Green Day inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

I only had Dookie and Insomniac, saw them live in 95? I think, but somehow the two albums didn't age that well for me, I stopped giving a shit long before American Idiot.

bascet case and she, that's all I remember, I enjoyed those.

If i ha to name my favorite GD song id probably go with She yeah. Supposing i still have a fav GD song.

[pavementtune]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

I like the dudes voice and he drops the occasional really relatable teenage angst line but there's not a ton of substance ultimately

I think I wasn't looking for more substance, it was perfect at the time, so I give them that much credit, it worked fine in terms of "relatable teenage angst lines"

She...
She screams in silence
A sullen riot penetrating through her mind
Waiting for a sign
To smash the silence with the brick of self-control

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

Supposing i still have a fav GD song.

ha, I didn't think I had a favorite Green Day song until just now, I simply haven't thought about their songs in a long time. I made it halfway through She just now, still sweet, sort of.

[Elphenor]

Basket Case is really good no qualifiers

[Elphenor]

Wait I'm thinking of a different song, that song actually kind of sucks

Edit: Longview is the song that's actually really good

[pavementtune]

you can call me fuzzy. here is a youtube video, just because.
I admit I sang along, in 2004, so there, said it, enternal teenage angst appreciation

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

I think I wasn't looking for more substance, it was perfect at the time, so I give them that much credit, it worked fine in terms of "relatable teenage angst lines"

ha, I didn't think I had a favorite Green Day song until just now, I simply haven't thought about their songs in a long time. I made it halfway through She just now, still sweet, sort of.

I liked the part where he screams then the instrumental break.


I would listen to this song at 16 and daydream about some maladjusted misunderstood (like me) girl i could run away with.


Of course at 16, most people feel maladjusted and misunderstood...

[Elphenor]

Longview is the most relatable song to my teens because it's just about masturbating

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

Wait I'm thinking of a different song, that song actually kind of sucks

Edit: Longview is the song that's actually really good

Basket case is where i learned the word shrink. It took some years too before i learned what it meant but it bugged me for a long time.

[pavementtune]

see, there is something for every teen situation in Green Day.

teb dreamed about running away, elph masturbated, I hopped on my bed and yelled "scream at me until my ears bleed" to drive my family nuts. perfect.

and I just noticed I could say the same about a huge part of the SP discography. dreaming, masturbating, and yelling.

[Elphenor]

14-17 are seriously the worst years of any person's life

[The exploding boy]

The truth is most people who are now between 24 and 38 listened to Green Day at some point in their teens but DOES IT MEAN THEY HAVE TO BE IN THE HOF BEFORE ALL THOSE OTHER MORE WORTHY BANDS?

I mean the HOF doesn't matter. But its because of shit like this specifically that it doesn't.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

14-17 are seriously the worst years of any person's life

lol

your so wise elph

[pavementtune]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

14-17 are seriously the worst years of any person's life

wait a bit, you might want to refute that.
seriously though - emotionally - pretty much, of course. my worst years in terms of puberty-fuckery-emotional-shitfest started at 11 though.

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

wait a bit, you might want to refute that.
seriously though - emotionally - pretty much, of course. my worst years in terms of puberty-fuckery-emotional-shitfest started at 11 though.

Yeah, I don't actually know. But I do know that suicide rates skyrocket between 14-18

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

14-17 are seriously the worst years of any person's life

I used to think that....


Then i got older and life didn't get better (well for me, for some people it does).

Worst years of my life are the last three by far. and if i had to name others, i coud pick quite a few before i'd pick 14 to 17.

I mean sure those teen years sucked but in retrospect, what sucked about them was trivial.

Between teenage suffering and adult suffering, no comparison...the earlier was a breeze looking back. I cried and hit things a lot and had pathetic stupid daydreams about shooting up the school. Meh. It all didn't matter. The shitty people. The no girlfriend situation. The bullying. The stupid teachers. Only later do you realise how none of it mattered pretty much at all. But it did then. For some reason.

[Elphenor]

Well according to google, the largest amount of suicides are still committed by middle aged white males, so great I have that to look forward to

[The exploding boy]

yeah see....

[ilikeplanets]

I really like Sassafras Roots and Waiting

[ilikeplanets]

12-17 were the worst so far, i don't know if it gets better or if i just stop caring

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

I used to think that....


Then i got older and life didn't get better (well for me, for some people it does).

Worst years of my life are the last three by far. and if i had to name others, i coud pick quite a few before i'd pick 14 to 17.

I mean sure those teen years sucked but in retrospect, what sucked about them was trivial.

Between teenage suffering and adult suffering, no comparison...the earlier was a breeze looking back. I cried and hit things a lot and had pathetic stupid daydreams about shooting up the school. Meh. It all didn't matter. The shitty people. The no girlfriend situation. The bullying. The stupid teachers. Only later do you realise how none of it mattered pretty much at all. But it did then. For some reason.

But you see it's all relative. You can always look back and say "Oh why did that affect me like it did" but you're not in that state of mind anymore.

But I mean if you're poor to the point of being homeless but as a kid you lived in a nice house then no your adult life isn't better.

[The exploding boy]

[quote=ilikeplanets;4128380]I really like Sassafras Roots and Waiting[/QUOTE

Yes sassafras roots was my favorite bassline then (well probably after longview). I would play this song all the time the first year of playing or so.

[Elphenor]

Considerably more white men commit suicide than any other group this is fascinating stuff

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

But you see it's all relative. You can always look back and say "Oh why did that affect me like it did" but you're not in that state of mind anymore.

But I mean if you're poor to the point of being homeless but as a kid you lived in a nice house then no your adult life isn't better.

My childhood is by far the best years of my life but thats different.


The teen years, summer holidays were great i guess. School sucked but you know... I miss having my life ahead of me... And feeling safe. This is the thing. The main thing maybe. For all the shit that happened in teens, i was safe. There was no risk of not having food or a house. I only had to answer to my parents and they weren't gonna throw me out. It's the safety i miss in my adult life. The idea that things could only ever get SO bad...

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

Considerably more white men commit suicide than any other group this is fascinating stuff

And...common knowledge.

[reprise85]

i had a very abnormal childhood, but i'd say 14-19 was the worst... although my life pretty much sucked from as early as i remember until about 26. the situation i was in robbed me of an adolescence and im a wee bit bitter about that still

[The exploding boy]

Yeah i want to say i do realise that the fact that i felt safe as a kid and teen is a privilege not everyone has had...some people never were safe.

[Shallowed]

Women attempt suicide at a higher rate than men, men succeed in killing themselves at a higher rate than women.

[The exploding boy]

THATS CAUSE WOMEN ARE JUST ALL ATTENTION WHORES AND DRAMA QUEENS GAWD. OOH I WILL COMMIT SUICIDE NOW LOOK HOW UNHAPPY I AM IN THIS RELATIONSHIP.

[The exploding boy]

(j/k guys)

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

My childhood is by far the best years of my life but thats different.


The teen years, summer holidays were great i guess. School sucked but you know... I miss having my life ahead of me... And feeling safe. This is the thing. The main thing maybe. For all the shit that happened in teens, i was safe. There was no risk of not having food or a house. I only had to answer to my parents and they weren't gonna throw me out. It's the safety i miss in my adult life. The idea that things could only ever get SO bad...

I've never had to spend a night sleeping outside, so I can't really say I guess.

But the more freedom and responsibility I get the better I feel. The teenage years you're just trapped in someone else's house where someone controls everything you do and you have no money and nothing to do but masturbate.

Or at least those were my teenage years