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Originally Posted by kermitology
Did you even read what I said? I'm not comparing albums, I'm comparing musical styles. Tracks off of American Idiot sound to me like the boring, "make some **** up" songs that Good Charlotte spit out.
I'm not using Ed The Sock to prove a point, I'm re-stating his comments on the "dye your hair black, put on mascara and have an attitude" style that Green Day and Good Charlotte now seem to share.
Believe everything that the critics tell you and don't form you're own opinions. Got the message!
I'm not saying that bands can't change, but that Green Day has tried to become something that is shallow and boring compared to what they once were, when they were popular the first time. I haven't listened to Green Day since Dookie, but someone told me that American Idiot was amazing. Frankly, I thought it was boring and trite.
As for the change in style from tried and true three chord punk... consider the songs of American Idiot and compare that to Dookie. I'll venture that the complexity is greater in Dookie, lord knows it's at least played faster.
Who cares if someone knows that Green Day had albums before Dookie, or that Welcome To Paradise is on two of them in succession? If you've listened to Green Day what the hell is wrong?
I'm not saying that Green Day is ****. I'm saying that the accolades that Green Day gets for producing something "different" are unfounded. You want to see something different, look at something like Coheed and Cambria. Forget the concept album (I mean, Green Day are the only ones who ever thought that up) CAC are a bloody concept band. They're not everyone's cup of tea, but that's more original than American Idiot.
But as far as I'm concerned, the most original thing I've heard recently is Ben Folds covering Snoop Dog's song Bitches Aint ****.
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I never said I believe everything the critics tell me.......hell Warning is probably my second favorite GD album and it wasn't recieved very well by fans or critics. I'm just letting you know that comparing GC to GD is well.........a slap in the face to GD.
Many bands share the same musical styles but are nowhere near each other in musical ability. So it sounds like your saying you hate all music that sounds like GC, even GD just becuase to the casual listener see's some similarities in the musical style.
OMG lol...........Dookie was not really complicated in any way, no matter how you look at it. Solid songwriting and catchy hooks in a nutshell.