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2 hours ago, thatdude03 said:

Where did they say it wasn't a concept album?

((Don't mind me I can't read))

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People got the concept idea from Billie's statement that Uno was like the pre-party record, Dos! when you're at the party and Tré! reflects the cleanup. In my opinion, only the Dos! tracks somewhat reflected this 'concept', but still, there isn't a concept to speak of. Tré and Dos! in particular are thematically all over the place.

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2 minutes ago, Second favourite son said:

Imma just leave this here: 

 

Apologies for going off-topic. I should add that I concur that they want to avoid disappointment by not talking in terms of concepts. There'll be prevalent themes in RevRad, but I doubt we'll get recurring characters like Christian & Gloria or St. Jimmy.

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14 minutes ago, thatdude03 said:

Where did they say it wasn't a concept album?

 

13 minutes ago, Z J said:

Are you going to try and tell me any of those three albums were concept albums 

I think thatdude03 meant where did they say that RR wasn't a concept album, not the trilogy

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Some pictures from the new Kerrang issue :) New infos about the song Troubled times and more.  

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1 hour ago, Z J said:

Are you going to try and tell me any of those three albums were concept albums 

Yeah.   

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24 minutes ago, thatdude03 said:

Yeah.   

They're as much of a concept album as 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a concept album...

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On 22/8/2016 at 1:05 PM, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

Are you serious? I swear, you people get offended by everything. 

When did I get offended? I just said what I think.

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58 minutes ago, J a c said:

Some pictures from the new Kerrang issue :) New infos about the song Troubled times and more.  

 

Sorry, which magazine is this from? It's not the Kerrang issue with Green Day on the cover, is it?

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2 minutes ago, James11693 said:

Sorry, which magazine is this from? It's not the Kerrang issue with Green Day on the cover, is it?

It's the new Kerrang issue, released today. 

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The Kerrang articles have made me 10x more excited about this album than I already was. Part II of the interview made me think of what Patrick Stump (or was it Pete Wentz?) of Fall Out Boy said about Dookie; that when it first came out, he would just climb onto his roof and put that record on and drown out the rest of the world. Just simple, straight up punk music that provided clarity amongst all the outside bullshit. I'm not saying RevRad will be another Dookie, but I think this record is going to give fans a similar feeling. :ga:

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Aw shit, gotta go buy the new Kerrang issue first thing tomorrow. I wanna know what all this hype is about. :D

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Troubled times being about the Bataclan's attack is something that gives me chills. It's one of the darkest event I ever witnessed through media, horrible and terribly close. It's a beautiful thing seeing them talking and singing about it, but this is a really hard job, it's something still very fresh in many people's mind. I thought Bang Bang would have been the strongest connection with the issue of terrorism in Europe, but Troubled times makes me feel even closer to Revolution Radio, even before hearing it. I hope it will be a strong, beautiful song. 

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Rolling Stone podcast featuring interview with Billie Joe (essentially audio version of the print interview), but one of the guys doing the podcast has heard the whole album and gives his general impression of it: not overambitious or over-thought; a strong rock record that fans are going to love; a mix of everything that Green Day does well. They describe Still Breathing as a fast-paced ballad, and Revolution Radio as a classic angry anthem.

Starts about the 8 minute mark.....

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/music-now-podcast-billie-joe-armstrong-on-green-days-new-lp-w435701

 

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I liked that Kerrang article and I learned a lot from it.  I'm even more excited for the album now. I'll have to listen to the Rolling Stone article next.

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23 hours ago, thatdude03 said:

Any word on real song lengths now?   I'm want so bad for a song that's at least 9 minutes 19 seconds but I'd prefer it to be 10 minutes+.   They kept calling JOS and Homecoming '10 minute songs' but in reality , they were both just over 9.    Lame.  This is Album 12, make it 12 minutes.   It's possible that Green Day will make the song lengths whatever wikipedia says they are.   So somebody give me a 12 minute song. 

I think that's very unlikely

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2 hours ago, WhiteTim said:

They're as much of a concept album as 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a concept album...

Exactly.  

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2 hours ago, Stefano Bras said:

When did I get offended? I just said what I think.

What I'm saying is my point was that people are overanalyzing to the extreme if they think they can judge the quality of a song or even an entire album just based off of song titles. I say that using "She" an example, and what do you do? Overanalyze the example. Classic GDC.

Everyone just needs to take a chill pill when it comes to the predictions; honestly, we don't even have long at all to wait for the album. 

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1 hour ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

What I'm saying is my point was that people are overanalyzing to the extreme if they think they can judge the quality of a song or even an entire album just based off of song titles. I say that using "She" an example, and what do you do? Overanalyze the example. Classic GDC.

Everyone just needs to take a chill pill when it comes to the predictions; honestly, we don't even have long at all to wait for the album. 

Girl, I'm chilled and I completely understand your point.

I was just saying that it was a bad example since "She" is neither a shitty or a generic title like the ones in RevRad.

But I repeat, I understand what you're saying and I agree that we can't judge the quality just by the titles.

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Meh i'm a tad disappointed.  I thought the new article was going to do into depth of each track and what to expect from them.  A mini spoiler if you will.  Guess i'm just impatient for the new album.  womp womp womp.

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I enjoyed the R.S. podcast - it made me feel like the waiting of the album release will be an epic ride to your local record store seem like an event and getting that feeling of 'I'm about to cum!!!   Than you  buy the album and take a longer route home so you can listen to the whole album and  you get to 'release' your tension.  I just don't want to hear an awesome song after an awesome song and so on and blow a red light or get a speeding ticket or hit a jay walker.  Looking forward to the album, that's all.   

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The interview I translated yesterday was also available in the physical version of that Italian newspaper (it's the same article, nothing more), that's really cool since La Repubblica is the second most sold journal in the country :) (From Green Day Italian Rage and Love)

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And a new article from NME too

NME: Green Day say new song was inspired by Paris terror attacks

Green Day say a song on their new album ‘Revolution Radio’ was inspired by the Paris terror attacks last November.
Billie Joe Armstrong is friends with guitarist Eden Galindo, guitarist for Eagles Of Death Metal, who played at Paris club Bataclan where 95 of their fans were shot dead by terrorists.

The atrocity inspired the song ‘Troubled Times’. Armstrong told Q: “I don’t think anything like terrorism hit home right in our backyard the way it did that night. At first, I wrote it and thought ‘I don’t know if I want this on the album.’ It’s really heavy to write about and I didn’t want it to be trite or maudlin.”
The singer changed his mind following the Orlando terror attack on gay nightclub Pulse in June. He said: “When Orlando happened, I thought ‘Well, it makes perfect sense to put it on the record.’”

Armstrong also said he was surprised at how aggressive the album’s first single, ‘Bang Bang’, sounded. He said: “’Bang Bang’ is the most aggressive single we’ve ever had. I didn’t plan on it being that way. I don’t want to be the old guy saying ‘We’re going to show these young whippersnappers how it’s done.’ It was just ‘Fuck, this sounds really good.’”

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