Green Day - Dookie Poll also C/D?

blew them off the stage

nice

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.

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.

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

39 Smooth is the actual best.

I prefer Insomniac to Dookie, too. The intro to 'Panic Song' still gets the blood pumping!

the world is a sick machine breeding a mass of shit

Insomniac doesn't have the classic singles of Dookie but I agree it's a better listen from start to finish.

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

typical man, thinking he can do a woman's job better than her.
(jk obvs, would've made my week to have been there! )

Did Billie Joe actually relocate to the UK?

yes, purely to gain punk credibility.

(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

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).

I mean, I suppose it’s a theoretically productive thing to do from a voter standpoint; but to paraphrase Lucille Bluth, “I’d rather be dead in California…”

Theoretically, but here's how it played out: U.S. conducts a rushed census in 2020 (thanks to the pandemic and Trump, it doesn't go that well, but it's held anyway). Texas has a lot more people now, so they get more Congressional reps (while states like NY get less reps). But wait, the majority of Texas is still really conservative, and with gerrymandering sealing the deal, that means a bigger right-wing influence in Congress.

yes, purely to gain punk credibility.

― the manwich horror (Neanderthal),

he got sick of people asking why he sings in a British accent

Now we just need Sting to move ti Jamaica and we're sorted

xxp I was thinking more with regard to the state laws they were complaining about, but yeah interesting point…

How does a rock star like Billy Joe move to the UK? Does he go back and forth (for visa purposes)… or do you qualify for UK citizenship if you can prove you were sufficiently influenced by the Clash?

yeah no, wealthy people seldom have immigration issues (unless you're a russian oligarch or political fugitive).