They're Back, But Is It A Bit Sh*t?
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2023
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Green Day have emerged once more with a new song called The American Dream Is Killing Me. I haven't really listened to Green Day before, but I'm aware of their legacy. Is this song good enough for such titans of their genre? Tell me.
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Dates:
18th March - Norwich LCR UEA
19th March - Bristol St George's
20th March - Sheffield Memorial Hall
21st March - Glasgow The Glee Club
22nd March - Gateshead The Glasshouse Sage 2
24th March - London Bloomsbury Theatre
25th March - Hayes The Beck Theatre
26th March - Cardiff The Glee Club
27th March - Birmingham The Glee Club
29th March - Manchester Salford The Lowry
30th March - Liverpool St George's Hall
31st March - Leeds City Varieties Music Hall
You never did tell us why Green Day have been off your radar other than American Idiot. Am curious now 😅
Your missives are delightful, Justin. Funny, personal and well written, far beyond being merely informative. Makes me very curious about that book you are working on.
It is a les paul jr.
Cause everything after that was crap!@@NinStardust
@@Crashed2023 Be that as it may, it doesn’t explain everything BEFORE American Idiot! 😏😁
I think it's so cool that he can hear just a few seconds of the riff and then immediately play the riff. I know it's not really a big deal because musicians can just do that... but as a non-musician who can't do that, I just think it's so cool
that is, because green days music is VERY VERY simple.
@@hallio111 JH does it in every video for every band
Well if you do that for years professionally every day basically 10hours, its no surprise + music theory and western music twelve tone equal temperament is really simple, afterall. Its all the different instruments and sounds you do with the same simple foundation that makes it sound different, even the building blocks are the same for every song. Thats why its very simple to grasp.
Think of it like this, when you hear word spoken , then you can easily repeat them. well with music it is the same , but it feels like it should be radically different simply because most everyone doesn't spend the same time ' learning' music as they do using words, except musicians of course
As a so called "musician" with formal training on a few different instruments, it's only drums that I possess the ability of "playing by ear."
Shit is ludicrous. I've seen some peeps with a similar ability, but it usually varies in technicality or specific instruments/genres.
In the end, the comments above are right about Western music being extremely easy (I believe computer coding has a similar vibe) and usually that's what it is.
Then again, some of us, myself included; just sing/hum along and then can just naturally make the body follow along. I have no idea how the other instruments do it, but drumming just made sense. Years of listening to the early drum line boys "bark" at each other, and as a saxophonist mocking them... They literally taught me. Lol.
Do it every day, anything becomes nature.
I would just like to mention that Insomniac is a great record. Obviously everyone loves Dookie, and the Smooth records and Kerplunk hold a special place in the hearts of early fans, but Insomniac is sort of forgotten. It’s got incredible hits but it’s also got interesting sort of dark, avant garde moments.
I personally think insomniac is better. It hits harder, more punk, faster, great songwriting.
Insomniac is my favorite record from them! Followed by Nimrod and 21st Century Breakdown
My favorite song is she and stuck with me, I am with you on that one
No one’s forgotten Insomniac, we all just have different preferences. I think some people just forget how many albums Green Day have released because they’ve been around longer than people realise.
Timeline progression of everyones favourite Green Day album as they age:
Dookie>Kerplunk>Smooth>Nimrod>American Idiot>Insomniac>American Idiot. DEATH.
Not a bit shit at all! Just pure pop brilliance! Three chords, the truth, and melodic as hell. Well done, Green Day!
Pop?
Nah it’s rock not pop
pop just means popular @@Funkability615
@@DanielPreston-2000 that’s debatable
@@Funkability615 literally stands for popular music💀
Simple music like Greenday is a gateway to rock for a lot of people. I heard power chords and the sing along melodies when I was 13 or 14 and was hooked. I started playing guitar doing the same thing… and, while i may have developed a taste for more complex music, I still love a good pop punk song.
This type of rock gave me confidence to learn guitar. Ramones for me, but it was like, hey I can play this!
Good pop-punk songs are indeed a great thing! Too bad this is most definitely not one of them. They've written the same song for 25 years
Exactly the same here. I’ll happily listen to Dream Theater, Rush, Opeth and whoever else, then switch to Green Day and Blink 182. They’re amazingly written songs. Basket Case especially won’t ever get old for me
Pop Punk post-2013 is more melodically advanced and complex than Green Day's entire catalog.
@@DirtyDan71327I kinda dropped out of the pop punk scene. Who is good? Give me your top 3 or so and I’ll give them a listen.
It’s a lead off single that sounds like Green Day, compared to some recent efforts by them, very excited for the album
"3 chords and the truth"... Absolutely perfect!! Yet another excellent analysis.
As a GenX American, I feel this song is one reason we fell in love with this band. Glad to see them getting back to this.
This is a great song. It reminds me of the good old days of Green Day like “Longview”, “American Idiot” and “Holiday”. I really like “The American Dream is Killing Me” a lot. What’s hard to believe is that they’re in their early 50;s now.
What a great guitar player you are!
Just for the guitar nerds, it's a Les Paul Studio in white I believe. Looks like a white custom but has regular Les Paul inlays, no binding and normal headstock.
I love it. Classic Green Day doing what they do best.
It's not their best, or worst song. At this point, I'm more interested in seeing them perform. They are by far one of the best live bands out there 🍻
yeah seen them three times and just saw that thre coming around again, pun intended
I’ve been a fan since I was 12 (37 now) and never saw them live. Making it a point to see them on the Saviors tour.
They’re the only band I’ve seen that actually sound better live. Just incredible
I'm not their biggest fan but they put on the best show I've ever seen. Been to a lot of festivals, nobody compares to them tbh
@@StzaJack yeah they are amazing live, saw them once. I remember some interview from 1994 or 1995 where they recorded dookie and the producers and everyone was so amazed when Billie just sang basically every song with one take and that was it. Explains why they are so good live.
I don’t care if it’s formulaic, I’ve been listening to Green Day since a kid and I still like their music. It’s a taste that you either like or you don’t like, I know what I’m listening to when i listen to Green Day and I usually like it 🤷🏻♀️
Agree to disagree. Same reason i don’t like anything from Weezer these days - way too paint by numbers. Some bands grow creatively and others just grow stale. 🤷♂️
I was obsessed with GD in middle school (2008-2010) as they were the band that introduced me to rock/punk and got me into music and playing instruments. These days I much prefer their 90s era stuff, especially Insomniac. American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown still hold up, imo. Anything after that, I stopped keeping up with as I got more into electronic music.
They still haven't released anything that's stood out to me, I'm hoping they deliver something substantial with this new one
Green Day is just one of those bands I liked as a kid...but as I've gotten older just seems to lose me more and more with each album they release. Weezer was like that too, as well as Offspring, Blink, ect,.
Ultimately all music is formulaic. That's something that becomes really apparent when you've written lots of it. Nothing wrong with that
For me personally, the song sounds like a return to form for Green Day. I think the forthcoming single is even more so. I’m definitely biased but I’m all about it.
For me, personally, I'd sum up this song as "meh".
I like it!
@@DaMurphy82 you're a lot more generous than me.
its awful
For me I'd sum this song up as shit
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Return to form. Great stuff. Wish I could get tickets to gig. Saw them in 2010 and they were excellent live.
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930 Club in Washington DC!!! Great Episode Justin and take care!
It’s a catchy song and its much better than Father of All. They were going in an interesting direction on 21st Century Breakdown. Maybe it wasn’t as well received as American Idiot but it was still fantastic. I hope we get more experiments on this album.
your take on these new releases really help with the understanding of the music, and not just another person saying "oh i like it" or "it's not for me". Always such a great incite!
Thanks so much!
Was it your intention to mistakenly use "incite" here? Like maybe his reaction will incite the Green Day zombie Army into action? If so, well played. If not....maybe check your work before handing it in.
@@aaron6806He obviously meant insight.
@@morecowbell69 thanks for your incite
I did in fact mean insight. My mistake and I'm sure Justin knew that was my intention. 👍 @@aaron6806
Please listen to the 'Warning' album from start to finish. Simply superb.
I think the issue that Green Day are facing is that they're playing it safe. They're not a bad band by any means, but one of the things that have made them so revolutionary, is the fact that they're not afraid to change their sound. This song to me sounds more like an outtake from Revolution Radio, while not a bad thing, I think a lot of us expect something new... while still maintaining their roots as a punk rock band. I can't say much because it's literally just ONE song from the new record, but I hope we get some true bangers out of it.
Yes, totally agree!! When bands get older it seems like it's very difficult for them to remember that what made them special in the first place was some sort of experimentation, something that pushed the status quo in music, etc.
That's exactly it. You nailed it.
They changed their sound pretty drastically on Father of All..., and everybody hated it.
that album is a trainwreck with terrible songs and even they know it.@@IAmNerdPunk
GD hasn't been punk since Dookie.
Looking forward to see them live one day.🎸
Thank you JH for illustrating the difference in American and British music spheres/culture circles... if you were a teenager in the 90s, Green Day coudnl't NOT be on your radar... i resisted them, but they found their way into my earholes. been a casual fan since the mid 90s... it's the american punk version of AC/DC: you know what you're going to get. it's not a reinvented wheel. it's going to be good.
Well, if you knew Green Day before dookie, you were a true punk fan. Especially if you live on the East Coast.
He was 19 when Dookie was released. Maybe that was a bit late to catch onto this teenage anthem. I don't think Justin would appreciate the albums before that, because he would consider the production to be crappy (I actually think they're awesome).
Not true. All AC/DC albums sound the same. Every Green Day album is different. Green Day's music is no longer loud and fast as the early albums. Compare Dookie and the earlier albums to the albums of the 2000's! Completely different band! They got old and rich! I have hope this album will give us fast paced Punk Rock. I love the second single...
PLease Justin don't laugh...but the last part reminds me the music of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm...EE I EE I O...love you!!
OMG I can’t un-hear that now! 😂😂😂
I like very much Green Day. I have to say that the riff of this song in your acustic guitar has sounded to me to country music... Of course, i am a complete musical illiterate 😅
Thank u Justin!
Adding distortion to this riff really changes the vibe in my opinion, on acoustic you're right, it has a more country/folk, or even irish as Justin said
Dookie is a better place to start
@@-Paul__Absolutely agree! The song writing on Dookie was very much Beatles inspired(melodically, not lyrically) And IMO almost every song on that album is at the minimum good, if not excellent.
@@-Paul__ Remember "Dookie" being a monster back in '94--interestingly, it's Diamond certified (10 million US copies).
Dude, it's awesome that you have channel, just discovered it! I relly didn't understood what happened with the Darkness, but know I'm back on track. So good to see you doing well!
Loved how you said - 3 chords and the truth. Do you need anything more than that for a song to be good, I wonder?
Sounds quite good.
It’s Green Day…and it’s pretty good. Looking forward to the new album and an eventual tour. We missed GD touring Downunder due to COVID (like many I expect) …
The soaring "whoa-o-o" in songs is now a Disney pop trope more than a punk trope. I do like the guitar bit that Justin plays on the acoustic. It reminds me of "Love On A Farm Boy's Wages" by XTC.
For me, it's just another formula song. It's not a bad formula, but it doesn't get me going as much as a harder edged formula. I'd probably like this particular song better if it wasn't so over-produced.
Yep. Especially the vocals.
Solid hook for an album opener though.
If it wasn't over-produced it simply wouldn't exist or be on anyone's radar. It's the type of song that teenagers write and perfect in an afternoon of drinking their parents' booze and beating away on their instruments in a basement in any suburb.
@@aaron6806not sure you made any sense there
@@ishmael2586 I was alluding to the fact that they can write very mediocre songs, over-produce the shit out of them, and market them due to their long history and large fanbase, but the songs themselves are the kind of shit written by teenagers in a garage. Nothing wrong with that, but these guys are supposedly accomplished musicians. And also adults. Wouldn't know it.
It's a fine tune. 20 years later they make American Idiot again and I'm all in.
Good to hear some music that is just simple and foot stompin.
This it , spot on
Love the 9:30
Club shirt! Cheers from DC
6:33 guitar solo sounds like a reference to "do you have the time to listen to me whine" - or could be a harmony to it, if you mashed them. The "irishy" quality sounds a little bit Dropkick Murphys to be fair
Absolutely love this new song. They are returning to their American Idiots roots. I hope the rest of the album is just as good cuz I pre-ordered it
I thought it felt like a "sequel" to American Idiot and I'm seeing them live next June, can't wait
Roots? It was their 7th album!
American idiot roots? lol their best stuff is way earlier than that garbage
Love the 9:30 club t-shirt!
Pretty normal Green Day bashing about. Great production. Agree with all Justin said, except he forgot to add there is a hint of Big Country in there as well in the singalong bit. Nice...............
Yea, production is a real difficult issue nowadays
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good job mentioning foxy shazam! my friends band (heavy heavy low low) toured with them
It sounds like it could've been on 21st century breakdown and that's okay with me
I love that you're wearing a 9:30 Club t-shirt! It was so fun to see The Darkness there the other day. What a fantastic show. xo
I LOVE GREEN DAY! Is the only band other than The Darkness I will fly, drive far far away to see. Love them 💯
Justin, nice shirt. I was fortunate to see The Darkness play at the 930 club this last Sunday. It was a fantastic show as always. Do you enjoy when your fans attempt to sing along like I did the whole show? There was a section during Makin' Out towards the end where the instruments stop and you generally sing "mamamama making out with you". Well that night you didn't sing that part, but I sure did, rather poorly. It was a great experience for me either way because it caused you to make eye contact with me, haha. Great stuff. I can't wait to see you again.
Ps. often times ;)
I miss the 930 Club. Used to live near DC. I bet The Darkness was fire.
@@cherylhurst7093 they absolutely rocked so hard. Ears are still ringing. Might be permanent this time.
Maybe this lyrics are too Freudian in todays society. They had a diff meaning 20yrs back 😅
Looks like you acquired some class official 930 Club merchandise around the same time that I acquired some class official merchandise of The Darkness. Cheers!
Oh snap is that T-shirt from the 9:30 club? I'm rooting for the "News of the world" jean jacket!!! 😘😘😘 Your" smile" is fabulous and you know it!!!😁😁😁
Love that you look for the guitars too in videos 😊 that white LP is nice + he normally plays JRs so wonder if it’s just for the video or he’s switching up
I always forget how great of a guitar player you are
I find that that's the complete opposite when you blast through their albums at least once a week. Face melting solos ahoy! Not to mention the beautiful licks strewn throughout. Justin and Dan can write some awesome licks.
Stop making fun of the elderly
Justin, you would love 21st Century Breakdown. A cross between Queen and Big Country and absolutely amazing.
Love it!
If anything, I have to say they have kept their core sound/identity. That intro riff sounds very Cajun, or other wonderful swamp people, to me. Just needs a banjo…
Nice one!!! Green Day have their own particular sound, they're so characteristic👍
(also the whoaaahh is a safe bet😅)
I also enjoyed today's video because I love how you tell weird anecdotes 04:07 🤣🤣🤣🤣
✌️...😎
Nice shirt, that’s a great venue!
Literally have a dentistry advert under this video 😂😂😂
would definitely be at home on 21st Century Breakdown.
At first I hated your jingle but I have to admit, it's catchy and was stuck in my head all day yesterday
It's good, power chords and a catchy melody. It's a return to form.
Thats awesome how you can hear something and just play it dude.
Yet i think this is their best since 2009
Revolution Radio is better than this imo
it is. 21st century is a great album@@JDelvaMusic
I see you have on your shirt from the 9:30 club in DC.
It's such a banger of an anthem, such a relief after Father Of All and gives 21cb/Uno vibes. Can't wait to hear the new album
The post chorus and guitar solo are basically a copies of "Basket Case". This new album is coming out in 2024, which is the 30th anniversary of "Dookie" so it makes perfect sense to have an homage to that song on the new album.
Sounds like "The First Noel" to me
I think that is probably the best conclusion you could make for it 'its green day'
Your video titles keep making me think your gonna shit on my fav bands but glad you are open and frankly a genius in music. May the darkness live forever
If you've never given dookie insomniac or nimrod a spin then you really should try them - three of my favourites. Would give anything to get that feeling of hearing them for the first time again. Life changing moments for me personally!
Insomniac +1 - the bass throughout that record is amazing. all hitters. Nimrod also has Haushinka, Nice Guys Finish Last, and Hitchin A Ride which are the standouts of that album, imo
@lavenderllama7725 all brilliant songs. Tbh I love everything green day has done minus the trilogy albums and the last album. A lot of guitar minded people like Justin don't rate them because as he says their guitar work is fairly simple but to me that's the beauty of it all.
@@86paul80Exactly! Same here. I stopped keeping up after 21st Century Breakdown as I had gotten really into electronic music throughout high school. The trilogy onward is very hit or miss for me.
I'm a punk guy through and through, so I never really cared for complex guitar work. It's nice sometimes, sure, but i can do without it. Good simple riffs with a good bite can go a long way. Green Day and Nirvana are great examples of that
@lavenderllama7725 you should give revolution radio a go if you haven't it's really good (IMO)
Yeah I'm the same. I'm a drummer but I love guitar and apprentice the really technical stuff but punk is great because it's gritty and noisy and rarely overly complicated (unless you're a bass player lol)
Like the song and also a guitar gear geek as well.
Before you zoomed in on BJ’s LP
I zoomed in on your guitar headstock to figure out what brand it is.
Isn’t punk meant to be simple, i like it 👍
It is!
Rock and rock and roll radio, let’s go!
My first impression was that it was chock full of energy and the changes kept it interesting.
“It couldn’t be simpler” 😂 Yup! That’s our Green Day all right! But that’s why we love ‘em. Simple riffs, basic chords, catchy refrains and three guys with access to the fountain of youth! Seriously though, Billy Joe just doesn’t seem to age at all! 😂 Will be adding this album to my wish list. It might not be sophisticated but it’s “happy music” and there’s nothing wrong with that! 😁🥰💖
I'm sick of people making excuses for bands making mediocre music, when they've proven in the past that they're capable of so much more. It's just lazy at this point.
@@jimboc669Not every song can be exceptional. If they all were then exceptional would become the new mediocre. What would you expect then? No band can have hit after hit after hit. That’s just unrealistic and unattainable. Even Queen had flops. But you wouldn’t call them “lazy songwriters”. Just because a song doesn’t meet your personal standards doesn’t make the band lazy or a complete write-off.
@@jimboc669Sounds to me like you've a hard time to understand, that other people like songs, that you don't like.
This is punk. Punk rock. Pop punk. Hard rock.
Call it whatever you want.
Let a musician tell you: Green Day were always very simple.
There's nothing stupid, bad or even new about it.
They are just simple. Catchy, folky.
They even often make better songs, than many bands with much more versatile, complex music.
@@NinStardustdude of course not every song can or needs to be exceptional, the lead single of a highly anticipated album is a different story though
@@NinStardustit’s not even that, they’ve been mediocre after 2009.
The best zombie-themed video is of course "Junge" by the German punk band Die Ärzte. It probably helps if you speak a little German because the lyrics are spectacular, but the music in itself isn't too shabby either.
@mikedavis8008and the zombie dance!
Junge was covered by Heino... Not that bad either...😜😆🤪 Heino, the Wirtschaftswunder -Zombie with his black sunglasses...😂😂😂 I ❤️ The Doctors and the Dead Trousers...🤣🤣🤣
I know schizen and that’s plenty
I think it’s an alpine white Gibson les Paul studio. Possibly with a changed truss rod cover ?
Hey Justin, great show! How about your two cents on Rolling Stone 250 Greatest Guitarists list? Cheers from Munich
I was at the music video shoot and from looking at it in person, I believe it’s a Les Paul Studio Custom in white? I was also confused by the model haha! 🤷♂️
Best intro song so far...pitching and phrasing on point.
It would be lovely to see you do some thin lizzy videos or lynotts solo stuff
The quiet middle eight and solo sounds like the melody from Basket Case, which I wonder if it's intentional or not
Greenday kicked ass last nite live on twitch after Thursday nite football! They were great
4:55, I believe the bridge verse is not original, but I can't remember which song they sample from...
Reppin' the great 930 Club!
Buttery lick, you are one really good guitarist…
Is the melody of the guitar solo and the middle part really similar to some other popular song? I can’t put my finger on it
Great review! Billie Joe normally plays a Les Paul Junior and Jason normally plays the custom. BJ is playing the custom in this video. Well spotted Justin! 😊
It is probably one of their best for 10 years.
revolution radio had way better songs than this honestly
yeat the other one was so much garbage that one look 3/10 and its stil better
The way you figure out the riff in a matter of seconds is astonishing to me.
Justin when are you coming to Miami mate?
I just found out your both playing the Isle of Wight festival, see you there Justin
Loving the 9:30 Club shirt. One of my favorite venues…
Can you review some ice nine kills ?
Best album since 2004. AMazing songs.
I haven’t liked a new Green Day album since since 21st Century Breakdown, but this one is shaping up to be pretty good!
I know you'll never see this comment but, love is only a feeling is possibly the greatest song ever made, I still listen to it regularly. So I just wanted to thankyou for that ❤
Woof!
The lovely wee bit reminds me of Shakespeares sister’s stay 🤣🤘
It’s episodes like this that make me yearn for a JH acoustic album 😊
"3 chords and the truth" never heard that before, love it 😂
Yup .....that's Green Day. Great episode, take care Justin.
it's Green Day 101 but it will support another tour and imo that's where they shine