yeah think of the guy who has 3 MxPx tattoos
― Vinnie, Friday, 18 April 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
exactly
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Friday, 18 April 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
hey whatd mxpx ever do to you
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 18 April 2014 21:17 (ten years ago) link
didn't stay semi-relevant, slowly went the way of the buffalo
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Friday, 18 April 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
dud. buncha poseurs. i don't care how played out that sounds.
― brimstead, Friday, 18 April 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link
mxpx?
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Friday, 18 April 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
mxpx are soldiers of jesus iirc
― brimstead, Friday, 18 April 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
but no i was talking bout the green day. carry on
I listened to this album so much when I was at school. It fit on one side of a C-90 - can't remember what was on the other side, maybe SFA? but yeah I will have to re-acquaint myself with some of the album tracks.Voting WTP as it was the first time I heard GD and thought it was just amazing.
― kinder, Friday, 18 April 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
I'm sure this poll will reveal no shortage of unadventurous voters. Therefore I will vote non-single, which I would've done anyway. It's just a matter of deciding which one, which might be kind of impossible...
Having a Blast vs Sassafras Roots vs Eminius SleepusBurnout and Chump are also really good.
"Pulling Teeth" really the only one on here I don't like― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:04 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I can appreciate this as I've only recently finally come around (lol) to enjoying this song after years of always skipping Track 6.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:21 (ten years ago) link
Although if "J.A.R." were somehow able to be included, this would've been a very easy decision.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
it feels like their definitive move from goofy three-chord pop-punk to "songwriting" with bridges and stuff.
I dunno, I kinda hear some bridges n stuff on "39 Smooth."
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:29 (ten years ago) link
I don't even mind them branching out a bit (Nimrod's a fun album IMO), I just have no desire to hear Billy Jo singing ballads. Ick.
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
Not to be confused with Greenery Day, the Japanese holiday.
― robocop ELF (seandalai), Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:35 (ten years ago) link
kinda glad Green Day didn't drop nowadays, shudder to think of a slew of people cutely titling their blogs "Do you have the time...to listen to me BLOG?"
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:36 (ten years ago) link
one of my fav memories of Green Day growing up were all my friends arguing over whether Billy Jo was british or not.
Thinking back I have no idea what's on Insomniac besides "Brain Stew" and I'm not sure I even listened to it more than a couple of times - and this in the days of playing new purchases over and over and over.
― robocop ELF (seandalai), Friday, April 18, 2014 12:31 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"Walking Contadiction", "Geek Stink Breath", "86"
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Friday, April 18, 2014 12:32 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The long intro to 'Panic Song' is one of my favourite Green Day moments ever. It's just such a shame they couldn't come up with a better song for the rest of it.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Saturday, 19 April 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
one of my favorite moments was watching MTV air a live Green Day concert and Billy Joe going "this next song is dedicated to....uhhh....uhhmmm...YOU! (points at audience member). The guy over there making all that noise! This is called....CHUMP"
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Sunday, 20 April 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Saturday, April 19, 2014 1:36 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
pretty sure i did this in 2003
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 28 April 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
http://dambreaker.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/slap.jpg
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
"panic song" rules! i always skip the intro (awesome tho) bc i love the second part so much! that descending chord progression under "the world is a sick machine breeding a mass of shit" is IMO their finest/peak moment, seriously
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
"Having a Blast" is a dope song but those lyrics are so cringeworthy. but it's fun so who cares
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 28 April 2016 03:54 (eight years ago) link
i can't tell what most of the words are. it's one of those songs where i sing along to the phonetics, and i've been singing it that way for so long that i don't care to learn the words for real.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 April 2016 04:30 (eight years ago) link
one of BJA and Kurt Cobain's strengths were coming up with these amazing phonetic hooks that you didnt need to know the words to enjoy. they were better that way. for 10 years i thought the last verse of all apologies was "choking on the ashes of a renerade." and god knows i didnt know the chorus to geek stink breath when i was singing it at 9 years old
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 April 2016 05:17 (eight years ago) link
"Pay attention to the backstreets and the broken nose / Some call it socks, some call it niiiice"
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2016 09:00 (eight years ago) link
my brother thought the lyric in "When I Come Around" was "sell doughnuts at my door"
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 28 April 2016 13:03 (eight years ago) link
I had a friend when I was 15 who spouted all kinds of RONG info and I always believed it cos I was gullible and he told me that "Longview"'s radio version wasn't edited, that the band intended it to sound like that. so I thought Billy Jo was really saying "I'm sick of all the same old shh" and that he actually did that crazy squeak that obscured the word "fuckin" intentionally.
I felt so lied to when I went into Blockbuster Music and listened to the unedited thing.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 28 April 2016 13:07 (eight years ago) link
Always preferred the non-sweary version of 'Creep' by Radiohead.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
― Neanderthal, Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:03 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Haha, so did my friend Scott! The first time we heard it he was like, "Donuts on my door? What?"
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:46 (eight years ago) link
Happy Birthday, Dookie!
― alpine static, Friday, 1 February 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
https://www.jimdunlop.com/images/jimdunlop/products/en_us/thumb/11025000001.MAIN.jpg
$200 worth of punk.
― peace, man, Friday, 1 February 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
Had never really looked at the album cover in full before.
https://jamesostafford.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/green-day-dookie-large.jpg
― peace, man, Friday, 1 February 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
just listened to Insomniac for the first time in forever ... it might be better?
― alpine static, Friday, 1 February 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
blew them off the stage
nice
― j., Sunday, 3 February 2019 01:04 (five years ago) link
i had a big poster of the cover art on my bedroom wall, when i was 6 years old. loved the shit out of this album back then.
but, yeah, insomniac was better. had better singles too.
― BringTheAuBonPain, Sunday, 3 February 2019 06:43 (five years ago) link
Insomniac IS better - it's more consistent, feels much more like an album than Dookie where the singles stick out and there's more variety, but nothing beats the pummeling 33 minute screed of Insomniac.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 3 February 2019 06:58 (five years ago) link
Serena Williams being a Green Day stan has always been one of the most endearing things about her
25 years ago my life changed... for the better. Thanks @GreenDay @billiejoe @trecool @MikeDirnt pic.twitter.com/3ATEc4J4tJ— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) February 2, 2019
― Roz, Sunday, 3 February 2019 07:34 (five years ago) link
39 Smooth is the actual best.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 3 February 2019 08:02 (five years ago) link
I prefer Insomniac to Dookie, too. The intro to 'Panic Song' still gets the blood pumping!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
the world is a sick machine breeding a mass of shit
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
Insomniac doesn't have the classic singles of Dookie but I agree it's a better listen from start to finish.
― skip, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 02:05 (five years ago) link
London dive bar cover band launches into "Basket Case" and lo and behold, guess who is in the audience and jumps onstage to sing lead:
https://www.tiktok.com/@greenday/video/7232793292373577006
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 01:08 (eleven months ago) link
typical man, thinking he can do a woman's job better than her. (jk obvs, would've made my week to have been there! )
― kinder, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 12:06 (eleven months ago) link
Did Billie Joe actually relocate to the UK?
― beamish13, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 14:15 (eleven months ago) link
yes, purely to gain punk credibility.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 14:16 (eleven months ago) link
(actually it was because of Roe v Wade and him being fed up w/ America)
sorry not Roe v Wade itself, but the overturning of it
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 14:17 (eleven months ago) link
It's weird how so many left-leaning people I know have done the opposite, moving to Florida and especially Texas (Austin specifically), and they hate the new laws they've enacted (against abortion, gun control, transgender rights, education, etc).
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 17:12 (eleven months ago) link