Edit: actually not that bad, sounds like their trying to be more fun again. But still...

Ew

I like this more than the last track they released from "Uno", but I don't think I'm going to be capable of enjoying this album.

Holy shit, it's decent.

Other than repeating the title so often I really enjoyed this, which is a bit surprising.

Green day is one of those bands that could be good, but choose not to be.

More enjoyable than anything on their last two records. Reminds me of the Green Day I grew up on. Rad.

Noticed a few things here:

1. Billy Joe is starting to look like Fat Mike.
2. Song is mediocre at best, but better than the other one.
3. Green Day is no longer capable of recording a song that isn't at least a minute too long.

wow that sucked

much like skoj this reminded me of green day when i got into them, good song

Well I really liked it...

Not bad at all, but for God's sake, enough with the chants!

Can I have their drummer's job? Holy shit basic.

I thought it was funny when they had three people from the crowd to play a song and Tre was all teaching the guy how to play the part on drums. It was simple, but Tre made it seem like it would be so hard with how he was trying to make sure the guy got it right.

it's scary how these guys refuse to grow up and they're all in their mid-40s

Redefining mediocrity

I must say, I like this a lot.

It's definitely a throwback to their older style, but I can't really say that's a good thing.

I haven't watched it yet but surprised it's not slammed with hate.

There must be a rule in pop-punk that when you turn 40 you have to get a lesbian's haircut.

Redefining mediocrity

Can I have their drummer's job? Holy shit basic.

So much better than Oh Love or anything from their last record. Hopefully the rest of the album is at least on the same wavelength as this.

Better than what they've released recently, but I can't really get into it.

I didn't know RWJ started singing for Green Day... in all seriousness though, just like what everyone else is saying, much better then the last song but still average at best.

I honestly think this is a fucking good song. Like, where the fuck has this Green Day been? This sounds like Insomniac-era Green Day, and I like that very much. So much better than the first single. Maybe there's hope for this trilogy after all. Seriously though, best new Green Day song I've heard since before American Idiot.

This fucking rules!!

I like this song a lot, way better than oh love.

"Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go."

Verbatim lyrics.

so.....


...how 'bout that new Skyfall trailer?

A little repetative but still enjoyable.

i like green day but i fucking hated this

Guys this is the 90s Green Day you've been whining for.

I like it a lot.

"Can I have their drummer's job? Holy shit basic."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3xyQpKJs50

It was alright. Wish Tre would do some of the awesome shit he did in the Dookie era but oh well.

@Outline Are you trying to say that was complex? because it wasn't

@freedomofspeechnoway - no shit he's always basic but this was like the same beat the whole 4 minutes.

It was good except I hate choruses that only repeat the title. I also liked Oh Love, but it was the wrong choice for a first single. I have hope.

A lot of newer Iron Maiden stuff does this too, which is annoying, especially cuz I actually prefer their more recent stuff (Brave New World and forward)

LOVE.


OHHHHH LOVE.

I dig it.

that chorus can become a bit annoying, but it's better than Oh Love anyway.

@nash

yeah... ok... here's the ending mapped out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D2jlZjDrCQ#t=1m13s

^ Um...

sucks. not good.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Pretty boring. And yeah lol @ that drummer. This coming from someone that has generally liked most of green day's stuff up until 21st century cock

I mean... I liked it. I never thought there'd be a decent Green Day track again. This is moderately promising.

@nash look obviously fucking rock band isn't an ideal way to show you what i mean, but for poppunk thats damn good drum work. since 21st century breakdown hes been terrible so i give you that.

What the fuck is this drum work? It's the same beat the whole song.. Oh god.

Pleasantly surprised, but not hopeful.

I can dig it.

Average

Outline you're a funny guy

I think I prefer Oh Love...I don't remember it being as repetitive.

I enjoyed that

Actually not too bad. The only thing from them that i don't like it's 21st century breakdown, so me digging this shouldn't be a surprise, but the last album almost singlehandenly made me loose faith in them completely.

i don't get it. yes it's sorta like their old stuff. but it's like 20x less interesting

Band is in a bad spot. Can't write songs like they used to without sounding like 40-year old dudes trying to be teenagers. Can't write anything that moves their sound "forward" without it being total garbage.

Shame.

green day is finally giving back what "fans" have been whining for... appreciate it, this is actually fun to listen to!

Riff recycled so hard from the album American Idiot that it renders it beyond my ability to take it anything like seriously.

"Noticed a few things here:

1. Billy Joe is starting to look like Fat Mike."

give it another 5 years and he will look like Guy Fieri. Shudder

Is it good? I hesitate to listen.

Yeah it's pretty good.

I will say that the main riff is a complete rip from the three chords that dominate and end 'Jesus' but aside from that it is a much better song than the first single.

It's also kind of funny how some are complaining about how it's not a "step-forward" or how the drumming doesn't change... have any of you ever listened to Green Day? They're just doing what they've always done which is writing catchy three and a half minute pop-punk songs that have been more appealing than appalling to a mainstream audience for almost two decades.

I also don't think there should be a restriction on how old you have to be to stop playing pop-punk if you pioneered the sound. Just saying.

Billie Joe was a baby when pop punk was formed, so I don't think he did too much in the pioneering department.

And writing catchy music has nothing to do with maybe adding some interesting fills or changing the beat up. It can be slightly more complex and that's not going to make it any less catchy than hearing the same tic tac drumming for a whole four minutes.

Since most seem to consider that Offspring isn't pop punk until their last few albums (though they say that pop punk's origins steam from the Descendants and the Ramones), I'd say around the mid 90s.

Pop punk definitely originated from the late 70's early 80's.

What makes the Buzzcocks and Undertones not pop punk? The Ramones too were pretty fuckin poppy no? Or does pop punk got to just have really gay vocals?

Yankee proving once again that he knows absolutely nothing about pop punk. Shocker.

The Buzzcocks and Undertones are listed as pop punk in alot of places. Whats the fuckin difference exactly?

Rateyourmusic for one. And using my fuckin ears it sounds like pop punk to me. So tell me exactly what the difference is
because you cant come up with any reasoning.

Allmusic disagrees.

Or the Ramones. lmfao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUg7OO1gZk0

Thats as poppy as punk will ever fuckin get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Mi995ggFU

Green Day always talks about how much the Buzzcocks influenced them. This sounds like an early Green Day song. So what makes Green Day pop punk but not this? Besides you talking out of your ass.

The Ramones are pop punk too. Give me 1 reason why they're not.

Andcas you can keep going ad hominem all you want but for such a pop punk expert you cant back up your words for shit.

I don't know about the Ramones, they are very poppy and punk-ish but are rarely considered pop punk. Genre meanings change over time, metalcore 10 years ago is nothing like crappy metalcore we have today.

Also, bands don't have to belong to the same genre as they are influenced by. Anthrax and Metallica were both influenced by Discharge. I don't know anything about the undertones so...

I'm agreeing with Yankee 100% here. Those bands are all pop punk and are absolutely no different than the pop punk of today and yet everyone feels like it's sacrilege to call these bands what they truly are.

Why are you apparently getting so worked up for when they've both asked you a simple question and you've instead decided to mock them instead of setting them straight?

Because he cant answer the question without resorting to butthurt hyperbole.

Pop punk is just punk mixed with pop. Thats it. Punk that leans more towards being extra catchy, fun, with melodic vocals, and is chorus heavy. It doesnt focus on the social/political themes as much as other punk either. By that definition those bands and others in the late 70s/early 80s are 100% pop punk. Most of the Ramones' songs are about girls and havin fun and revolve around catchy choruses. They even called themselves "bubblegum".

Who cares if the label didnt exist. Its pop punk now. The "metal" and much more specifically the "doom metal" labels didnt
exist when Black Sabbath started either. It usually takes a while for a subgenre to solidify and get their name.

What you keep forgetting is to actually give me reasons why those bands arent pop punk musically. I gave you clear
examples and I can give you more. Instead of just saying "they're just older and you're stupid and you dont like pop punk
wah wah wah". I expected better out of you.