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Blasphemy & Genocide: Unpopular Green Day Opinions, Part 2


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You seemed pretty peeved at the time. Are you admitting you were trolling, or just pretending we didn't piss you off?

I have lot of respect for the power of words. I was trying to prove a point that getting upset over the use of a word is ridiculous. I found it funny that people would flip a shit over "cunt" or "bitch" directed at them, but me being upset at "retarded" was somehow silly or out of line.

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Hmm, I suppose this would be unpopular...

Dos is my favorite album of the trilogy. #Dirty

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Hmm, I suppose this would be unpopular...

Dos is my favorite album of the trilogy. #Dirty

:wub:

Yes, yes that definitely would be unpopular.

I never really cared for Macy's Day Parade.

So would that, Macy's Day Parade is beautiful.

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Dos is my favorite of the trilogy, too. And I love Nightlife.

Welcome to the "I love nightlife" club. As a matter of fact, I just listened to it.

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I like all of Uno, at least a little. I like about half of Dos (Fuck Time, Makeout Party, Ashley, Lazy Bones, Stray Heart, and Wow Thats Loud), And i like little of Tre (Missing You, Brutal Love, X-Kid, and Dirty Rotten Bastards) So I guess I like Uni most :P

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:) Where have you been. I like Dos as well.

I have been alone in my car singing along since I got my hot little hands on it.

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Dos is so vile. I haven't listened to it in months.

Same, six months since I've listened to anything from the Trilogy according to iTunes.

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But when I'm in a mood to listen to it, everything flows nicely (with the exception of Misery, but we won't get into that right now).

Oh yes we bloody will :mad:

Misery completely messes up Warning's flow. Not to say it's a bad song (even though I don't enjoy it), but it's in a terrible spot.

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I loathe their cover of Like a Rolling Stone. One of the fantastic things about the original is that all the instruments blend into a cohesive whole but you can pick out one thread in particular and listen to it in isolation as it does its thing for the whole song--the liquid organ riff, the piano, the lead guitar, bass, rhythm guitar, Bob's voice. In Green Day's cover the whole thing is just utterly buried under a wave of guitar. Also, let's face it, Billie is better than Dylan technically when it comes to vocals but he can't come close to the passion Dylan put into his vocals on this particular song.

For one moment there I thought you were talking about A Quick One, and I was about to chastise you with unending burning wrath. But I quite like Like a Rolling Stone. It's better than the original.
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It's a general rule of thumb that every cover of a Bob Dylan song is miles better than the original. Dylan, while undeniably a great writer, is a fucking useless performer. And that's being generous.

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It's a general rule of thumb that every cover of a Bob Dylan song is miles better than the original. Dylan, while undeniably a great writer, is a fucking useless performer. And that's being generous.

No. Nonononono. 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Like A Rolling Stone. The legendary "Judas" concert.

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If anyone wants to hear what a great performer Dylan is, listen to the album of standards he just released. One Enchanted Evening is awful on its own, but with Dylan singing it, it is even worse.

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It's a general rule of thumb that every cover of a Bob Dylan song is miles better than the original. Dylan, while undeniably a great writer, is a fucking useless performer. And that's being generous.

Sure, technically he's kind of shit (though I think he's far better than people give him credit for), but his delivery is second to none, and that's what counts for me. The sneer in his voice on the original just blows Billie's attempt away. And as I said earlier, the instrumentation is just far more interesting when it's not buried under guitar.

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Misery completely messes up Warning's flow. Not to say it's a bad song (even though I don't enjoy it), but it's in a terrible spot.

I actually agree with this, Warning is a fantastic album but it doesn't flow well. If I were to choose, it'd look more like

Warning

Minority

Church On Sunday

Fashion Victim

Castaway

BS&B

Deadbeat Holiday

Hold On

Jackass

Waiting

Misery

MDP

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:lol: I haven't listened to the original in ages, but from what I remember of it, it's just a bit boring. Green Day's is more powerful. Still not great though. I feel the whole song just drags on.

A Quick One has to be their best cover, for me. Just ahead of Working Class Hero.

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:lol: I haven't listened to the original in ages, but from what I remember of it, it's just a bit boring. Green Day's is more powerful. Still not great though. I feel the whole song just drags on.

Listen to the one from Newport '65, it's astounding.

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"Waiting" the best song of Warning!

Castaway>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Waiting

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Castaway>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Waiting

didn't know it was opposite day

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