1. Is that Mike Mills playing drums for George Baker? (And yes, Jason, I had no idea what Buckwheat was singing until I saw that, either.)
2. First time I've seen a recorder played outside church or elementary school.
3. I saw Ed Sullivan and immediately thought of "these four young men from Liverpool who call themselves THE RUTLES."
4. Gotta respect Green Day for progressing from this rather humdrum effort to an actual punk-rock concept album. "Dookie," though, had some better songs than this.
Beau
· 1 year ago
1. Is that Mike Mills playing drums for George Baker? (And yes, Jason, I had no idea what Buckwheat was singing until I saw that, either.)
2. First time I've seen a recorder played outside church or elementary school.
3. I saw Ed Sullivan and immediately thought of "these four young men from Liverpool who call themselves THE RUTLES."
4. Gotta respect Green Day for progressing from this rather humdrum effort to an actual punk-rock concept album. "Dookie," though, had some better songs than this.
Todd
· 1 year ago
Wasn't Freddie the "Potato Bug" in some Frankie and Annette movie?
Rob
· 1 year ago
IncIdentally, the saxophone solo on "I Want To Make The World Turn Around" is courtesy of Jason's favorite artist: Kenny G.
The second side of the Miller album, "Living in the 20th Century," is actually pretty nice with covers of blues classics.
A while back, I promised Jeff an "Idiot's Guide to Steve Miller." That offer is still out there. But in the meantime, you can get a preview at my new blog.
Well, you can make us happy right back if you tell 2 (or 200) friends we're here. We love you long time.
Frankly, speaking on behalf of the other Burners, the downtime was dreadful, but now past us. Let the weekly dissemination of snarkitude commence!
jasonhare
· 1 year ago
Man, I just can't get enough of "I'm Telling You Now."
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
And dig that fantastic technique the guitar players have! So much range and they never once move their fingers on the fretboard!
Clapton can suck it!!
Zack
· 1 year ago
I sure can.
Zack
· 1 year ago
I've always wondered whether the audio they used for the Greenday video was actually the live feed from the Woodstock concert - notice how at the 1:37 mark his strumming hand gets hit with a fistful of mud - but it doesn't seem to affect the sound at all. Any guitarists out there want to weigh in on this one?
JonCummings
· 1 year ago
I can't believe I didn't participate in this clusterfuck column! I want in! I have to stop going on vacation. Freddie & the Dreamers--now THAT's great music! You schmos with your Jerry Lewis references--you've got the wrong '60s lightweights. It was Gary Lewis, of the Playboys ("This Diamond Ring," "Count Me In," those Playboys), who was Jerry's son. A couple friends and I used to "Do the Freddie" at dorm parties in the mid-'80s to irritate people.
Whoops, I've said too much. I swear, I never attended dorm parties in the mid-'80s--much less DJ'd them, or gave in to the geeks who would only dance to that goddam "What I Like About You," which I can no longer listen to without hearing a bunch of nerds yelling "EEEEEEEE!" and seeing them pogo their dorky selves onto the dancefloor.
sorry...
Bastard No. 1
· 1 year ago
The biggest/quickest drop off from talented to crap has to be Steve Miller. I never dug his 70's stuff but I recognized he had talent. He went off the deep end in the 80's starting with the one track second side of the Circle Of Love album - "Macho City". "Bongo Bongo is one of the stupidest songs of the 80's and I want to make the World Turn Around is only slightly less dookie scented.
clark
· 1 year ago
i can't believe no one pointed out that the goofy song with the guy playing the recorder sounded very 'meet the flinstones' ish...does anyone hear the similarity?
i never loved dookie, but it was pretty good pop rock. i think everything green day has done since then has gotten worse and worse. that boulevard of broken dreams song is awful, and american idiot is almost as bad. and what's with the eyeliner and them going out of their way now to look hot topicy? they're so irrelevant to me it's almost embarrassing. i really dont understand the attraction.
JonCummings
· 1 year ago
I stopped paying attention to Green Day completely after Dookie, but American Idiot was ubiquitous around the house for more than a year thanks to my 10-year-old son--who, I'm proud to say, was introduced to the use of obscenities in pop music by Billy Joe. Whatever. There's lots worse music out there for a 10-year-old to like, and I have no problems whatsoever with exposing a kid to the political sentiments expressed on the album. To do a little SAT-level comparison, Green Day is to 10-year-old boys as _________ is to 6-year-old girls. (If you chose C., Hannah Montana, you score an 800 verbal.) What does it say about me that I have managed to find both Green Day and Hannah tolerable?
If you haven't managed to discover the mash-up versions of the American Idiot songs that have been floating around the Net for the last couple years under the monicker Dean Gray, they're worthwhile. They manage to ridicule and exult the band simultaneously, by exposing how Billy Joe has aped (and in many cases just ripped off) his musical influences.
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
No, I totally support your Hannah Montana backing. I mean, how could you not? In a day and age when the learning challenged are still mocked and ridiculed, Miley is right there, a shining example for big foreheaded kids everywhere. She's the 21 Century Corky.
Wait... What? She's not...? Oh... dear...
Old_Davy
· 1 year ago
I had effectively blocked "Paloma Blanca" from my memory banks until today. Thanks a lot guys. Now I won't sleep peacefully for a week.
All Comments
2. First time I've seen a recorder played outside church or elementary school.
3. I saw Ed Sullivan and immediately thought of "these four young men from Liverpool who call themselves THE RUTLES."
4. Gotta respect Green Day for progressing from this rather humdrum effort to an actual punk-rock concept album. "Dookie," though, had some better songs than this.
2. First time I've seen a recorder played outside church or elementary school.
3. I saw Ed Sullivan and immediately thought of "these four young men from Liverpool who call themselves THE RUTLES."
4. Gotta respect Green Day for progressing from this rather humdrum effort to an actual punk-rock concept album. "Dookie," though, had some better songs than this.
The second side of the Miller album, "Living in the 20th Century," is actually pretty nice with covers of blues classics.
A while back, I promised Jeff an "Idiot's Guide to Steve Miller." That offer is still out there. But in the meantime, you can get a preview at my new blog.
http://playitandbedamned.blogspot.com/
Frankly, speaking on behalf of the other Burners, the downtime was dreadful, but now past us. Let the weekly dissemination of snarkitude commence!
Clapton can suck it!!
Whoops, I've said too much. I swear, I never attended dorm parties in the mid-'80s--much less DJ'd them, or gave in to the geeks who would only dance to that goddam "What I Like About You," which I can no longer listen to without hearing a bunch of nerds yelling "EEEEEEEE!" and seeing them pogo their dorky selves onto the dancefloor.
sorry...
i never loved dookie, but it was pretty good pop rock. i think everything green day has done since then has gotten worse and worse. that boulevard of broken dreams song is awful, and american idiot is almost as bad. and what's with the eyeliner and them going out of their way now to look hot topicy? they're so irrelevant to me it's almost embarrassing. i really dont understand the attraction.
If you haven't managed to discover the mash-up versions of the American Idiot songs that have been floating around the Net for the last couple years under the monicker Dean Gray, they're worthwhile. They manage to ridicule and exult the band simultaneously, by exposing how Billy Joe has aped (and in many cases just ripped off) his musical influences.
Wait... What? She's not...? Oh... dear...