Green Day == Van Halen
I used to love Green Day. Actually, I take that back. I still love Green Day’s old stuff. Kerplunk is a classic and Dookie is still great, but as they kept releasing albums, I cared less and less. I never thought much about it until I was talking to Beth the other night and it just clicked. Green Day is exactly like Van Halen.
Hear me out. Green Day’s early/good records (1000 Hours - Dookie) are like Van Halen with David Lee Roth. Upbeat, catchy and energetic songs. Bands having fun and really enjoying making music. Contrast that with the Green Day of the last four or five years (the American Idiot era). These guys are like the Sammy Hagar version of Van Halen. Like, “I’ve been listening to Diamond Dave for all these years, and now I’m supposed to take this asshole seriously?!” Sorry, if they’ve “evolved” or “grown-up”, but ever since we were supposed to take this guy’s political opinions seriously, his songs have gotten a lot worse.
Obviously, I’m wrong here, because 15 year-olds bought their last album em masse, but then again, what the hell do 15 year-olds know?
