The Green Day Thread

[Electrical Substation]

9 minutes ago, j a n said:

I just want to talk about International Superhits.  The first group of albums I ever got, my parents bought for me (strangely good moment from them) was Gorillaz, Smash, and International Superhits.  And I think The Hives for some reason too.  I think they were supposed to get Dookie but got this instead.

So it holds a very strong place in my musical heart and I want to nerd out about it.  But nobody else has it so I can never nerd out about it.  I used to obsess over everything from the artwork to the track list.

The track list is amazing on there.  Idc if it’s a compilation.  Pop rocks & coke.
 

After that I’d have to go Warning or Insomnia as favorite.  Getting American Idiot at a bookstore because they were sold out everywhere else was peak emo phase though.  I remember being full emo at that point.

I want to see a picture of Jan looking like JD Vance 

[allsystemsgo]

26 minutes ago, King Cobra JFS 4Ever said:

I want to see a picture of Jan looking like JD Vance 

Pretty sure if you shop some glasses onto Vance you'd have Jan. 

[JarJarBlinks]

39 minutes ago, j a n said:

I just want to talk about International Superhits.  The first group of albums I ever got, my parents bought for me (strangely good moment from them) was Gorillaz, Smash, and International Superhits.  And I think The Hives for some reason too.  I think they were supposed to get Dookie but got this instead.

So it holds a very strong place in my musical heart and I want to nerd out about it.  But nobody else has it so I can never nerd out about it.  I used to obsess over everything from the artwork to the track list.

The track list is amazing on there.  Idc if it’s a compilation.  Pop rocks & coke.
 

After that I’d have to go Warning or Insomnia as favorite.  Getting American Idiot at a bookstore because they were sold out everywhere else was peak emo phase though.  I remember being full emo at that point.

I got Dookie, Nimrod and Superhits at the same time and loved those bonus songs on it.  Like you I loved the artwork too. 

[thongrider]

I started with Nimrod, got International Superhits. Upgraded to Kerplunk in a few months.

[Electrical Substation]

lol what is going on. Don’t make me say something nice today you bastards 

[Elisa]

I love International Superhits!
 

I think from age 13 to 25 Dookie was my favorite GD album. Then Insomniac took over from 2016 to a few years ago (2022?) when I settled on Warning, which is the most interesting and unique direction of any GD album. As I grow older Warning is the album that I relate (and return) to the most, I guess it resonates more with me now because of its nostalgic/acoustic sound. And the songwriting is just great.
I still love Dookie and Insomniac very much, but I rarely listen to them these days.  
I actually haven’t spun Warning in a while tbh, but I’ll dust it off as soon as autumn starts. 
 

[thongrider]

1 Kerplunk

2 Insomniac (even if it has Brain Stew. Oof)

3 Dookie

4 Warning 

5 39 Smooth

6 Nimrod 

7 whatever else they did

[Elisa]

26 minutes ago, thongrider said:

even if it has Brain Stew. Oof

Yeah, it's the worst green day song (1989-2004) 

[Elisa]

Mine is:

1. Insomniac

2. Dookie

3. Warning & Kerplunk

4. 39 Smooth

5. Nimrod

6. American Idiot

[thongrider]

I also think side C and D of American Idiot would be maybe nr 4 for me. And side A and B would be very far down. Like below Dos.

[Jan Mortensen]

I like Brain Stew! On my own, here we go!  First song learned on guitar.

[Thibaut182]

Flashback to this commercial haha

 

[twelve]

Found it. You’re not special, Jan.

[allsystemsgo]

I had the DVD. Think I threw it away though. Oops 

[thongrider]

I have both the cd and dvd 🥴

[Electrical Substation]

Look at all you Green Day glazers in here ☺️

[thongrider]

They used to be almost unfuckwithable at some point.

[twelve]

I used to like them as much as Blink. I don’t know what happened, but I stopped caring about this band a long time ago. I might check out a new album when it comes out, but I don’t drop everything I’m doing to listen to it.

I don’t even remember any songs from their last album. The last one that comes to mind is Graffitia.

[thongrider]

They went from great to fine to cringe before you can count to tre. In Spanish 

[Thibaut182]

WOW!!!!

love seeing new and rare footage pop up on Youtube