Pat1308 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Yeah, fair point really. If the story was at least made slightly clear in the lyrics it'd be better. There's only so much you can do with a song about a little boy named Train without it coming across as really stupid, though. What? You mean it isn't 'A Little Boy Named Tre'? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 What? Never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyxLongview Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I remember reading about the backstory of A Little Boy Named Train and thinking the song was gonna be really interesting, and then being utterly disappointed when I heard the song. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifmemoryserves Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 i'd never heard anything about the backstory for little boy named train before... definitely puts a new spin on it for me but yeah it doesn't change the fact that it's generally a terrible song 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat1308 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Maybe they should've just gone Hedwig and the Angry Inch-style and made their follow-up to 21CB an epic rock opera all about Train and his genital travails, rather than the Trilogy. And then made it into a musical starring Neil Patrick Harris. Hey, I'd watch the shit out of it. Train and his lost genitals, and Tre and his lost nut. Two people with genital travails - how will they cope with life? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Train and his lost genitals, and Tre and his lost nut. Two people with genital travails - how will they cope with life? By getting together and creating one giant super-genital out of their remaining ones. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Coming from Green Day 2015: Billie and the Angry Snoo. You heard it here first, folks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwise Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Little Boy Named Train is one of my all time favorite GD songs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I never thought I could have been more disappointed in the Trilogy after Breakdown. I was wrong. What do you mean "after Breakdown"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 What do you mean "after Breakdown"? I don't understand the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I don't understand the question. You never thought you could be more dissapointed in the Trilogy after Breakdown. What exactly are you saying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 But the point is, as you said yourself, that it's ironic. If you're taking the piss out of repetitive music it's perfectly understandable to be repetitive in order to make the point. Anyway, obviously I'm no Trilogy-lover, but applying the "lack of lyrical intelligence" shtick to all three albums based on one song seems a bit unfair, especially when you've then pointed out why it's not even that dumb after all. And especially when that song has some of the best verses Billie has ever written. OK, so here's some other examples of shitty repetitive choruses: Let Yourself Go, Troublemaker, Stop When the Red Lights Flash, 99 Revolutions, Walk Away... Or are they all being "ironic?" Doesn't mean I don't like some of the songs, but you can't argue their choruses aren't exactly inspiring. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 You never thought you could be more dissapointed in the Trilogy after Breakdown. What exactly are you saying? That Breakdown was amazing which made the Trilogy, being its follow-up, even more disappointing. OK, so here's some other examples of shitty repetitive choruses: Let Yourself Go, Troublemaker, Stop When the Red Lights Flash, 99 Revolutions, Walk Away... Or are they all being "ironic?" Doesn't mean I don't like some of the songs, but you can't argue their choruses aren't exactly inspiring. You're never going to get me to defend the first three of those songs on any level. They're obviously not meant to be ironic, which made Nick's choice of Kill The DJ as an example pretty terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 OK, so here's some other examples of shitty repetitive choruses: Let Yourself Go, Troublemaker, Stop When the Red Lights Flash, 99 Revolutions, Walk Away... Or are they all being "ironic?" Doesn't mean I don't like some of the songs, but you can't argue their choruses aren't exactly inspiring. Let Yourself Go is just designed to sing along to. I don't think it was ever meant to be anything complex or thoughtful. Troublemaker has a great riff, but that's about it. SWTRLF...yeah sucky 99 Revs is another call and response song. Best Billie ever wrote remember? Walk Away is just boring on so many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Let Yourself Go is just designed to sing along to. I don't think it was ever meant to be anything complex or thoughtful. Troublemaker has a great riff, but that's about it. SWTRLF...yeah sucky 99 Revs is another call and response song. Best Billie ever wrote remember? Walk Away is just boring on so many levels. I honestly forgot Walk Away existed until I glanced over the trilogy tracklist to type that post out. Terrible song. Troublemaker sucks too. The other three I can enjoy when I'm in the mood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoopy Doo Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I don't think the verses to Walk Away (save for "or a used pair of shoes to go and walk away") are really that bad. Part of me really wants to like the song, but I just can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat1308 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Let Yourself Go is just designed to sing along to. I don't think it was ever meant to be anything complex or thoughtful. LEFTURCELFONE LEFTURCELFONE LEFTURCELFONE I can't not hear it that way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 LEFTURCELFONE LEFTURCELFONE LEFTURCELFONE I can't not hear it that way. Kind of like "gimme Mike Dirnt..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Z J Posted June 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2014 Heres something that's going to rustle some Jimmies but its my honest opinion. Billie Joe as been a self centered ass who thinks the band is all about him ever since the end of the AI tour. The fame went to his head. (The height of this was during the 21CB Tour, he's gotten a bit better lately.) Literally zero evidence to support this opinion, we've been over it before in here. Any "evidence" is absolute rubbish that's judgmental and contrived. The man could be an ass, he could be a saint. But to pretend we know anything is silly 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Kind of like "gimme Mike Dirnt..." Or "whoa, big shits in fairy world." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Or "whoa, big shits in fairy world." I've heard it all before, sell donuts at my door. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 DookieLukie, do you routinely go through this thread and like all of someone's posts, or am I just special? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z J Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 DookieLukie, do you routinely go through this thread and like all of someone's posts, or am I just special? Odds are it was just a single post, liked repeatedly We've all been disappointed by it too many times to fall for it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 DookieLukie, do you routinely go through this thread and like all of someone's posts, or am I just special? You're just special ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 You're just special ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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