Hermione Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 was tre drumming on the sweet children ep? and what songs are on it? I think Tré only started recording with them on Dookie. The track list is Sweet Children, Best Thing in Town, Strangeland and My Generation (Who cover) Tre started recording with them on Kerplunk (recorded in 1991), it's all Tre drumming on there. The Sweet Children EP that's stuck on the end of it was recorded in 1990, that's John drumming. The Sweet Children EP is my least favourite Green Day recording. But since they just quickly recorded it on the spur of the moment because they happened to get a bit of studio time and had a few old songs that they'd never recorded, and the sound quality's so bad, and Best Thing In Town at least was written when Billie was like 14 (probably the other songs were pretty old too) I don't think that's a very surprising or unpopular opinion to have. I don't dislike it though, it has it's rough and ready charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatherineKerplunk Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I prefer 21CB more then Uno and Dos and I think the art work for the trilogy is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Stacy Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I think the Sweet Children EP is awful (I know it's been said) and wish it wasn't on the end of my Kerplunk CD! Lol THIS! This this this this this! It ruins the flow of the album and just feels out of place. Not to mention some of the songs are the worst of Green Day's career. That's why I've separated them in my digital music collection and bought the Kerplunk vinyl so I could not have to deal with the Sweet Children EP unless I want to. I don't know how unpopular an opinion this is, but it's one of my few strongly held opinions about Green Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggMong Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 THIS! This this this this this! It ruins the flow of the album and just feels out of place. Not to mention some of the songs are the worst of Green Day's career. That's why I've separated them in my digital music collection and bought the Kerplunk vinyl so I could not have to deal with the Sweet Children EP unless I want to. I don't know how unpopular an opinion this is, but it's one of my few strongly held opinions about Green Day. Yeah, I separated them on my computer and phone (which I use for music) as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 THIS! This this this this this! It ruins the flow of the album and just feels out of place. Not to mention some of the songs are the worst of Green Day's career. That's why I've separated them in my digital music collection and bought the Kerplunk vinyl so I could not have to deal with the Sweet Children EP unless I want to. I don't know how unpopular an opinion this is, but it's one of my few strongly held opinions about Green Day. It took me like 5 years of having that album before I realised I should just take it off at the end, never really appreciated Kerplunk until I made Sweet Children a separate EP. The three originals on it are probably their three worst songs apart from 21 Guns and The Forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 THIS! This this this this this! It ruins the flow of the album and just feels out of place. Not to mention some of the songs are the worst of Green Day's career. That's why I've separated them in my digital music collection and bought the Kerplunk vinyl so I could not have to deal with the Sweet Children EP unless I want to. I don't know how unpopular an opinion this is, but it's one of my few strongly held opinions about Green Day. I wouldn't like it if the Sweet Children EP songs were mixed in with the Kerplunk songs, but since they're at the end of the album I just see them as a bonus. I don't listen to them that much but I'm glad they're there so I can if I want, and the rest of the time I can just switch off after Words I Might Have Ate and they do me no harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatVince Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 If you don't like "new" Green Day (especially 21st Century Breakdown), and I use quotations because I absolutely hate the "new"/"old" labels that a lot of people use, then you don't know very much about music and you can't appreciate good music. Idk whether it's because you think Green Day should only play songs like what's on Kerplunk-Nimrod or because you genuinely can't recognize great songwriting when you hear it. And I say this as a classically trained musician and singer, who loves the hell out of every GD album from 39/Smooth to TRE. But seriously people, give 21stCB the respect it deserves. That being said, your taste is your taste and of course you're free to like and dislike what you want, but just don't think you're justified in bashing it. I find your comment offensive and close minded. I dislike 21 st Century Breakdown. Not because this is bad music (it's good music) but because it's not the kind of music I usually like (I love some songs like Murder City or East Jesus Nowhere). Plus, I find this album "too diverse" and too long. I dislike this album, that doesn't mean I don't know a thing about music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDgirl86 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I really don't like to watch most Green Day videos, with the possilbe exception of live videos, Holiday and American Idiot. Sometimes the whole "concept" ruins the song for me. I'm just starting to recover from the "Oh Love" video...that song was dead to me for a long time because of that video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musso_kn Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I prefer 21CB more then Uno and Dos and I think the art work for the trilogy is awful. Oh God, yes. 21CB was better lyrically, musically...in every way. The trilogy artwork seems...narcissistic. I cringed when I read that they had just randomly taken the original photographs 'on their iPhones'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grohl Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 most green day fans are super closed-minded I agree with this, especially when it comes to rap. Most fans seem to be like RAP?! I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT! I mean there is some good rap out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnout409 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Just to put it out their not sure if it's an unpopular opinion or not but i like the Sweet Children EP! Not sure why theirs any hate for it? its not like its widely different to anything else they did before Dookie, the recording quality's a little lower but i kinda think that just adds a bit of character! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThiagoMN Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I love Green Day shows...been to 8...in two different tours (Nimrod and 21st CB) But I think they have enough records to do what Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen do...meaning: change the setlist a lot on every show. Their concerts get too obvious. At some point you know exactly what they're gonna do and even what they're gonna say. Change it up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musso_kn Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I agree with this, especially when it comes to rap. Most fans seem to be like RAP?! I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT! I mean there is some good rap out there. True, if you mean the original rappers Public Enemy or even someone like Eminem. A lot of recent rap artists are utter shite, although the same goes for a lot of rock/alternative/indie music nowadays. I am partial to the latter, whether classic or modern, but I can admit that good music can exist in all genres. Song of the Century is actually a really nice opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 True, if you mean the original rappers Public Enemy or even someone like Eminem. A lot of recent rap artists are utter shite, although the same goes for a lot of rock/alternative/indie music nowadays. I am partial to the latter, whether classic or modern, but I can admit that good music can exist in all genres. Song of the Century is actually a really nice opener. Public Enemy are considered hip-hop, just so y'know I quite like hip-hop, usually for it's political undertones, rather than the consumerist bullshit that makes up a lot of rap songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lespaulguy869 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Trilogy Breakdown: 37 Songs. About 19 or 20 are good enough to listen to A LOT (like i do ) The rest don't really cut it. Of those 19 or 20 songs, maybe like 10 are crazy good. Like five of those will be going on the list of my favorite Green Day songs ever. Dos has to be the best because it has the most of these crazy good songs on it. Uno has the least. Tre is refreshing because it sounds the most different from the other two. But it lacks Dos' punch. Overall: Like someone else said, "they could have just taken out the best songs and put it on one album and released that, and it would have been great." BUT. Releasing these three albums was one of the coolest things they've ever done, for a fan like me. Going to buy each of them, learning every song in my car, jamming these songs with my friends as we learned them, and repeating the process twice more made up probably some of the best few months I've ever had as a Green Day fan. So. I'm very thankful that they did choose to release this trilogy like this, completely original and brilliant move on their parts. Just wish they sold more;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platypus2000 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Just to put it out their not sure if it's an unpopular opinion or not but i like the Sweet Children EP! Not sure why theirs any hate for it? its not like its widely different to anything else they did before Dookie, the recording quality's a little lower but i kinda think that just adds a bit of character! It's the way Billie sings, it's so cringeworthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It's the way Billie sings, it's so cringeworthy! m8, he was younger than you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Trilogy Breakdown: 37 Songs. About 19 or 20 are good enough to listen to A LOT (like i do ) The rest don't really cut it. Of those 19 or 20 songs, maybe like 10 are crazy good. Like five of those will be going on the list of my favorite Green Day songs ever. Dos has to be the best because it has the most of these crazy good songs on it. Uno has the least. Tre is refreshing because it sounds the most different from the other two. But it lacks Dos' punch. Overall: Like someone else said, "they could have just taken out the best songs and put it on one album and released that, and it would have been great." BUT. Releasing these three albums was one of the coolest things they've ever done, for a fan like me. Going to buy each of them, learning every song in my car, jamming these songs with my friends as we learned them, and repeating the process twice more made up probably some of the best few months I've ever had as a Green Day fan. So. I'm very thankful that they did choose to release this trilogy like this, completely original and brilliant move on their parts. Just wish they sold more;) I like the trilogy is it the greatest thing they've done? No but we got 37 rocking songs that doeant really have a plot or story line just rock and roll I still say the trilogy is for the fans of Green Day not so much for new buyers/new comer fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Trilogy Breakdown: 37 Songs. About 19 or 20 are good enough to listen to A LOT (like i do ) The rest don't really cut it. Of those 19 or 20 songs, maybe like 10 are crazy good. Like five of those will be going on the list of my favorite Green Day songs ever. Dos has to be the best because it has the most of these crazy good songs on it. Uno has the least. Tre is refreshing because it sounds the most different from the other two. But it lacks Dos' punch. Overall: Like someone else said, "they could have just taken out the best songs and put it on one album and released that, and it would have been great." BUT. Releasing these three albums was one of the coolest things they've ever done, for a fan like me. Going to buy each of them, learning every song in my car, jamming these songs with my friends as we learned them, and repeating the process twice more made up probably some of the best few months I've ever had as a Green Day fan. So. I'm very thankful that they did choose to release this trilogy like this, completely original and brilliant move on their parts. Just wish they sold more;) i think most of this is a very poplar opinion on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeysturkeyhead Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Many people believe wit and humor are the biggest signs of intelligence, and Tre's comments are always so sharp and clever. He's obviously insane, but you can tell the few times he does answer questions in interviews, he processes the questions utterly and completely, and responds with something out-there but also so incredibly on point, usually with some kind of clever metaphor (like in Cuatro, "sending the kid to the store to get cigarettes"). Billie processes things on a more honest, basic level, which is admirable in its own way, but I don't think he's the brightest crayon in the Green Day box He's obviously not a complete dummy, but he's no Tre. Mike is so serious all the time, and deliberate with everything he says, he's kind of the more intense version of Billie. According to Aaron Cometbus, Mike isn't anywhere near as serious in private as he is in public. He describes Mike as funny and loud, Billie is the quiet one and Tré crashes cars and does alot of weird stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbie Head Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Just to put it out their not sure if it's an unpopular opinion or not but i like the Sweet Children EP! Not sure why theirs any hate for it? its not like its widely different to anything else they did before Dookie, the recording quality's a little lower but i kinda think that just adds a bit of character! I agree I really love those songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platypus2000 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 m8, he was younger than you Yeah, I know, but that's not an excuse for me to like it Fair play to him, he did sound like he had no balls on that EP though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbie Head Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It's the way Billie sings, it's so cringeworthy! One of the reasons why I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnout409 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It's the way Billie sings, it's so cringeworthy! I get that i mean its a relatively bad quality recording and as Tman said he was young,,,, i understand its all not for eveyone, but song wise imagine if they had re-recorded those songs at the time of Dookie? I think they would have been Amazing! Also i'm not really sure on some of the lyrics in the Ep hard to tell sometimes haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grohl Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 True, if you mean the original rappers Public Enemy or even someone like Eminem. A lot of recent rap artists are utter shite, although the same goes for a lot of rock/alternative/indie music nowadays. I am partial to the latter, whether classic or modern, but I can admit that good music can exist in all genres. Song of the Century is actually a really nice opener. I agree again that newer rappers are just garbage...I guess there are some good ones out there, but I prefer old school rap like you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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