tdlyon Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 If the album is called Revolution Radio, I think it could be kind of cool if the whole album was done as if you were listening to a radio station. Some static between songs, a few interludes with a "DJ" talking lining up the themes of the songs, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okotavio Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 9 hours ago, tdlyon said: If the album is called Revolution Radio, I think it could be kind of cool if the whole album was done as if you were listening to a radio station. Some static between songs, a few interludes with a "DJ" talking lining up the themes of the songs, etc. Reminded me of QOTSA's Songs For The Deaf. It would be really cool (although they did that a little bit on 21CB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan86 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 What about "Revelation Radio" Where Billie reveals his battles with drugs, alcohol and rehab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmoGreenDay Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 8 minutes ago, Alan86 said: What about Revelation Radio, where Billie reveals his battles with drugs, alcohol and rehab I think that will have a big part in it tbh. Completely messed up time in his life. He is definitely going to write about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second favourite son Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 2 hours ago, tdlyon said: If the album is called Revolution Radio, I think it could be kind of cool if the whole album was done as if you were listening to a radio station. Some static between songs, a few interludes with a "DJ" talking lining up the themes of the songs, etc. This could be cool to an extent, but i hope that they won't go so far with a concept that it has a negative impact on the music (like what happened with My Chemical Romance's 'Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter. Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Otávio Vidal said: Reminded me of QOTSA's Songs For The Deaf. Same here. 11 minutes ago, Second favourite son said: This could be cool to an extent, but i hope that they won't go so far with a concept that it has a negative impact on the music (like what happened with My Chemical Romance's 'Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'). How did the concept negatively affect the music on Danger Days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 24 minutes ago, ElmoGreenDay said: I think that will have a big part in it tbh. Completely messed up time in his life. He is definitely going to write about it. I'm not so sure about it. I doubt he's thrilled to bring this up again. A more distant record like 21CB seems more likely to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second favourite son Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 1 minute ago, Harry Potter. said: How did the concept negatively affect the music on Danger Days? I think it was great if you were already a fan, and it wasn't bad by any means, but they could have spent more time on their music instead of developing an unrelatable concept. Too much of the album was taken up by concept tracks/DJ cutaways that can be offputting if you just want music, and also confuses non-fan friends when you're listening as a group. In contrast, 21CB's static etc was short and always linked to a song, allowing the songs to work on their own as well as part of the album. It didn't last too long and didn't distract from the music. I think my key point is that MCR would have been capable of having well over 3 successful singles from an album if they'd just turned down the concept level a bit and written more non-concepty songs instead of trying too hard to keep to a set storyline and theme. They, as a band, were capable of getting 90/100 reviews rather than the 70/100 they got. Applying this to GD, I think a concept album would be one of a number of great paths they could take, but they would have to be careful with how closely they adhere to the plot and how they let that affect their music. If they can arrange songs to make a story that's great, but if they write a story and then write songs to fit it I'd feel like that would just be a tool they'd use to fill up an album with sub-par music. Green Day have a great record with concept/storyline albums so far; if you look at American Idiot, every song works on its own and as part of the story, because the storyline's been adapted to fit the songs, and not vice versa, and even then the two don't adhere to each other too religiously. TL;DR: Concept album = good idea, Bunch of songs written to fit a storyline rigidly = bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter. Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Fair enough. Now that you've explained your points I kind of agree, they could have made it work better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwise Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Second favourite son said: I think it was great if you were already a fan, and it wasn't bad by any means, but they could have spent more time on their music instead of developing an unrelatable concept. Too much of the album was taken up by concept tracks/DJ cutaways that can be offputting if you just want music, and also confuses non-fan friends when you're listening as a group. In contrast, 21CB's static etc was short and always linked to a song, allowing the songs to work on their own as well as part of the album. It didn't last too long and didn't distract from the music. I think my key point is that MCR would have been capable of having well over 3 successful singles from an album if they'd just turned down the concept level a bit and written more non-concepty songs instead of trying too hard to keep to a set storyline and theme. They, as a band, were capable of getting 90/100 reviews rather than the 70/100 they got. Applying this to GD, I think a concept album would be one of a number of great paths they could take, but they would have to be careful with how closely they adhere to the plot and how they let that affect their music. If they can arrange songs to make a story that's great, but if they write a story and then write songs to fit it I'd feel like that would just be a tool they'd use to fill up an album with sub-par music. Green Day have a great record with concept/storyline albums so far; if you look at American Idiot, every song works on its own and as part of the story, because the storyline's been adapted to fit the songs, and not vice versa, and even then the two don't adhere to each other too religiously. TL;DR: Concept album = good idea, Bunch of songs written to fit a storyline rigidly = bad Danger Days did not have songs that followed a strict storyline. The only story parts are the radio bits. The songs all stand on their own. It was high concept. I think it'd be cool if GD did the radio concept, I don't think they'd lay it on as heavy as MCR did though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthehallwaynow Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I hope we're all wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmoGreenDay Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I see your point. I doubt he would go into detail but I believe they may be some hints towards it. 5 hours ago, Jane Lannister said: I'm not so sure about it. I doubt he's thrilled to bring this up again. A more distant record like 21CB seems more likely to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter. Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The radio concept is cool but Queens of the Stone Age already did that in a great way, it would be hard for Green Day to do that in a way that it wouldn't seen as if they were ripping QOTSA off. 5 hours ago, Jane Lannister said: I'm not so sure about it. I doubt he's thrilled to bring this up again. A more distant record like 21CB seems more likely to me. Agreed, the band and especially BJ probably want to forget that part of their careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtrix Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 We're going to be so disappointed when we find out what new album will actually be like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter. Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 3 minutes ago, Sixtrix said: We're going to be so disappointed when we find out what new album will actually be like I can't speak for everyone but when one of my favorite artists drops a new album I'm always so excited on first listen that I love it no matter how good or bad it is in actuality. I bet if someone found my initial ¡Uno! reactions I would be raving over every song. As soon as the excitement and hype over the trilogy passed, my feelings have changed and now I hate it more and more with each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmoGreenDay Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 8 minutes ago, Sixtrix said: We're going to be so disappointed when we find out what new album will actually be like Either disappointed or happy that it's completely different to the speculation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okotavio Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I actually said that Uno was better than Kerplunk when I first listened to it. Well... And please for those who may run into Billie, Mike or Tré keep in mind to ask them what the hell is Revrad and if we're getting a political concept album We should prepare like a whole interview to do with them on these little meetings One meeting - one question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbie Head Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 9 hours ago, tdlyon said: If the album is called Revolution Radio, I think it could be kind of cool if the whole album was done as if you were listening to a radio station. Some static between songs, a few interludes with a "DJ" talking lining up the themes of the songs, etc. I'm sold. Now I'll be disappointed if this doesn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Ale. Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I believe revrad is about new album title, i'm hoping it's Ravolution Radio rather than radicals and stuff.I don't mind few political songs but i honestly want 90s Green Day back..anyway i'll be happy with anything they will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Harry Potter. said: I can't speak for everyone but when one of my favorite artists drops a new album I'm always so excited on first listen that I love it no matter how good or bad it is in actuality. I bet if someone found my initial ¡Uno! reactions I would be raving over every song. As soon as the excitement and hype over the trilogy passed, my feelings have changed and now I hate it more and more with each day. Precisely, I loved it at first, then hated it, then I was indifferent and now i like it again. 2 hours ago, Sixtrix said: We're going to be so disappointed when we find out what new album will actually be like No, I can't get genuinely disappointed after the Trilogy. It just can't get any worse. If the album sucks I might at least see them which didn't happen probably due to stripped-down tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Armstrong Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Revolution Radio seems like the most obvious title they could make with #revrad. But if anyone can pull it off it'd be Green Day. I'm excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 A notable fact is that in the artwork hanging on the wall at otis is the hashtag - not any title, but the hashtag. It could just be a concept and I'm probably reading too much into this but it's the only thing that makes me doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localinsomniac Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Could they be looking to do something with social media tie-ins? I have no idea how you would execute something like that, just a thought. Edit: it runs contradictory to Billie's opinions on social media and information overload. But like I said, just an idea. A rather half-baked idea, at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Van Winkle Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 54 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said: A notable fact is that in the artwork hanging on the wall at otis is the hashtag - not any title, but the hashtag. It could just be a concept and I'm probably reading too much into this but it's the only thing that makes me doubt. Where can I find a picture of that? I looked through all 3 of their Instagrams plus Green Day's main profile. Is it on Twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localinsomniac Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, Joe Van Winkle said: Where can I find a picture of that? I looked through all 3 of their Instagrams plus Green Day's main profile. Is it on Twitter? https://instagram.com/p/BB6ELpWJFVM/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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