So What Are You Listening To?

[Anela]

 

[Rushmoras]

Second Green Day album "Kerplunk" (1992). More or less the same as the first one in terms of enjoyment and quality.

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Third Green Day album "Dookie" (1994). So far, I think it's their best work. Though, I have the same observations as with the Ramones (or maybe, it's the same with all punk bands) - majority of the album chords and riffs sound exactly f*cking same!

 

[Anduin]

2 hours ago, Rushmoras said:

Third Green Day album "Dookie" (1994). So far, I think it's their best work. Though, I have the same observations as with the Ramones (or maybe, it's the same with all punk bands) - majority of the album chords and riffs sound exactly f*cking same!

 

That was the breakthrough one, right?

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

I think so, I remember them getting tons of coverage during the 1994 (?) MTV's Music Awards Show back then.  They had arrived to the Big Times,lol. 

[Anduin]

12 minutes ago, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:

I think so, I remember them getting tons of coverage during the 1994 (?) MTV's Music Awards Show back then.  They had arrived to the Big Times,lol. 

From there it was game on for the punk thing except with an easier sound. Offspring, Pennywise, Bad Religion, and probably more I've forgotten.

[Rushmoras]

13 hours ago, Anduin said:

That was the breakthrough one, right?

Yep, as One4 said, I believe this was their breakthrough album, and it clearly shows! That being said, so far, not really a fan.

[Rushmoras]

Fourth Green Day album "Insomniac" (1995). Eh, kinda like the rest of their albums. It's decent, but so far nothing wow for my tastes.

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Fifth Green Day album "Nimrod" (1997). Nothing new to say, decent, but lacks something for my tastes to call it good or recommended.

 

[BlueSkies]

well for obvious reasons his last name if you will has been in the news a lot.  But it made me think of Chuck.

 

One of my music pet peeves is when people of older generations get annoyed when younger people like their music.  

 

This is good stuff below.  my Dad's response when I brought him up: He's still alive?

 

 

[Rushmoras]

Sixth Green Day album "Warning" (2000). Okey, with this, they changed-up their style. I would not categorize this as punk. And, quickly wikying it, yep, it has many styles. I'd call it alternative, though mostly it still has some punkish roots, but its night and day difference from their previous albums. I would even say that so far for me it is their best one.

 

[Rushmoras]

Seventh Green Day album "Shenanigans" (2002). Yep, after the previous album they really did do shenanigans with this one, it's so jarring to hear such difference.

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Eight Green Day album "American Idiot (Deluxe Version)" (2004). If my memory of personal rankings that I've made does not elude me, this is so far, their second best album.

P.S. Also, I'm a stupid idiot or maybe Spotify's system is a stupid idiot. Finally figured out why, for example, all rappers and some songs in my playlists are greyed-out. It turns out that the app, which I've have on my PC and don't ever use, has disabled explicit content! So, now I've enabled it, and, voila, all songs are now normal on may internet spotify playlist 😆

[Rushmoras]

Ninth Green Day album "21st Century Breakdown" (2009). I'd say this one is on par with American Idiot, though, probably, production wise, it wouldn't be my favourite work of theirs, but as an album, can't really find faults with it. I mean, this statement is full of contradictions, but it is what it is - either this album I'd rate good or bad, depending on my mood, because music wise, it shifts tonally from their previous works. It's less edgy, less fast, less punk, I guess, more mature and stuff, and, yeah... it's alright.

 

[Rushmoras]

Tenth Green Day album (well, technically, three albums called One, Two and Three) "Uno, Dos, Tre!" (2012). Ever since American Idiot, they are continuing on with the new alternative direction. This was pretty good.