Beerjeezus Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, WhiteTim said: You’re excessively saccharine and banal!!! (Just joking but how dare you speak bad on When It’s Time) It's so sappy though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Libertine Angel said: I totally disagree, I find it so excessively saccharine and banal. Come on, he was 18 year old when he wrote it!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I don't get the When It's Time hate, I have to say. It's a sweet picture of an infatuated 18 (or 19? I don't remember) year-old who's trying to articulate genuine feelings. I do like a lot of his other songs about Adrienne, though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Boy Named Booze Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 All the losers that were meant to take the time to say What was really on their mind, instead They just hide away. Those lyrics were so powerful for me during High school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Beerjeezus said: It's so sappy though... It’s supposed to be tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, WhiteTim said: It’s supposed to be tho Yeah... I guess it's just not my thing. I don't hate the song, but it's not one that I listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 8 hours ago, The Insider said: A little boy named train is probably the worst GD song - even Youngblood is better - at least is kinda fun live. You are dead to me 1 hour ago, jengd said: Come on, he was 18 year old when he wrote it!!! And it sounds like an 8 year old wrote it. Definitely top 10 worst GD songs of all time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Adorkable said: You are dead to me And it sounds like an 8 year old wrote it. Definitely top 10 worst GD songs of all time I can forgive When It's Time easier than Amy, he was old enough to know better. Still think Amy is hands down the very worst song he's ever written and by a long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, jengd said: I can forgive When It's Time easier than Amy, he was old enough to know better. Still think Amy is hands down the very worst song he's ever written and by a long way. Amy isn't the greatest lyrically but I appreciate the sentiment. I can say the same about When It's Time but he's written many more love songs that I like better while there's only one Amy so it has to do 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofygoldfish Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I used to think When it's time was good, than I saw AI musical and it became a super emotional song for me. Now one of my faves. Sorry not sorry! Amy grates on me sometimes, but isn't one I skip often. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I like Amy. I also appreciate the sentiment and while acoustic songs will never be my favourite I think it's a very good end to Dos, gives the whole album a darker and sadder edge. Oh but I remembered another Adrienne song that I don't like so much, 80. I know he was young but the level of melodrama gets to be a bit much even for me . I guess I do kind of like it because of the sentiment and cuteness of how over the top it is but a lot of it does make me cringe (especially when he goes "not as long as there are girls like yewwwww *dramatic guitar noise*" lol) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian's Inferno! Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Hermione said: Oh but I remembered another Adrienne song that I don't like so much, 80. I know he was young but the level of melodrama gets to be a bit much even for me . I guess I do kind of like it because of the sentiment and cuteness of how over the top it is but a lot of it does make me cringe (especially when he goes "not as long as there are girls like yewwwww *dramatic guitar noise*" lol) I'd say 80 is one of the better songs on Kerplunk Not really getting the hate for Amy either. LBNT and Youngblood are also fine. The worst GD song is Strangeland 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Boy Named Booze Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Just now, Christian's Inferno! said: The worst GD song is Strangeland No it's Westbound Sign 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian's Inferno! Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Airplane said: No it's Westbound Sign Why? I quite like Westbound Sign 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, Christian's Inferno! said: I'd say 80 is one of the better songs on Kerplunk Not really getting the hate for Amy either. LBNT and Youngblood are also fine. The worst GD song is Strangeland Hmm not by a long way for me. Lyrics are just too over the top. I don't like how it fades out either But as far as worst goes I thought we were only talking songs about Adrienne, 80 is nowhere near their worst song. Strangeland could be it. That whole Sweet Children EP is pretty dodgy. I think it can be excused since they're clearly very old songs (Billie wrote Best Thing in Town at like 14 I believe, I'd guess the others weren't much later), and they just recorded them quickly because they happened to get some studio time when on tour and thought they might as well get them recorded. But it's still not very good 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 43 minutes ago, jengd said: I can forgive When It's Time easier than Amy, he was old enough to know better. Still think Amy is hands down the very worst song he's ever written and by a long way. I actually really like Amy. I think it is a really nice, bluesish ballad. WIT is just so cringeworthy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squashie Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Last Night on Earth hits me. If there ever was a sappy Billie Joe song, that is it (for me). I do like When It's Time but that last verse seems oddly written when I listen to it. It all makes since, lyrically, just feels awkward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montclare Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 When It's Time has always been my most conflicted GD song. The changing verb tense drives me insane. And it's a million times better with just Billie and a guitar than full band. Full band makes it sound like when a 70s band (like the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac) would get back together in the 90s and not know which decade they were supposed to sound like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofygoldfish Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 13 minutes ago, Montclare said: When It's Time has always been my most conflicted GD song. The changing verb tense drives me insane. And it's a million times better with just Billie and a guitar than full band. Full band makes it sound like when a 70s band (like the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac) would get back together in the 90s and not know which decade they were supposed to sound like. Ooo, this, definitely better just Billie, like the one at the end of the AI musical album. I don't have any (honestly) GD songs I don't like, some become overplayed and I get tired of them, then I miss them and welcome them back like a long lost friend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebahar Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 The unpopular opinions are flowing out of me now. During their shows when they play Jesus of Suburbia, I hate that 2-3 minute “ooooohhhh” thing Billie has the crowd do right after the “I don’t feel any pain” part. It kinda kills the feeling for me since my practically winded by the end of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 31 minutes ago, Zebahar said: The unpopular opinions are flowing out of me now. During their shows when they play Jesus of Suburbia, I hate that 2-3 minute “ooooohhhh” thing Billie has the crowd do right after the “I don’t feel any pain” part. It kinda kills the feeling for me since my practically winded by the end of it. Yeah, I wouldn't mind a bit of a break but it interrupts the flow when it's too stretched 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PursuitOfEpicness Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Lazy Bones lyrics are bad, I said it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Now that's an controversial opinion!!! Truth is, he's written better lyrics but neither they're bad. Actually among the best from the trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Zebahar said: The unpopular opinions are flowing out of me now. During their shows when they play Jesus of Suburbia, I hate that Hows this for an unpopular opinion, I fixed it for you. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian's Inferno! Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Lazy Bones does have some bad lyrics... (i.e. Everyone keeps talking and they can’t shut the fuck up cause I’m so tired) ...but overall I think it's solid lyrically, especially by trilogy standards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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