beavis69

Ill add that in between Mindless Self Indulgence and Sepultura and get back to ya.

Tarantino

The more Green Day, the better.

= J

cungar

Sorry I know this isn't a political group but I can't let a completely moronic statement like this go unanswered. How anyone can come away from the last 8 years with the impression that Bush was "for LESS government" is beyond me. And I hardly think that people who disliked Bush (70% of the country) were against him because he was "for LESS govermnment". It's no wonder someone who is so misinformed doesn't pay attention to lyrics.

nodeerforamonth

Who said I was for Bush's spending policies? Don't ASSume... Bush had many good things going for him (ex. protecting our country) and many bad things (ex. his support for illegal immigrants & his spending).

And let's be fair, as low as Bush's ratings were (30%), they were THREE TIMES HIGHER than that of Congress (10%)!

PopcornTreeCt

Anyone know where one might be able to listen to their new song? It was coming up on the radio on the drive to work but I made it work before they played it. Anyone hear it yet?

ardathbey

Listening now. Kicks some pretty good ass.

mikelowry

Early Green Day was great stuff but I guess they were just acting their age with American Idiot which is not a bad thing. Definite buy for me.

nodeerforamonth

They played a 2 1/2 hour club show last night in SF. Played the whole new album. Supposedly it sounds amazing.

pinata242

Can't wait. Hoping some Green Day got licensed from WMG for Rock Band prior to them taking their ball and going home and we'll see some DLC tie-in for this album's release.

misterchimpy

I don't agree with their politics, but I thought American Idiot was brilliant, easily the album of the decade for me.

There's a lot of news on their site, including being on SNL 5/16 to close the season. There's also American Idiot: The Musical debuting in Oakland in September(that was in the NME story). The new video for Know Your Enemy debuts tomorrow.

First review of the new CD(or at least the first one posted at greenday.com),
although it's not much of a review, as they don't talk about specific songs.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009...tury-breakdown

Mike86

I liked American Idiot a lot when it first came out but listened to it again recently and it doesn't hold up as well as I remembered. Its got a couple songs on it that I really like such as Jesus of Suburbia, Are We the Waiting, Give Me Novocaine, and Whatsername. I hope that their new album is better though and I'm definitely excited to hear it and am most likely going to see them in Fargo in July.

cungar

Seriously doubt it's going to be better. That album was a career high and it will be hard to beat. But I feel it holds up extremely well and is one of the best albums of the decade.

auto

Not trying to threadcap (my own thread), but I find it incredible that people think American Idiot is one of the best albums of the decade. I enjoy it, but wow. So much great music released in the last decade.

bearkiss

does anyone know anything about a limited or special edition of the cd coming out in the US? apparently it's coming out in a deluxe book format overseas, but I can't find out anything about a US limited edition...

except that one the best buy website they have 2 listings - 1 is the standard cd release for $9.99

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....p=1&id=1962780

the other is a "best buy exclusive" for $16.99...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....p=1&id=1963709

no other details are mentioned...

nodeerforamonth

Surprised it hasn't leaked yet... can't wait for this one. Going to see some shows coming in June...

hapgilmore

^ The Best Buy exclusive is a 52 page book according to bestbuy.com/greenday

I'm looking forward to the album even though I think AI is hands down their worst album (its still pretty good). I think Warning is criminally underrated and I wish they would go back to their old sound instead of the "power ballad" band they are now.

cungar

Yeah it's just incredible that you don't agree with an opinion

mdc3000

I honestly don't think they sound much different now than they did then, especially during Warning, which is arguably their most commercial 'Power Pop' sounding record. AI had maybe 4 songs you could argue were 'power ballads', the rest adhered to the Green Day formula, they just happened to be longer and feature different parts instead of straight ahead verse chorus verse...

I like all their stuff so I'm predisposed anyhow but I find it a stretch to believe that any fan could rank AI as their worst record...sounds like a case of it being cool to hate on something that got so popular.... I respect your right to hate it, I do, I just haven't met any Green Day fans who would go so far as to say worst...I don't think they've put out a bad record yet, but some of their early stuff like 1039/smooth out... or Kerplunk! I find uneven at best...

BravesMG

Long time GD fan and agree that American Idiot is my least favorite of their albums, personally. I think AI is the most uneven, I constantly find myself skipping around that album looking for my top 5 or 6 songs when almost any other album is happily shuffled in any order.

It's right there for Warning and Insomniac personally, and I usually lean towards Insomniac. Stuck With Me is probably my favorite GD track and that whole album kicks my ass. I think I agree that AI is more than a little different than their other stuff. A lot of the raw energy is gone, through the normal maturation process, but I do miss a track like Jaded or Having A Blast thrown in there.

But I'm obviously in on release day, and still probably my most anticipated album of the year.

cdollaz

I wish they would do another album that sounded like Insomniac.

misterchimpy

Go to greenday.com, it's there for 89.99. heh, limited to 3000 copies=$270,000! good for them.

also if you sign up for their mobile mailing list, they are giving away 15 copies through that.

http://www.greendaymusic.com/shop/

Mike86

The thing about American Idiot for me is I don't really hate it. Its just the album of theirs that I like the least. I'm not trying to be cool and hate on it I just don't enjoy it as much as the rest of their stuff. I think it has some good songs on it and its something I don't mind popping in every now and then and listening to all the way through, but for me its just not the masterpiece that a lot of people seem to think it is and certainly not the best album this decade in my honest opinion. I'd prefer Kerplunk!, Dookie, Nimrod, or Warning over it any day.

FatTony

Didn't see this posted in the thread and I figure everyone in here's already heard it, but here's the video for "Know Your Enemy."

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I have to say it's a pretty underwhelming and bland song. Hopefully it's one of the weaker songs from the album.

Quake1028

I think the new song is fucking awful, and I really like GD.

atlantamoi

Meat and potatoes all the way (with a dash of Weezer). I don't think it's awful, but I'm definitely hoping for more large sounds like on AI.