After the announcement of Harmonix's newest addition to the Rock Band franchise, a stand-alone game based on Green Day's career, I was quite skeptical about whether or not it would be worth a purchase. I mean, the last album wasn't really that good, and despite what critics may say, "American Idiot" didn't really appeal to me either.
Don't get me wrong, I loves me some Green Day, but since they added a political twist to the music and attempts to produce 'rock operas' ("Quadrophenia" they are not), I've been having a few problems trying to remember why I like them so much. So, I decided to go back to the album which introduced me to the punk trio in the first place.
That album is 1994's "Dookie".
Goddamn, I love this album. With topics including boredom, drugs, masturbation, previous girlfriends and anxiety, the tracks are packed with simplistic lyrical genius. Okay, they aren't exactly up to par with say Radiohead, but still, the upbeat hilarity and catchiness help accentuate it all.
Tracks like "Burnout", "Longview", "She" and "F.O.D." were permanently cemented into my mind the minute I heard them, back when I bought the CD at about twelve years old. Listening to them now, at the age of twenty, breathes new life into the tracks. I love them more.
Seeing Green Day now, it'd be hard to imagine them ever recording material like this (even harder to see them doing '39/Smooth' or 'Kerplunk'). Though, in a way, I'm glad they did eventually 'grow up'. I just wish the music hadn't suffered for it.
Don't get me wrong, I loves me some Green Day, but since they added a political twist to the music and attempts to produce 'rock operas' ("Quadrophenia" they are not), I've been having a few problems trying to remember why I like them so much. So, I decided to go back to the album which introduced me to the punk trio in the first place.
That album is 1994's "Dookie".
Goddamn, I love this album. With topics including boredom, drugs, masturbation, previous girlfriends and anxiety, the tracks are packed with simplistic lyrical genius. Okay, they aren't exactly up to par with say Radiohead, but still, the upbeat hilarity and catchiness help accentuate it all.
Tracks like "Burnout", "Longview", "She" and "F.O.D." were permanently cemented into my mind the minute I heard them, back when I bought the CD at about twelve years old. Listening to them now, at the age of twenty, breathes new life into the tracks. I love them more.
Seeing Green Day now, it'd be hard to imagine them ever recording material like this (even harder to see them doing '39/Smooth' or 'Kerplunk'). Though, in a way, I'm glad they did eventually 'grow up'. I just wish the music hadn't suffered for it.
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