Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Bork — Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:36:54 GMT

Author: Bork

Posted: 11/09/2011 21:36

Applerill wrote:

Bork wrote:

Glad to see there is support for this album, one of the main defenders of rock & roll music in the third millennium.

Clearly there is a lot of silent support for it, but I believe what Hayden meant with "this site does not like it" is that this FORUM does not like it. I have had to take several beatings for openly stating that it's a keeper.

Hey, Bork, have you ever listened to Care Bears On Fire? Despite their cheesy scene-calibur band name, I think you'd really love them. They're almost like a modern, Go-Go-ified version of the Ramones, and they're full of great riffs and analog production quality.

Never heard of but will check them out. Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Applerill — Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:12:37 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 11/09/2011 17:12

Bork wrote:

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Bork — Wed, 9 Nov 2011 11:55:18 GMT

Author: Bork

Posted: 11/09/2011 16:55

Glad to see there is support for this album, one of the main defenders of rock & roll music in the third millennium.

Clearly there is a lot of silent support for it, but I believe what Hayden meant with "this site does not like it" is that this FORUM does not like it. I have had to take several beatings for openly stating that it's a keeper.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Anonymous — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 18:34:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2011 23:34

When this album first came out I was going through the same Green-Day-is-so-gay-lolololol phase that every teenage male has to go through at some point. But then I decided to pull this album out a few months ago and give it a more serious listen now that I know what good music is, and I was surprised to find that this album is actually kind of brilliant. Every tune on the album is catchy as hell, and the story, while vague, is pretty damn powerful. Some may find this album annoying and cliche, and that's certainly a justifiable opinion, but for me this album's just too damn much fun.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Hayden — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 13:24:59 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/06/2011 18:24

cartoken wrote:

Hayden wrote:

This site, does not like it. 🙁

it's in the 104#, so this site likes it too.

I really don't know how it got that high on here 🤣 70/100 rating averatge, with constant comments on how much it sucks.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

cartoken — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 13:20:32 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 11/06/2011 18:20

Hayden wrote:

This site, does not like it. 🙁

it's in the 104#, so this site likes it too.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Hayden — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 09:55:29 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/06/2011 14:55

Meh, I'm also a bit tired of this album being trashed.

Yeah, yeah, it's "mainstream punk-rock for teenagers. Only people with bad taste in music listen to that stuff" sort of thing. But I find it a good album. If I didn't have my top 10 of 2011 on my chart, it'd be in my top 100 at #97.

It's fun, rebellious, fun to blast on a stereo, and a decent story. Also has a nice 'fuck you' punk-vibe.

I like it.
The public likes it.
Critics like it.

This site, does not like it. 🙁

Ah well. I still like all the My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, Talk Talk stuff too 😁 ....(and once I can understand the appeal of Sonic Youth, them too 🫢 )

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

40footwolf — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:15:04 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 11/06/2011 09:15

sgraham1990 wrote:

I'm disappointed this album doesn't get the respect it so hugely deserves because this is easily the greatest non Lloyd-Webber rock opera of all time.

hahawhat

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Anonymous — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 03:47:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2011 08:47

sgraham1990 wrote:

As much as I love Pink Floyd and The Who for example, it makes their attempts at rock operas look superficial at best.

See now that's just depressing...

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

sgraham1990 — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 02:10:35 GMT

Author: sgraham1990

Posted: 11/06/2011 07:10

I'm disappointed this album doesn't get the respect it so hugely deserves because this is easily the greatest non Lloyd-Webber rock opera of all time. The level of song craft here is impeccable; melodic, chordal and lyrical themes are introduced, built upon and combined so effortlessly it's breathtaking. As much as I love Pink Floyd and The Who for example, it makes their attempts at rock operas look superficial at best. The song "Letterbomb" is the most climactic point in any album ever.

Anyway, happy to see it as album of the day. I love you Green Day!

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Captain_Dude — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 01:22:33 GMT

Author: Captain_Dude

Posted: 11/06/2011 06:22

I think this album is brilliant and extremely listenable! I've stuck by these guys all throughout their career and I've enjoyed all of their albums. Rock on, Green Day!

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Anonymous — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 00:00:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2011 04:00

absolutely horrible

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Anonymous — Sat, 5 Nov 2011 23:07:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2011 03:07

I was 10 when this came out and I didn't like it then and don't like it now. The "story" makes no sense at all and the political message is very... vague. I would give it a 40/100 overall.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

pearljammer13 — Sat, 5 Nov 2011 22:20:31 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 11/06/2011 02:20

A lot of people hate on Green Day, but the fact is both this album and Dookie are hugely influential and both great albums in their own right. Jesus of Suburbia is an epic song. Letterbomb is great, Homecoming is fantastic, St Jimmy rocks hard. It was a huge concept and they pulled it off pretty damn well.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Anonymous — Sat, 5 Nov 2011 20:26:31 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2011 00:26

I hated this album in middle school when it came out because all these people I hated listened to it and called it "punk" (favourite thing someone ever said: "Billy Joel is punk because he wears eye-liner"), but when I tried to get them to listen to the Clash or Dead Kennedys (which I was listening to a lot at the time) they dismissed it as stupid because they had never heard of it before.....sigh...

in the long run its a merely average album, the long songs are quite good, but I still think Wake Me Up When September Ends is one of the most horrendous pieces of drivel ever released

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

nrs182 — Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:33:30 GMT

Author: nrs182

Posted: 11/05/2011 23:33

I think is extremely overrated, not Green Day's best at all. Is a pretty good album thought, I personally think Jesus of Suburbia is a master piece.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

Xavygravy — Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:21:27 GMT

Author: Xavygravy

Posted: 11/05/2011 23:21

ugh... American Idiot (the title track) is absolutely terrible. 🤮

And in general, the vocals are crap and generic.

The album itself definitely isn't 'great' (at all), but it is good.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

mooseboy101 — Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:00:42 GMT

Author: mooseboy101

Posted: 11/05/2011 23:00

If you never listened to this in high school (or middle school if you're Applerill), then you had no childhood.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

40footwolf — Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:56:31 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 11/05/2011 22:56

Applerill wrote:

For six years, I hated on this album, citing that it was the most overrated album of the decade, and was meaninglessly pretentious post-grunge garbage.

But after listening to it again a few months ago, I realized it's actually really good at points.

This was one of those albums that it was seriously uncool to like in high school and I fell into the same trap. I'll have to listen to it again to see if it really was all that bad or if I was just being a douchey teen like the rest of my peers.

Re: Album of the day (#359): American Idiot by Green Day

cartoken — Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:48:17 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 11/05/2011 22:48

Nice album, but nothing special (60/100), but one 5/5 song: American Idiot. i slightly prefer Dookie.
The good thing about this album is that Punk Rock went mainstream once again in the 2000s.