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"I've mesmerized all the words to 'Basketcase.' " What a winner

Wait, what? :lol: I only read far enough to confirm it had the info I was looking for. Mesmerized??

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Does anyone else think Walking Contradiction is too lighthearted for Insomniac

What do you find to be lighthearted about it?

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What do you find to be lighthearted about it?

well not lighthearted, but just more humorous Than the darker tone of the rest the album.
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well not lighthearted, but just more humorous Than the darker tone of the rest the album.

Green Day has a way of slipping humor into dark things.

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well not lighthearted, but just more humorous Than the darker tone of the rest the album.

Definitely with the video (my favorite of theirs), but I think the lyrics are meant to be more sarcastic than humorous.
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Does anyone else think Walking Contradiction is too lighthearted for Insomniac

They took the classic Springsteen-esque thing of putting serious lyrics to a jolly sounding melody and making it seem light hearted. It arguably makes it seem darker, in my opinion.

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Does anyone else think Walking Contradiction is too lighthearted for Insomniac

I think the more lighthearted sounding music, less angry/fast delivery of the singing and large amounts of on the silly side humour in the lyrics makes it sound different to the rest of the album (even if the contrast of those things with the actual meaning of the lyrics means it does fit very well meaning-wise). I think it works being the last song, a final bit of full on sarcasm along with a catchy melody to sign off after the more intense anger and darkness of much of the rest of the album, but if it was in the middle it'd stick out.

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well not lighthearted, but just more humorous Than the darker tone of the rest the album.

Not really, it's still a pretty dark song. Enough to be on Insomniac at the least.

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Just put my 2118 song iPod on shuffle and got this:

Good Riddance (Nimrod)

Good Riddance (BIAB)

Good Riddance (AAF)

all in a row. What are the odds?

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Just put my 2118 song iPod on shuffle and got this:

Good Riddance (Nimrod)

Good Riddance (BIAB)

Good Riddance (AAF)

all in a row. What are the odds?

Pretty high. iPods have this glitch where they group songs with the same name together when shuffling.

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I just listened to Wild One all the way through for the first time. I'm not proud of myself.

Aw man, I'm so sorry. Do you need any help, support? Is there anything we can do for you?

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Aw man, I'm so sorry. Do you need any help, support? Is there anything we can do for you?

:hug:

A strong shot of Insomniac should do it. And maybe a head enema.

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A strong shot of Insomniac should do it. And maybe a head enema.

You're harsh. It's not the worst Green Day song, far from it !

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I've always been impressed by how Billie doesn't miss a beat playing when that mudball directly impacts his guitar at Woodstock. Granted, he was probably too high at the time to even realize it had happened. :P

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Just thought I'd point out Sarcastic Billie meme is the best thing ever.

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Walking after dark

In the New York City park

Your thoughts are so unholy

In the holiest of holes

Onward Christian soldiers

Filled with jive and mind control

Listen to those lyrics while looking at this GIF:

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Your argument is invalid. :P

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