really? Whatever floats his boat... Just out of interest, around what time was the whole 'fuck Christ' a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neurotics Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 To be honest triology just doesn't sound right. Songs are poorly written. Instruments sound awful. It would have been far better if it was mind bloggling as Dookie or just a regular arena rock record. Fusing those 2 and trying to create new sound didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Urgh, really? Whatever floats his boat... Just out of interest, around what time was the whole 'fuck Christ' a thing? Yeah, Bill Maher is one of only 7 accounts he follows on Twitter. And on East Jesus Nowhere he's said: "It's inspired by Bill Maher's documentary Religulous. It's about the hypocrisy of religion. I think any good Christian would have doubts about religion.". It wasn't really a thing, Aaron Cometbus just mentioned that he did that at a show once in In China With Green Day. I assume it was around Dookie/Insomniac/Nimrod times when he used to say all kinds of over the top stuff to bait the crowd. All I mean is whatever his personal beliefs are I don't think mocking religion or anti religion views are something that would be likely to offend him, being from the punk scene he's from he'd be well used to that kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musso_kn Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 It wasn't really a thing, Aaron Cometbus just mentioned that he did that at a show once in In China With Green Day. I assume it was around Dookie/Insomniac/Nimrod times when he used to say all kinds of over the top stuff to bait the crowd. All I mean is whatever his personal beliefs are I don't think mocking religion or anti religion views are something that would be likely to offend him, being from the punk scene he's from he'd be well used to that kind of stuff. Nah, I'm not surprised at all that he's ever said it. Just for some reason I had the impression he said it while playing East Jesus Nowhere, and that did surprise me. You know, given the status Green Day has now he probably wouldn't be able to get away with making a comment like that without some form of 'outraged' media coverage. But during the 90's seems about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nah, I'm not surprised at all that he's ever said it. Just for some reason I had the impression he said it while playing East Jesus Nowhere, and that did surprise me. You know, given the status Green Day has now he probably wouldn't be able to get away with making a comment like that without some form of 'outraged' media coverage. But during the 90's seems about right. I see, yeah that would surprise me too. Not necessary because of the media coverage it might get etc (which it probably would), but mostly just because he's much more cheerful towards the crowd rather than antagonistic these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 i hate the fact that any of them smoke. it instantly makes me less attracted to them. it's so disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musso_kn Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 i hate the fact that any of them smoke. it instantly makes me less attracted to them. it's so disappointing. They are called 'Green' Day...I mean, weed and shit. As bad as it sounds, if it wasn't for all that smokin' the band wouldn't exist. I don't like drugs either, but kind of comes with the territory in the music industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 They are called 'Green' Day...I mean, weed and shit. As bad as it sounds, if it wasn't for all that smokin' the band wouldn't exist. I don't like drugs either, but kind of comes with the territory in the music industry. oh no i totally get that. it just kind of sucks. i'm very much against smoking & drugs so it's like, i love the music but i don't like their lifestyle choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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