The Bellie Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 21 hours ago, gaslight13 said: Kinda going off that ^^ I’m guessing this is an unpopular opinion but, I enjoy watching Billie on stage with The Longshot guys EQUAL to how much I enjoy watching him with Mike, Tre, and Jason W. (Leaving off Jeff and JasonF for simplicity). For me, thinking of it again, it's not only about who Billie plays with. I think I would have felt more or less the same if I had seen The Coverups (with Mike and Jason) and even Foxboro Hot Tubs (adding Tre) as I have felt seeing The Longshot. It's great (to the point I can't stop thinking to try to buy a ticket at 3 am on Monday and go to the USA a 2nd time in July to catch the last show, but my bosses might kill me), but for me watching Billie with Green Day is greater than watching Billie in any other context. Billie is at the top of his game right now with The Longshot but last year with Green Day during the RevRad tour he was over the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaslight13 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 7 hours ago, Kuromignonne said: For me, thinking of it again, it's not only about who Billie plays with. I think I would have felt more or less the same if I had seen The Coverups (with Mike and Jason) and even Foxboro Hot Tubs (adding Tre) as I have felt seeing The Longshot. It's great (to the point I can't stop thinking to try to buy a ticket at 3 am on Monday and go to the USA a 2nd time in July to catch the last show, but my bosses might kill me), but for me watching Billie with Green Day is greater than watching Billie in any other context. Billie is at the top of his game right now with The Longshot but last year with Green Day during the RevRad tour he was over the top Interesting point. I have trouble disagreeing because Billie is an amazing performer no matter what so it always feels weird to say “his performance is less great when...” But, I have to say, while I think there are maybe more great performance moments with him in GD, I enjoy him more as a performer with other projects because it’s less rehearsed. And since he’s an artist I connect deeply with, That connection is stronger (for me) when the performance feels more genuine. Even though I know he’s genuine in everything he does, but I don’t like that rehearsed feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 7 hours ago, gaslight13 said: Interesting point. I have trouble disagreeing because Billie is an amazing performer no matter what so it always feels weird to say “his performance is less great when...” But, I have to say, while I think there are maybe more great performance moments with him in GD, I enjoy him more as a performer with other projects because it’s less rehearsed. And since he’s an artist I connect deeply with, That connection is stronger (for me) when the performance feels more genuine. Even though I know he’s genuine in everything he does, but I don’t like that rehearsed feeling. Totally agree. As much as I love GD I/we could do their moves in our sleep Only a small minority will get to experience this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 On 14 June 2018 at 12:29 AM, kaylubd said: I mean, I wouldn't mind another FBHT or Network album, but I don't think GD have done it all. They haven't done a polka album & im still all for an AI 2 - the zombie musical 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
龑美優 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I like the direction Green Day has been heading throughout their career. I honestly dont believe they've taken any missteps on a larger scale, album-wise. I also dont believe that they need to come up with anything innovative. I enjoyed the trilogy a lot when it came out and I still do. I also enjoy Youngblood, which feels like an unpopular opinion. I see nothing wrong with the sound or lyrics. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albelint Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) On 17/6/2018 at 10:56 PM, Monoqlo Panda said: I like the direction Green Day has been heading throughout their career. I honestly dont believe they've taken any missteps on a larger scale, album-wise. I also dont believe that they need to come up with anything innovative. I enjoyed the trilogy a lot when it came out and I still do. I also enjoy Youngblood, which feels like an unpopular opinion. I see nothing wrong with the sound or lyrics. What i like about them it's that almost every album feels different. With bands like Rise Against or The Offspring i have the feeling that every song sounds the same in some way. The style it's always the same, the way Dexter and Tim sing it's always the same, from the first album to the last. With Green Day it's a whole different story. 1039 and Kerplunk sounds similar but way different from Dookie and Insomniac. Nimrod again it was something new and the same goes for Warning. American Idiot again it's completely different. Creatively they never went for the easy route, they had the balls to change and reinvent themselves. The trilogy as a whole is kind of meh, but like in any GD album there are some good songs and a lot of other songs could have been so much better if they had put more effort into it. I think that the problem of the trilogy it's quantity vs quality, there is a great single album buried under there. Edited June 19, 2018 by Albelint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Albelint said: I think that the problem of the trilogy it's quantity vs quality, there is a great single album buried under there. Oh yes, definitely. If they had taken the best songs and left out the fillers (and there are A LOT of fillers on the trilogy), this could have been a really successful project. But there are a lot of good songs on these three albums. And if you compare it to some other stuff that came out recently (like California by Blink, for example), I would actually even say that the really good stuff on the trilogy is underrated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I've developed a new-found appreciation for Uno recently. It's always been my least favourite GD album - I've never hated it, but it was the only GD album (alongside Tre) that I didn't completely love. However, recently I've been really enjoying songs like Nuclear Family, Carpe Diem and Loss of Control which didn't really do much for me in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grohl Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I've always been a fan of the trilogy, but yes, there's a lot of filler. Some of it I don't mind - I just can't remember those damn songs. But there are gems that came out of that project: Brutal Love, Nuclear Family, Dirty Rotten Bastards, Stay the Night, Stray Heart, Lazy Bones. All good stuff! I even like some of the questionable songs like Kill the DJ and Troublemaker. It's not their best stuff, but it's fun! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I like the questionable songs too . Is Kill the DJ really considered questionable though? It's just a total jam imo! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Troublemaker and Kill the DJ are two of the best songs on the trilogy tbh. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmericanidiot Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Oh my god I hate troublemaker with a passion. I can’t change the tracks on my iPod in my car and it came on once and I just couldn’t cope, it makes me cringe. The only redeeming feature is the guitar solo but it’s not worth the pain. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Also cringe-inducing: "killing you to death" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grohl Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 59 minutes ago, Hermione said: I like the questionable songs too . Is Kill the DJ really considered questionable though? It's just a total jam imo! I don't think it's questionable, but I know a lot of people here hate it. That was the song that got me excited for the trilogy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, emmericanidiot said: Oh my god I hate troublemaker with a passion. I can’t change the tracks on my iPod in my car and it came on once and I just couldn’t cope, it makes me cringe. The only redeeming feature is the guitar solo but it’s not worth the pain. Oh but that line though: ”I wouldn’t say I’m straight Cuz I’m bent out of shape From now til death do we party Just before it’s too late” ❤️ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Only bad song on the entire trilogy was Drama Queen. Everything else is fucking great still! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montclare Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Kill the DJ is in my top 15 GD songs. I love Troublemaker as well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 i only like Troublemaker because of the guitar riff and the line about being queer as fuck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I have always loved KIll the DJ - its funky & cool. On a totally random note since Tom Petty's death I would say the Last DJ would be my most played song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 9 hours ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said: Also cringe-inducing: "killing you to death" I feel like that's knowingly cringy though . It's a tongue in cheek line in a fun song. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bellie Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 There are more very good songs than fillers in the trilogy, as in generally every other GD album to me. I don't even like the term of filler, I may not be crazy about one song but it still can be very fun and serve the album. Troublemaker and Kill The DJ would be among those, they are among my very least favorite on Uno but I still enjoy them a lot, and all the other songs on that album are great. To me it's the trilogy album that's the most balanced, in other words there isn't too much of a gap between how much I enjoy my favorite songs and my least favorite. In Dos and Tre, there are several other songs I'm crazy about, others I enjoy a lot, and some of them I just like. The gap between first and last ones is bigger. But those songs I just like are a minority, no way I would say there are a lot of filler songs on the trilogy. I would say there are 5 or 6 songs I could let go for the 37 songs of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I tend to simply forget about songs on the trilogy. When I listen to music on shuffle and songs like "Makeout Party" or "A Little Boy Named Train" come up, I realize how very litlle I actually listen to the trilogy. I just don't remember some of the songs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hermione Posted June 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2018 The song 80 is so melodramatic I can't deal with it . I kind of like it anyway because it's cute but it does make me cringe a bit. Especially the part that goes "not as long as there are girls like you" *dramatic guitar screech* lol 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Hermione said: The song 80 is so melodramatic I can't deal with it . I kind of like it anyway because it's cute but it does make me cringe a bit. Especially the part that goes "not as long as there are girls like you" *dramatic guitar screech* lol 1000 Hours is all you need as a cure 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badwolf Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 I feel like shenanigans is a fucking great album that’s so underrated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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