My Favorite Albums: G artists

Genesis-Genesis: This really takes me to a time and place


Invisible Touch- Genesis: High School soundtrack

American Idiot-Green Day:Green Day captured the zeitgeist of 2004


Appetite for Destruction- GnR:  A breath of fresh air. It still stands up today.


Use Your Illusion- GnR: College soundtrack

Green Day: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2015

Official Site: http://www.greenday.com/

Rock Hall Bio: https://rockhall.com/inductees/nominees/green-day/

Green Day formed in 1986. The current lineup came together when Tre Cool joined the band in 1990. They released a couple of albums on an independent label. They signed a big label deal and broke out in 1994.

Longview (1994): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM

Welcome to Paradise (1994): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR7R9Kuw2fY

Basket Case (1994): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY

When I Come Around (1994): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8dh9gDzmz8

Geek Stink Breath (1995): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr2T-Rcgq1c

Good Riddance (1997): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc

Minority (2000): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBlqu6KF4k

Warning (2000): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eebfMFzJHNs

In 2004, critics began comparing them to The Clash and The Who.

American Idiot (2004): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI

Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2004): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c

Holiday (2005): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1OqtIqzScI

Wake Me Up When September Ends (2005): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9JoFKlaZ0

Working Class Hero (2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPPgeDhGzKY

Know Your Enemy (2009): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IclmVdWNbI

21 Guns (2009): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4

Oh Love (2012): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwMqa-_210

X-Kid (2013):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVmpURJEZRY

Top 10 songs of 1994

My favorites...

1. High Hopes- Pink Floyd
2. What's the Frequency Kenneth?- REM
3. Interstate Love Song- STP
4.Lost For Words- Pink Floyd
5. Basketcase- Green Day
6. Estranged- GnR
7. Betterman- Pearl Jam
8. Love is Strong- The Rolling Stones
9. My Wave- Soundgarden
10. The Day I Tried to Live- Soundgarden

Top 35 songs of 1994 (#31-35)

My favorites...

31. No Excuses- Alice in Chains
32. Zombie- The Cranberries
33. Selling the Drama- Live
34. Welcome to Paradise- Green Day
35. Marooned- Pink Floyd

Top 10 songs of 1995

My favorites anyway...

1. Murder Incorporated- Bruce Springsteen

2. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me- U2

3. Say It Ain't So- Weezer

4. Misery- Soul Asylum

5. Ghost of Tom Joad- Bruce Springsteen

6. Strange Currencies- REM

7. When I Come Around- Green Day

8. Lightning Crashes- Live

9. Til I Hear It From You- The Gin Blossoms

10. Seventh Seal- Van Halen

Top 25 songs of 1995 (#11-20)

11. Only Happy When It Rains- Garbage

12. Vow- Garbage

13. A Girl Like You- Edwin Collins

14. Crush with Eyeliner- REM

15. Not For You- Pearl Jam

16. Can't Stop Loving You- Van Halen

17. This is a Call- The Foo Fighters

18. She- Green Day

19. Kiss My Ass- Ted Nugent

20. Queer- Garbage

Top 20 songs of 1998 (#1-10)

1. Do The Evolution- Pearl Jam

2. In Hiding- Pearl Jam

3. Psycho Circus- KISS

4. Push It- Garbage

5. Out of Control- The Rolling Stones

6. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve

7. Time of Your Life- Green Day

8. Lotus- R.E.M.

9. Given to Fly- Pearl Jam

10. Saint of Me- The Rolling Stones

Top 15 songs of the 2000s: #11-15

The further back I go, the easier it becomes to come up with songs...interesting.  These are favorites...

11. OTHERSIDE- RHCP

12. MINORITY- GREEN DAY

13. THINGS HAVE CHANGED- BOB DYLAN

14. BREAKOUT- FOO FIGHTERS

15. Southside- MOBY w/Gwen Stefani

Top 10 Songs from 2004

Once again, just my favorites.

1. I Am the Highway by Audioslave

2. Original of the Species- U2

3. Leaving New York- REM

4. It's About Time- Van Halen

5. Vertigo- U2

6. Boulevard of Broken Dreams- Green Day

7. Take Me Out- Franz Ferdinand

8. Homecoming- Green Day

9. Are We the Waiting- Green Day

10. Whatsername- Green Day

Top 10 songs of 2005

1. Holiday- Green Day

2. Talk- Coldplay

3. Beverly Hills- Weezer

4. Have a Nice Day- Bon Jovi

5. Speed of Sound- Coldplay

6. Best of You- The Foo Fighters

7. Why Do You Love Me?- Garbage

8. Jesus of Suburbia- Green Day

9. Mr. Brightside- The Killers

10. Be Yourself- Audioslave.

Top 10 songs of 2007

My favorite ones anyway...

1. Radio Nowhere- Bruce Springsteen

2. Long Road to Ruin- Foo Fighters

3. Window in the Skies- U2

4. Tarantula- Smashing Pumpkins

5. The Pretender- Foo Fighters

6. #9 Dream- REM

7. Ever Present Past- Paul McCartney

8.Love Rein O'er Me- Pearl Jam

9. Doomsday Clock- Smashing Pumpkins

10.. Working Class Hero- Green Day

Top 10 songs of 2009

My favorites anyway...

1. Magnificent- U2
2. Uprising- Muse
3. Just Breathe- Pearl Jam
4. Breathe- U2
5. East Jesus Nowhere- Green Day
6. Oh Yeah- Chickenfoot
7. Can't Stop Partying- Weezer
8. Wheels- Foo Fighters
9. Check My Brain- Alice in Chains
10. The Static Age- Green Day

Top 10 Songs of 2010

My favorite songs from the year 2010.

1. Tighten Up- The Black Keys

2. Resistance- Muse

3. I Should Have Known It- Tom Petty

4. Amongst the Waves- Pearl Jam

5. Because the Night- Bruce Springsteen (Yes, a re-release; it would be higher if it had not originally come out in 1978).

6. Last of the American Girls- Green Day

7. Memories- Weezer

8. No Better Than This- John Mellencamp

9. Between the Lines- Stone Temple Pilots

10. I Gotta Feeling- The Black Eyed Peas

Green Day: East Jesus Nowhere (2009)

Billie Joe Armstrong attended a church baptism and was horrified. The end result was "East Jesus Nowhere." To say the song is highly critical of religion would be an understatement. It does represent the rising tide of anger toward all things Christian, which has permeated the American left in recent years. This leads to interesting questions about what constitutes bigotry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDT_7VaPdw

Green Day: Welcome to Paradise (1994)

Green Day members moved out of their parents’ homes and into an abandoned house in Oakland, California. They turned the experience into this song. Although the house was dilapidated, they paid no rent and it became home (i.e. paradise).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTKm2Tf97D4

Green Day: Homecoming (2004)

Green Day took inspiration from The Who and created their own rock opera.  American Idiot climaxes with “Homecoming.” The record follows the adventures of Jesus of Suburbia, who transforms at the end of the story. A part of the main character dies at the end and loses touch with whatshername. The journey's end is something we can all identify with.

Studio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awHSVx99Y_g

Live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnNLj6WKNN0

 

Green Day: Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (2009)

Green Day enjoyed success with American Idiot. As a result, they decided to continue with rock operas and released 21st Century Breakdown. The album is broken into three parts. The third act is "Horseshoes and Hand Grenades." The main characters have to deal with the challenges facing America, and Detroit, in the post-911 world. The song merges classic rock, arena rock, and punk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp1muwMcBzs

Greatest Songs of the 2000s part II

once again, my favorites...

Imitation of Life- REM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqgdSsfqPs

Girls in Their Summer Clothes- Bruce Springsteen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8PB1a1c9zA

Doesn’t Remind Me of Anything- Audioslave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBFdX37Qpnk

Holiday- Green Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrWpLS0vM0g

Stacy’s Mom- Fountains of Wayne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4

Green Day: Oh Love (2012)

#1 on the rock charts this week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_05XAPR8q8

885. American Idiot by Green Day (2004)

Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong heard Lynyrd Skynyrd's "That's How I Like It" on the radio and was horrified. How could anyone be proud of being a redneck? So, Armstrong weaved a story about "Jesus of Suburbia" into an entire album. "American Idiot" attacks the American government and propaganda. The song accuses citizens of being mind-numbed robots doing as they're told and consuming all they are spoon-fed by the government and media. Of course, a comparable and perhaps more compelling argument could be made about those that share Armstrong's point of view!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmEZs_Kcms