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[psycho_snake]

At school we have this radio and it plays throughout break and lunch. At lunch i was sitting with my friends and then boulevard of broken dreams, GAF's favourite song, starts to play. I then said that this was the most awful thing that Ive ever herad and one of my friends just looked at me as though she was going to kill me. She then starts ranting on about how Greenday and Blink 182 are some of the greatest bands ever and some people agreed. I mentioned some groups that I liked, such as U2, The smashing Pumpkins and tool and she replies "U2 are alright, but who the fuck are tool and the smashing pumpkins?" I just couldnt believe it, I cant understand how anyone likes to listen to shit like that, its awful.

 

[Naked Snake]

Greenday is pretty good.

 

[olimario]

Greenday is pretty good.

Yeah, so is Blink 182. A couple of the best bands I've ever heard.

 

[Rlan]

I enjoy Greenday. Hate Blink though.

Boulevard and American Idiot are songs you can easily listen to while walking around. Heck, I enjoy a good bit of Offspring [Walla Walla, One Fine Day, All I want, Kids aren't alright, Mota] on the ol' MP3CD player.

 

[Rorschach]

Blink sucks nards.

 

[Teknopathetic]

If Blink's the best band you ever heard, you need to take a handful of cash and rape your local music store.

 

[karasu]

So what?

Comparing Blink 182 and Greenday is retarded.

 

[olimario]

It was sarcasm... I was going along with the first post to agree with psycho's stupid friends.

 

[border]

and then my friend said that mortal kombat was the best videogame ever and I was like "metal gear is cool" and they were like "what's metal gear?" what the heck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[psycho_snake]

I enjoy Greenday. Hate Blink though.

Boulevard and American Idiot are songs you can easily listen to while walking around. Heck, I enjoy a good bit of Offspring [Walla Walla, One Fine Day, All I want, Kids aren't alright, Mota] on the ol' MP3CD player.

Those are the two songs that really made me really hate them. They have been played over so many times that its now painful to listen to.

 

[DSN2K]

Greenday are great.

 

[TheDrowningMan]

Your friend is very wrong, of course, but in this case I've decided that it's okay to be wrong. I don't care for their music, but there are myriad bands more offensive than Green Day.

 

[tedtropy]

My [insert opinion] is so much better than your [insert opinion]. LOL, your [insert opinion] is teh gay and totally [mainstream / pretentious / poop smell].

 

[dem]

OH NO SOMEONE DOESNT LIKE MUSIC I LIKE

go fuck yourself you dimwit



Maybe when you grow up you'll be able to cope with the fact that green day.. is infact.. catchy. Its fucking enjoyable. Quit looking for some sort of meaning in music because for most people its just the background noise while they goto walmart.

Elitist music fucktards get more annoying each day.

 

[Penguin]

I never did get why taste in music is more subjective yet so "factual" base. Is there a problem with liking the bands?

 

[tedtropy]

OH NO SOMEONE DOESNT LIKE MUSIC I LIKE

go fuck yourself you dimwit



Maybe when you grow up you'll be able to cope with the fact that green day.. is infact.. catchy. Its fucking enjoyable. Quite looking for some sort of meaning in music because for most people its just the background noise while they goto walmart.

Elitist music fucktards get more annoying each day.

I think it stems from an insecurity in their own music tastes. He is, in fact, a closet Gwen Stefani and Green Day fan. But...what will the neighbors think?!

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Dookie was pretty good back in the day. They kind of suck now though.

 

[psycho_snake]

OH NO SOMEONE DOESNT LIKE MUSIC I LIKE

go fuck yourself you dimwit



Maybe when you grow up you'll be able to cope with the fact that green day.. is infact.. catchy. Its fucking enjoyable. Quite looking for some sort of meaning in music because for most people its just the background noise while they goto walmart.

Elitist music fucktards get more annoying each day.

Your the one that should go and fuck yourself. Its a matter of opinion. I think that Greenday are shit, so what? You think that when I "grow up" I will realise that Greenday are catchy and fucking enjoyable? I dont think so. I dont like them, but that doesnt mean that I dont like mainstream.

 

[LakeEarth]

The song is good, but like many songs before it, the radio killed it. When both the soft rock stations and the hard rock stations play the song, a great song is killed by overplaying.

 

[bud]

Rock sucks!

Bye.

 

[FortNinety]

Dookie was pretty good back in the day. They kind of suck now though.

Kind of?

 

[shuri]

LOL EVERYONE KNOWS THAT OFFSPRING IS BETTER THAN GREENDAY. HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THE NEW AEROSMITH VIDEO 'AMAZING' WITH ALICIA SILVERSTONE BEING MADE IN A VIRTUAL REALITY GAME BY THIS NERD?!

THEY HAVE SEX ON A MOTOCYCLE!!!!!

 

[human5892]

American Idiot (the album, not the song) is an impressive achievement, IMO. Very, very good.

And this is coming from someone who more or less was not a fan of Green Day for their entire career up to American Idiot.

 

[Draff]

Green Day's awesome. You're the one that sucks.

 

[Kung Foo Kid]

I'm sorry but this whole topic is so... pointless. Yes hate on your friend because they have an opinion or enjoy something you don't. Wow.

 

[xsarien]

Blink-182 and Green Day should never, ever be in the same sentence, unless that sentence is "Green Day is awesome, but Blink-182 needs to be pulled out into the street and shot."

 

[Dilbert]

At the risk of losing whatever "eclectic cred" that I might have accumulated, I will say this: Green Day is in that unique category of bands where I have never bought any of their albums, but have enjoyed their music on the radio throughout their career and respect them a lot. Out of all the bands which emerged during that faux "pop punk revival," they have had the most consistently impressive songwriting.

Blink-182 is completely crap by comparison, though...and you can instantly tell the difference if you've seen clips of the two bands in the live setting. Green Day rocks and sounds 95% like the recorded version...Blink-182 sound HORRIBLE. The guy working the pitch correction software for their records ought to be paid extra, in my opinion.

The other somewhat related band in the "radio respect" category is The Offspring. Is it just me, or is every single one of their songs an anthem?

 

[psycho_snake]

I'm sorry but this whole topic is so... pointless. Yes hate on your friend because they have an opinion or enjoy something you don't. Wow.

Where the fuck did I say i hate my friend you dumbass? I said that i disagreed with her thinking that Greenday are one of the best bands ever.

 

[human5892]

The other somewhat related band in the "radio respect" category is The Offspring. Is it just me, or is every single one of their songs an anthem?

Nowadays, definitely. There was a time when they were a lot better, though...Ignition (their second album) is actually halfway decent, if not primitive.

Also, yeah, Blink 182 is a menace. I've heard that their most recent album isn't too bad, though, but I can't vouch for that.

 

[Diablos]

"American Idiot" isn't that bad of an album, to be perfectly honest.

 

[ElyrionX]

I'm sorry but this whole topic is so... pointless. Yes hate on your friend because they have an opinion or enjoy something you don't. Wow.

Welcome to GAF, junior.

 

[Brofist]

Instead of telling us how your friend's music tastes suck shit by your elite standards, why don't you let her borrow a Tool or Smashing Pumpkins CD...she's obviously listening to stuff that she has easy access to..introduce her to some other stuff. If she doesn't like it, then oh well ehh.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

I still have <3 for Greenday after dookie. Can't relly hate them, cause they had one really great CD at some point. Any band that does that can't be written off completely IMO.

 

[Kung Foo Kid]

Where the fuck did I say i hate my friend you dumbass? I said that i disagreed with her thinking that Greenday are one of the best bands ever.

It says "hate on" not actually hate. It is slang from where I am that means in the best example "to act negatively towards". Plus genius you didn't disagree from what you wrote, you basically attacked their views. Did your friend liking Green Day have some great effect on your life.

I then said that this was the most awful thing that Ive ever herad

Just let them like, what they like and you enjoy, what you enjoy to listen to.

Instead of telling us how your friend's music tastes suck shit by your elite standards, why don't you let her borrow a Tool or Smashing Pumpkins CD...she's obviously listening to stuff that she has easy access to..introduce her to some other stuff. If she doesn't like it, then oh well ehh.

Perhaps you should follow that advice.

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

hoorakah

 

[missAran]

Green Day is awesome. Compare Dookie to American Idiot and you really see how a few young guys really grew up. As a result, their music changes but remains excellent. I like Green Day a lot, they really opened the path for a lot of other great bands.

 

[demon]

I'm kind of like jinx on this matter, although to a lesser extent. I've never owned a Greenday album or really followed them, but for years I've always thought they stood out as being better than average in their genre.

 

[hXc_thugg]

I like Green Day a lot, they really opened the path for a lot of other great bands.

Tell me some of these great bands, plz! The only thing that comes to mind is Blink 182 and others like them.

Green Day has always been a pretty good band, but I don't think they did much in the way of expanding the music scene.

 

[videogamer]

Sure, make fun of other people's music tastes.

I forget. What incident was Moho1989 known for in the old forum? It was something funny, but I can't remember what it was about. I think it was in the Gaming forum.

 

[Richiban]

Green Day is a great band whose body of work has really changed and grown over the time that they've written music, however I could hardly call them the best band ever.

I can't think of one way that they've changed the face of music, other than helping revive the whole Mall Punk Genre of music.

 

[Mercurial]

stuff

Death On The Stairs by The Libertines goes well with your avatar.


That is all.

 

[Tamanon]

American Idiot was one of the greatest ROCK albums of last year. It just flows amazingly well and is brilliantly crafted. Weaves a story and draws you in, while not being overly "artistic", still has some great Anthems going on

 

[Soybean]

American Idiot is IMHO Green Day's greatest album ever. My friends made fun of me for going to a Green Day concert in October ("I would go... if it were 1996!") but who's laughing now? Now I can't get tickets to another concert they're doing in the area. They played most of the album at the other concert I went to, but I'm hearing they're playing the entire album at concerts now. I would like to hear that.

 

[8bit]

Sure, make fun of other people's music tastes.

I forget. What incident was Moho1989 known for in the old forum? It was something funny, but I can't remember what it was about. I think it was in the Gaming forum.

Behind Blue Eyes.

 

[Azwethinkweiz]

While I'm not a huge fan of their music anymore, I'd still jump at the chance to see Greenday live. Their live shows are always a blast.

Oh, and fuck you haters, Dammit was an awesome song.

 

[SonnyBoy]

I definately enjoyed GreenDays last album. I'm an avid hiphop fan and I rarely listen to any form of rock but I can't listen to this cd from front to back. Definately a good album imo.

 

[miyuru]

How fucking old are your friends to not even know who the Pumpkins are? :lol

It's all right to like Greenday, I love Greenday myself. I like the Pumpkins and U2 too (Tool isn't really my style). It's ok to not like these bands too...but it's ignorant to diss them when you haven't heard of them :lol

 

[milanbaros]

I agree that is f'in weird that they don't know who smashing pumpkins are but you shouldn't dislike them because they think green day are great, by most standards they are. They have a good catalogue of songs. Blink on the other hand are just a pile of crap. I would be more worried that she thinks they are even on the same level.

 

[JPRaup]

American Idiot is one of my fav albums, some great tracks on there

 

[Richiban]