05-12-2012, 08:02
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GREENDAY "international superhits" cd,2001.
"international superhits" my arse!...since when did these guys have any international superhits except "good riddance"???
the only studio album i own is "american idiot"...love that one immensely,in fact better than this set.
these guys are NOT punk IMHO, but they are a very good alt band,especially live,and the problem i have here is that they lose the energy,oomph and vitality of their sound in the studio by at least 50%...
look, only two of the twenty one tracks here i can honestly say that i do not like,the rest are very good and they have certainly matured as writers since the early days.
all up, a good selection of songs to get an honest overview of their early to mid careers, and had these tracks been live im sure there'd have been a few more "love" scores herewithin!
oh yeh, as a footnote here..."good riddance(time of your life)" hit the top of the charts here when originally released, it then went back in the charts to once again claim top spot when it was used in the final episode of Seinfeld a few years later.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: longview
best track: good riddance(time of your life)
tracks:
1. maria **
2. poprocks and coke **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vG-kOoapPo video
3. longview *
4. welcome to paradise **
5. basketcase **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BEN4bn_iTk live
6. when i come around **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RLQuIYg_Jk live
7. she *
8. J.A.R **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8fgof0op20 audio
9. geek stink breath **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yYeVgg3g_Q live SNL
10.brain stew **
11.jaded **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ukak19XXyM live (above two tracks)
12.walking contradiction ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CItMT5IT5bM live on Letterman
13.stuck with me **
14.hitchin' a ride **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ThdPQWsZG0 live
15.good riddance(time of your life) ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfZGKUy0UGA live
16.redundancy **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ydpSVvXE9k video
17.nice guys finish last **
18.minority ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsOOA7ajSXo live
19.warning ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_dq3wZ7KJQ live
20.waiting **
21.macy's day parade **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EL4njT8g98 video
3s=4
2s=15
1s=2
rating: 2.1 or 7/10
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.