Sanity Loan Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 What if we get another "Oh Love" as the first single? I might lose it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Seagull Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 6 minutes ago, Matt. said: What if we get another "Oh Love" as the first single? I might lose it... What's wrong with that. Oh Love was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 9 minutes ago, Matt. said: What if we get another "Oh Love" as the first single? I might lose it... I have to agree with my buddy Seagull, I think Oh Love is a great track. However, I will admit that I think Stay the Night would have been a much better choice for a first single. It is more typical of past Green Day hits and would have probably drawn a larger audience. I think it is probably a good idea for a first single to be something recognizable with the general populace. Once a hit is established, bring in some newer sounding material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Seagull Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 My favorite teaser for the new album was X-Kid. I can't find that video anymore, but I remember I got goosebumps during the "I fell in love" part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtrix Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 34 minutes ago, Steven Seagull said: What's wrong with that. Oh Love was great. Wonderful song when played live. Not much of a great first single choice I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan86 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 49 minutes ago, Matt. said: What if we get another "Oh Love" as the first single? I might lose it... I liked "oh love" I thought it was one of the better songs from the trilogy. I know it probably wasn't a great choice for first single though. I really hope the first single from this new album is just an explosive rock track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Oh Love is not a bad song. I don't listen to it intentionally but I always enjoy it when it comes on the radio so I must admit I like it. However I'd be a little disappointed if a similar song came out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtrix Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 4 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said: Oh Love is not a bad song. I don't listen to it intentionally but I always enjoy it when it comes on the radio so I must admit I like it. I got Oh Love playing in my head randomly whenever I'm walking or working on something that doesn't require a lot of thought. It's got something powerful for such a simplistic song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeNimrod97 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 52 minutes ago, Steven Seagull said: What's wrong with that. Oh Love was great. It was a great track but what was needed was a lead single that just went running in like a lunatic shouting "NEW ALBUM" and not just walking in handing out flyers whilst people just throw those flyers away instantly and forget what it was about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, Sixtrix said: I got Oh Love playing in my head randomly whenever I'm walking or working on something that doesn't require a lot of thought. It's got something powerful for such a simplistic song. I don't know...it just never caught me this much. I like it but it never really got me so carried away as their previous work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity Loan Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Steven Seagull said: What's wrong with that. Oh Love was great. Sure, I guess it's a good song but it was a terrible single, let alone a lead single to an ambitious project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtrix Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 14 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said: I don't know...it just never caught me this much. I like it but it never really got me so carried away as their previous work. Well funny thing is, I've never been a big fan of the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthehallwaynow Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 At risk of being a jinx (HA) It would be interesting to see how things in the Green Day fan world would go if they put out another trilogy quality album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I can't imagine the amount of negativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthehallwaynow Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 22 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said: I can't imagine the amount of negativity. It would be staggering hahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Seagull Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 What gives fans the right to demand what they want to hear anyway? It's Green Day's music, they can do whatever the fuck they want with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo263 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Bit late to the party...I'm no big fan of the trilogy, but I still find myself listnening to some songs regularly. I think there is a lot of good in there. What made the trilogy seem so bad is the sheer amount of songs. Its nearly an impossible feat for anyone to pull that off + billie was in one of the worst periods of his life. I think if they had to compile the top 15 songs from the trilogy and put them into an album the percieved quality would have been 2000 times better. I agree with the fact that the band (or whoever takes decisions) sucks with single choices. Oh love was in no way good for the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara_gd Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Alan86 said: I liked "oh love" I thought it was one of the better songs from the trilogy. I know it probably wasn't a great choice for first single though. I really hope the first single from this new album is just an explosive rock track. I'm not sure if it was a good decision or not, but I'm glad they didn't release an "explosive rock track" at first because that was exactly what they did with their two previous albums and I think it was getting too predictable. I mean, what I saw in the single choices for AI and 21stCB was that they were very similar (AI and KYE, BOBD and 21 guns), so people in general related those two type of song with Green Day. Oh Love was something different. The bad part is that many people think "they turned pop" and arguments of the type, Let yourself go or Stay the Night instead of Kill the DJ would have been better as a second single in my opinion. For this album... an explosive rock track is what I think is needed. I hope they do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo263 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I wouldn't be too hopeful haha. I lost the faith in their single choices after 'Last of the American Girls' chosen over 'Static Age'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtrix Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 3 minutes ago, sara_gd said: I'm not sure if it was a good decision or not, but I'm glad they didn't release an "explosive rock track" at first because that was exactly what they did with their two previous albums and I think it was getting too predictable. I mean, what I saw in the single choices for AI and 21stCB was that they were very similar (AI and KYE, BOBD and 21 guns), so people in general related those two type of song with Green Day. Oh Love was something different. The bad part is that many people think "they turned pop" and arguments of the type, Let yourself go or Stay the Night instead of Kill the DJ would have been better as a second single in my opinion. For this album... an explosive rock track is what I think is needed. I hope they do it. I fully agree with everything you said. But in the context of whether an explosive rock track would be a better guarantee whether to be successful or to bring the new album into a brighter spotlight is quite difficult to state or predict. I know this is not the discussion we are having right now. But secretly we all want Green Day to return into the spotlight, just like they did with AI or at least become more relevant. But looking at what we (the fans) need, I agree that something powerful will certainly satisfy us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Ale. Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 i agree that they can't always make great single choices but if they will have an album filled with great songs fans will like it ,some people will never like it anyway.... Like the song, When i come around ..how is it possible to dislike this song? I think you have to be an asshole to deny how great this song is and since there are many assholes that will never admit Green Day made a great song. They should make a great new album only for fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 1 hour ago, sara_gd said: I'm not sure if it was a good decision or not, but I'm glad they didn't release an "explosive rock track" at first because that was exactly what they did with their two previous albums and I think it was getting too predictable. I mean, what I saw in the single choices for AI and 21stCB was that they were very similar (AI and KYE, BOBD and 21 guns), so people in general related those two type of song with Green Day. Oh Love was something different. The bad part is that many people think "they turned pop" and arguments of the type, Let yourself go or Stay the Night instead of Kill the DJ would have been better as a second single in my opinion. For this album... an explosive rock track is what I think is needed. I hope they do it. Never thought of it like that but it's such a good point, if they'd released say 99 Revolutions people would've thought it was American Idiot Part 3 so I'm glad they changed things up. Changing things up again with a full on on first single next time would be fine by me! 1 hour ago, matteo263 said: I wouldn't be too hopeful haha. I lost the faith in their single choices after 'Last of the American Girls' chosen over 'Static Age'. I think LOTAG was only chosen because it was in the American Idiot musical, at that point they'd pretty much abandoned promoting 21st CB and were heavily promoting the musical so it wasn't surprising that they picked a song from it. Come to think of it I have no idea how much input Green Day themselves have/choose to have in picking singles, there's been some dodgy choices in the past but for all we know they might mostly just leave it to the record company/people in charge of promotion so it might not be their bad choices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Steven Seagull said: What gives fans the right to demand what they want to hear anyway? It's Green Day's music, they can do whatever the fuck they want with it. Not only is it not our business but also no one cares about our bitching so yeah, you got it right - this site is a waste of time and server. 1 hour ago, matteo263 said: I wouldn't be too hopeful haha. I lost the faith in their single choices after 'Last of the American Girls' chosen over 'Static Age'. This is probably an unpopular opinion but I do thing LOTAG was a pretty good single choice. It's upbeat and catchy - really a good radio-friendly song. I wouldn't prefer Static Age over it but I'd prefer East Jesus Nowhere because it would stand out more and the topic would stir more fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara_gd Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Sixtrix said: I fully agree with everything you said. But in the context of whether an explosive rock track would be a better guarantee whether to be successful or to bring the new album into a brighter spotlight is quite difficult to state or predict. I know this is not the discussion we are having right now. But secretly we all want Green Day to return into the spotlight, just like they did with AI or at least become more relevant. But looking at what we (the fans) need, I agree that something powerful will certainly satisfy us. That's true... well, to be relevant to the rock scene I suppose, not to be succesful in general terms. And certainly to satisfy most fans. 25 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said: Not only is it not our business but also no one cares about our bitching so yeah, you got it right - this site is a waste of time and server. This is probably an unpopular opinion but I do thing LOTAG was a pretty good single choice. It's upbeat and catchy - really a good radio-friendly song. I wouldn't prefer Static Age over it but I'd prefer East Jesus Nowhere because it would stand out more and the topic would stir more fuss. East Jesus Nowhere was a single though, but I think it was just in Europe or something like that, and in the US you got 21stCB, or maybe it was the other way round It didn't get a proper video (though I like it a lot) and it wasn't played much by radios or TV stations... LOTAG wasn't played much either really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siddharth_471 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I think it is highly probable they will release the opening track (which can be the title track) first as a single to let the fans get an insight of the whole album like they've done before with AI and 21stCB or even something like Welcome To Paradise. Oh Love is actually a good song, releasing it as a single wasn't much of a clever step (as per promoting the album) but if they'd have released Carpe Diem, SWTRLF or 99 Revolutions as first singles, they would have surely become much predictable, so it was fine releasing it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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