What do I know about Green Day? Here I come, oh my own! I would say it depends on when I ask myself this question:
1995: they sound good – that Dookie cassette is short, fast-paced and a lot of fun. I don’t care much about the lyrics. Anyway, I just listen to the tape every early morning while I get a shower and get dressed to go to work.
1996: there’s a new cassette around in the record shops – Insomniac. I just bought it. Sounds a little harsher than Dookie. Honestly, I’d rather listen to Nirvana’s Unplugged. Except for Brain Stew, good vibe, that guitar is fascinating.
1999: a friend lends me a copy of Nimrod. I just love it all! All the songs are so interesting, and so well-spoken I barely need to download the lyrics to find out what they are about. My favorite of all is Good Riddance. Very mature lyrics, very suggestive, I’ve used it many times in my classes since then.
2000: this time I’ve bought a CD: Warning! Dunno why, it’s kinda of disappointing. I was expecting something mellower. But there it is. My CD player got damaged; I can no longer hear the CD. I like Warning, Waiting, Church on a Sunday, and Minority. The other songs I’m not so sure. I kinda keep The Offspring’s Americana in sight, ‘coz I like it better.
2004: MTV broadcasts American Idiot video. WoW! I understood the damn lyrics! And I’m so glad they criticize the Americans that way. A few months later, Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The guys look so cute there! The video is evil, mysterious and deep in a beautiful and gothic way. The lyrics are all about me, how come? Billie Joe sings exactly about how lonely I feel. No way, he has stolen ideas from my endless nightmares!
2005: I love Green Day again! After Nimrod, something more elaborated, more operatic in nature. Flamboyant, reckless, bold, honest, plain and crude. Just the mixture I hoped it would be. American Idiot deserves all the Grammys that has been nominated for. Oops, they just got one. Hey at least the Grammys realized they exist. Long live rock, down with pop and Britney clones!!!!
2006: MTV broadcasts Bullet in the Bible. A visit to internet informs me there is a CD+DVD compilation. I must buy it! I did, they really delivered. I’ve been so happy listening to all the past stuff. I just realized how stupid I was for giving away my Warning! CD when I did some cleaning up. I listened to a cassette with all the songs very badly recorded, and I wish I had the CD again. I’ve spent like 6 weeks going to all of the record shops I know in Caracas, but nothing. I could buy on-line, but I need permission from CADIVI to do so. Damn it! What was I thinking?
That’s it. A personal chronology of what I know about Green Day first-hand. C U around, Charlie Brown!
1995: they sound good – that Dookie cassette is short, fast-paced and a lot of fun. I don’t care much about the lyrics. Anyway, I just listen to the tape every early morning while I get a shower and get dressed to go to work.
1996: there’s a new cassette around in the record shops – Insomniac. I just bought it. Sounds a little harsher than Dookie. Honestly, I’d rather listen to Nirvana’s Unplugged. Except for Brain Stew, good vibe, that guitar is fascinating.
1999: a friend lends me a copy of Nimrod. I just love it all! All the songs are so interesting, and so well-spoken I barely need to download the lyrics to find out what they are about. My favorite of all is Good Riddance. Very mature lyrics, very suggestive, I’ve used it many times in my classes since then.
2000: this time I’ve bought a CD: Warning! Dunno why, it’s kinda of disappointing. I was expecting something mellower. But there it is. My CD player got damaged; I can no longer hear the CD. I like Warning, Waiting, Church on a Sunday, and Minority. The other songs I’m not so sure. I kinda keep The Offspring’s Americana in sight, ‘coz I like it better.
2004: MTV broadcasts American Idiot video. WoW! I understood the damn lyrics! And I’m so glad they criticize the Americans that way. A few months later, Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The guys look so cute there! The video is evil, mysterious and deep in a beautiful and gothic way. The lyrics are all about me, how come? Billie Joe sings exactly about how lonely I feel. No way, he has stolen ideas from my endless nightmares!
2005: I love Green Day again! After Nimrod, something more elaborated, more operatic in nature. Flamboyant, reckless, bold, honest, plain and crude. Just the mixture I hoped it would be. American Idiot deserves all the Grammys that has been nominated for. Oops, they just got one. Hey at least the Grammys realized they exist. Long live rock, down with pop and Britney clones!!!!
2006: MTV broadcasts Bullet in the Bible. A visit to internet informs me there is a CD+DVD compilation. I must buy it! I did, they really delivered. I’ve been so happy listening to all the past stuff. I just realized how stupid I was for giving away my Warning! CD when I did some cleaning up. I listened to a cassette with all the songs very badly recorded, and I wish I had the CD again. I’ve spent like 6 weeks going to all of the record shops I know in Caracas, but nothing. I could buy on-line, but I need permission from CADIVI to do so. Damn it! What was I thinking?
That’s it. A personal chronology of what I know about Green Day first-hand. C U around, Charlie Brown!
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