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Greenday - Time After Time
KharBevNor:
A bit of googling gives me the possible name 'Uncle Kraker'?
It's a Cyndi Lauper cover.
Sydney:
Uncle Kraker? I'll look it up.
It is a Cyndi Lauper cover yes.
It dosn't sound like good charlotte, i would hardly describe them as numetal. Generally i describe them as "play that and i'll tear your eyes out and stuff them in your ears" :p
Sorry about the agression and cussing earlier.
sp2:
--- Quote from: Sydney ---But they are good musicians.
--- End quote ---
Not really.
--- Quote ---They have that magic touch.
--- End quote ---
You mean the one where everything they touch turns to greenbacks? Yeah, last I heard, Good Charlotte can do the same thing.
--- Quote ---Everything fits.
--- End quote ---
According to a formula.
--- Quote ---It flows.
--- End quote ---
Like a bowel movement.
--- Quote ---I don't know the fancy words to describe it all, but i know music.
--- End quote ---
Do you now? Really?
--- Quote ---It's punk, but it's got that magic.
--- End quote ---
Oh damn, just when I was believing you know music, you pull this shit on me.
Green Day isn't punk. No, it's not. Sorry. Maybe it's pop punk. It's much closer to post-grunge alternative. Punk is raw. It's raunchy. It's not clean and comfortable with walking basslines. Punk is the Ramones, the Clash, the Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, the Misfits. 90s punk is Jawbreaker (with the exception of Dear You. Dear You was pretty much crap, but I digress).
Saying "oh, you're just talking shit about Green Day because they're rich and ubiquitous" doesn't help your case. Paris Hilton is rich and ubiquitous, and none of us are arguing that she's anything but a rich, obnoxious cunt. Green Day is decent. They're catchy, but no catchier than anything else that made the top 40 in the early 90s, and that really doesn't say much about quality.
As for American Idiot, this is why I think it was a cynical attempt to make money by throwinig in two cents about a popular political issue. Green Day's previous work had little to no political content, I'm sorry, but singing about jerking off just doesn't strike me as a poignant critique on corruption in American politics. American Idiot, like many other albums released in 2004, made Green Day suddenly political, which, you know, kudos to them, if EVERY OTHER BAND WITH ANY AFFINITIES TO PUNK, INDUSTRIAL, ALTERNATVE, OR U2 (by the way, fuck U2, Bono, you're a prick) HADN'T RELEASED AN ALBUM WITH NEARLY IDENTICAL CONTENT AND THE SAME LACK OF LYRICAL PROFICIENCY. Dude, even fucking Eminem did the same thing, okay? Yeah, sure, Green Day was making a statement, "Hey guys, I bet we can make more money off our fans if we write about something topical. Okay guys!"
Plus there's better punk out there. Really. Seriously.
So seriously, we don't care if you jerk off to movies of monkeys doing it, but don't defend it as if it's some sort of lifestyle choice, okay?
sp2:
I think my main problem with American Idiot is that it's part of a trend of celebrities being activists with other people's money.
Fuck that shit. Give me the Dead Kennedys.
Sydney:
Whatever. You're entitled to your opinions. Id rather not litter the forums any longer.
Suggest this thread is locked, deleted and banished into a deep dark pit. I just wanted to know if greenday had covered time after time.
I still like greenday, if that goes against the grain [Imagine something really insulting here].
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