The Trilogy's not bad if you take the best of the best and mix it up in a playlist with songs from their other albums. But listening to _all_ of it straight through.......yeah it's pretty soul-crushing.
Alana D i did the same thing we a friend of mine ^^ My list was... Brutal Love Lazy Bones Amanda Baby Eyes Ashley Lady Cobra 99 Revolutions See You Tonight Amy Nuclear Family Stray Heart Wild One
Luis Guedes ehhh Fell for You and Carpe Diem still sound like garbage XD i hated a little boy named train too. Oh and Sex Drugs and Violence is pretty bad too. I do agree good ones exist! Im glad it had baby eyes, let yourself go, and Ashley as demo, but im sad i never got to hear the demo for Amanda or Lady Cobra or Lazy Bones.
Yeah, I think it was Mike who said that in an interview. They wanted to give fans something to listen to faster than it was already coming out, so they moved it up a month. I wonder why the albums got less fanfare & marketing as they were coming out though. It can't have been for the same reason, since they still released some music videos, 2 of which don't star the band in any capacity & the other one is just EMBARRASSING because, y'know, Twilight 5.
First Billie Joe's dad died in September, then years later, he had a meltdown after drinking while taking anxiety meds. Only 2 real things. Name some more & then you'll actually have a case, Silent.
The triology album wasn't that good. If Billie wasn't high and on drugs thee could done better. Also Jason White was promoted to a fully member during that time. But now he demoted himself back to a toruing member.
Really? I always kind of thought that song was over-hyped to shit just because it's another multi-part song. Lyrics are weak, ending drags on too much, and the most enjoyable parts (the first segment and the bass solo) are waaay too short to be properly liked. Bass solo is still fucking great tho.
I'm just going to say it: This is the best thing you've ever done. You did more than just create a review, you created a work of art, one of the funniest and realist things I've seen in this God foresaken year. And fuck the haters. There all a bunch of whiny asshats who wish they could do something a 10th as great as you do consistently. You are the best music critic on this site and you should never forget that. I'm sorry. This is just such a great video. We all love you and wherever you want to go next were more than willing to go there. Thank you for all the amazing stuff you've done.
Honestly, Uno is a guilty pleasure of mine, I have a lot of good memories with it, and I still occasionally put on nuclear family, let yourself go, kill the DJ etc. and have a good time listening. I do agree that the album as a whole is mediocre, but I have had some good times with it.
If Green Day would have scrapped some songs and put out one good album, instead of 3 mediocre ones, I believe we would have: 1. Nuclear Family 2. Let Yourself Go 3. Fell For You 4. Sweet 16 5. Oh Love 6. Lazy Bones 8. Stray Heart 9. Wow! That's Loud 10. Brutal Love 11. X-Kid 12. Dirty Rotten Bastards 13. 99 Revolutions
Thank you, Crash. I don't think you get nearly enough credit for the lengths you go to and the hours you spend to deliver top-notch quality content. I just hope you know that you've made me and many others very happy with these videos.
Overall I so think the trilogy was very weak, but I do really enjoy ¡DOS! (Hear me out). Even though it is weak and (obviously) not the best Green Day has done, I do feel like it’s a solid album (except for fuck time and nightlife) I really like the bass in the songs and I overall feel like it’s not as bad a Tre or Uno. (Also the Lady Cobra thing was super fucking weird)
Love ya Crash. I was one of the lil D.va detractors, but that ending scene was actually really badass! I loved the vid man. Thanks for all these years of good content. And about that coffee scene. Take a break man, sure it'd piss some people off, but you deserve it. Remember that this channel is for you dude. Keep on keeping on.
Much like with 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day tried to do too much with the trilogy. Instead of making three bad/ok/good(your choice) records, they should've just mined the best songs and made one great record.
Actually Ashley was the song that saved my marrige and this is actually the best album ever and you're actually very wrong and well actually well actually well actually here a 500 paragraph well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually...
KISS released Rock And Roll All Nite as the first single from the album Dressed To Kill. It is also the last song on the album. That's the only example I can think of.
If these albums were a bands first outing, they’d be alright. Like if a bunch of kids who just got together wrote any of these, they wouldn’t be changing the world or anything, but we’d see that this hypothetical new band has potential. But this Green Day we’re talking about. Green Day has put out literal genre defining music by their 3rd outing. As much as I love Green Day, and they are my favorite band, the trilogy is the ketchup and mustard stains on the lapels of an otherwise perfect Armani suit.
Well actually, Ashley is the song that saved my marriage. And actually, Amy is pretty good, and actually, nightlife has good bass work, and actually lazy bones is pretty hot and actually actually actual actu act ahsjsjjwdjbvsybybunununjnubununUHUENUNEUNUENUNWU
"For I have dined on honeydew, and drunk the milk of Welcome to Paradise!" As someone who grew up on both Rush and Green Day, this statement is highly satisfying.
Great vid Crash! We all can tell you put a lot of time and effort into these videos, and we really do appreciate it. Also, I loved the mention of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, an album that I too agree should be heard.
Weak as the final product was, it's a little disappointing that they won't play any of these songs live. I would have loved to see "Stay the Night" or "X-kid," on the setlist for the Rev Rad tour.
The Band’s promotional tour was knee capped after Billie Joe went to rehab after the iHeart Radio meltdown. This is why we saw less, singles, music videos, and why the band wasn’t in music videos as they didn’t have Billie. The world tour was also canceled because of this. I suspect the sells were impacted by this. These were the reasons why the band decided to push Tre! To December.
In addition to "bleh" and "mediocre"...one of the issues with these albums (although I wouldn't say any are bad, and I find a few things to like from every album) is that this was when Green Day started to sound old. That is a serious problem that they have never been able to come back from fully imo. I know they are obviously literally getting older, but some bands manage to hide that a bit better. To me, they sound like a 40-50 year old group of men trying to sound young.
I liked this video but I'm very happy that this is the last mega-sode. I've said it before but you're a funny guy just as you are and you don't need the skits and all the pomp and circumstance. As much as I can tell you have fun with your friends doing these things, you've expressed that they're a lot of work and in all honesty, I don't really need a feature length Rock Critic episode. I'd much rather have a 20-40 minute RC video chock full of analysis and history than an hour plus video of like, 70% review and analysis and 30% skits. Anyway, I hope you had a good holiday and I hope you have a good new years! Here's to a more focused RC in 2018!
I'm pretty stoked that this was my first video as a Patreon supporter, cause wow. Just *listening* through these three albums is a chore, let alone making a 90+ minute video about them. I've been a Green Day fan since 1994 and I have NEVER listened to these albums all the way through. I just... can't. I get distracted by more interesting things, like stray dryer lint. There are a handful of songs I love - Sweet 16, Let Yourself Go, Nuclear Family, Stray Heart, Dirty Rotten Bastards, I even dig the chorus of Oh Love. There's maybe ONE good album in there, but holy shit. Great job with the video, now you never have to listen to these albums again! 🎉
Thank you for making this. For years I thought I was the only one who has that opinion on the trilogy. There are so many factors that lead to the disaster that is the trilogy: - Hybris: Something teels me Greed Day flew too close to the sun in the post-American Idiot era and afterwards they thought that they could get away with anything. - They took 4 years to make American Idiot and 5 years to make 21st Century Breakdown (and that one already had some issues). 3 years after this (including another world tour) and they come along with 3 records in one year? That's insane, you're not King Gizzard. - quantity over quality. You can just just tell they just bashed out track after track without spending too much time on the individual songs. There is no attenton to detail. They were on autopilot. GD were always known for being straight forward, but you could still distinguish the songs, even on "samey" records like "1039 smooth" or "Insomniac". - None of these albums have any flow. The track order seems to be random. Compare that to American Idiot (diverse but perfectly balanced) or Insomniac (an amazing 30 Minute rush). You already mentioned how Uno crashes and burns after "Kill The DJ". It's even more jarring on Dos with the awkward tonal shifts because of songs like "Nightlife" and Tré feels like a paylist on shuffle. - The albums don't stick to their concepts: Uno is the most cohesive but painfully bland because of it. Dos has some garage Rock tracks and Tré has some of the opera bombast, but in between of them are way too many bland powerpop tracks that are indistinguishable from the Uno-songs. - The overpolished sound, that might have worked on their opera albums, but sound terrible when applied to stripped down powerpop. Some guy on youtube re-recorded some of these trilogysongs dookie-style and it is almost funny how much better they sound with a fuller guitar, an audible bass, livelier drums and snottier vocals. That overpolished sound is especially troubling on "Dos", like come on, this sounds way too clean for a garage rock album. Also why does that weird vocal effect need to be on Billie's voice on almost evry goddamn song? - Mike's Bass. You already pointed it out. He does the bare minimum, but one of the key reasons why GD were so far ahead of most of their peers was that Mike played so many tricky but catchy bass lines. The bass on the trilogy could have been done by anyone. Especially the Uno-Songs would have needed more creative basslines desperately. - Trés Drums. What he does here is perfectly servicable, but nothing more. Any killer fill-ins like on "Basket Case", "In the End" or "Jaded"? Not a single one. - BILLIE'S LYRICS: What in god's name happened? A lot of the lyrics are less mature than on the first two records when the guy was a goddamn teenager. How is stuff like "Let yourself go", "Makeout party" or goddamn "NIGHTLIFE" possible? Yeah, they wanted to make something less conceptual, why not, but this is just lazy and stupid. Then again, no surprise, considering Billie's state of mind, otherwise: They made several album's in the 90's while being methed out and those didn't suck. Hope you can follow my points despite my sloppy English. Thank you.
Hey Crash, I usually don't get this personal with another RUclipsr, especially one who I don't know very well, but at the end there, when you were describing how poorly this year was and how whenever you think that you have everything under control, those are also the times it hurts the hardest when things fall apart... that part nearly made me cry. That was exactly me with this year. I had everything planned out, I knew what I was going to do... and one by one, things started slipping, not going how I planned them, and now by the end, I barely even care anymore. And the crap going on in the world has especially made things toxic, not in part because my town was invaded by racists in August of this year and it feels like nobody trusts anybody anymore. I think you were speaking from your heart at the end there, and it has really helped me feel better, like someone else is feeling the same struggles I am. Just know that we, as your fans, are here for you and hope that next year goes better. Oh, and just a side note: About _Van Halen III_, the best thing that that album has ever done was get my review of it featured on Van Halen's website. So... yeah, if you ever decide to review that album, you might just be featured on their site. :) I love this review and I was glad to be able to take part in it! ~Spaceman
Watching the whole 'burnout' segment, after Crash's 2021 (and 2020, for that matter.) is REALLY creepy. If it wasn't very very sad, i would call him Thompsadanus.
Holy shit Crash, what an epic finale. Thank you for making this huge ass effort of work and probably your best full length episode. How much you got out of these bland albums is astounding (even if I like atleast one Track of each album, but whatever, they still suck). I can't wait for all the new shows and videos next year. Keep it up dude :D 👍🤘
There are a couple of good’uns from the trilogy I think Dirty Rotten Bastards (while a bit messy in execution) is a lot of fun, X-Kid has a lot of emotion behind the lyrics, Rusty James is pretty catchy, but yeah.. I was definitely let down by this trilogy, especially as a huge Green Day fan. Also I don’t think I’ll ever forgive Billie Joe for the lyric “woke up in a pool of sweat, first I thought I pissed the bed”
these albums are so pointless and half baked that not releasing them wouldn't result in a big loss, plus saving them from a lot of embarrassment. also the finale of this is incredible. you've done a great job on this video, Crash
This was amazing, and beautiful, and so real. That ending was so amazing. I know you put one hell of alot of effort into this, but ah man, this video is brilliant. Congrats on making almost everyone who watches this smile and laugh and even get all emotional. You rock dude!
The last part of this video hit me so, so, SO hard, because I feel like that’s exactly what I’ve been going through lately in real life. And it just means so much to me to find something like this.
Interesting, "Kill the DJ" is a great track to me. It's like one of the first danceable Green Day tracks. One of the best from the trilogy in my opinion.
Crash, I wanted to thank you. I've been trying to get my music review blog off the ground for about a year and a half now and nothing seems to be working. When I feel like giving up, I remember people like you to remember that people do care about what I'm trying to say. You and several other people are the reason I got into music reviewing.
Chocolatezeus yeah for an hour and 40 minutes he skipped over some decent basslines, i actually think the work mike did on these albums shows more musicianship than 21st CB
You're right, there have been good triple albums. My favorite is technically Stadium Arcadium, which was supposed to be a triple album but instead became a large ass double album.
This is the video I go back to to watch a man truly break. I don't know how much of this real but he makes it feel real. And that's why Crash deserves so many more subs.
These albums came out during a rough time in my life. I had just had a series of surgeries (out of a total 25 over the course of my life) and I was going back to community college. It was hard for me to get back to the swing of things, and to top it off, it was the first time I was alone most everyday. Luckily I got through that period and eventually graduated.
If Green Day had condensed the trilogy into one album with the best songs, I think it’d be something like Nuclear Family Stay the Night Oh Love Lazy Bones Stray Heart Baby Eyes 8th Avenue Serenade X-Kid Sex, Drugs, and Violence 99 Revolutions Dirty Rotten Bastards The Forgotten I might’ve missed a few but those are the best songs in my opinion.
Charlie Burns I know it’s all subjective but I like those songs more than the others on those records (S, D, & V mainly cuz of Dirnt’s singing part and Baby Eyes cuz it reminds me of the Misfits).
That’s because Crash added stuff like the city being destroyed and the big cinematic fight at the end. Plus stuff that happened in the middle of touring and recording. He meant that he had nothing to talk about the songs.
You don't need to put so much effort into warding off haters at the pass. Unlike most critics you put a lot of time into explaining your views with fair comparisons and you're humble about it. You invite people who disagree with you to be reasonable.
I’m surprised that my entry made it into the video (anyone wondering, it’s at 1:31:58). Anyways, it’s such an honor to be a part of this and the video turned out very fantastic! Thank you so much and keep up the good work!
Touche Amore chose closing track "Skyscraper" to be one of the singles promoting their album 'Stage Four' back in 2016. That's the most recent good example I can think of.
I don't think Crash liked these albums very much.
Graham Kristensen no shit
Alex Conn chill dude it was obviously a joke
XD
not surprised these albums suck dick
What makes you say that? I totally thought he liked them.
"These albums don't give me anything to talk about"- Crash
*Me* looks down at the 1 hour and 39 min run time of the video - "Fair enough dude"
To make things worse, You mentioned on GDR2 that Rolling Stone gave American Idiot a 3.5/5, Uno! and Tre! got a 4/5, let that sink in
Agreed, they're so all over the place with reviews
@@jaredstone9768 That's also you.
Jared stone did u just agree with yourself
To be fair, AI and the trilogy are their worst albums.
@@FTWorWTF What about the Father Of All Motherfuckers?
The Trilogy's not bad if you take the best of the best and mix it up in a playlist with songs from their other albums. But listening to _all_ of it straight through.......yeah it's pretty soul-crushing.
Alana D i did the same thing we a friend of mine ^^
My list was...
Brutal Love
Lazy Bones
Amanda
Baby Eyes
Ashley
Lady Cobra
99 Revolutions
See You Tonight
Amy
Nuclear Family
Stray Heart
Wild One
Just listen to demolicious. I think it has the best cuts and best versions
Luis Guedes ehhh Fell for You and Carpe Diem still sound like garbage XD i hated a little boy named train too. Oh and Sex Drugs and Violence is pretty bad too. I do agree good ones exist! Im glad it had baby eyes, let yourself go, and Ashley as demo, but im sad i never got to hear the demo for Amanda or Lady Cobra or Lazy Bones.
Patrick Lauer its not bad, i like the verses.
I agree. There's a full album's worth of great songs between them, there's just 2 albums' worth of filler as well...
25:49
“A dance song without a good bass line is like cereal without milk.”
But I like cereal without milk. No, seriously.
Same!
Yeah but, do you like a dance song without a good bass?
Milk just makes it all soggy honestly.
If I'm eating cereal i don't have it with milk
"If you like mediocre..."
🤣😂🤣😂
I agree, some cereal is just fine without milk.
"SENPAI... HAS ABANDONED YOU!" - that line delivery was so cold it's frostbitten.
The only reason Jason isn't still a permanent member was because he needed to deal with his tonsil cancer. He demoted himself.
Yikes.
That explains why he stepped down. I thought it was because he wasn't comfortable working in a unit compared to live performing.
Glad I got my tonsils removed! Didn’t even know you could get tonsil cancer 😦
I remember reading somewhere that Tre was pushed up because Billie had gone into rehab back in September of that year & they couldn't tour.
Scsigs That is exactly what happened.
Yeah, I think it was Mike who said that in an interview. They wanted to give fans something to listen to faster than it was already coming out, so they moved it up a month. I wonder why the albums got less fanfare & marketing as they were coming out though. It can't have been for the same reason, since they still released some music videos, 2 of which don't star the band in any capacity & the other one is just EMBARRASSING because, y'know, Twilight 5.
First Billie Joe's dad died in September, then years later, he had a meltdown after drinking while taking anxiety meds. Only 2 real things. Name some more & then you'll actually have a case, Silent.
Just get Dave Grohl to fill in
The triology album wasn't that good. If Billie wasn't high and on drugs thee could done better. Also Jason White was promoted to a fully member during that time. But now he demoted himself back to a toruing member.
But Crash, i like cereal without milk. I’m not saying that it makes Kill the DJ any better but I like cereal without milk.
Folie à Drew Cereal without milk.
I eat cereal without milk if i need a snack fix but the pantry has nothing but cereal :v
Me too ✌️
Wrong
I prefer mine with Almond Milk
Don Beck how do you milk an almond?
Well actually, Ashley was the song that saved my marriage, and these are the best albums ever
For some reason I think you're jokinh
But... Ashley and Angel Blue saved my marriage.
You gotta admit, Dirty Rotten Bastards has a killer solo.
Dirty Rotten Bastards, 99 Revolutions, and Brutal Love are actually good songs. Tre had a couple gems. The rest is pretty much MEH
Really? I always kind of thought that song was over-hyped to shit just because it's another multi-part song. Lyrics are weak, ending drags on too much, and the most enjoyable parts (the first segment and the bass solo) are waaay too short to be properly liked. Bass solo is still fucking great tho.
Tbh, Nightlife is good other than the ‘rap’
These albums do each have their own themes, just not the ones falsely advertised.
The themes are Bland, Shit, and Boring
Alice in Chains Would? was the first single off Dirt, and is the last song on the album. That's the only song I can think of.
CreeperDefence That was part of a movie soundtrack first actually.
Cameren Lee Yeah
What about Rage Against the Machine's "Year of tha' Boomerang"?
CreeperDefence And that’s the best Alice In Chains song
I'm just going to say it: This is the best thing you've ever done. You did more than just create a review, you created a work of art, one of the funniest and realist things I've seen in this God foresaken year. And fuck the haters. There all a bunch of whiny asshats who wish they could do something a 10th as great as you do consistently. You are the best music critic on this site and you should never forget that.
I'm sorry. This is just such a great video. We all love you and wherever you want to go next were more than willing to go there. Thank you for all the amazing stuff you've done.
Thanks! I appreciate that.
Honestly, Uno is a guilty pleasure of mine, I have a lot of good memories with it, and I still occasionally put on nuclear family, let yourself go, kill the DJ etc. and have a good time listening. I do agree that the album as a whole is mediocre, but I have had some good times with it.
If Green Day would have scrapped some songs and put out one good album, instead of 3 mediocre ones, I believe we would have:
1. Nuclear Family
2. Let Yourself Go
3. Fell For You
4. Sweet 16
5. Oh Love
6. Lazy Bones
8. Stray Heart
9. Wow! That's Loud
10. Brutal Love
11. X-Kid
12. Dirty Rotten Bastards
13. 99 Revolutions
weakweek85 for me
It would be.
1. Amanda
2. Fell for You
3. Drama Queen
4. X Kid
5. Nightlife
6. Stray Heart
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@@weakweek85 you're leaving out "Stay the Night", "When the Red Light Flashes", and "Missing You"
Thank you, Crash. I don't think you get nearly enough credit for the lengths you go to and the hours you spend to deliver top-notch quality content. I just hope you know that you've made me and many others very happy with these videos.
Overall I so think the trilogy was very weak, but I do really enjoy ¡DOS! (Hear me out). Even though it is weak and (obviously) not the best Green Day has done, I do feel like it’s a solid album (except for fuck time and nightlife) I really like the bass in the songs and I overall feel like it’s not as bad a Tre or Uno. (Also the Lady Cobra thing was super fucking weird)
Crash: I can't think of a band that released their last song on an album as their very first single!
Me: Scars on Broadway "They Say"!!
Be honest, people don't even know it's a side project from soad
There's also _Mardi Gras_ from Creedence Clearwater Revival with "Sweet Hitchhiker".
I actually really enjoy uno for the most part. Dos and tre on the other hand i cant really get into aside from a few songs.
Jay Flamez SAMEEEEEEE
Love ya Crash. I was one of the lil D.va detractors, but that ending scene was actually really badass! I loved the vid man. Thanks for all these years of good content. And about that coffee scene. Take a break man, sure it'd piss some people off, but you deserve it. Remember that this channel is for you dude. Keep on keeping on.
Fun drinking game: Take a drink every time he brings up Rivers Cuomo.
Have fun!
Much like with 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day tried to do too much with the trilogy. Instead of making three bad/ok/good(your choice) records, they should've just mined the best songs and made one great record.
21CB is actually my favourite album
I'm just gonna say it, I unapologetically love me the fuck out of ¡Dos! and will until the day i die, it's just a fun record
Wheatley DarkLord Stray Heart is a jam and anyone who tries to deny this is simply a liar
52:41 Is quite possibly the funniest thing you did!
Actually Ashley was the song that saved my marrige and this is actually the best album ever and you're actually very wrong and well actually well actually well actually here a 500 paragraph well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually well actually...
Cheeky!
KISS released Rock And Roll All Nite as the first single from the album Dressed To Kill. It is also the last song on the album. That's the only example I can think of.
The only ones I could think of were Hybrid Theory's In the End, and Meteora's Numb, both by Linkin Park.
@@Dumb_Killjoy Neither of them were the first singles from those albums
21:09 *cough cough* MAROON 5 *cough cough*
dude i literslly said that out loud
Time for my popcorn, cuz we got a long one!!
Logan Blackburn That’s what she said!
If these albums were a bands first outing, they’d be alright. Like if a bunch of kids who just got together wrote any of these, they wouldn’t be changing the world or anything, but we’d see that this hypothetical new band has potential.
But this Green Day we’re talking about. Green Day has put out literal genre defining music by their 3rd outing. As much as I love Green Day, and they are my favorite band, the trilogy is the ketchup and mustard stains on the lapels of an otherwise perfect Armani suit.
Yup. The one shit smear on an otherwise glistening catalogue (unless you count Father of All… as a bad album too)
Well actually, Ashley is the song that saved my marriage. And actually, Amy is pretty good, and actually, nightlife has good bass work, and actually lazy bones is pretty hot and actually actually actual actu act ahsjsjjwdjbvsybybunununjnubununUHUENUNEUNUENUNWU
Easily the best video you've done yet. Keep up the amazing work!
"For I have dined on honeydew, and drunk the milk of Welcome to Paradise!"
As someone who grew up on both Rush and Green Day, this statement is highly satisfying.
Unfortunately, when I saw Rush in 2013, they didn’t play “Xanadu,” and when I saw Green Day in 2005, they didn’t play “Welcome To Paradise.”
Great vid Crash! We all can tell you put a lot of time and effort into these videos, and we really do appreciate it. Also, I loved the mention of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, an album that I too agree should be heard.
Weak as the final product was, it's a little disappointing that they won't play any of these songs live. I would have loved to see "Stay the Night" or "X-kid," on the setlist for the Rev Rad tour.
So happy that at The Longshot shows they are playing Stay the Night and Fell For You.
The Band’s promotional tour was knee capped after Billie Joe went to rehab after the iHeart Radio meltdown. This is why we saw less, singles, music videos, and why the band wasn’t in music videos as they didn’t have Billie. The world tour was also canceled because of this. I suspect the sells were impacted by this. These were the reasons why the band decided to push Tre! To December.
In addition to "bleh" and "mediocre"...one of the issues with these albums (although I wouldn't say any are bad, and I find a few things to like from every album) is that this was when Green Day started to sound old. That is a serious problem that they have never been able to come back from fully imo. I know they are obviously literally getting older, but some bands manage to hide that a bit better. To me, they sound like a 40-50 year old group of men trying to sound young.
I liked this video but I'm very happy that this is the last mega-sode. I've said it before but you're a funny guy just as you are and you don't need the skits and all the pomp and circumstance. As much as I can tell you have fun with your friends doing these things, you've expressed that they're a lot of work and in all honesty, I don't really need a feature length Rock Critic episode. I'd much rather have a 20-40 minute RC video chock full of analysis and history than an hour plus video of like, 70% review and analysis and 30% skits.
Anyway, I hope you had a good holiday and I hope you have a good new years! Here's to a more focused RC in 2018!
Crash just turned into a sarcastic Mickey Mouse @ 1:01:03 lol
I thought Dirty Rotten Bastards had one of Mikes best bass lines ever.
Noah Kunz i agree, he bass work is actually decent compared to 21stCB
I'm pretty stoked that this was my first video as a Patreon supporter, cause wow. Just *listening* through these three albums is a chore, let alone making a 90+ minute video about them. I've been a Green Day fan since 1994 and I have NEVER listened to these albums all the way through. I just... can't. I get distracted by more interesting things, like stray dryer lint. There are a handful of songs I love - Sweet 16, Let Yourself Go, Nuclear Family, Stray Heart, Dirty Rotten Bastards, I even dig the chorus of Oh Love. There's maybe ONE good album in there, but holy shit. Great job with the video, now you never have to listen to these albums again! 🎉
Thank you for making this. For years I thought I was the only one who has that opinion on the trilogy. There are so many factors that lead to the disaster that is the trilogy:
- Hybris: Something teels me Greed Day flew too close to the sun in the post-American Idiot era and afterwards they thought that they could get away with anything.
- They took 4 years to make American Idiot and 5 years to make 21st Century Breakdown (and that one already had some issues). 3 years after this (including another world tour) and they come along with 3 records in one year? That's insane, you're not King Gizzard.
- quantity over quality. You can just just tell they just bashed out track after track without spending too much time on the individual songs. There is no attenton to detail. They were on autopilot. GD were always known for being straight forward, but you could still distinguish the songs, even on "samey" records like "1039 smooth" or "Insomniac".
- None of these albums have any flow. The track order seems to be random. Compare that to American Idiot (diverse but perfectly balanced) or Insomniac (an amazing 30 Minute rush). You already mentioned how Uno crashes and burns after "Kill The DJ". It's even more jarring on Dos with the awkward tonal shifts because of songs like "Nightlife" and Tré feels like a paylist on shuffle.
- The albums don't stick to their concepts: Uno is the most cohesive but painfully bland because of it. Dos has some garage Rock tracks and Tré has some of the opera bombast, but in between of them are way too many bland powerpop tracks that are indistinguishable from the Uno-songs.
- The overpolished sound, that might have worked on their opera albums, but sound terrible when applied to stripped down powerpop. Some guy on youtube re-recorded some of these trilogysongs dookie-style and it is almost funny how much better they sound with a fuller guitar, an audible bass, livelier drums and snottier vocals. That overpolished sound is especially troubling on "Dos", like come on, this sounds way too clean for a garage rock album. Also why does that weird vocal effect need to be on Billie's voice on almost evry goddamn song?
- Mike's Bass. You already pointed it out. He does the bare minimum, but one of the key reasons why GD were so far ahead of most of their peers was that Mike played so many tricky but catchy bass lines. The bass on the trilogy could have been done by anyone. Especially the Uno-Songs would have needed more creative basslines desperately.
- Trés Drums. What he does here is perfectly servicable, but nothing more. Any killer fill-ins like on "Basket Case", "In the End" or "Jaded"? Not a single one.
- BILLIE'S LYRICS: What in god's name happened? A lot of the lyrics are less mature than on the first two records when the guy was a goddamn teenager. How is stuff like "Let yourself go", "Makeout party" or goddamn "NIGHTLIFE" possible? Yeah, they wanted to make something less conceptual, why not, but this is just lazy and stupid. Then again, no surprise, considering Billie's state of mind, otherwise: They made several album's in the 90's while being methed out and those didn't suck.
Hope you can follow my points despite my sloppy English. Thank you.
Hey Crash,
I usually don't get this personal with another RUclipsr, especially one who I don't know very well, but at the end there, when you were describing how poorly this year was and how whenever you think that you have everything under control, those are also the times it hurts the hardest when things fall apart... that part nearly made me cry. That was exactly me with this year. I had everything planned out, I knew what I was going to do... and one by one, things started slipping, not going how I planned them, and now by the end, I barely even care anymore. And the crap going on in the world has especially made things toxic, not in part because my town was invaded by racists in August of this year and it feels like nobody trusts anybody anymore. I think you were speaking from your heart at the end there, and it has really helped me feel better, like someone else is feeling the same struggles I am. Just know that we, as your fans, are here for you and hope that next year goes better.
Oh, and just a side note: About _Van Halen III_, the best thing that that album has ever done was get my review of it featured on Van Halen's website. So... yeah, if you ever decide to review that album, you might just be featured on their site. :)
I love this review and I was glad to be able to take part in it!
~Spaceman
Well actually, well actually, well actually, well actually, well actually......
These albums suck.
Watching the whole 'burnout' segment, after Crash's 2021 (and 2020, for that matter.) is REALLY creepy.
If it wasn't very very sad, i would call him Thompsadanus.
"To have a closing number as the first single."
Look no further than Scars on Broadway's "They Say" on their one release.
Holy shit Crash, what an epic finale. Thank you for making this huge ass effort of work and probably your best full length episode. How much you got out of these bland albums is astounding (even if I like atleast one Track of each album, but whatever, they still suck). I can't wait for all the new shows and videos next year. Keep it up dude :D 👍🤘
There are a couple of good’uns from the trilogy I think
Dirty Rotten Bastards (while a bit messy in execution) is a lot of fun, X-Kid has a lot of emotion behind the lyrics, Rusty James is pretty catchy, but yeah.. I was definitely let down by this trilogy, especially as a huge Green Day fan.
Also I don’t think I’ll ever forgive Billie Joe for the lyric “woke up in a pool of sweat, first I thought I pissed the bed”
Take a break crash. You deserve it
last time i was this early Green Day's new work sucked
Ethan Cole 1994?
you saying Dookie sucked but everything since then was good? that's a pretty unique point of view.
Ethan Cole No, I mean that Green Day just sucks.
so 1986? this is youtube m8 nobodys that old.
21:28 Josh White?
I love how he just out of nowhere makes it a story outta know where
At least with Can’t stop partying I knew my ears were going to bleed.
Oh wow just noticed Bang Bang in the background when D.Va came back
Can't wait for him to rip on Nightlife.
My god, that song is just so bad.
After reading some lyrics off dos.... I think Billy is..... The Denny's stalker
Well actually, you're absolutely right.
Now that you mentioned Risk, KIll the DJ sounds like a weird version of Crush Em' almost haha
Well actually...yeah, you're right.
Amy was good in my opinion.
Ben Goldberg Music “aMY wAs gOoD iN mY oPiNiOn”
I agree. Honestly should have been a single.
Jesus, you REALLY pulled in the favors for the cameos in this, didn't you?
The Dom, Il Neige, others...that I don't know. Really nice, man.
LOL. He put out a "casting call" on twitter for that Spite Bomb montage. I know because...well that's me at 1:32:38.
Not the ones I was talking about, since I knew about that. I was talking about the people that mattered.
these albums are so pointless and half baked that not releasing them wouldn't result in a big loss, plus saving them from a lot of embarrassment.
also the finale of this is incredible. you've done a great job on this video, Crash
15:46 used the wrong album cover lol
...shit! So much for my integrity. 🙃
Oh Love is a top 20 all-time Green Day song! So is The Forgotten!
This was amazing, and beautiful, and so real. That ending was so amazing. I know you put one hell of alot of effort into this, but ah man, this video is brilliant. Congrats on making almost everyone who watches this smile and laugh and even get all emotional. You rock dude!
Lol I love kill the DJ, haha.
Holy fuck, this video made Lil' Diva funny. That's the biggest step up I've seen since Revolution Radio after these 3 deadly sins
Reminds me on the one time The Melvins released 3 albums in the 90s with each bandmember doing their own job... it was badass.
The last part of this video hit me so, so, SO hard, because I feel like that’s exactly what I’ve been going through lately in real life. And it just means so much to me to find something like this.
It's finally here! I love your content, keep it up for the next year. Greetings from Spain!
Never clicked on a video so fast! Haha
21:10 same question we ask about maroon 5
You mean Adam Levine and The Extras?
Could you do the same for AFI I feel like they could fit great for this type of format that you've done for green day
Interesting, "Kill the DJ" is a great track to me. It's like one of the first danceable Green Day tracks. One of the best from the trilogy in my opinion.
14:43 Under Pressure by Queen was the lead single and closing track off hot space
Crash, I wanted to thank you. I've been trying to get my music review blog off the ground for about a year and a half now and nothing seems to be working. When I feel like giving up, I remember people like you to remember that people do care about what I'm trying to say. You and several other people are the reason I got into music reviewing.
Won’t Get Fooled Again was the first single off of Who’s Next, And is possibly the greatest closer of all time
Just noticed nostalgia critic helping charge the spite bomb, made my day. Thanks for another great video Crash!!!
52:40-53:02 Top 10 Anime Fights.
Mike’s bassline wasn’t totally wiped out in these 3 albums. He has a bass solo on Dirty Rotten Bastards that’s pretty solid.
Chocolatezeus yeah for an hour and 40 minutes he skipped over some decent basslines, i actually think the work mike did on these albums shows more musicianship than 21st CB
Did you just call Lady Cobra, Green Day's attempt at Layla?
You're right, there have been good triple albums. My favorite is technically Stadium Arcadium, which was supposed to be a triple album but instead became a large ass double album.
That was meant to be a triple album? Huh. It could have pulled it off.
Having seen GD live, I feel bad for anyone who saw them live and they preformed ANY songs of the trio albums
This is the video I go back to to watch a man truly break. I don't know how much of this real but he makes it feel real. And that's why Crash deserves so many more subs.
this was so fucking glorious oh my god that last half hour was something special
If you look closely he doesn’t like these albums.
These albums came out during a rough time in my life. I had just had a series of surgeries (out of a total 25 over the course of my life) and I was going back to community college. It was hard for me to get back to the swing of things, and to top it off, it was the first time I was alone most everyday. Luckily I got through that period and eventually graduated.
If Green Day had condensed the trilogy into one album with the best songs, I think it’d be something like
Nuclear Family
Stay the Night
Oh Love
Lazy Bones
Stray Heart
Baby Eyes
8th Avenue Serenade
X-Kid
Sex, Drugs, and Violence
99 Revolutions
Dirty Rotten Bastards
The Forgotten
I might’ve missed a few but those are the best songs in my opinion.
And Let Yourself Go
Dr Sp.Ace While I’m not a fan of the lyrics of that song, it’s definitely got one their catchiest choruses in a song.
Matthew Graham Baby Eyes and Sex Drugs and Violence? Really? :P
Charlie Burns I know it’s all subjective but I like those songs more than the others on those records (S, D, & V mainly cuz of Dirnt’s singing part and Baby Eyes cuz it reminds me of the Misfits).
1:39:24 over nothing to talk about wow
That’s because Crash added stuff like the city being destroyed and the big cinematic fight at the end. Plus stuff that happened in the middle of touring and recording. He meant that he had nothing to talk about the songs.
Theguyonthetv 27 I know I was being sarcastic
Wow, the second half of this video kinda looks like Clerks, in a way.
Watched all 3 retrospectives throughout the week, great work my dude 🤘🏻
Thank ye kindly! 😊
You don't need to put so much effort into warding off haters at the pass. Unlike most critics you put a lot of time into explaining your views with fair comparisons and you're humble about it. You invite people who disagree with you to be reasonable.
"I have nothing to say about these records"
(Proceeds to talk about them for an hour)
Watching this in 2020, and god I can’t wait for crash’s review of father of all..
I’m surprised that my entry made it into the video (anyone wondering, it’s at 1:31:58). Anyways, it’s such an honor to be a part of this and the video turned out very fantastic! Thank you so much and keep up the good work!
Thx for Mentioning "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven. (That Was Part of My "Class of '08" Moments)
But I prefer cereal without milk...it just makes it all soggy if you put it in.
The only song that I actually like and keep coming back to from the Trilogy is “Stop When The Red Lights Flash” from ¡DOS!.
The Unstable Nerd I’m the same way with “Stray Heart”
My first concert was actually from Green Day’s 21st century breakdown tour and it was amazing.
Touche Amore chose closing track "Skyscraper" to be one of the singles promoting their album 'Stage Four' back in 2016. That's the most recent good example I can think of.