pouty bitch Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 1 minute ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: I think the intro is actually better than the rest of the song I'm not a huge fan of the rest of the song either tbh, but my short attention span usually struggles with instrumentals, so the long intro is especially difficult for me to listen to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian's Inferno! Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 3 hours ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: I've just managed to listen to the entire intro to Panic Song without skipping any of it. I'm quite proud of myself. Why would you skip any of it?? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, MysticManiac said: Why would you skip any of it?? I have a really short attention span, and it has a really long intro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillenniumFan Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 22 minutes ago, MysticManiac said: Why would you skip any of it?? Yeah exactly! 18 minutes ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: I have a really short attention span, and it has a really long intro. I think the intro actually makes it one of Green Day's best songs. I know some other people who really aren't that into Green Day (with the you know ''it all just sounds the same'' kind of attitude) and they actually all agree that Panic Song is a really great song by any metric (though there's a lot of other Green Day songs that they unrightfully dismiss...). I think it's almost a crime that they haven't yet played this live or used it as a concert opener 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 1 minute ago, MillenniumFan said: I think the intro actually makes it one of Green Day's best songs. I know some other people who really aren't that into Green Day (with the you know ''it all just sounds the same'' kind of attitude) and they actually all agree that Panic Song is a really great song by any metric. I actually really like the intro at first, but after I've been sitting there for almost 2 whole minutes with the same continues piece of music going through my brain and I'm practically asleep, it just seems like a waste of time. It kinda reminds me of Last Ride In. It's a good intro, but it's not gripping enough to drag it on for that long, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bellie Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 5 hours ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: I've just managed to listen to the entire intro to Panic Song without skipping any of it. I'm quite proud of myself. Well done! 4 hours ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: I think the intro is actually better than the rest of the song I disapprove. I love the intro but to me, it overall puts me in the right level of excitement for what comes next. 1 hour ago, MillenniumFan said: a concert opener Hell yeah 1 hour ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: It kinda reminds me of Last Ride In. The Last Ride In syndrome is pretty recurrent lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -Billiejoezee- Posted October 1, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2017 My friend and I are currently discussing the nightlife tattoo I want to get on my ass. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian's Inferno! Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 4 hours ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: I actually really like the intro at first, but after I've been sitting there for almost 2 whole minutes with the same continues piece of music going through my brain and I'm practically asleep, it just seems like a waste of time. It kinda reminds me of Last Ride In. It's a good intro, but it's not gripping enough to drag it on for that long, imo. I don't love Insomniac like I do most GD albums but you really have to appreciate Panic Song. I don't think PS is anything like LRI because that is the same tune for almost 4 minutes, whereas Panic Song actually builds to something and shows the skill of the band. It works so much better as an instrumental. Plus the instrumental is only 2 minutes long, it doesn't last nearly as long as LRI 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 10 hours ago, MysticManiac said: I don't love Insomniac like I do most GD albums but you really have to appreciate Panic Song. I don't think PS is anything like LRI because that is the same tune for almost 4 minutes, whereas Panic Song actually builds to something and shows the skill of the band. It works so much better as an instrumental. Plus the instrumental is only 2 minutes long, it doesn't last nearly as long as LRI Yeah this, the way it builds up getting faster/more wound up it keeps you in suspense and interested. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 11 hours ago, MysticManiac said: I don't love Insomniac like I do most GD albums but you really have to appreciate Panic Song. I don't think PS is anything like LRI because that is the same tune for almost 4 minutes, whereas Panic Song actually builds to something and shows the skill of the band. It works so much better as an instrumental. Plus the instrumental is only 2 minutes long, it doesn't last nearly as long as LRI I'm the complete opposite - Insomniac is my 2nd favourite GD album and I love it way more that the rest of their albums, except for Nimrod. It probably doesn't really help that PS is sandwiched between two of my favourite GD songs ever on the album (86 and Stuart and the Ave), so it has tough competition. When PS hits, it just slows down the whole album for me. I want to appreciate PS, but I actually physically can't, and it's so frustrating. You talk about it like it's this amazing song (and I don't doubt your opinion, it probably is an amazing song), but it just doesn't feel amazing to me. I feel like I'm missing out on something. As for PS being like LRI, I feel that the intro to PS is practically the same tune for a long amount of time (especially the middle section), except it speeds up as the time goes on, so it's not as bad as LRI. They have loads of songs that show the skill of the band, Panic Song is nothing special, imo. And sometimes the 2 minute instrumental feels like it's 4 minutes because I'm waiting so long for the damn song to start. 1 hour ago, Hermione said: Yeah this, the way it builds up getting faster/more wound up it keeps you in suspense and interested. Well, it certainly doesn't keep me interested, it has the complete opposite effect on me. I just feel like the intro doesn't have to be so long. It tends to be the middle of the intro that's the issue for me - I like the first 40 seconds, then I lose interest, then it gets to about 1:40, and I start enjoying it again. That middle section just seems so repetitive, they could have cut it down by half a minute or so, and it would still have pretty much the same build up, just shorter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hermione Posted October 2, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2017 1 hour ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: Well, it certainly doesn't keep me interested, it has the complete opposite effect on me. I just feel like the intro doesn't have to be so long. It tends to be the middle of the intro that's the issue for me - I like the first 40 seconds, then I lose interest, then it gets to about 1:40, and I start enjoying it again. That middle section just seems so repetitive, they could have cut it down by half a minute or so, and it would still have pretty much the same build up, just shorter. Idk to me the super long "intro" (if 2/3 of the song can be called an intro ) is the core of the song and what makes it special. Like it's not supposed to be a regular song, it's a unique experimental thing. So if it was made into a regular song with a more regular intro it would lose its essence .Of course it doesn't have to be to everyone's taste though. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 3 hours ago, Hermione said: Idk to me the super long "intro" is the core of the song and what makes it special. Like it's not supposed to be a regular song, it's a unique experimental thing. Yeah, I get that, and I wouldn't want it to be a regular song with a regular intro - I would just prefer it if the repetitive middle part of the "intro" was shortened quite a bit. That way, the intro would still take up most of the song, but it wouldn't be as unnecessary, and it wouldn't take so much effort to listen to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Billiejoezee- Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 @G-L-O-R-I-A I’m the same as you. Insomniac is my favorite album and I absolutely love panic song but that intro..it’s not that I don’t like it it’s that I don’t have the attention span for it, my adhd doesn’t let me sit through it so I skip it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 1 minute ago, -Billiejoezee- said: @G-L-O-R-I-A I’m the same as you. Insomniac is my favorite album and I absolutely love panic song but that intro..it’s not that I don’t like it it’s that I don’t have the attention span for it, my adhd doesn’t let me sit through it so I skip it Thank you so much for existing because I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I thought I was going crazy for a moment there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 The intro to Panic Song is one of the only things I can listen to on Insomniac. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bellie Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 3 hours ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said: Thank you so much for existing because I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I thought I was going crazy for a moment there. You're not going crazy @G-L-O-R-I-A, even though I've loved PS from my first full attentive listening to Insomniac (thanks to you and others ), I think I can relate to what you say. I don't know exactly if I have a short attention span but I know that my attention to a song is often intermittent, so I need a few times to remember and learn a song in full. Regarding Panic Song, I've listened to it several times and I don't feel like I know by heart how it goes. When I listen to the intro, sometimes I get completely absorbed in it and it seems to end up way too fast, sometimes I listen to it while my mind goes back and forth, maybe because I quickly feel too much agitation for me to handle, and then when Billie starts singing I'm just focusing breathlessly till the end Hard to explain, but what I mean is you don't have to stay entirely focused on the song all way long (or part of it all way long) to get to like it and want to listen to it again in full. 3 hours ago, Scattered Wreck said: The intro to Panic Song is one of the only things I can listen to on Insomniac. I like to listen to Insomniac in full now, but I only love a few of these songs album version, such as 86, Panic Song and Westbound Sign (I know, this should be on the B&G thread ), while I have an adoration for all the 2009-to-nowadays Insomniac songs performances I've listened to. Which is funny, because this comes from Billie's voice change (and it has changed a lot, in a much sexier way ), but I find his voice really hot only starting from Warning (Nimrod for a handful of songs), and while I usually prefer any Green Day song live to its original version, Insomniac (which isn't the earliest album) may be the album from which the recent live versions of songs (those that have been played live) I love the most compared to their album version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/5g9k78/a-conversation-with-billie-joe-armstrong-the-rats-have-taken-over-the-fucking-house Am posting this here as a I just came across it and don't remember it from last year at all - maybe we all just ready so many articles around the time of the release. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herewegoagain Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Great, informed little interview, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 This might have gone around a year ago but it’s the first time I’ve heard it so maybe it’s new to some of you too. Either way it’s interesting to hear or hear again now that the tour is ending: https://goo.gl/N5Mgv8 (click and go to audio link at the bottom) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillenniumFan Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Wish there were something like this in English, because this is absolutely amazing! The South American Green Day fan community is truly awesome, I really hope the guys have something special in mind when going down there (though I don't suspect they do). But it would be really cool if they recorded like a live DVD or live album there, the crowds there are just mind-blowing! Man, just make me in charge of promotion and media for Green Day already lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herewegoagain Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said: This might have gone around a year ago but it’s the first time I’ve heard it so maybe it’s new to some of you too. Either way it’s interesting to hear or hear again now that the tour is ending: https://goo.gl/N5Mgv8 (click and go to audio link at the bottom) For a short 14mins that's one of the best interviews I've heard! He got some nice personal answers in a very casual, respectful way. Loved the bit about Jakob and Joey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, herewegoagain said: For a short 14mins that's one of the best interviews I've heard! He got some nice personal answers in a very casual, respectful way. Loved the bit about Jakob and Joey Yeah, I thought he asked great questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJennsitized Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Bored out my mind in work, Basket Case just came on the radio. Now I'm singing in my little work room where no one can see me 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedundantIdiot Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Don't know if this is the right thread (feel free to move to a better thread), but which GDC members do you miss the most/ least? Most: End of the World Least: Steven Seagull, the Jake guy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herewegoagain Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I forgot how good Billie sounds on If There Was Ever a Time Having a mini trip going back in the archives and it turns out outside of the regular playlists norwegian national radio has had a nice selection of GD on over the past few months. I found Armstrongs twice, Minority, AWTW, JOS, WICA live at Woodstock and All By Myself lmao. Edit: aw and my morning show celebrated Billie's 45th by playing back an interview from the day after the election 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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