Blasphemy & Genocide: Unpopular Green Day Opinions, Part 2

[UNICORN VOMIT]

But the trilogy has a ton of serious subject matter. They did lighthearted spins on serious subjects far better on Dookie.

That is true - love the serious songs. I will always relate the trilogy era to lazy bones.

I come from the Dookie era but I am not going to compare.

But didn't the guys say they wanted to make dance music without being a dance band.

[HARVESTER]

We don't have to bring up the same ones every time.

I don't wanna suicide, I don't want this to end

I just wanna be your friend

or

Well she just wants to get me high

Stick a needle in my eye

are examples of some not-so-great lines from Lady Cobra. There are more, but these are two.

would

"Well she just wants to get me high" and "stick a needle in my eye"

have been better?

seriously I think he just left out the word "and" in there to keep up the rythm.....

Edited May 10, 2014 by Eternity Ragnarok

[UNICORN VOMIT]

I'm reading the lyrics and I'm not saying it doesn't make sense I'm saying it was a lame rhyme and a bad line

Also: a piece of shit would fit perfectly with Dos as well

It is actually a bit deeper than that when a drug addict can't find a vein they will stick the needle anywhere eg eye.

[Hermione]

No its in context of the song - lady cobra is a quick & punchy song & fits perfectly on DOS.

Hermione will back me up.

I fully back this up!

I'll give you "I don't wanna suicide" though

[green day is]

Pretty sure that line is just his "throw random idioms in" thing coming back from Warning and AI.

[UNICORN VOMIT]

I fully back this up!

I'll give you "I don't wanna suicide" though

I don't want to overdose ... I only will push it so far.

When your out having a great night & you don't want the night to end etc....

[Joey]

It's ridiculous how much I prefer the trilogy to Dookie on every level.

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[UNICORN VOMIT]

Not sure if this is unpopular but I would prefer GD revamp/freshen up the setlist than produce a new album.

They have nothing to prove with new music & could continue to tour on their back catalogue alone.

Billie will continue to write though so I have no doubt new music will come.

[Hermione]

I don't want to overdose ... I only will push it so far.

When your out having a great night & you don't want the night to end etc....

Oh yeah no problem with the meaning, just the bad grammar of using suicide as a verb is slightly jarring (not that there has to be perfect grammar in lyrics, just in this case it does jar a bit when I hear it even if it is a deliberate "throwing random idioms" thing as Zack puts it so there isn't technically anything wrong with it).

[UNICORN VOMIT]

Oh yeah no problem with the meaning, just the bad grammar of using suicide as a verb is slightly jarring (not that there has to be perfect grammar in lyrics, just in this case it does jar a bit when I hear it even if it is a deliberate "throwing random idioms" thing as Zack puts it so there isn't technically anything wrong with it).

Poor billie he should have finished school - jk

[Hermione]

Poor billie he should have finished school - jk

Hehe . I'm sure he does know that it's supposed to be "commit suicide" and wouldn't say it that way in normal conversation though, it'll be a deliberate bit of artistic license. It's just that sometimes a liberty like that flows really well in a line and sometimes it sticks out more (this case being the latter I think).

[The Disappearing Boy]

The people need to witness the horror that is the trilogy lyrics, one signature at a time. I'll update it

Your dedication to the wellbeing Green Day fans is quite remarkable

[green day is]

the bad grammar of using suicide as a verb

That's not bad grammar, it's been in use as a verb since at least 1841 according to Merriam-Webster. It's well accepted.

[Hermione]

That's not bad grammar, it's been in use as a verb since at least 1841 according to Merriam-Webster. It's well accepted.

It's not in common usage though, it sounds wrong/strange to modern ears.

[green day is]

It's not in common usage though, it sounds wrong/strange to modern ears.

I disagree but you live an ocean away from me so you know whatevzzzzzzzzz

[burnout409]

American Idiot, Dookie, > Insomniac, Keplunk > Trilogy, Nimrod, 39 Smooth > Warning > 21st Century Breakdown

Not sure how unpopular some of this is, but I see a lot of people who love Warning which I disagree with its still good, but not great.

[ifmemoryserves]

It's ridiculous how much I prefer the trilogy to Dookie on every level.

you're right. it is ridiculous.

[JOE THE X-KID]

I have no idea what you find so bad about The Forgotten. I think the song and lyrics are pretty fantastic.

I enjoy, I find it quite nostalgic too. It's like looking back on your life after everything you've been through. Nice way to end the trilogy.

[Hermione]

I disagree but you live an ocean away from me so you know whatevzzzzzzzzz

Didn't realize it was used that way anywhere. Well if it's grammatically correct I take back any criticism of it!

[Purple Haze]

or "i like your BM-excellent tits with a tattoo of a pig sniffing glue"

Don't forget "She gave up on Jesus for living on venus"!

[Z J]

What I was finding a problem with wasn't the grammar (it's music I rarely beef with grammar ). I've heard suicide used like that before. I just thought the rhyme/line was lame.

[green day is]

I'm pretty sure it's "want a suicide" anyway. Not want to.

[Hermione]

I'm pretty sure it's "want a suicide" anyway. Not want to.

I don't know how I never even considered that it was that even though it sounds better and more logical, just checked the lyrics in the booklet and it does indeed say "want a suicide"! The song is now officially flawless to me.

[Z J]

I'm pretty sure it's "want a suicide" anyway. Not want to.

want a= wanna at least in my vernacular. Oh well that's what I get for trusting lyric websites. Again, that's not my issue with the lyric

[Hermione]

want a= wanna at least in my vernacular. Oh well that's what I get for trusting lyric websites. Again, that's not my issue with the lyric

No, wanna = want to. "I don't want to suicide" (where you'd normally say "I don't want to commit suicide) is possibly dodgy grammar or at least slightly odd sounding. But "I don't want a suicide" (as in "I don't want a suicide to occur") is free from any dodginess or oddness.