Hot or Not?
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Mark Sun said:
It's a "not" from me Bex. Didn't you fancy that skanky rock type from last year's X-Factor as well??
I can't post pics, but my latest unusual crush is the ginger actor from "Rome", Kevin McKidd.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/kevin_mckidd.shtml
LagunaBeachCA
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Mark Sun said:
Exactamundo.
Morbyd
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uh... yesBarbie said:Are Green Day still around?? Is this the same Green Day who sang Basketcase and When I Come Around years ago when I was a young pup-pess
Their most recent album - a satyrical rock opera "American Idiot" - went many times platinum and was a huge hit in the US, UK and Europe. They even had the longest-ever performance on Top of the Pops a couple of weeks ago (playing one 3-song movement from the album).Great album too... their best since Dookie (which had the songs you mentioned) though 1995's "Insomniac" and 2000's "Warning" were also quite good.
Morbyd said:uh... yes
Great album too... their best since Dookie (which had the songs you mentioned) though 1995's "Insomniac" and 2000's "Warning" were also quite good.
I didn't realise that's what the kids of today listened to
I've not heard of them since that Dookie album.
Morbyd
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I'm not a kid and I listen to themBarbie said:I didn't realise that's what the kids of today listened to
I think one of the reason they've done so well with their latest album is because they've reinvigorated their old fan base (people like me) while also connecting with a new generation of fans. It's a quality piece of music.
Morbyd
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I've only seen them once - a free outdoor show in Boston.silvia said:I saw Green day about 12-15 years ago, I paid 3€ for the ticket and I've also got a tape with their last songs, still not recorded in a studio
70,000 people showed up (they expected 20,000) and people down front were getting crushed against the stage so they stopped the show after 30 minutes, resulting in a riot!
They're pathetic 35 year-olds who pretend to be kids to try and hold onto the "yoof" market.
Without the balls for proper punk or music with any real edge.
To see him play the guitar on the video to American Idiot is simply cringeworthy.
And they aren't the type of band that should make "protest" songs, (unless there was money involved, eh?).
Although they deserve credit in the way thy were the first reasonably successful band of their type which spawned millions of others, they are not much more than Mcfly or Busted originals.
Although I do hold them in very high regard for that Basket Case tune. I went on a coach trip with school to the south of France when I was 15, and this "grugry hippy type" (who's unique music taste was a source of constant derision) kept playing this, and we were all hooked on it.
One of my biggest "memory" tunes.
Without the balls for proper punk or music with any real edge.
To see him play the guitar on the video to American Idiot is simply cringeworthy.
And they aren't the type of band that should make "protest" songs, (unless there was money involved, eh?).
Although they deserve credit in the way thy were the first reasonably successful band of their type which spawned millions of others, they are not much more than Mcfly or Busted originals.
Although I do hold them in very high regard for that Basket Case tune. I went on a coach trip with school to the south of France when I was 15, and this "grugry hippy type" (who's unique music taste was a source of constant derision) kept playing this, and we were all hooked on it.
One of my biggest "memory" tunes.
Morbyd
Moderator
Green Day weren't necesarily original, actually. In their early years, they just produced a slightly slowed-down version of the hardcore power punk onthe mid 1980s.
But they were the first band to make that style commercially viable.
They were never (then or now) making themselves out to be a teenage punk boy band, so comparisons to McFly or Busted are illconceived. Blink 182, Sum 41 and Good Charlotte are better examples of bands that followed and emulated their style.
But they were the first band to make that style commercially viable.
They were never (then or now) making themselves out to be a teenage punk boy band, so comparisons to McFly or Busted are illconceived. Blink 182, Sum 41 and Good Charlotte are better examples of bands that followed and emulated their style.
Beckiboo
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Tell me about it
There's something about a rocker with problems that makes you just want to help them doesn't it I dont think you can ever compare Green Day with the likes of Busted or McFly
Considering Green Day have been around for 16+ years and have always stuck true to their own style I think they deserve a bit of credit. Just because these artifical "punk" boybands have tried to copy them shouldn't diminish Green Day's own credibility.