Definitely gonna try to make the Bristol gig 🤘 I've been busking today so i can afford Also , this riff is 'kinndaaa' like 'How Many More Times' by Led Zep.
Ahh nooo. Ok, I have family in Liverpool. I'll see what I can do. If not I'll have to come to Justin Hawkins Rides Again 'Again' Next time. I did come see you guys at the OVO last Feb. Best gig I've ever been to bro honestly it was such a great night! 🤘
i dont consider it bad that music is "easy" or "simple" but i do consider it bad if the first thought in your head is another song and you cannot unhear it.
@@ryleyrichardson2808this is very true. However, I don't get the impression tried very hard this time round. Generic power chord music should be left in the past.
I unintentionally wrote a Feel Good Inc ripoff, which is really easy cause it’s a simple minor scale walkup thing, and when my friend pointed it out I was immediately furious and threw that part out. No idea how not a single person in Green Day’s squad noticed. Maybe they just didn’t care cause the song sucks
Green Day are actually the reason I started playing guitar when I was 12. That “takes 10 seconds to figure out” is definitely a gateway for picking up the guitar as you said.
100%. I probably wouldn't have gotten into the guitar if I had to make the direct leap from being able to play nothing to being able to play something dynamic and interesting. Power chord heavy pop punk and post punk got me started and made the instrument almost instantly rewarding to play.
Exactly the reason I used to make average £100 a day in the nineties from playing oasis for about 4 or 5 hours every night! I was glad they were so easy lol
@@kaitlyngault3987His lyrics definitely are one of the most influential with the sound they put out. I am surprised by some of the lyrics, Billie Joe Armstrong himself mostly came out with. While living a mostly good life from what I read with music he was coming out with. For me I would of thought he would of had more of a Hard time growing up. But he was playing Gigs at his School, an all around Berkeley an he was loved. The Song where he says I Got No Pride, or The Whole World Owes Me So F%#k You! Are True Hard Influential Punk Statements, We Know, but how Hard Of A Punk Was Billie? Like, Who is paying him to play thier lyrics Freemasons? Have they gone really mainstream? Were they not like an underground band like we originally thought... It maybe just for show sometimes I guess. But some songs are better, not as redundant. The older albums are always going to be better. I could talk about them forever I have been listening since Dookie was famous probably the best album.
I wish you'd have looked at "Dilemma" by them instead. I wasn't a fan of this latest single, but Dilemma is a much better song and you'd relate to it too.
Yeah, of all the new songs I have heard so far that one is definitely the "freshest" feeling Green Day song. That being said, I love Green Day because they prioritize making good music over everything else.
As already mentioned in other comments, the riff originated from the Blues Magoos' We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet from 1966 and neatly carries on the colour theme!
Here's an arts and craft tip: If you were to mix the colours of pink and green then you would actually end up with a purple ...how deep the purple would be would depend on how heavy the hues of the pink and green were.
There are multiple songs by green day that all end up bleeding together in my head (as a megafan). No Pride off Insomniac, becomes Jinx off Nimrod, becomes Deadbeat Holiday off Warning. I think it's just inherent to pop punk that there's only so much versatility you have to work with in coming up with melodies that stylistically match, which is probably why since 2009 they've basically just made whatever they felt like making, genre be damned.
Also sounds like Holiday to me. This might be my favorite video you've made (my other favorite is when you discussed giving permission to use your music, commercially). You managed to pick the song apart so easily and yet you still managed to say cool stuff about Green Day. I literally lol'd at the realization of colors being the common thread. No complaints here that GD's songs are simple, means I can sit down and learn their tunes on guitar for fun
They said this album will pay homage to American Idiot and Dookie. Totally holiday riff. You can hear Basket Case in American Dream is Killing me bridge
One of my favourite things about Green Day is that they are melodic above all else. I couldn't care less about wanting their songs to be complex and unpredictable just for the sake of being complex and unpredictable, we have plenty of other bands for that. I love what they do and that I can just pick up my guitar and jam to it. That's not to say they don't have songs that are hard though, because a lot of their non single tracks can be quite complex and far more difficult, like the intro in Before The Lobotomy, FOD, Jaded, Panic Song, St. Jimmy and parts of Somewhere/Forever Now just to name a few examples. They are very skilled musicians and their music gets even more complex live, but their first priority is just making good, melodic music.
I think it really depends on how long you've been playing. Before the Lobotomy is an arpeggio G - D - C - D#, and St Jimmy is just A5-D5-E5. I like Greenday, but I can't remember them writing any complex. That's not necessarily a bad thing though. Plenty of kids (myself included) picked up a guitar in 2005 because of American Idiot.
@@SoundBuckle I agree. I don't listen to Green Day much anymore but I loved them around the time I picked up guitar and feeling the rush of playing simple power chords on the first day of learning is a great motivator! They have a special place in my heart for that.
Not really. I write a lot of songs that are now starting to get released and there are lines you don’t cross. Ie. If I want to write a Hendrixy song in E… I CANNOT hit an open low E then do a hammer on to the chord. That’s ‘Yellow Ledbetter’. So instead I start with the hammer on and hit the low E hit on the second beat. Now I’m working with a completely different emphasis and the riff will magically go elsewhere.
I’m pretty positive there isn’t supposed to be much thought when it comes to this song. It’s just one you play and sing along to, mindlessly. I know when I sing along, the lyrics just come to me without having to think about it, it’s kinda strange, lol.
Green day have written some amazing stuff over the years. Let's leave this song alone and enjoy it for what it is...a feel good banger that everyone is going to love belting out at the gig.
Funny thing, Green Day might not be very unique in terms of songwriting, but its all about the delivery and attitude. I think props to the band for keeping up the energy which to me is inspiring. The production too 👌
@@kevbarker8108 I think they’ve had quite a decent songs since then but American Idiot is still the strongest thing they’ve made since 2000. This album is the first time the production came close to that and there’s some tracks here that were genuinely great. Calling them derivative now is like calling Johnny Rotten obnoxious, they’ve always been like that (aside from Longview).
When I learned bass, way back in the 90s, I learned the modal nodes. It was a total spoiler, because all of a sudden I could unlock almost any bass line on the spot. Made it easier to build bass lines as well, finding ways to make the same chords and drum patterns sound different by moving or not moving the bass.
@@Superabound2 I’ll add though, The modes can be considered “columns” because it’s where you get your three major and minor key combinations from, plus that seventh mode full of fkt up chord options.
Justin sir. You made the connection by the band names consisting of colors and riff. Purple, Pink and Green. There happens to be one more color to add to the list, that being Blue. Released in 1966 a song called (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet by the Blues Magoos with the similar hook. Cheers
So Green Day took from Pink who took from Deep Purple as well as Blues Magoos! I love it. Also it feels like Billy Joe Armstrong was being snide/snotty by saying he took from Black Sabbath because Sabbath, Zepplin and Deep Purple are considered the "unholy trinity of british hard rock of the 70s". A sarcastic nod to the idea that everybody borrows from everybody, especially when writing pop as you often wind up regurgitating ear worms you can't place the origins of.
@@hughneutron5303You mean like Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Cheer, Blue Swede, Blue Rodeo, Blue Monday, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Black Eyed Peas, Black Oak Arkansas, The White Stripes, Barry White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Redbone, Red Rider, Yellowjackets, Zac Brown, Jackson Browne, Pink Martini, and Orange. Did I miss any?
It would be interesting to see one played over the other like a twin guitar riff. The riff and the Pink riff are not the same melody but the rhythm is the same and I think they’d harmonise nicely.
Greenday are power chords and excellent hooks. Easily learned on a guitar, but that is not a bad thing. Personally haven't been a massive fan of their past few albums but I'm loving the sound of the new stuff so far.
I love your honest reaction to this. My opinion on originality is that, there are already sooo many songs. Even for skilled and expierenced musicians it's hard to come up with something new with every song. If you try though.. you might be 50 when your first album comes out..
“In the BBC documentary Heavy Metal Britannia, keyboardist Jon Lord supports Glover's statement about the song's origin, stating "Black Night was nicked from the bass line in Ricky Nelson's Summertime" and then proceeds to play the bassline riff on his grand piano” So… even Deep Purple copied someone else.
It's weird because I couldn't really enjoy the song at first because, instantly, even though I haven't heard it in forever, I could only hear Pink's song. It was distracting, for sure, and I thought it was so weird that nobody in the studio got that impression upon hearing it (I'm just assuming). But, after waiting a bit and listening to it again, through headphones, and picking up on some more layers of the song, I could still note that Pink resemblance, but it sounded better to me. I like the song, especially as it goes into the chorus, starting with "vendetta", but, yeah. Weirddddddddd. Excited for the new album though.
Green Day is the reason I got into Rock in the first place and got me playing guitar. Not everything has to be Prog, which is again not everyone’s cup of tea.
@@yoyo_ma7677 I wouldn't call The Darkness a one hit wonder. They have some nice songs. But he didn't need to shit on Green Day like this. He could've done Dilemma or Look ma no brains, which are better songs off the album.
OMG, the Colors! LMAO!! This is why your channel is awesome!!! I'm not a musician, just a fan of music, but I've never been a fan of Green Day. I've never understood what the hype was about. I just figure it isn't made with me in mind and move on. I'm happy they bring joy to other people.
People being influenced and emulating other people has happened many, many, many times in life and in the entertainment industry. Whether it's Music, TV, Films or Literature. Humans in general learn by copying others and you take what you learn and put your own spin on it to suit your personality. Coming up with something new and unique these days is very difficult. It's all been done before. (See that's a total cliché.)
I like old-school Green Day, but this was hilarious. I don't think there's anything wrong with simplicity. Some of the best songs in rock history are easy to play. There's a place for prog and simpler stuff.
Totally agree. The problem with this song and so many like it, is it's so formulaic. The record industry figured it out years ago and this is the generic shit that sells. The predictable, catchy, dumb singalong will never stop because we'll always have more retarded ears listening to music than musicians.
This has nothing to do with simplicity. It is the same riff, in the same key, at a similar Tempo and groove. It is basically the same. But then stealing from Iggy Pop in the chorus as well is just ripping off someone elses music. But enjoy if that is ok for you
Ahhh poop, feel like you just dumped on one of my favourite bands 😂 you’re usually so nice! Did Billie Joe Armstrong upset you? Anyway, I love green day, particularly 90’s green day, but they still release some bangers and I’m looking forward to the new album, you should have review Dilemma! Ps. Punk music has always been simple, but hard and fast! 🤙🏻🤙🏻
I’m a huge Green Day fan and agree with your points. Is it original or innovative? Not particularly. But is it fun? Kind of. I do think some of the album’s other tracks will provide more flavor in terms of songwriting.
It’s easy to unconsciously write a similar sounding riff/melody, but what surprises me most is that no other band member, producer or manager along the way would make a point to say so!
@@barcoscatalina7067 Yeah perhaps. I wouldn’t understand why either. Finally Justin critiqued something fairly: The production always sounds good, but Green Day are not pushing any boundaries!
I love how you actually take time to delve deeply into the details of what makes these riffs and harmonies similar enough to be questioned for originality, and actally play all the songs parts in question! Then
If you hadn't mentioned the pink song thing in the beginning... I still would have thought it was a Pink cover they were doing when the tune kicks off. That sounds just like that song.
Holy crap! I heard all the similarities you speak of, i am not just picking fault in one of my fav bands. Still love Green Day. It is hard these days to not have similar sounds as there are only 5 basic notes and only so much you can do with them.
There are countless examples of Green Day songs sounding like other popular songs. Uptight sounds like Dreaming by Blondie. Waiting sounds like Downtown by Petula Clark Brain Stew sounds like 26 or 6 to 4 by Chicago Graffitia sounds like I Fought the Law by The Clash Goodnight Adeline sounds like either Closing Time by Semisonic or Good by Better Than Ezra. The line in Strange Days are Here to Say "Ever since Bowie died it hasn't been the same" sounds just like the line in The Gigolo Aunts song Where I Find My Heaven that goes "and the blood flows through my heart and leaves like sand as I share". Not to mention the opening guitar progression rips off their own song Basket Case which also reminds me that American Dream is Killing Me's solo is note for note the same Melody in Basket Case. There are a lot more. I'll have to check my notes.
Hilarious video. The song seems to be Green Day playing their own song "Holiday" over a combination of The Passenger and So What. I genuinely don't mind things that sound like other things to a certain degree, except in this case it's similar enough that if I wanted to listen to this song then I would just listen to one of those others instead...or more likely: just put on Deep Purple. This shows the downside to longevity: if you don't totally change your sound (e.g. Opeth) or at least develop it significantly, then there's really no point releasing anything new. I don't hate Green Day, and I don't find this song bad, it just doesn't add anything to what they've already done. If they stopped writing after American Idiot (released in 2004) and just toured their old stuff, then honestly I'm not sure if we'd have collectively lost anything.
Personally, I enjoy Green Day - even their newer stuff. But I also greatly enjoy Justin Hawkin's contempt for Green Day. I choose to live in a world where I can like this song, while simultaneously laughing and nodding in agreement with people who hate it!
Agreed! But I can’t bring myself to enjoy this one in particular… ripping off the absolute legend that is P!nk crosses the line for me. Got to agree with Jus on this one! 💖
Thoroughly enjoyed that 🤣😂 My favourite Greenday moment is a video I saw, of the crowd at a Greenday gig standing in front of a completely empty stage all singing in perfect unison to Bohemian Rhapsody. It's incredible, and doesn't involve Greenday at all...😁
Sometimes simplicity is better especially when it comes to guitar. It almost sounds like they took something that was pretty good and just put a Green Day flavour on it.
I have loved Green Day for over 20 odd years but their 90s songs were the pinnacle of simplistic songs that were simultaneously original. I think they are writing to be commercial now (and have done for a long time) but those Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod tracks were raw, unapologetic and conveyed true songwriting emotions, be they angst, love, or hatred. Just listen to Redundant, simple but very clever song. What I’m trying to say is, I like old Green Day more but the new stuff is just fun and shouldn’t be taken seriously. Thanks for reading my essay.
I'm not sure I agree with you on Green Day trying to be commercial. It's not like they need the money! But, your point on the 90's albums is well taken. I'm a massive Green Day fan. I love most of the material they've put out over the years. (Although, FOAM's.......😢) My point is, the albums Kerplunk, Dookie, and Nimrod were relatable and heartfelt. The songs 'spoke' to me. I remember listening to Basket Case whilst I was in hospital having an 'emotional moment' (aka Mental health episode lmao 🤣). It sat so well with me, and got me through a *_really tough_* time. But I love Saviours, so, hey, who am I to whine?! 🤷🏻👍😘♥️♥️💚💚💚💚💚
I like the song, yeah the riff is nearly identical to the Pink song, but its still its own tune and enjoyable. Like you said, powerful and hits you like an ACDC record. Maybe not the most original and groundbreaking song ever, but still fun and sounds good
So What tempo is also extremely close to the tempo of One Eyed Bastard, off by a few bpm. WOW. The Green Day one seems derivative of the Pink melody. Pink is probably pretty cool about things like this, and would be flattered, just a guess. Have a great day!
Bro I grew up with Green Day and I absolutely love all of their early albums. I heard this song, and was honestly really put off by it. Then I sat and listened to the whole album when it came out, and like 80% of the songs felt like they had riffs and chord progressions from other songs, and like you mention that's not necessarily always a bad thing. However, it did make me really upset when I heard it
There's a lot more to a band/artist/song than just what notes are being played. There are an endless amount of songs with the same chord progressions that you couldn't confuse with one another. I think Green Day has always had a recognizable and definitive sound though. Some people love it some people hate it. Not defending this one song as anything groundbreaking but it clearly couldn't be confused with the other songs he compared it to. Green D never needed to be complex musically to get their sound across.
@@MariaFrancesca I love the when he has a guest, but the ones with him and JMF are my favorites. So, I’m hoping the first one back is just the two of them.
@@sah-win Those are my favorites, too! They have such good friend-chemistry between them that it's a pleasure to get to sit in on these, hilarious bantering all over the place. But then, since they obviously trust and respect each other, that friendship holds for some pretty tough questions, as well, and that gives their podcast an edge that pushes it up a level. They've been developing the production, which is great, but it's how their personalities interact that makes it such a good watch/listen.
You’re righter than rain, sir Just wanted to say you earned my subscription with your intuition understanding the chords and honest analyses. You’re awesome
@@MLGadventuersinfinance101 lol naw, I was just caught off guard last night watching the video when I was drunk as shit, this song has bothered the crap out of me since I first heard it. 100% P!nk
I'm glad you picked up on this, as my friend said it didn't sound anything like it. Of course I forwarded them this video of your review 😂🤣😂 I'll be singing bad a bing bad a bing woooooo, at the there concert this summer now you got that in my head ....😂🤣😂🤣
I love how you played them one after the other and it just sounded like two slightly different parts in the same song. It was the first thing I noticed when I heard it. And you're right the Pink song is the better version. If they were in the same song together, the Green Day riff would be the setup and the Pink riff would be the payoff.
Thank you Justin! Said the same thing to my wife the first time i heard it, the song is amazing though 😂 It's the pink song + the passenger + Holliday from their own repertoire 😂😂
Cheers mate, nailed it! while I’m not a detractor, Green Day has long been an overblown, faux British accent singing, rip off of The Toy Dolls! Anyone else agree?
Pop and Pop Punk frequently borrow riffs and other musical elements. A challenge for Green Day lies in their genre's reliance on relatively simple power chord riffs to build songs, which can sometimes lead to a lack of innovation. However, "One Eyed Bastard" clearly sounds like Pop Punk. This demonstrates that even a touch of Pop Punk influence can make a song stand out.
@Justinhawkinsridesagain lovely video again Sire. I have a strange question that I've always wondered about. How do English-speaking people pronounce Røde? Ø is a Norwegian letter soo? Can you please do it in your next video? Pardon my lousy english. Regards from a massive (in all senses 👀) Norwegian fan.
I've been a massive Green Day fan for almost 20 years, they originally inspired me to get into music in the first place, and I'm now working as an arranger/orchestrator in film and game music. Regardless; I did in fact, enjoy this video quite much. Because, you're ultimately spot on regarding the originality aspect of this song; it's predictable and simple, but the chorus and the change of chords in the chorus is a nice, subtle change; a nice stadium-anthem-sing-a-long! I just love the sound and vibe of Green Day and always enjoy hearing new stuff from them. In any event, all the best, Justin! Thanks for doing these videos!
"I've been a massive Green Day fan for almost 20 years" - That is a sad thing to hear that you had to go through that. Hang in there buddy, don't give up, there's actually some really good music out there!!
I’ll be forever indebted to Green Day for being the band to get me to play guitar and eventually other instruments But I’m not deaf and will admit that they haven’t had a great song in about 20 years. The newest tracks aren’t terrible but they’re not anything close to that Green Day of the 90s would’ve wrote
The "cool bit" at 10:40 reminded me instantly of Tenacious D - Throw Down, at about 2:15 into their song. Add that to the pile of songs it closely resembles 😅
@@paulmallon9292 I don’t care what you think. Fact is fact and Billie has been getting shit for singing in a British accent before Alex touched his first Fanny
Yeah heck if I know I thought the same thing with most of the album , better sounding than the last one , yet still immature with weak spots. I love Green Day and am super excited their back, I think live in person they're just as good now as they've been the past twenty years. I hope one day before their all too old , they really sit down and try to create something original of quality regardless of how successfully it will be received. As professional working musicians though I guess you have to give them the tip of the cap for staying relevant and the ability to sell rock albums to multiple generations of young people, that of which today is more difficult than ever. Maybe it doesn't work without some of the genericy gimmicks , because 90% of the consumers won't consume from sources that don't have some mixed in
Tell me in 12:44 that you aren't too keen on Green Day, without saying you aren't too keen on Green Day. This whole video killed me, the "Deep Purple's a color" Brilliant. I don't really have an issue with the similarities between the songs, overall it sounds like a different song than PINK's, despite the closeness of that intro riff. I think Billy Joe writes a catchy tune. You're ear really is amazing.
I think the song is catchy and I like it. But it’s definitely a rehash of their older material and also borrows from so many other songs that it’s definitely not original. I cant fault Justin for feeling that way because it’s true. Saviors is actually their best album in a decade. But it’s also just “ok” during most of its runtime and is lacking any big or memorable moments. People forget how prog American Idiot was for the band. Songs on that record had shifting musical sections and was packed with big moments. Saviors in comparison plays it safe and has a track list of consistently good songs. The issue is most of the album isn’t great and there aren’t those “must hear” songs.
I love your videos because I have ZERO musical knowledge, I just know what I enjoy! So I find this all very educational. That said, as soon as the intro starts I hear Pink! It feels so familiar. Is this common for Greenday? I remember that years ago John Lawler/Jon Fratelli got a writing credit on Outlaws because it was ✨inspired✨ by Lupe Brown
This is the first time I've come across a Green Day song that sounds like they've ripped off someone else... That's not to say that they haven't done it before, but if they have, they've hid it well. That being said, their albums from "Dookie" (1994) to "American Idiot" (2004) are absolutely brilliant... The upcoming album seems promising.
If anyone gets a credit for it, it won’t be pink, because she wouldn’t have written that song anyway. Not throwing shade at her, that’s just how it works with most of those popstars. They get brought a catalogue of songs that are written by other people, they are just the ones who perform it.
@@Ennui. They have such a huge back catalogue over a long and successful career, I guess there are bound to be some songs that sound a lot like others?
Deep Purple’s audio engineer, the late great Nick Blagona, also engineered my solo album, ‘It’s Not an Excuse, It’s a Reason’. The wild stories he shared will forever live rent free in my mind. 🥹🖤
It's like Green Day's 21 Guns sounds like the theme to Full House in the bridge...its just really hard for anyone to come up with something that sounds original when there is a finite about combinations notes can be arranged in. Its why I'm not a fan of immediately jumping to calling it a "ripoff". When Joe Satriani sued Coldplay for Viva La Vida, Chris Martin replied that he never heard Satriani's If I Could Fly...which is very possible and likely in that case.
Justin, I discovered years ago, and even did a rough mashup in my DAW, that Basket Case by Greenday, has the same chord sequence as An earlier White Lion song called Cherokee, I changed the key and timestretched guitar solo and sat it on the Greenday track. Not only that, it's the same chords as Canon Rock, the rock adaptation of Pachelbels Canon in C. Kind of reminds me of German Schlager music, which is basically an excercise in deconstructing EVERY other 80s pop track, and 'borrowing' every single hook, passing notes, riff, chord sequence etc. Every schlager song is like an orgy of recognition, familiarity within unoriginality!! I'd cite 3 other examples where I spotted the same riff, it's a short 'Me, Re, Doh' chord rundown, which you can check, 'Whips & Furs' - The Vibrators, 'Another Girl, another Planet' - The Only Ones, and 'Westerland' by Die Ärzte, listen and you'll recognise the bit I mean.
When I first started playing, I learned a ton of Green Day songs and they kept me going while I still had trouble learning Zeppelin and Sabbath songs. Definitely a good band along with AC/DC to listen to when you learn guitar.
as a fairly beginner guitarist (playing for 3 years) i've listened to and played so many green day songs i can almost play the majority of a song after hearing it a few times which i have to say i cannot do with any other band. It's great fun but it's funny realising many of their songs share similar progressions and ideas.
You crack me up. I love it! 😂 you're so right- they're ripping off another of their songs with the more original sounding part, too, from their first album 🙈
Hey Justin, have you ever considered uploading a video of your rehearsals? I see that Metallica sometimes posts videos of their tuning room (just them hanging out and rehearsing songs), and it would be great to see you guys relaxed and just fooling around
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Definitely gonna try to make the Bristol gig 🤘 I've been busking today so i can afford Also , this riff is 'kinndaaa' like 'How Many More Times' by Led Zep.
@@ShneelixZeenikQuark it's sold out! Only Liverpool and London (Hayes) tickets left!
Ahh nooo. Ok, I have family in Liverpool. I'll see what I can do. If not I'll have to come to Justin Hawkins Rides Again 'Again' Next time. I did come see you guys at the OVO last Feb. Best gig I've ever been to bro honestly it was such a great night! 🤘
Also has kind of a Muse-ish feel and distortion being used.
i dont consider it bad that music is "easy" or "simple" but i do consider it bad if the first thought in your head is another song and you cannot unhear it.
@@ryleyrichardson2808As each day goes by!
@@ryleyrichardson2808this is very true. However, I don't get the impression tried very hard this time round. Generic power chord music should be left in the past.
@@SoundBuckle LMAO
I unintentionally wrote a Feel Good Inc ripoff, which is really easy cause it’s a simple minor scale walkup thing, and when my friend pointed it out I was immediately furious and threw that part out. No idea how not a single person in Green Day’s squad noticed. Maybe they just didn’t care cause the song sucks
Clear rip.
Green Day are actually the reason I started playing guitar when I was 12. That “takes 10 seconds to figure out” is definitely a gateway for picking up the guitar as you said.
100%. I probably wouldn't have gotten into the guitar if I had to make the direct leap from being able to play nothing to being able to play something dynamic and interesting. Power chord heavy pop punk and post punk got me started and made the instrument almost instantly rewarding to play.
Exactly the reason I used to make average £100 a day in the nineties from playing oasis for about 4 or 5 hours every night! I was glad they were so easy lol
That's by design. Billie Joe keeps his guitar simple, to let Mike & Tre' shine. He's not into pretentious guitar solos.
@@kaitlyngault3987His lyrics definitely are one of the most influential with the sound they put out. I am surprised by some of the lyrics, Billie Joe Armstrong himself mostly came out with. While living a mostly good life from what I read with music he was coming out with. For me I would of thought he would of had more of a Hard time growing up. But he was playing Gigs at his School, an all around Berkeley an he was loved. The Song where he says I Got No Pride, or The Whole World Owes Me So F%#k You! Are True Hard Influential Punk Statements, We Know, but how Hard Of A Punk Was Billie? Like, Who is paying him to play thier lyrics Freemasons? Have they gone really mainstream? Were they not like an underground band like we originally thought... It maybe just for show sometimes I guess. But some songs are better, not as redundant. The older albums are always going to be better. I could talk about them forever I have been listening since Dookie was famous probably the best album.
Same for me, but bass.... until I tried to learn 'No One Knows' in the first 6 months of *ever* picking up a bass lmfao!
I wish you'd have looked at "Dilemma" by them instead. I wasn't a fan of this latest single, but Dilemma is a much better song and you'd relate to it too.
Yeah, of all the new songs I have heard so far that one is definitely the "freshest" feeling Green Day song. That being said, I love Green Day because they prioritize making good music over everything else.
I agree!!
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Dilemma really make me feels so much now it’s playing on repeat…
As already mentioned in other comments, the riff originated from the Blues Magoos' We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet from 1966 and neatly carries on the colour theme!
Wow! You’re absolutely right. I haven’t thought of Blues Magoo since the 60’s. Brilliant.
I think even they "borrowed" it from Rucky Nelson, but "Ain't Got Nothing Yet" is the definition of a banger.
which was also covered by Status Quo back in the 60's and they used a similar Riff on their song gotta go home
Yet another color!
@@MYcoloradoplateau That's what I was about to say 😂
"There isn't an original thought in this fucking song." had me in stitches.
That is literally the most devastating of comments. I LOL'd when he said that as well.
Loved that comment. 🤣🤣🤣
Pretty much Pink, Iggy Pop and Muse blended into a song.
He's right.
@@Calumbo but then all art is just a combination of other things. So it isn't a bad thing.
Here's an arts and craft tip: If you were to mix the colours of pink and green then you would actually end up with a purple ...how deep the purple would be would depend on how heavy the hues of the pink and green were.
That chorus in the green day tune also completely matches one of Their OWN songs, Holiday
Play what pays lol
They have that a lot
There are multiple songs by green day that all end up bleeding together in my head (as a megafan). No Pride off Insomniac, becomes Jinx off Nimrod, becomes Deadbeat Holiday off Warning. I think it's just inherent to pop punk that there's only so much versatility you have to work with in coming up with melodies that stylistically match, which is probably why since 2009 they've basically just made whatever they felt like making, genre be damned.
10000%
@@littleredruri best take so far
Also sounds like Holiday to me. This might be my favorite video you've made (my other favorite is when you discussed giving permission to use your music, commercially). You managed to pick the song apart so easily and yet you still managed to say cool stuff about Green Day. I literally lol'd at the realization of colors being the common thread.
No complaints here that GD's songs are simple, means I can sit down and learn their tunes on guitar for fun
Tht was also my 1st thought Holiday!
Smoothly switching into Iggy Pop's Passenger was fucking great. I further heard their own "holiday".
Listen to green day and iggy pop's private hell and tell me what you think as well
I was gonna mention Holiday too. Other similarities aside, I’d figure they’d steal from themselves, before taking from someone else
They kind of do a sped up version in Hitchin' A Ride, too. Basically someone needs to play Green Day more Stooges/Iggy Pop songs. ;D
Totally heard Holiday, too!
They said this album will pay homage to American Idiot and Dookie. Totally holiday riff. You can hear Basket Case in American Dream is Killing me bridge
One of my favourite things about Green Day is that they are melodic above all else. I couldn't care less about wanting their songs to be complex and unpredictable just for the sake of being complex and unpredictable, we have plenty of other bands for that. I love what they do and that I can just pick up my guitar and jam to it.
That's not to say they don't have songs that are hard though, because a lot of their non single tracks can be quite complex and far more difficult, like the intro in Before The Lobotomy, FOD, Jaded, Panic Song, St. Jimmy and parts of Somewhere/Forever Now just to name a few examples. They are very skilled musicians and their music gets even more complex live, but their first priority is just making good, melodic music.
I think it really depends on how long you've been playing.
Before the Lobotomy is an arpeggio G - D - C - D#, and St Jimmy is just A5-D5-E5.
I like Greenday, but I can't remember them writing any complex. That's not necessarily a bad thing though. Plenty of kids (myself included) picked up a guitar in 2005 because of American Idiot.
@@SoundBuckle I agree. I don't listen to Green Day much anymore but I loved them around the time I picked up guitar and feeling the rush of playing simple power chords on the first day of learning is a great motivator! They have a special place in my heart for that.
@@lewisdean107 agreed. Jesus of Suburbia was the soundtrack to my youth. Love them for that.
Thanks for having a more open minded and respectful yet factual opinion of GD
I like Green Day but they're been ripping themselves off, and others, since American Idiot.
Great example of how supremely difficult it can be to write a simple song (that nobody else has written before)!
And yet no one ripped off Pink till now!
Especially if you don't try! :0)
Not really. I write a lot of songs that are now starting to get released and there are lines you don’t cross.
Ie. If I want to write a Hendrixy song in E… I CANNOT hit an open low E then do a hammer on to the chord. That’s ‘Yellow Ledbetter’.
So instead I start with the hammer on and hit the low E hit on the second beat. Now I’m working with a completely different emphasis and the riff will magically go elsewhere.
Green Day has been writing songs for simple people since the late 80s
This is too close and he can't use the excuse of "I had never heard that song".
I’m pretty positive there isn’t supposed to be much thought when it comes to this song. It’s just one you play and sing along to, mindlessly. I know when I sing along, the lyrics just come to me without having to think about it, it’s kinda strange, lol.
Purple pink green ....
This riff is regressing spiritually 😅😅😅😅 I haven't laughed this hard in a long time....
@@sounduser and Billie Joe said he was thinking of BLACK Sabbath?!?
Green day have written some amazing stuff over the years. Let's leave this song alone and enjoy it for what it is...a feel good banger that everyone is going to love belting out at the gig.
Agreed! I'm not a fan of the opening riff but it's still a decent tune if you grew up loving green day
Eh no they wont.. I need a poop will be the mutter in the audience.
@@flat_bastardlol. You like Green Day….to poop on
"There isn't an original thought in this f'ing song. Beginning to end."
Funny thing, Green Day might not be very unique in terms of songwriting, but its all about the delivery and attitude. I think props to the band for keeping up the energy which to me is inspiring. The production too 👌
You can thank Rob Cavallo for the production. Unfortunately you can often tell which albums he wasn't there for.
yep its definately style over substance. but they havent dont anything good since International Superhits@@Keopro
@@kevbarker8108 I think they’ve had quite a decent songs since then but American Idiot is still the strongest thing they’ve made since 2000. This album is the first time the production came close to that and there’s some tracks here that were genuinely great. Calling them derivative now is like calling Johnny Rotten obnoxious, they’ve always been like that (aside from Longview).
They are garbage now, haven't been good in about 20 years ..
When I learned bass, way back in the 90s, I learned the modal nodes. It was a total spoiler, because all of a sudden I could unlock almost any bass line on the spot. Made it easier to build bass lines as well, finding ways to make the same chords and drum patterns sound different by moving or not moving the bass.
What are modal nodes?
@@LittleLionsDenTV Ionian, Dorian Phrygian,Lydian, Mixolydian, Aolian & locran. All the shapes and voicing available from the major scale.
@@KitBasher1i thought those were the names of all the styles of Greek columns?
@@Superabound2 sort of, but that would be Corinthian, Ionic, and Doric
@@Superabound2 I’ll add though, The modes can be considered “columns” because it’s where you get your three major and minor key combinations from, plus that seventh mode full of fkt up chord options.
Justin sir. You made the connection by the band names consisting of colors and riff. Purple, Pink and Green. There happens to be one more color to add to the list, that being Blue. Released in 1966 a song called (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet by the Blues Magoos with the similar hook. Cheers
my band covered ain't got nothing yet..someone asked me if it was a Deep Purple song
Billie Joe also said the riff was inspired by Sabbath
Wait a tick - chakra colours
So Green Day took from Pink who took from Deep Purple as well as Blues Magoos! I love it. Also it feels like Billy Joe Armstrong was being snide/snotty by saying he took from Black Sabbath because Sabbath, Zepplin and Deep Purple are considered the "unholy trinity of british hard rock of the 70s". A sarcastic nod to the idea that everybody borrows from everybody, especially when writing pop as you often wind up regurgitating ear worms you can't place the origins of.
It's a rainbow conspiracy!!
Thank you for the “Pink/Green” moment. I needed to laugh today!
can't forget purple. there's something with color bands
Do you mean like The Jackson 5? 😆😅
oddly, you get purple when you mix all the other colors together@@hughneutron5303
@@hughneutron5303You mean like Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Cheer, Blue Swede, Blue Rodeo, Blue Monday, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Black Eyed Peas, Black Oak Arkansas, The White Stripes, Barry White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Redbone, Red Rider, Yellowjackets, Zac Brown, Jackson Browne, Pink Martini, and Orange. Did I miss any?
@@Charlesb88pink Floyd!
It would be interesting to see one played over the other like a twin guitar riff. The riff and the Pink riff are not the same melody but the rhythm is the same and I think they’d harmonise nicely.
Being able to disguise thinly veiled contempt as reverence is a vastly under-rated life skill.
Well said,always thought they were at best,a cover band.
Glad others pick it up 😂
Seemed a bit snobbish, but OK.
Green Day gets a hall pass to rip off anyone they want tbh because they're so amazing
I love Green Day, but I immediately thought of the Pink song when I first listened to One Eyed Bastard. Didn't want to hear Pink, it just happened 😂
It's not the same riff. Plus, you should just thank Green Day for almost making Pink bearable. 🤣
Greenday are power chords and excellent hooks. Easily learned on a guitar, but that is not a bad thing. Personally haven't been a massive fan of their past few albums but I'm loving the sound of the new stuff so far.
Justin, your commentary is genius and filled with so many dry quips. Thank you!
I love your honest reaction to this. My opinion on originality is that, there are already sooo many songs. Even for skilled and expierenced musicians it's hard to come up with something new with every song. If you try though.. you might be 50 when your first album comes out..
What makes things worse is if you ever do come up with something truly original you start to doubt whether anyone will like it anyway
“In the BBC documentary Heavy Metal Britannia, keyboardist Jon Lord supports Glover's statement about the song's origin, stating "Black Night was nicked from the bass line in Ricky Nelson's Summertime" and then proceeds to play the bassline riff on his grand piano”
So… even Deep Purple copied someone else.
It's weird because I couldn't really enjoy the song at first because, instantly, even though I haven't heard it in forever, I could only hear Pink's song. It was distracting, for sure, and I thought it was so weird that nobody in the studio got that impression upon hearing it (I'm just assuming). But, after waiting a bit and listening to it again, through headphones, and picking up on some more layers of the song, I could still note that Pink resemblance, but it sounded better to me. I like the song, especially as it goes into the chorus, starting with "vendetta", but, yeah. Weirddddddddd. Excited for the new album though.
It's something that happens so often, even the Foo fighters has this "problem" with one of their song
@@barcoscatalina7067 for sure! I love the new GD album, I've been listening since it dropped!
I need to listen to Deep Purple's beautiful music again...thanks Justin..
Green Day is the reason I got into Rock in the first place and got me playing guitar. Not everything has to be Prog, which is again not everyone’s cup of tea.
For a dude whose career is the definition of a one-hit-wonder he sure is pretentious AG
@@yoyo_ma7677 I wouldn't call The Darkness a one hit wonder. They have some nice songs. But he didn't need to shit on Green Day like this. He could've done Dilemma or Look ma no brains, which are better songs off the album.
@@yoyo_ma7677 if you say that green day is a one hit wonder kind of band you are SO wrong
@@pmaster1173hey, but it was fun to hear that joke about the colors
@@barcoscatalina7067 no, I’m saying Justin / The Darkness is a one-hit-wonder.
Idk how you read my comment and thought I was talking about Green Day
The originality is you Justin. Another great show very entertaining and yes only took a second to play lol purple pink green in that order for 👍
7:00 there isn't an original thought in this song.
You summed it up perfectly.
OMG, the Colors! LMAO!! This is why your channel is awesome!!!
I'm not a musician, just a fan of music, but I've never been a fan of Green Day. I've never understood what the hype was about. I just figure it isn't made with me in mind and move on. I'm happy they bring joy to other people.
People being influenced and emulating other people has happened many, many, many times in life and in the entertainment industry. Whether it's Music, TV, Films or Literature. Humans in general learn by copying others and you take what you learn and put your own spin on it to suit your personality. Coming up with something new and unique these days is very difficult. It's all been done before. (See that's a total cliché.)
I like old-school Green Day, but this was hilarious. I don't think there's anything wrong with simplicity. Some of the best songs in rock history are easy to play. There's a place for prog and simpler stuff.
Amen.
"My Generation" by far is such a simple song, yet one of the most powerful!
@@stoogeslap Smoke on the Water. All of the AC/DC catalogue and a bazillion others. That said, Justin is 100% right here about the song.
Totally agree. The problem with this song and so many like it, is it's so formulaic. The record industry figured it out years ago and this is the generic shit that sells. The predictable, catchy, dumb singalong will never stop because we'll always have more retarded ears listening to music than musicians.
This has nothing to do with simplicity. It is the same riff, in the same key, at a similar Tempo and groove. It is basically the same. But then stealing from Iggy Pop in the chorus as well is just ripping off someone elses music. But enjoy if that is ok for you
Ahhh poop, feel like you just dumped on one of my favourite bands 😂 you’re usually so nice! Did Billie Joe Armstrong upset you? Anyway, I love green day, particularly 90’s green day, but they still release some bangers and I’m looking forward to the new album, you should have review Dilemma! Ps. Punk music has always been simple, but hard and fast! 🤙🏻🤙🏻
I’m a huge Green Day fan and agree with your points. Is it original or innovative? Not particularly. But is it fun? Kind of. I do think some of the album’s other tracks will provide more flavor in terms of songwriting.
It’s easy to unconsciously write a similar sounding riff/melody, but what surprises me most is that no other band member, producer or manager along the way would make a point to say so!
Or maybe they did in on purpose? I don't know why they would do it tho
@@barcoscatalina7067 Yeah perhaps. I wouldn’t understand why either. Finally Justin critiqued something fairly: The production always sounds good, but Green Day are not pushing any boundaries!
100% said that it sounds like Pink first time I heard it. I think there's also bits that sound like Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
Can also 100% hear glow by alien ant farm for large sections of it.
Im hearing 'Holiday' there so they've ripped themselves off. I quite like it though 😀
I love how you actually take time to delve deeply into the details of what makes these riffs and harmonies similar enough to be questioned for originality, and actally play all the songs parts in question! Then
You can tear Dookie out of my cold dead hands! :) This one was obviously... "inspired" by a few songs though :(
"Green's a color too... Wait a minute..." I'm absolutely dead!!!
If you hadn't mentioned the pink song thing in the beginning... I still would have thought it was a Pink cover they were doing when the tune kicks off. That sounds just like that song.
It's not the same riff.
Holy crap! I heard all the similarities you speak of, i am not just picking fault in one of my fav bands. Still love Green Day. It is hard these days to not have similar sounds as there are only 5 basic notes and only so much you can do with them.
There are countless examples of Green Day songs sounding like other popular songs.
Uptight sounds like Dreaming by Blondie.
Waiting sounds like Downtown by Petula Clark
Brain Stew sounds like 26 or 6 to 4 by Chicago
Graffitia sounds like I Fought the Law by The Clash
Goodnight Adeline sounds like either Closing Time by Semisonic or Good by Better Than Ezra.
The line in Strange Days are Here to Say "Ever since Bowie died it hasn't been the same" sounds just like the line in The Gigolo Aunts song Where I Find My Heaven that goes "and the blood flows through my heart and leaves like sand as I share". Not to mention the opening guitar progression rips off their own song Basket Case which also reminds me that American Dream is Killing Me's solo is note for note the same Melody in Basket Case.
There are a lot more. I'll have to check my notes.
To me they're all derived from Zeppelin's How many more times and I'm sure they too were even inspired by an old blues riff knowing them haha.
Yessss, that's what I was trying to think of! 🤘
BRILLIANT!!! This is the best one yet Justin. Spiritualising the bands buy their color was genius and surprisingly accurate lol.
It would be a freaking scream to be able to watch this guy live.
Brilliant night out.
Catch him at your corner bar for only $5 and a drink ticket 🤣
I remember coming up with this great riff only to realize awhile later that it was from a Badlands song.
Hilarious video. The song seems to be Green Day playing their own song "Holiday" over a combination of The Passenger and So What.
I genuinely don't mind things that sound like other things to a certain degree, except in this case it's similar enough that if I wanted to listen to this song then I would just listen to one of those others instead...or more likely: just put on Deep Purple.
This shows the downside to longevity: if you don't totally change your sound (e.g. Opeth) or at least develop it significantly, then there's really no point releasing anything new. I don't hate Green Day, and I don't find this song bad, it just doesn't add anything to what they've already done. If they stopped writing after American Idiot (released in 2004) and just toured their old stuff, then honestly I'm not sure if we'd have collectively lost anything.
Funny that you should mention "Holiday" because it was the earworm that I had while reading the comments :)
Yeah ... the melody is different enough where it's okay ... but no doubt similar.
Dude have you ever listened to Revolution Radio or 21st Century Breakdown? Some of their best work came after American Idiot
Dude have you ever listened to Revolution Radio or 21st Century Breakdown? Some of their best work came after American Idiot
Dude have you ever listened to Revolution Radio or 21st Century Breakdown? Some of their best work came after American Idiot
ok but can we talk about how “Suzie Chapstick” steals a melody from “Dilemma” by Nelly (feat. Kelly Rowland)??
00:58 Those baffling silences...I adore them!!!😍 😂😂😂
05:01...🤣🤣🤣
Uncomfortable pauses. 😂
Loved the slight variation on the intro! Love your videos!
Personally, I enjoy Green Day - even their newer stuff. But I also greatly enjoy Justin Hawkin's contempt for Green Day.
I choose to live in a world where I can like this song, while simultaneously laughing and nodding in agreement with people who hate it!
Agreed! But I can’t bring myself to enjoy this one in particular… ripping off the absolute legend that is P!nk crosses the line for me. Got to agree with Jus on this one! 💖
Thoroughly enjoyed that 🤣😂 My favourite Greenday moment is a video I saw, of the crowd at a Greenday gig standing in front of a completely empty stage all singing in perfect unison to Bohemian Rhapsody. It's incredible, and doesn't involve Greenday at all...😁
The first 2 bars of the riff are also used in Knights of Cydonia by MUSE.
That Knights Of Cydonia riff is still one of the best riffs I’ve ever heard.
Sounds like Green Day covering Green Day
Sometimes simplicity is better especially when it comes to guitar. It almost sounds like they took something that was pretty good and just put a Green Day flavour on it.
I have loved Green Day for over 20 odd years but their 90s songs were the pinnacle of simplistic songs that were simultaneously original. I think they are writing to be commercial
now (and have done for a long time) but those Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod tracks were raw, unapologetic and conveyed true songwriting emotions, be they angst, love, or hatred. Just listen to Redundant, simple but very clever song. What I’m trying to say is, I like old Green Day more but the new stuff is just fun and shouldn’t be taken seriously. Thanks for reading my essay.
I'm not sure I agree with you on Green Day trying to be commercial. It's not like they need the money!
But, your point on the 90's albums is well taken. I'm a massive Green Day fan. I love most of the material they've put out over the years. (Although, FOAM's.......😢) My point is, the albums Kerplunk, Dookie, and Nimrod were relatable and heartfelt. The songs 'spoke' to me. I remember listening to Basket Case whilst I was in hospital having an 'emotional moment' (aka Mental health episode lmao 🤣). It sat so well with me, and got me through a *_really tough_* time.
But I love Saviours, so, hey, who am I to whine?! 🤷🏻👍😘♥️♥️💚💚💚💚💚
That song also sounds like their own other song Holiday in a sense to me too in ways.
I like the song, yeah the riff is nearly identical to the Pink song, but its still its own tune and enjoyable. Like you said, powerful and hits you like an ACDC record. Maybe not the most original and groundbreaking song ever, but still fun and sounds good
COPE 🤡
@@mindovermachine9501 hi virgin
So What tempo is also extremely close to the tempo of One Eyed Bastard, off by a few bpm. WOW. The Green Day one seems derivative of the Pink melody. Pink is probably pretty cool about things like this, and would be flattered, just a guess. Have a great day!
Bro I grew up with Green Day and I absolutely love all of their early albums. I heard this song, and was honestly really put off by it. Then I sat and listened to the whole album when it came out, and like 80% of the songs felt like they had riffs and chord progressions from other songs, and like you mention that's not necessarily always a bad thing. However, it did make me really upset when I heard it
I'm so happy someone else thought it resembled passenger, literally the first thing that came into my head when I heard the song.
There's a lot more to a band/artist/song than just what notes are being played. There are an endless amount of songs with the same chord progressions that you couldn't confuse with one another. I think Green Day has always had a recognizable and definitive sound though. Some people love it some people hate it. Not defending this one song as anything groundbreaking but it clearly couldn't be confused with the other songs he compared it to. Green D never needed to be complex musically to get their sound across.
Top form today! Lots of good nuggets throughout this one. And another spot on review. Bravo!!
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@@SuziQ.I saw! I’m very happy for the JHRA team. And I’m really excited for the next set of podcasts. The holiday break seems to have done him good.
@@sah-win I have really been missing the podcasts! 🥲
@@MariaFrancesca I love the when he has a guest, but the ones with him and JMF are my favorites. So, I’m hoping the first one back is just the two of them.
@@sah-win Those are my favorites, too! They have such good friend-chemistry between them that it's a pleasure to get to sit in on these, hilarious bantering all over the place. But then, since they obviously trust and respect each other, that friendship holds for some pretty tough questions, as well, and that gives their podcast an edge that pushes it up a level. They've been developing the production, which is great, but it's how their personalities interact that makes it such a good watch/listen.
You’re righter than rain, sir
Just wanted to say you earned my subscription with your intuition understanding the chords and honest analyses.
You’re awesome
ha ha ha ha wow,...now thats a paid responce
@@MLGadventuersinfinance101 lol naw, I was just caught off guard last night watching the video when I was drunk as shit, this song has bothered the crap out of me since I first heard it. 100% P!nk
Justin Hawkins throwing shade at the latest Green Day single is something I didn’t realize I needed until today! 😏
You live a sorry life bro 🥹
@@saintleoraunt2341 I’m a Green Day fan but they aren’t infallible. And your pity is not welcome. I’m quite happy but thanks for caring 😏
I'm glad you picked up on this, as my friend said it didn't sound anything like it. Of course I forwarded them this video of your review 😂🤣😂 I'll be singing bad a bing bad a bing woooooo, at the there concert this summer now you got that in my head ....😂🤣😂🤣
It's so pink that they used it to colour the video too!
I love how you played them one after the other and it just sounded like two slightly different parts in the same song. It was the first thing I noticed when I heard it. And you're right the Pink song is the better version. If they were in the same song together, the Green Day riff would be the setup and the Pink riff would be the payoff.
Thank you Justin! Said the same thing to my wife the first time i heard it, the song is amazing though 😂 It's the pink song + the passenger + Holliday from their own repertoire 😂😂
First video of yours I've seen and you are fantasticly entertaining. Subbed.
4:53 One hell of a "wait a shitty minute! 😳😮🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯" moment right there! 🤣😂🤣
Love your band, music and channel bro.
Cheers mate, nailed it! while I’m not a detractor, Green Day has long been an overblown, faux British accent singing, rip off of The Toy Dolls! Anyone else agree?
Pop and Pop Punk frequently borrow riffs and other musical elements. A challenge for Green Day lies in their genre's reliance on relatively simple power chord riffs to build songs, which can sometimes lead to a lack of innovation. However, "One Eyed Bastard" clearly sounds like Pop Punk. This demonstrates that even a touch of Pop Punk influence can make a song stand out.
@Justinhawkinsridesagain lovely video again Sire. I have a strange question that I've always wondered about. How do English-speaking people pronounce Røde? Ø is a Norwegian letter soo? Can you please do it in your next video? Pardon my lousy english.
Regards from a massive (in all senses 👀) Norwegian fan.
I've been a massive Green Day fan for almost 20 years, they originally inspired me to get into music in the first place, and I'm now working as an arranger/orchestrator in film and game music. Regardless; I did in fact, enjoy this video quite much. Because, you're ultimately spot on regarding the originality aspect of this song; it's predictable and simple, but the chorus and the change of chords in the chorus is a nice, subtle change; a nice stadium-anthem-sing-a-long! I just love the sound and vibe of Green Day and always enjoy hearing new stuff from them. In any event, all the best, Justin! Thanks for doing these videos!
"I've been a massive Green Day fan for almost 20 years" - That is a sad thing to hear that you had to go through that. Hang in there buddy, don't give up, there's actually some really good music out there!!
Ironic 😅@@Davitamon76
@@Davitamon76 Also a fan for almost 15 years already, I've discover lots of genres of music, but I always go back to Green Day everytime.
Same here @@ZenBeeGaming
@@Davitamon76 recommend us some bands all mighty one
I’ll be forever indebted to Green Day for being the band to get me to play guitar and eventually other instruments
But I’m not deaf and will admit that they haven’t had a great song in about 20 years. The newest tracks aren’t terrible but they’re not anything close to that Green Day of the 90s would’ve wrote
Unfortunately all true. They have been sucking a long time now, just like RHCP. Count your money and give it up.
I love it when you are in one of your 'mad' moods. You come up with the funniest stuff. The colour stuff really resonates lol.
The "cool bit" at 10:40 reminded me instantly of Tenacious D - Throw Down, at about 2:15 into their song. Add that to the pile of songs it closely resembles 😅
The Alex Turner thing is uncanny if you listen back to the first 2 albums. Even has that same distorted mic effect.
Yeah, I do feel they have very deliberately wen't with an Arctic Monkeys feel on this.
Billie has been doing that while Alex was still picking his nose in grammar school 😂
@@saintleoraunt2341 singing in a Sheffield accent? Don't think so mate.
@@paulmallon9292 I don’t care what you think. Fact is fact and Billie has been getting shit for singing in a British accent before Alex touched his first Fanny
@@saintleoraunt2341 haven't heard fanny in a while. You from Glasgow by any chance? Lived there for about 4 years. What a place. Good times.
Yeah heck if I know I thought the same thing with most of the album , better sounding than the last one , yet still immature with weak spots. I love Green Day and am super excited their back, I think live in person they're just as good now as they've been the past twenty years. I hope one day before their all too old , they really sit down and try to create something original of quality regardless of how successfully it will be received. As professional working musicians though I guess you have to give them the tip of the cap for staying relevant and the ability to sell rock albums to multiple generations of young people, that of which today is more difficult than ever. Maybe it doesn't work without some of the genericy gimmicks , because 90% of the consumers won't consume from sources that don't have some mixed in
I would still say Green days "American idiot" is one of the best albums made
I immediately thought this would be about how they cribbed the Brain Stew riff from Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4.
Tell me in 12:44 that you aren't too keen on Green Day, without saying you aren't too keen on Green Day. This whole video killed me, the "Deep Purple's a color" Brilliant. I don't really have an issue with the similarities between the songs, overall it sounds like a different song than PINK's, despite the closeness of that intro riff. I think Billy Joe writes a catchy tune. You're ear really is amazing.
I think the song is catchy and I like it. But it’s definitely a rehash of their older material and also borrows from so many other songs that it’s definitely not original. I cant fault Justin for feeling that way because it’s true.
Saviors is actually their best album in a decade. But it’s also just “ok” during most of its runtime and is lacking any big or memorable moments.
People forget how prog American Idiot was for the band. Songs on that record had shifting musical sections and was packed with big moments. Saviors in comparison plays it safe and has a track list of consistently good songs. The issue is most of the album isn’t great and there aren’t those “must hear” songs.
I love your videos because I have ZERO musical knowledge, I just know what I enjoy! So I find this all very educational. That said, as soon as the intro starts I hear Pink! It feels so familiar. Is this common for Greenday? I remember that years ago John Lawler/Jon Fratelli got a writing credit on Outlaws because it was ✨inspired✨ by Lupe Brown
This is the first time I've come across a Green Day song that sounds like they've ripped off someone else...
That's not to say that they haven't done it before, but if they have, they've hid it well.
That being said, their albums from "Dookie" (1994) to "American Idiot" (2004) are absolutely brilliant...
The upcoming album seems promising.
Oh, THAT'S why Jon Fratelli got a writing credit on Outlaws, I was wondering why Green Day 'wrote' a song with him out of all people.
If anyone gets a credit for it, it won’t be pink, because she wouldn’t have written that song anyway. Not throwing shade at her, that’s just how it works with most of those popstars. They get brought a catalogue of songs that are written by other people, they are just the ones who perform it.
Actually Pink was 1 of 3 writers on that one@@conors4430
@@Ennui. They have such a huge back catalogue over a long and successful career, I guess there are bound to be some songs that sound a lot like others?
News from the glamorous courthouse has landed. Mick Mars won a significant court victory in his legal war against Mötley Crüe yesterday in LA.
Deep Purple’s audio engineer, the late great Nick Blagona, also engineered my solo album, ‘It’s Not an Excuse, It’s a Reason’. The wild stories he shared will forever live rent free in my mind. 🥹🖤
It's like Green Day's 21 Guns sounds like the theme to Full House in the bridge...its just really hard for anyone to come up with something that sounds original when there is a finite about combinations notes can be arranged in. Its why I'm not a fan of immediately jumping to calling it a "ripoff".
When Joe Satriani sued Coldplay for Viva La Vida, Chris Martin replied that he never heard Satriani's If I Could Fly...which is very possible and likely in that case.
Justin, I discovered years ago, and even did a rough mashup in my DAW, that Basket Case by Greenday, has the same chord sequence as An earlier White Lion song called Cherokee, I changed the key and timestretched guitar solo and sat it on the Greenday track. Not only that, it's the same chords as Canon Rock, the rock adaptation of Pachelbels Canon in C.
Kind of reminds me of German Schlager music, which is basically an excercise in deconstructing EVERY other 80s pop track, and 'borrowing' every single hook, passing notes, riff, chord sequence etc. Every schlager song is like an orgy of recognition, familiarity within unoriginality!!
I'd cite 3 other examples where I spotted the same riff, it's a short 'Me, Re, Doh' chord rundown, which you can check, 'Whips & Furs' - The Vibrators, 'Another Girl, another Planet' - The Only Ones, and 'Westerland' by
Die Ärzte, listen and you'll recognise the bit I mean.
When I first started playing, I learned a ton of Green Day songs and they kept me going while I still had trouble learning Zeppelin and Sabbath songs. Definitely a good band along with AC/DC to listen to when you learn guitar.
Literally me too!
as a fairly beginner guitarist (playing for 3 years) i've listened to and played so many green day songs i can almost play the majority of a song after hearing it a few times which i have to say i cannot do with any other band. It's great fun but it's funny realising many of their songs share similar progressions and ideas.
pink, green, black, purple....colorful riff.
Forgot about Black...thx.
You crack me up. I love it! 😂 you're so right- they're ripping off another of their songs with the more original sounding part, too, from their first album 🙈
Didn't he claim it was a "Black" Sabbath inspired riff? 🤯
It was the song Black Knight by deep purple.
@@craigkrum950lose the k
@JJ-hu4zm just a few more colors and we can have an entire rainbow!
I still like it, though. Green Day was one my first favorite bands in 1995 and I still love them. Most of their music is derivative, but so what.
Hey Justin, have you ever considered uploading a video of your rehearsals? I see that Metallica sometimes posts videos of their tuning room (just them hanging out and rehearsing songs), and it would be great to see you guys relaxed and just fooling around