I managed to get it earlier so...

 

Stay Young is beautiful even just for the sentiment of its title and the repeating of the line throughout choruses. Even though it's basically again the same old four chords, it has something in the melodies and the solo not typical for Green Day, in a good way. It's really melancholic and sentimental. It's a Whatshername type song, both in tempo and style. A good melodic alternative rock song. It's definitely my favorite out of the new ones. 


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Stay Young



Here we are face-to-face

Now you're gone I'm a mess

There's no words like before

And there's nothing I can say



Can't look at you in your eyes

'Cause everything fades and dies



Stay young

Stay young

Stay young

Stay young



So stay young, you didn't have to be like everyone

So stay young

Stay...



I regret

What we are

Do you know what we were?

I imagine you're a star

Always there overhead



Now all I can do is pretend

'cause everything good must end



Stay young

Stay young

Stay young

Stay young



So stay young

You didn't have to be like everyone

To stay young

Stay



So stay young

You can never be like everyone

So stay young

Stay



Stay young

Stay young

Stay young

Stay young




 

Fuck Off is basically Murder City but with cringey lyrics. Still kind of fun, but nothing compared to bitter F.O.D. or more extremely Take Back and Platypus


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Fuck Off



Fuck off

Fuck off

Just F U C K O F F Fuck off

Fuck off

Fuck off

Just F U C K O F F Fuck off



Sucker

You're a sucker

You've been suckered by hustlers and liars

You're a liar

You're so tired

So kindly just



Fuck off

Fuck off

Just F U C K O F F Fuck off



Stupid

You're so stupid

Undisputed in madness

and your babble

Blabbermouth full

Stick your bible and

shove it up



Fuck off

Fuck off

Just F U C K O F F Fuck off



Nobody's got the heart to tell you where to go

But in all honesty



Fuck off

Fuck off

Just F U C K O F F Fuck off



Fuck off

Fuck off

Just F U C K O F F Fuck off




 

Underdog is musically a short classic 90s style Green Day song with some Trilogy vibes. Lyrics are also pretty cringey and almost AI ish. It's the only one that has a different production and mix, especially with the way drums are mixed. Also noted that it's the only song produced by Green Day only.


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Underdog



I wanna be your underdog

I'm not number one, but I'm second to none

Heroes are overrated when you are the outlaw

'Cause I wanna be your underdog



I wanna be your underdog

I'm so hideous that I'm beautiful

Maybe you're one of a kind, but I'm the chosen one

'cause I wanna be your underdog



I'd rather live amongst the wild wild life

Life is too short to be normal

I may be ugly, but I'm larger than life

I'm not a loser, I'm not a loser



I wanna be your underdog

I'd rather live amongst the wild wild life

Life is too short to be normal

I may be ugly, but I'm larger than life

I'm not a loser, I'm not a loser



I wanna be your underdog




 

And just like I thought it would be, Suzy Chapstick and Father To A Son are just an acoustic/alternate mixes of the album versions. So just acoustic guitars, backing vocals, some solos and strings are in there. But they're still pretty nice.

Weirdly, booklet says that all of the new songs were mixed by Chris Dugan, even though they sound like they were mixed by CLA in the same batch with the album (except the Underdog). Go figure

 

It's interesting how, after recently listening to 21st Century Breakdown in full couple of times and reliving those lyrics, the literality of some of those new ones seem really basic and kind of lazy in a lot of ways. It's kind of hard to comprehend that it's the same band. On the other hand, they are still my absolutely favorite no1 band and it still excites me to the core when new releases are out. Green Day is my home and safety and will always be ❤️

 

btw. there's a cool collage of photos from the Saviors tour in the inside of the digipack 😊

To me it sounds like a common topic recently which is how he feels with his on again off again up and down struggle with a harmful habit. Reach for a knife, let it go, live it up, give up, it’s a curse, the worst, mama raised a bomb.. it’s in his nature to be a hellion but he fights against it.

A couple of images I love are “useless as a … crippled ballerina” and “waiting on the sun like a star that’s blowing up”. It’s like another way of describing himself as a dead man walking. Like disaster has already struck but he doesn’t know it yet. 

He might write a lot about a short list of themes but no one captures the human condition and describes feelings in a simple yet relatable and emotional way like he does. He somehow always avoids sounding too self indulgent or self pitying. Like with Smash It Like Belushi the message is when you’re feeling this way just keep your head down keep going and rip shit up. It’s empowering 💚

They played AI. 

They played Holiday.

They even played BOBD, which also can be read as a sign of how bad your mentality can become when your country is broken.



They did what they always do. Using their voice on our behalf and telling what's the truth. 

They didn't need to prove anything. They have always done that. For 30 years. 

Fucking love this band.

Great performance. 

New logo? This is the only place I saw it, while they used the Saviors logo everywhere else.

I say they come out dressed as The Network and play Ivankkka Is a Nazi.  

So… hey fellas my tickets come with a meet and greet with THEBAND. I plan on wearing that longshot shirt with Lenny on it 😛 hope I amuse Billie with that ahhhhHH

👏👏👏 Welcome back and thank you for all the hard work. GDA was once a great reference resource (still is for tour dates) and I know it will be again. The occasional support and interaction of the Green Day team made this place unique too. 

Fan message boards were my first introduction to the internet way back when and I still love having a place just for fans to connect and interact without all the other bullshit of scams, bots and trolls. I recently deleted my Facebook and backed away from the cesspool of most social media and I’ve been focusing back on the fan and special interest forum formats I once loved through Reddit and here. Still the best. 

The Letterbomb performance from the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Just amazing energy and the smiles, great performance.

Holy shit this is great, I've wanted to see this for like 20 years ever since seeing small clips from it on Egos and Icons etc!

Edit: Lmao I love how much they shit talk everyone/everything and how that line about eating a clump of a woman's period is even more gross and doesn't make any more sense in context

I will love Saviors forever! It’s the album that made me a fan.

But Panic Song is a masterpiece!

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What a crazy concept 😆🤯

But if you put it that way, what’s more important?

1) To get the message of American Idiot and everything they stand for for a broader audience, even if it’s not a complete “fuck you” message they usually come up with.

 

or 



2) Refuse to participate because they have to censor some of their stuff, therefore not get the message across broader audience at all.

 

I know they are still super popular and super relevant especially in the United States, and that they still can sell out standiums around the world, but they really aren’t that relevant in the grand scheme of things. We just think they are because we are in this Green Day fan bubble. But ordinary people do not care about them at all.

Today was the first time in I heard my work colleagues talking about Green Day and the message they sent, and how cool it was, and that their sole pressence pissed Trump off. And even with this, the conversation we had at work was mostly focus on Bad Bunny.

 

I understand your disappointment. I’m disappointed as well. I just don’t agree with this way of looking at things, and I think it’s much more nuanced.

 

"To all the ICE agents out there, wherever you are, quit your sh*tty-ass job. Quit that shitty job you have. Because when this is over — and it will be over at some point in time — Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Donald Trump, they’re gonna drop you like a bad f*cking habit. Come on this side of the line.” - February 6th

Little butthurt diaper boy couldn’t stand getting told to his face to fuck off 🤣 Another service the boys have done for this country. God’s favorite band does it again

So Heroes was recorded to commemorate the upcoming 50th season of Survivor. Why am I not surprised.

With the band due to open a major sporting event, not for the first time, the band seem to be the first choice to nominate an existing song or even write one for some sort of major event.

The last one being the song Underdog for soundtrack for a new animal series for National Geographic. There have been 17 other songs used for various soundtracks going back to 1995, some existing, others songs written specifically for soundtrack. And this year's no different. 

Nice one GD. Just shows how really special you continue to be even in the mainstream environment.

 

 

 

 

Seeing the second show in Vienna 🔥

It’s so nice to read how they truly appreciate this time in their careers and have enjoyed the hell out of this tour. For so many years, it seemed like it was just go-go-go for them and I don’t think they really stopped to look around and feel proud of what they accomplished or enjoy the moment. They definitely do that now and it’s great to see. I’m sure taking that time to embrace it all makes it an overall more positive and relaxed experience for all of them.

I was just becoming a fan right before know your enemy came out.  Next thing I knew, my grandma was telling me how she just went to see their show and gave me the 21st Century Breakdown cd she bought there 😂.  In 2010, my dad and I camped out at the stage they were playing at Lollapooza all day.  That was the closest I’ve ever gotten to being picked to come up on stage.  This album holds a special place in my heart and I still come back to it regularly.  

Just saw the guys' speeches, they were funny and moving! This whole thing is so wholesome and cool.