Blasphemy & Genocide: Unpopular Green Day Opinions, Part 2

[Beerjeezus]

16 minutes ago, Scattered Wreck said:

However, 90% of the fans in the audience have not heard the song before. So to the majority of the audience it is a deep cut.

I understand that but it doesn't really help. 

[pouty bitch]

I love Youngblood. When the album first came out, it was one of my favourites. Sadly, it's not anymore, but I still have a soft spot for it. 

[pacejunkie punk]

I like Youngblood too. It's a bop, unlike Outlaws which I despise. /unpopular 

[Beerjeezus]

8 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I like Youngblood too. It's a bop, unlike Outlaws which I despise. /unpopular 

Outlaws is super sappy, but the verses and outro are some of the best moments of the album.

[GreenDayTheory]

14 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

Outlaws is super sappy, but the verses and outro are some of the best moments of the album.

The solo, the bridge and the outro are probably the best parts

[Chin for a Day]

I love Outlaws. It is such a different sound for them and I do love the lyrics. 

[The Bellie]

4 minutes ago, Scattered Wreck said:

I love Outlaws. It is such a different sound for them and I do love the lyrics. 

When I had my mother to listen to RevRad after I got it, she immediately loved Outlaws. 

I love it too - everything in it : lyrics, music, Billie's voice which is just  , and I get very emotional when I listen to it. I agree it is a noticeable song and it contributes a lot to the album being so great in my opinion (the greatest!).

11 hours ago, WhiteTim said:

Youngblood is just a fun lighthearted song not every song has to be epic 

I love Youngblood and even find it a bit reducing to describe it that way. Youngblood is the only song on the album that can get me out of the very deep emotional state Still Breathing gets me into, as it comes right after. I think it's a important song on the album, it brings it great balance. They also played it at Good Morning America.

[Montclare]

Youngblood is my least favorite on the album, some of my least favorite lyrics ("I want to hold you like a gun"?), but there are a couple lines I like.  Of course the "Fuck you I'm from Oakland", and "She's the cedar in the trees of Minnesota", since I didn't get that was a reference to Adrienne being Lebanese until Billie posted a guy with a Lebanese flag at a show with that lyric.

[jengd]

Don't get the hate for Youngblood.  Would like to hear Bouncing Off The Walls too, think it would be great live.

[Chin for a Day]

1 hour ago, Kuromignonne said:

 

I love Youngblood and even find it a bit reducing to describe it that way. Youngblood is the only song on the album that can get me out of the very deep emotional state Still Breathing gets me into, as it comes right after. I think it's a important song on the album, it brings it great balance. They also played it at Good Morning America.

What you are saying actually makes sense. I can understand the placement of the song and what they were trying to accomplish by putting it there. 

However, I still think the song is rubbish. Yes a song doesn't always have to be meaningful, it can just be fun. I just think this song is a failure on that part.

[JardyOfSuburbia]

I miss 99 Revolutions as an opener don't @ me.

[pacejunkie punk]

1 minute ago, JardyOfSuburbia said:

I miss 99 Revolutions as an opener don't @ me.

That song would have fit well on RevRad. It was so topical but sadly overlooked.

[mrduckygoosy]

4 hours ago, GreenDayTheory said:

The solo, the bridge and the outro are probably the best parts

I agree, I find the chorus weak and dull, which is disappointing because it ruins a really good song. 

[The Bellie]

6 hours ago, GreenDayTheory said:

The solo, the bridge and the outro are probably the best parts

I find mostly remarkable the verses and the bridge. Then the chorus and the solo. As for the outro, it rather troubles me. Not obvious to get into it, the level of sadness I feel in those final lyrics is hard to deal with.

[Gwen Stacy]

I've always been of the opinion that 99 Revolutions should've been released as a single/EP in the winter of 2011 back when the Occupy movement was, y'know, still relevant. By the time ¡Tré! came out in late 2012 nobody cared.

[AmyxLongview]

99 Revolutions is just meh. Definitely one of the weaker songs on Tre

[Libertine Angel]

99 Revolutions isn't their best political song but I still like it a fair bit, lyrically I still prefer it to anything new except Bang Bang.

[walking_c0ntradicti0n]

It sounds like I like the songs on RevRad a bunch of people kinda hate. My friend and i have a bigass playlist of songs and the revrad ones on it are Bang Bang, RevRad, Say Goodbye, Bouncing off the Wall, Still Breathing, and Youngblood.

I fuckin love all of those but my least favorite I guess would be Say Goodbye.
Outlaws reminds me of We Are Young by Fun probably because the chords for the chorus are like almost exactly the same but that's still one I really like

The ones I can't remember well in between playthroughs of the album are Troubled Times, Forever Now, and Too Dumb to Die

I remembered Forever Now when I saw them in Camden the other day, and Troubled Times seemed really different for them when I first heard it but I cannot remember Too Dumb to Die for shit

[Eric]

On 9/1/2017 at 0:12 PM, AmyxLongview said:

99 Revolutions is just meh. Definitely one of the weaker songs on Tre

isn't this a popular opinion?

[unextraordinarygirl]

1 hour ago, Eric said:

isn't this a popular opinion?

I thought so too. I don't like it anyway.

[IrelandCalling]

Havent visited GD forums enough to know if these are considered unpopular opinions but here goes -

Of the pre AI albums, Nimrod would be the one with more filler than killer. Some wonderful highlights offset with too many interchangeable generic pop punk up tempo tunes. Not enough variation or creativity to warrant 18 tracks lenght. Those highlights are exceptional though!

21stCB is the equal of AI. Instrumentally more varied, thematically similar, overall the songcraft shines and as classic a recording as AI is, 21stCB has an equal number of pop gems and standouts.

Bang Bang, despite hard hitting music, is lyrically well below par. For such a serious topic that destroys families and communities, the lyrics are at best misinformed, at worst offensively bad.

[Christian's Inferno!]

16 hours ago, Eric said:

isn't this a popular opinion?

I don't think 99R is hated anymore than any other trilogy song. I don't think the album Tré has any songs that are generally hated, at least not as much as Uno or Dos

I mean, 99R is definitely a good song live. I think it's pretty good on the album too

24 minutes ago, IrelandCalling said:

Havent visited GD forums enough to know if these are considered unpopular opinions but here goes -

Of the pre AI albums, Nimrod would be the one with more filler than killer. Some wonderful highlights offset with too many interchangeable generic pop punk up tempo tunes. Not enough variation or creativity to warrant 18 tracks lenght. Those highlights are exceptional though!

21stCB is the equal of AI. Instrumentally more varied, thematically similar, overall the songcraft shines and as classic a recording as AI is, 21stCB has an equal number of pop gems and standouts.

Bang Bang, despite hard hitting music, is lyrically well below par. For such a serious topic that destroys families and communities, the lyrics are at best misinformed, at worst offensively bad.

I agree with you about Nimrod and 21CB but not about Bang Bang. Can you give examples of why you think that about BB? I don't see how it is offensive at all

[pacejunkie punk]

38 minutes ago, IrelandCalling said:

Havent visited GD forums enough to know if these are considered unpopular opinions but here goes -

Of the pre AI albums, Nimrod would be the one with more filler than killer. Some wonderful highlights offset with too many interchangeable generic pop punk up tempo tunes. Not enough variation or creativity to warrant 18 tracks lenght. Those highlights are exceptional though!

21stCB is the equal of AI. Instrumentally more varied, thematically similar, overall the songcraft shines and as classic a recording as AI is, 21stCB has an equal number of pop gems and standouts.

Bang Bang, despite hard hitting music, is lyrically well below par. For such a serious topic that destroys families and communities, the lyrics are at best misinformed, at worst offensively bad.

Like the poster below, agree with the first two not the third. The first time I heard Nimrod and Warning I liked Warning better. It sounded like a tighter, more cohesive record. Nimrod was 2-3 songs too long with songs that were unnecessary (Last Ride In), out of left field (Take Back) or just plain B material (Prosthetic Head). And why oh why was Good Riddance not the last song? I always expect the album to end there and I forget about PH. Don't get me wrong I actually love Nimrod but I had those problems with it when I first heard it.

Agree 100% about 21CB but I'll go one further-- on first hearing I liked it better than AI. American Idiot is a concept album masterpiece but musically pretty consistent and an enjoyable listen. Then I heard 21CB amd went OMG!! How the hell did they write this?! The ambition and range are through the roof, the sound is explosive and every song is better than the next. It's an instant classic in the rock genre and I can still only listen to it front to back.

14 minutes ago, MysticManiac said:

I don't think 99R is hated anymore than any other trilogy song. I don't think the album Tré has any songs that are generally hated, at least not as much as Uno or Dos

*cough*theforgotten*cough*

[Chin for a Day]

I like The Forgotten. Who the hell would expect a piano ballad from Green Day? I love when they try things totally out of their comfort zone. I think Billie sounds very pretty on it. It is not a song I would listen to every day, but I do enjoy it and appreciate the attempt to try something different. 

However, the fact that it was in that god awful movie series does hurt it. 

[Beerjeezus]

9 minutes ago, Scattered Wreck said:

I like The Forgotten. Who the hell would expect a piano ballad from Green Day? I love when they try things totally out of their comfort zone. I think Billie sounds very pretty on it. It is not a song I would listen to every day, but I do enjoy it and appreciate the attempt to try something different. 

However, the fact that it was in that god awful movie series does hurt it. 

if it wasn't for the lyrics (which I find bad), I'd actually like it a lot. I like that it's different and I like the piano on it and the vocals.