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Just now, Jane Lannister said:

Yes, I noticed too and completely understand if he doesn't want to bring this back. I admire that he writes stuff like that and puts it out on records, it has to take a lot of courage imo.

It does. That's what makes Wake Me Up When September Ends, Restless Heart Syndrome, Lazy Bones and Still Breathing so powerful. There's personality embedded in them.

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Just now, MysticManiac said:

An EP of Give Me Novacaine, Restless Heart Syndrome, Lazy Bones and Still Breathing would be cool

Can I add Macy's Day Parade to that list?

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13 minutes ago, Dakke said:

It does. That's what makes Wake Me Up When September Ends, Restless Heart Syndrome, Lazy Bones and Still Breathing so powerful. There's personality embedded in them.

Yes, they are all very powerful. So many of his songs are. They feel honest, brutally honest sometimes. 

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2 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

Yes, they are all very powerful. So many of his songs are. They feel honest, brutally honest sometimes. 

The mark of a good singer-songwriter. Macy's Day Parade in particular, like Warning in general, is overlooked in terms of significance.

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1 minute ago, Dakke said:

The mark of a good singer-songwriter. Macy's Day Parade in particular, like Warning in general, is overlooked in terms of significance.

It's one of my absolute favorites. Such a great and terribly underappreciated song. I wish they'd play it as in the acoustic encore. 

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7 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

It's one of my absolute favorites. Such a great and terribly underappreciated song. I wish they'd play it as in the acoustic encore. 

Alas, it's the victim of a discography replete with great songs in the same vein. They should rotate them more often during tour legs to give them all the exposure they deserve.

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12 minutes ago, Dakke said:

Alas, it's the victim of a discography replete with great songs in the same vein. They should rotate them more often during tour legs to give them all the exposure they deserve.

Absolutely, the staples are stale by now. Rotating would make the shows less predictable and more worth going multiple times. 

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Guys, Trilogy supporters, it's so sad to see GD playing live 7 songs from AI and ZERO from Uno, Dos and Trè. They're always GD, yeah, but it's like you erase 4 years of your life... :ermm:

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3 hours ago, End Of The World said:

Guys, Trilogy supporters, it's so sad to see GD playing live 7 songs from AI and ZERO from Uno, Dos and Trè. They're always GD, yeah, but it's like you erase 4 years of your life... :ermm:

Mike or Billie in interview said they weren't ready to revisit the trilogy at the moment if I remember correctly 

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They're not really playing 21CB songs either other than Know Your Enemy. I'd like to hear those songs to as that's my favourite album (Inb4 Seagull bashes 21CB). There are some songs on that album that practically never got played live like Restless Heart Syndrome or Horseshoes and Handgrenades (I believe they were only played live when they played the entire album of 21CB at the time of release)

It's understandable that they're not playing trilogy songs atm. And not at all surprising how many songs they've played from AI

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8 hours ago, straighttohell said:

I really feel like a lot of Revolution Radio sounds closer to the vibe of the Trilogy than it does to any other Green Day record. At least 75% of the Trilogy to me felt like Green Day embracing power pop, 50s and 60s pop, and garage rock n roll to the max, more so than any other record of theirs. Of course Green Day throws their own sort of spin on those styles, and of course Green Day has dabbled in those sounds in the past, but the Trilogy to me felt like the first time they whole heartedly embraced those styles of pop. IMO, Somewhere Now, Forever Now, Bouncing Off The Walls, Too Dumb To Die, Young Blood, all sound like 70s/80s power pop. Outlaws to me sounds like 50s/60s pop. But then I hear everyone comparing Rev Rad to AI and 21CB. I suppose everyone hears things differently, which isn't a bad thing. But IMO, Rev Rad is like a sibling to the Trilogy. Which isn't a bad thing to me at all. What do you guys think about all this? This might been talked about a shit load already, in which case, apologies...

I agree. I think it's more the politics (RR, TT, SG etc) and epic songs (Forever Now) that reminds them more of AI and 21CB, although the trilogy had its share of epic/political songs, mainly on Tré (99 Revolutions, DRB, Brutal Love etc). I think RevRad is a clear continuation of the trilogy although it could have easily been considered the successor of 21CB as well. The trilogy was more experimenting with the sound that would eventually make it onto RevRad

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13 hours ago, straighttohell said:

I really feel like a lot of Revolution Radio sounds closer to the vibe of the Trilogy than it does to any other Green Day record. At least 75% of the Trilogy to me felt like Green Day embracing power pop, 50s and 60s pop, and garage rock n roll to the max, more so than any other record of theirs. Of course Green Day throws their own sort of spin on those styles, and of course Green Day has dabbled in those sounds in the past, but the Trilogy to me felt like the first time they whole heartedly embraced those styles of pop. IMO, Somewhere Now, Forever Now, Bouncing Off The Walls, Too Dumb To Die, Young Blood, all sound like 70s/80s power pop. Outlaws to me sounds like 50s/60s pop. But then I hear everyone comparing Rev Rad to AI and 21CB. I suppose everyone hears things differently, which isn't a bad thing. But IMO, Rev Rad is like a sibling to the Trilogy. Which isn't a bad thing to me at all. What do you guys think about all this? This might been talked about a shit load already, in which case, apologies...

Totally agree with you! I think it has elements of AI and 21st CB as well but that's mostly in the lyrics/themes and the epic quality some of the songs have. As far as the overall sound (and also some elements of the lyrics - both have a snappy one liner thing going on) it's very similar to the trilogy. I agree about it being like a sibling to it, you have the wild midlife crisis and then the sober aftermath thinking more clearly and looking out to wider issues, all in a natural progression in the same musical direction. I enjoy listening to the trilogy and then Rev Rad as a follow up.

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Actually, I think we can see Revolution Radio as a combination of other GD works. Every previous album has its own influence on this new record. Said this, the thing that makes Revolution Radio unique is the overall feeling of the album. The atmosphere, the sensations I feel when I listen to it fully. I didn't care about that when I listened to the Trilogy. It was fun, but just that.

Revolution Radio is like a piece of a puzzle: you can understand its meaning only by knowing the whole story. And this is the reason why I think about it as a "gift" to us fans. We know the story and we just need to complete the puzzle with the new piece.

Just one of my strange thoughts. :lol:

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Not having one song from Insomniac is the real serious issue! Not a cool thing to be happening at the shows.

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On 1/21/2017 at 4:55 AM, MysticManiac said:

I agree. I think it's more the politics (RR, TT, SG etc) and epic songs (Forever Now) that reminds them more of AI and 21CB, although the trilogy had its share of epic/political songs, mainly on Tré (99 Revolutions, DRB, Brutal Love etc). I think RevRad is a clear continuation of the trilogy although it could have easily been considered the successor of 21CB as well. The trilogy was more experimenting with the sound that would eventually make it onto RevRad

Totally, a good melding of the last 15 years of GD...

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On 1/21/2017 at 9:29 PM, End Of The World said:

Actually, I think we can see Revolution Radio as a combination of other GD works. Every previous album has its own influence on this new record. Said this, the thing that makes Revolution Radio unique is the overall feeling of the album. The atmosphere, the sensations I feel when I listen to it fully. I didn't care about that when I listened to the Trilogy. It was fun, but just that.

Revolution Radio is like a piece of a puzzle: you can understand its meaning only by knowing the whole story. And this is the reason why I think about it as a "gift" to us fans. We know the story and we just need to complete the puzzle with the new piece.

Just one of my strange thoughts. :lol:

You're completely right. RevRad is a logical step in an evolutionary process that leaves the highly detailed concept records behind. The Trilogy was more an experiment than anything else, though some good songs (Stay the Night, Lazy Bones, Brutal Love, DRB) came out of it. RevRad is the road back from hell, a very personal record grounded in the reality of today. It'll be interesting to see how the 13th records will turn out. More political than RevRad I think, though we might see some surprises.

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2 minutes ago, St. Jonny said:

Was working out to Tre today. The wife came home early and we ended up slow dancing to The Forgotten and Brutal Love as the album replayed automatically on the DVD player. Was a beautiful moment as it is Valentine's Day and shit. This band is just something else. :cool:

Well played:)

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9 minutes ago, St. Jonny said:

Was working out to Tre today. The wife came home early and we ended up slow dancing to The Forgotten and Brutal Love as the album replayed automatically on the DVD player. Was a beautiful moment as it is Valentine's Day and shit. This band is just something else. :cool:

The Forgotten/Brutal Love. Just epic. I'm happy that you had a well-timed GD/love moment. :)

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I believe the Trilogy records did great! I really liked the tracks and album design on the three. :) 

My top favorites are the Uno and Tre. Dos did good as well, but not as good as the other two.

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