Green Day couldn't have had a blockbuster without Nirvana, but Dookie wound up being nearly as revolutionary as Nevermind, sending a wave of imitators up the charts and setting the tone for the mainstream ock of the mid-'90s. Like Nevermind, this was accidental success, the sound of a promising underground group suddenly hitting its stride just as they got their first professional, big-budget, big-label production. Really, that's where the similarities end, since if Nirvana were indebted to the weirdness of indie rock, Green Day were straight-ahead punk revivalists through and through. They were products of the underground pop scene kept alive by such protagonists as All, yet what they really loved was the original punk, particularly such British punkers as the Jam and Buzzcocks. On their first couple records, they showed promise, but with Dookie, they delivered a record that found Billie Joe Armstrong bursting into full flower as a songwriter, spitting out melodic ravers that could have comfortable sat alongside Singles Going Steady, but infused with an ironic self-loathing popularized by Nirvana, whose clean sound on Nevermind is also emulated here. Where Nirvana had weight, Green Day are deliberately adolescent here, treating nearly everything as joke and having as much fun as snotty punkers should. They demonstrate a bit of depth with "When I Come Around," but that just varies the pace slightly, since the key to this is their flippant, infectious attitude -- something they maintain throughout the record, making Dookie a stellar piece of modern punk that many tried to emulate but nobody bettered.
There are a few good releases this week to check out. Aside from that, not too much to drool over.Green Day - 21st Century BreakdownSteve Earle - TownesKate Voegele - A Fine MessThe Church - Untitled #23Hiraku Utada - This is the OneBetter Than Ezra - Paper EmpireThe Crystal Method - Divided By NightCam 'Ron - Crime PaysThe Stanley Clarke Trio - Jazz in the GardenCandy Dulfer - Funked Up!Meat P...
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Ok, so, after this one, I've decided if any more of these "Green Day in the studio with Nirvana Nevermind producer Butch Vig" videos hit the net, I'm not posting unless there is some significant song-age in it. In this here second clip from the studio, where Green Day is working on the follow-up to American Idiot and blah blah blah, Tre Cool is seen doing what he does best, laying down some dru...
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There are a few good releases this week to check out. Aside from that, not too much to drool over.Green Day - 21st Century BreakdownSteve Earle - TownesKate Voegele - A Fine MessThe Church - Untitled #23Hiraku Utada - This is the OneBetter Than Ezra - Paper EmpireThe Crystal Method - Divided By NightCam 'Ron - Crime PaysThe Stanley Clarke Trio - Jazz in the GardenCandy Dulfer - Funked Up!Meat P...
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I still love this song..Green Day - Basket CaseAdd to My Profile | More Videos
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This song is one of the songs they play pretty much every night at the diner/bar I work at here in Spokane. The best thing is that pretty much everyone knows the words to this song, so everyone in the building is singing along. It sort of restores my faith in music and people, seeing everyone having a good time rocking out to classic Green Day. No one cares that they're "mainstream" and no one ...
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"She's figured out all her doubtsWere someone else's point of viewWaking up this time to smash the silencewith the brick of self controlAre you locked up in a worldThat's been planned out for you ?Are you feeling like a social tool without use ?Scream at me until my ears bleedI'm taking heed just for you"--??"She"?? by Green Day
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not much needs to be said about this song. can i just ask why this band became so huge recently by just slowing their songs down a pace or two?!
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| 1 Burnout |
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| 2 Having a Blast |
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| 3 Chump |
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| 4 Longview |
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| 5 Welcome to Paradise |
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| 6 Pulling Teeth |
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| 7 Basket Case |
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| 8 She |
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| 9 Sassafras Roots |
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| 10 When I Come Around |
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| 11 Coming Clean |
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| 12 Emenius Sleepus |
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| 13 In the End |
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| 14 F.O.D./All By Myself |
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