Jirachi Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 1 hour ago, JoeFrusciante said: NeedleDrop has shat on every punk release this year Truuue. I guess he's just not into punk/pop punk music? ;-; If I remember correctly didnt he say American Idiot was Punk's death rattle and that he hasnt liked a GD recrd at all since maybe Nimrod? Its just not his thing probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose armstrong Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 that needledrop guys is a complete pretentious douche anyway. I have him blocked from my YouTube. If you think about it, he is only living off of other people's works. I wouldn't listen to him even if I was making money out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockmanx37 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Ahh, i saw that earlier today. The guy who gives bad scores, yeah. Well, i dont like him, actually never liked any review from him, and i'm not saying it because of the RR bad score, i couldnt care less, but that guy really doesn't like this kind of music or who knows. As stated above hes done this with other albums. --------- Also excited about the BB 200, its a very good thing for the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanPak Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I can't trust needledrop's review at all, I think he just hates anything under the Pop Punk label and can't listen with more objective ears. He gives such an unfair review of the lyrics too, like he chose a few lines from Youngblood, but he ignored so many great lines throughout the entire record. He can have his opinion, but I think it's just a case of if you believe something like pop punk is universally shit you're always going to find some kind of justification no matter how good the music actually is. Also too many ballads? I counted 2 of those. Plus so what if its a ballad? If it's a good song too then why does the fact that its a ballad have to be negative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyxLongview Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Billie Joe said Revolution Radio is the greatest song he's written! "A song like “Revolution Radio,” it’s so subtle and it’s so nerdy. The song’s got the intro, and it’s got a pre-chorus that goes into the chorus, and I decided to not do that pre-chorus going into the chorus in the second verse. It makes the song unpredictable. For me, that’s like the greatest song I’ve ever done. It’s super nerdy, but that’s what I love about writing." http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/arts/music/billie-joe-armstrong-revolution-radio-ordinary-world.html?_r=1&referer=http://m.facebook.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakke Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 1 minute ago, AmyxLongview said: Billie Joe said Revolution Radio is the greatest song he's written! "A song like “Revolution Radio,” it’s so subtle and it’s so nerdy. The song’s got the intro, and it’s got a pre-chorus that goes into the chorus, and I decided to not do that pre-chorus going into the chorus in the second verse. It makes the song unpredictable. For me, that’s like the greatest song I’ve ever done. It’s super nerdy, but that’s what I love about writing." http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/arts/music/billie-joe-armstrong-revolution-radio-ordinary-world.html?_r=1&referer=http://m.facebook.com/ He said the same about 99Rev, so I take this with a heap of salt. Besides, Forever Now is his favorite track off the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dakke said: He said the same about 99Rev, so I take this with a heap of salt. Besides, Forever Now is his favorite track off the album. It's not beyond the realms of possibility, he did write RevRad after 99 Revs, after all. Obviously it's his opinion but he's still objectively wrong Quite a weird explanation on his part though, he's always been one to mess with structure in ways you don't really notice until you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyxLongview Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, Dakke said: He said the same about 99Rev, so I take this with a heap of salt. Besides, Forever Now is his favorite track off the album. He really likes songs about revolutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakke Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 1 minute ago, AmyxLongview said: He really likes songs about revolutions It started with Know Your Enemy I guess. The lyrics improved from there onward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dakke said: It started with Know Your Enemy I guess. The lyrics improved from there onward. Nah, there were plenty before Know Your Enemy. Maybe not quite in the same way, but Walking Contradiction, Holiday, Minority, Macy's Day Parade, American Idiot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakke Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 1 minute ago, Spike said: Nah, there were plenty before Know Your Enemy. Maybe not quite in the same way, but Walking Contradiction, Holiday, Minority, Macy's Day Parade, American Idiot... I guess that's true. It only started to become explicitly political with Minority though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperXCsabre495 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I feel like Maria is a revolution song as well, anyone else feel the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakke Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 4 minutes ago, SuperXCsabre495 said: I feel like Maria is a revolution song as well, anyone else feel the same? It very much is. The lyrics are at least pointing in that direction. It seems like some kind of precursor to She's a Rebel or Last of the American Girls. It's a Waiting B-side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperXCsabre495 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, Dakke said: It very much is. The lyrics are at least pointing in that direction. It seems like some kind of precursor to She's a Rebel or Last of the American Girls. It's a Waiting B-side. I prefer the B-Side version over the ISH version. It feels more raw and powerful. They were onto something when it came to political songs with Maria and Minority being in the same era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakke Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, SuperXCsabre495 said: I prefer the B-Side version over the ISH version. It feels more raw and powerful. They were onto something when it came to political songs with Maria and Minority being in the same era. Warning is actually very much a proto-AI or 21CB. Misery is a mini-JoSesque story, Minority and Maria are very much 'revolutionary songs', Warning is political. It's lyrically their strongest album pre-AI and one of their most societally rooted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperXCsabre495 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 15 minutes ago, Dakke said: Warning is actually very much a proto-AI or 21CB. Misery is a mini-JoSesque story, Minority and Maria are very much 'revolutionary songs', Warning is political. It's lyrically their strongest album pre-AI and one of their most societally rooted. Hence pretty much why Warning is probably my #3 album from the guys. I love it so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakke Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Just now, SuperXCsabre495 said: Hence pretty much why Warning is probably my #3 album from the guys. I love it so much! Me too. It has had the misfortune of being overshadowed by American Idiot. It never received the commercial success it deserved. And they should have released Church on Sunday as a single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodymurderbitch Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 16 hours ago, Hermione said: As a general comment not all lyrics have to mean something literal. Just because every word/phrase isn't immediately understandable or can't be explained as meaning something completely literal it doesn't mean they're garbage and have no meaning. I don't know what some Green Day fans must make of a lot of other bands lyrics, there's way more abstract lyrics out there. I keep thinking exactly this. what is everyone listening to that green day lyrics seem that out there? I tried to bring this up before unsuccessfully. A few posts back where everyone was talking about the 'soul under the sofa pillows' line, I agree with a lot of what was said. when I hear that line I also get an image in my head of him being in therapy and standing up and sarcastically finding his soul there. the congrats line also sounds slightly sarcastic to me and very 'now what?' also just have to share with people who will appreciate this - today I'm driving home from work and Too Dumb To Die is playing, and I shit you not I look up and see a rainbow in the sky! hahaha I cracked the hell up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckWithDom Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 The needledrop has dissed every punk album from the past year, and is very biased towards those who he likes and doesnt like, and has dissed Green Day in other videos before RevRad was even released (so basically he was never going to like this). He doesnt do his research either, as he called Zac Carper from FIDLAR "bratty, annoying and aimless", even though Zac was molested as a kid and had his gf OD on heroin with his baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hermione Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 5 hours ago, Dakke said: He said the same about 99Rev, so I take this with a heap of salt. Besides, Forever Now is his favorite track off the album. Yeah and I mean "I listen to '99 Revolutions' on Tre and think it's one of the best I ever wrote" and "For me, that’s like the greatest song I’ve ever done" are pretty non-committal and personal comments. It's not like he's saying after examining all the songs I've ever written from a technical standpoint I can objectively say this one is the best, he's just saying how he feels about the song right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stories and songs Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 When he gets all nerdy and excited about it I'm like "I can't argue with this." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 There's no way on earth this could be the case but I like to think that "Hallelujah, I found my soul under the sofa pillow" is a reference to this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 4 hours ago, stories and songs said: When he gets all nerdy and excited about it I'm like "I can't argue with this." I actually agree with him that it's a great song musically, the intro, catchy melody...he did a very good job, except for the lyrics. They're the only reason it's not my new favorite song. I wish I could unlearn English for three minutes every time I listen to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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