wow, green day....

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  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Indian Summer wrote:
    my beef is not with the song itself, just the platform on which is was sung...i'm still in disbelief/shock.
    yeah....pretty lame.

    Maybe if they took a dump on the American Idol logo I would forgive, but nothing about that even mumbles punk rawk.

    I remember seeing them in a small club when Dookie was just coming out and it was a great show full of energy and fun....now sold their soul to Simon Cowell

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  • deadmosquito
    deadmosquito Posts: 729
    long red wrote:
    they're not even promoting an album or a tour....what the fuck?


    i mentioned this in the other thread as well, but here:

    http://12.149.159.102/darfur/pr-REM.html


    their cover, as well as other lennon tunes by other artists like r.e.m. and jack johnson, will appear on a lennon tribute album to raise money for amnesty international to end the genocide in darfur.

    isn't it a good thing that they went on a big show to perform a song that will be on an album for a great cause? isn't that ok? pearl jam did it for the katrina thing on mtv. jeez people.
  • Brainofdz
    Brainofdz Posts: 1,617
    Indian Summer wrote:
    "punk rock" just died a little tonight.

    It can't die at all, because its been dead, and GreenDay was never any part of it. They're a good pop group, and it makes sense to me that they'd be on Idol.
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  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    i dont see what the big deal is

    and i thought the song was great
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    deadmosquito wrote:
    pearl jam did it for the katrina thing on mtv. jeez people.

    When Pearl Jam did it for Katrina, it was a show for Katrina, with statements being made, speeches being read,etc. Not some high rated crap reality show.
    "The leads are weak!"

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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    I agree. It's a terrible shame that Green Day, a band that embodies the true spirit of punk rock in every possible way, has just now sold out by appearing on American Idol.

    :rolleyes: :D

    Give me a fucking break!! :D
  • upina2001
    upina2001 Indiana Posts: 764
    green day is brown poop.

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    long red wrote:
    they're not even promoting an album or a tour....what the fuck?
    I'm pretty sure they are promoting action in Darfur.

    What is everyone here's problem anyways??? I've never even watched American Idol. How can people bitch about it, yet watch the stupid show??? They are just as guilty. I wouldn't even known they played until someone said something.

    They are promoting an album for a VERY good cause. Good for them! Fuck everyone else.
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    What is everyone here's problem anyways???


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    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    off_the_record wrote:
    i dont see what the big deal is

    and i thought the song was great
    It's just miserable souls complaining about dumb things in life.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    mookie9999 wrote:
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    lol!.. but seriously Green Day has always been a pop mainstream band. They have NEVER been hard core. How is any of this a surprise??? And if they are selling out to promote a good cause, where's the harm?

    The real problem is not Green Day playing American Idol, it's the people watching American Idol!!! :p
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    It's just miserable souls complaining about dumb things in life.

    I forgot that only differing opinions of yours are dumb.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    lol!.. but seriously Green Day has always been a pop mainstream band. They have NEVER been hard core. How is any of this a surprise??? And if they are selling out to promote a good cause, where's the harm?

    You're right as far as them never being hardcore. And doing a song for a good cause is great. I just wish they would have made mention of the cause or had a website up while they were performing. It would have done a lot more for awareness than flashing "Save Darfur" on the video screens for a second.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I wouldn't even known they played until someone said something.
    I didn't (see post #2) know they played AI and was glad someone finally mentioned what happened.

    As for them on AI, it doesn't really shock me. I agree you when you said they are a pop mainstream band and weren't ever really punk. With that, it doesn't surprise me that a mainstream band played one of the biggest mainstream stages around.
  • ecd1973
    ecd1973 Posts: 30
    Indian Summer wrote:
    "punk rock" just died a little tonight.


    Punk Rock? Really?

    Oh, I get it, you were kidding about the "Green Day is a punk rock band". Right? You were kidding, weren't you?

    Anyway, If I wanted a lot of people to hear a song and maybe raise a little awareness for a good cause, I would be on American Idol as fast as possible.

    Now excuse me while I "sell out" to the phone company (since they are the ones who pay me money every day). Oh, the horror. Oh, the shame to make money. I feel so...filthy...)
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  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    FUSE TV poll I swear to god:

    best concept album:

    Pink Floyd~Dark side of the moon
    Green Day American Idiot
    My chemical romance (can't remember)
    and some other band


    <puke>
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,824
    don't watch the crap and if the song was a CLASH song then i would of been sad but GREEN DAY please i'm embarresed just to know some of you on this board watch it .......bad for the ears ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    green day makes me puke a little in my mouth.

    Last night's lineup: Reuben Studdard, Bette Midler, Green Day...

    they fit right in with that shit --- but by our society's standards they are on top of the fucking world right now --- hardly "a nail in the coffin"
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  • drivingrl
    drivingrl Posts: 1,448
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    I agree. It's a terrible shame that Green Day, a band that embodies the true spirit of punk rock in every possible way, has just now sold out by appearing on American Idol.

    :rolleyes: :D

    Give me a fucking break!! :D

    Okay, finally someone got to the point. And I agree.
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  • janegosford
    janegosford Posts: 179
    I can't wait til Kelly Clarkson's Mike Watt album comes out & every indie snob dies a little inside! :D

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