Revolution Radio

[Hermione]

Because I have something wrong with me from the first time I listened to Outlaws and every time since I can't help but think of that "When We Was Fab" song George Harrison released in the '80s. Isn't really the same in any way but just the fact Outlaws is nostalgic for when they were younger and says "When we were outlaws" is enough  

 

16 hours ago, Ryan said:

For certain songs I absolutely agree. But like, it makes perfect sense to me that he hangs it up for Are We the Waiting and St. Jimmy. Those two songs are perfect for him so just be frontman. Still Breathing give me that kind of vibe as well. I think it absolutely works both ways, I just personally liked seeing him put the guitar away.

Yeah I like it when there's a mix of both. Seeing him in front of you passionately playing the guitar in that style he has is magnificent, but I love it when he's freed up for other antics too. 

[Slash]

Outlaws sounds similar to this also

 

[desertrose]

REVIEWS

Green Day Revolution Radio

Whether it’s wrestling with the world outside or the enemy within, punk needs a struggle if it’s going to mean something. For Green Day, wartime under George W. Bush gave 2004’s American Idiot a career-resurrecting sense of purpose, while the existential aftermath of a post-Bush America fueled 2009’s 21st Century Breakdown. And while the band’s 2012 “solo trilogy” ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tre! reflected their optimism during the Obama years, it wouldn’t take long for the struggles to move inward: family and touring members' battles with cancer; frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's 2012 rehab and recovery.

With the stripped-down, self-produced Revolution Radio, Green Day come to terms with their demons, only to find a new struggle waiting on the outside. Terrorism, racial strife, class warfare, a divisive presidential election—this is just some of the tension that underpins the album’s 12 songs. But Radio also is the most intensely personal Green Day album in years; as much a celebration of life on the upside of 40 as it is a reminder of the choices, conflicts and contradictions that mark a life well-lived.

Building off a plaintive melody that weirdly recalls Boston's "More Than A Feeling," "Somewhere Now” starts things with the most ironic opening line in Green Day’s catalog: "I'm running late to somewhere I don't want to be." It’s a simple play on boredom, inertia—stuff we’ve heard before. But as bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool power toward a crescendo, the tone darkens, the urgency builds, and Armstrong's lyrics (“Here comes nothing/We’ve got nothing to lose”) feel like a rallying cry to stop wasting time and start taking action.

It's a quick turn into the topical from there. The racing, propulsive first single "Bang Bang" finds Armstrong stepping out of his own head and into the psyche of a mass shooter. The minor-key-driven "Revolution Radio" doesn't explicitly mention Black Lives Matter, but with calls to "Testify for the life that's been deleted" and "Sing, like a rebel's lullaby/Under the stars and stripes/For the lost souls that were cheated," it’s easy to make the connection. The rousing "Say Goodbye” extends the theme with gang choruses that’d be at home in any stadium—if not for lyrics that put the screws to racist cops. And "Troubled Times" opens with a vocal melody that's just a few notes removed from the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," but unfolds into a pulsing, bass-driven lamentation on modern civilization's lack of empathy ("What good is love and peace on earth when it's exclusive?").

While there’s nothing here that’d count as filler, the mid-album singalong "Bouncing Off The Wall" is the closest thing Revolution Radio has to a diversion. With its bone-simple lyrics and glam-rock swagger, the song feels like a party in the middle of a revolt. (Which, granted, could be the point.) Ditto for "Still Breathing," which, despite its earworm of a melody, comes on like a relatively by-the-numbers emo anthem. It's a powerful song lyrically, though, with Armstrong confronting mortality through a cast of hard-luck characters and proudly belting, "I'm still breathing on my own."

Maybe so, but Radio makes it clear the human condition needs a support system. The power-pop romp “Youngblood” sends a self-effacing thank-you to Armstrong’s wife, likening her patience to that of “Miss Teresa.” The acoustic closer “Ordinary World” (written for Armstrong’s film of the same name) is a beautifully simple meditation on unconditional love (“Baby, I don’t have much/But what we have is more than enough”). “Outlaws” leads off with a delicate piano figure, but as its huge choruses and walls of guitar rocket things skyward, you can feel the pride as Armstrong reflects on Green Day’s time together: "Hooligans, we destroyed suburbia when we were outlaws."

Toward the album’s finale, when Armstrong cracks, "I'm hanging onto a dream that's too dumb to die" (in—where else?—"Too Dumb To Die"), what'd normally be a throwaway line feels poignant in context. The conflicted emotion carries into “Forever Now”—a glorious, multi-part epic on par with the most ambitious of American Idiot’s material. As the true punctuation mark on the album’s final third, it should offer a sense of closure. But Armstrong—who sings from his own point of view—is all contradictions: on top of the world, lost and listless, ready to die, ready to start a revolution. It’s the first time in years Green Day haven’t had all the answers. But as a statement on how it really feels to fight, it’s the closest to the truth they’ve ever gotten.

http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/review_green_day_revolution_radio

[Slash]

6 minutes ago, desertrose said:

REVIEWS

Green Day Revolution Radio

And "Troubled Times" opens with a vocal melody that's just a few notes removed from the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps,"

Said this about 10 times now, maybe they saw my comment lol

[Misfit79]

3 minutes ago, Slash said:

Said this about 10 times now, maybe they saw my comment lol

Hey, nothing wrong with borrowing a little bit from the greats 

[Slash]

3 minutes ago, Misfit79 said:

Hey, nothing wrong with borrowing a little bit from the greats 

Music comes from the heart and for a composer his music is like his baby, now if someone "borrows" a part of my music without my permission then well I would be hurt. 

[Misfit79]

1 minute ago, Slash said:

Music comes from the heart and for a composer his music is like his baby, now if someone "borrows" a part of my music without my permission then well I would be hurt. 

Well, it's not like Georgie Harrison is going to be noticing too much now, is it? 

I wonder if old Slasher ever borrowed a riff or two, hmmm. 

I get ya though, bit cheeky int it oi oi

[Slash]

1 minute ago, Misfit79 said:

Well, it's not like Georgie Harrison is going to be noticing too much now, is it? 

I wonder if old Slasher ever borrowed a riff or two, hmmm. 

I get ya though, bit cheeky int it oi oi

All my Riffs are pretty original 

[Mykee Mexx]

I don´t like the new album.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I LOOOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best stuff they did in a long while. Ear bomb, dance floor stomp, happy, happy, happy I am!

[Hero_Of_The_Hour]

1 hour ago, Slash said:

Said this about 10 times now, maybe they saw my comment lol

 

And maybe they saw my comment about Somewhere Now sounding like Boston. Or maybe they just have ears too 

 

"Building off a plaintive melody that weirdly recalls Boston's "More Than A Feeling," "Somewhere Now” starts things with the most ironic opening line in Green Day’s catalog: "I'm running late to somewhere I don't want to be."

[stories and songs]

1 hour ago, desertrose said:

But Radio also is the most intensely personal Green Day album in years; as much a celebration of life on the upside of 40 as it is a reminder of the choices, conflicts and contradictions that mark a life well-lived.

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But as a statement on how it really feels to fight, it’s the closest to the truth they’ve ever gotten.

This is exactly why I think this album is so special. It's honest and real, but there's something very uplifting about it.

[Bakabanas]

The more I listen to Forever Now, the more I appreciate it. We haven't had similar song in terms of epicness since Jesus Of Suburbia (maybe since Dirty Rotten Bastards). I would like to hear it live. 

[Hermione]

13 minutes ago, Bakabanas said:

The more I listen to Forever Now, the more I appreciate it. We haven't had similar song in terms of epicness since Jesus Of Suburbia (maybe since Dirty Rotten Bastards). I would like to hear it live. 

I agree, especially with how it's paired up with Somewhere Now. Epic is the only word for it! Together they've become my favourite thing on the album.

['Homecoming' King]

Where would people rank this album amongst their other albums, I'm really struggling in deciding 

 

[bluepingu345]

I really like the album, wasn't sure at first but it's really growing on me now. Production wise I think it's their best sounding record, the guitars in particular are so wide and fat. Not that keen on Say Goodbye but apart from that I like all the songs. I hear more 21CB in it than anything else, the sound of American Eulogy in particular. 

Also has anyone else noticed that the first line of Troubled Times is identical (melody wise) to Restless Heart Syndrome?

[That Dude]

2 hours ago, 'Homecoming' King said:

Where would people rank this album amongst their other albums, I'm really struggling in deciding 

 

It's way u on my list.  I'd say it's my fourth favorite.  I don't think anything by any musician could top my love for Idiot, Warning and Nimrod, so me saying it's fourth is saying it's freaking amazing.  

Better than all except my top three.   

[UNICORN VOMIT]

I don't see why people are in a hurry to rank it - its not even officially out.  I listened to 21CB straight after RevRad yesterday & I still have 21CB ahead but that's just me.  

[Joe.]

2 hours ago, 'Homecoming' King said:

Where would people rank this album amongst their other albums, I'm really struggling in deciding 

 

Big discussion a few pages back, but yeah I'm finding it hard to place too. 

[Slash]

A part of the outlaws  sounds very similar to a part of this song starting from 00:57

 

[ShineWolf]

Do you guys think the REVOLUTION RADIO LYRIC BOOK will be in the same vein of the 21CB one?

[unextraordinarygirl]

3 hours ago, 'Homecoming' King said:

Where would people rank this album amongst their other albums, I'm really struggling in deciding 

 

Top 3 for sure! This the album they needed to make for a long time. 

[Spike]

Goddamn, I can't get enough of Forever Now at the moment. The bit near the end with the layered vocals is just awesome.

[Brooklyn Baby]

2 minutes ago, Spike said:

Goddamn, I can't get enough of Forever Now at the moment. The bit near the end with the layered vocals is just awesome.

ew, it's you. 

[Silent Duck]

Hide yo kids, hide yo foreheads

[DeJennsitized]

2 hours ago, Tinkle said:

I don't see why people are in a hurry to rank it - its not even officially out.  I listened to 21CB straight after RevRad yesterday & I still have 21CB ahead but that's just me.  

not just you - 21CB is my baby.

1 hour ago, ShineWolf said:

Do you guys think the REVOLUTION RADIO LYRIC BOOK will be in the same vein of the 21CB one?

I hope so, the 21CB one is frigging awesome!