Wine Tuesday Discussion Topic
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revidWho else on the ol' flist is really feeling depressed about the serious lack of Green Day news?
Show of hands, please.
That's what I thought.
I know we've had a rash of Billie sightings (and one really excellent interview) of late, and I'm plenty grateful for that, and it's always sweet to see Mike with a guitar (and glasses! glasses! BE STILL MY BEATING HEART!), even if it is in Europe, and god only knows where that whacky drummer has been (aside from a tattoo parlor apparently), but
{Billie} OR {Mike} OR {Tré} ≠ {Green Day}
At least I have my LJ friends to talk with about Green Day to help to ease the pain. So let's have a little meeting of the LJ Green Day Appreciation Society. Here's a topic I've been thinking about for a while, and I thought I'd throw it out for discussion.
What do you think the set list will look like on the next tour? (Let us not dwell on the fact that the time frame for this is looking more and more like 2009.)
What songs do you think will definitely be on the list? Which song would you die to hear them play, even though you know it will never happen? Obviously, we can't anticpate the new material, but it's a fair assumption that probably 1/3 of the set list will be from the new CD. Which song would you be happy never to hear live again?
Here's what I think:
Opening song will probably be new, but they could stick with "American Idiot." From AI, they'll probably keep BOBD because it was such a monster hit (although honestly, I wouldn't miss it a bit.) I can also see "AWTW/St. Jimmy," just because Billie clearly loved dropping the guitar and prancing around on stage like the lovable little attention whore that he is. "Holiday" would be my dream selection. I bet the occasionally lucky audience might get treated to "JOS" or "Homecoming" just because the mood strikes them, but it won't be a regular part of the set list.
Going backward through the catalog, "Minority" will probably be the only representative off Warning. "Waiting" or "Macy's Day Parade" would be awesome, but I'm not holding my breath.
"Good Riddance" isn't going anywhere. That will still be the final show closer with Billie solo. I have mixed feelings about "Hitchin' A Ride." I like watching Billie stroke himself as much as the next girl, but it's getting kind of long in the tooth. Same with "King For a Day/Shout" and especially "Knowledge." The song I like, but the whole "Who can play guitar?" thing is due for retirement. I fast forward through that on all my DVDs. I think it'd be neat if they put in "The Grouch" or "Prosthetic Head," although my secret wish would be "Redundant."
Also on my list of songs I never need to hear live again is "Brain Stew/Jaded." If you need to play a hit from Insomniac I'd rather hear GSB or "Walking Contradiction."
The Dookie era songs are harder to choose. "Basket Case" and "Longview" will be on the set list when they're playing in wheel chairs. I'd like them to put "When I Come Around" back in the rotation. I wouldn't miss "Welcome to Paradise" very much. (HA! Of course WTP live comes onto my iTunes just as I'm typing that!)
I would be ecstatic if they threw "Christie Road" back in on a regular basis. The AI tour setlist did not contain a single track from Kerplunk, which is a crying shame and just plain wrong. "2000 LYA" would get thrown in once in a while on the last tour, so maybe they'll put that in.
It seems the boys have pretty much forgotten how to play everything off 1039/SOSH, but for many years their opening song was "Going to Pasalaqua," and it's definitely worth pulling out of the vault again in my opinion.
So I can think of about 15 songs or so that they should absolutely play, and that doesn't include the new material, or any covers. I'd be up for a three hour show.
What do you think?
And The Living End should totally be their opening band.
Show of hands, please.
That's what I thought.
I know we've had a rash of Billie sightings (and one really excellent interview) of late, and I'm plenty grateful for that, and it's always sweet to see Mike with a guitar (and glasses! glasses! BE STILL MY BEATING HEART!), even if it is in Europe, and god only knows where that whacky drummer has been (aside from a tattoo parlor apparently), but
{Billie} OR {Mike} OR {Tré} ≠ {Green Day}
At least I have my LJ friends to talk with about Green Day to help to ease the pain. So let's have a little meeting of the LJ Green Day Appreciation Society. Here's a topic I've been thinking about for a while, and I thought I'd throw it out for discussion.
What do you think the set list will look like on the next tour? (Let us not dwell on the fact that the time frame for this is looking more and more like 2009.)
What songs do you think will definitely be on the list? Which song would you die to hear them play, even though you know it will never happen? Obviously, we can't anticpate the new material, but it's a fair assumption that probably 1/3 of the set list will be from the new CD. Which song would you be happy never to hear live again?
Here's what I think:
Opening song will probably be new, but they could stick with "American Idiot." From AI, they'll probably keep BOBD because it was such a monster hit (although honestly, I wouldn't miss it a bit.) I can also see "AWTW/St. Jimmy," just because Billie clearly loved dropping the guitar and prancing around on stage like the lovable little attention whore that he is. "Holiday" would be my dream selection. I bet the occasionally lucky audience might get treated to "JOS" or "Homecoming" just because the mood strikes them, but it won't be a regular part of the set list.
Going backward through the catalog, "Minority" will probably be the only representative off Warning. "Waiting" or "Macy's Day Parade" would be awesome, but I'm not holding my breath.
"Good Riddance" isn't going anywhere. That will still be the final show closer with Billie solo. I have mixed feelings about "Hitchin' A Ride." I like watching Billie stroke himself as much as the next girl, but it's getting kind of long in the tooth. Same with "King For a Day/Shout" and especially "Knowledge." The song I like, but the whole "Who can play guitar?" thing is due for retirement. I fast forward through that on all my DVDs. I think it'd be neat if they put in "The Grouch" or "Prosthetic Head," although my secret wish would be "Redundant."
Also on my list of songs I never need to hear live again is "Brain Stew/Jaded." If you need to play a hit from Insomniac I'd rather hear GSB or "Walking Contradiction."
The Dookie era songs are harder to choose. "Basket Case" and "Longview" will be on the set list when they're playing in wheel chairs. I'd like them to put "When I Come Around" back in the rotation. I wouldn't miss "Welcome to Paradise" very much. (HA! Of course WTP live comes onto my iTunes just as I'm typing that!)
I would be ecstatic if they threw "Christie Road" back in on a regular basis. The AI tour setlist did not contain a single track from Kerplunk, which is a crying shame and just plain wrong. "2000 LYA" would get thrown in once in a while on the last tour, so maybe they'll put that in.
It seems the boys have pretty much forgotten how to play everything off 1039/SOSH, but for many years their opening song was "Going to Pasalaqua," and it's definitely worth pulling out of the vault again in my opinion.
So I can think of about 15 songs or so that they should absolutely play, and that doesn't include the new material, or any covers. I'd be up for a three hour show.
What do you think?
And The Living End should totally be their opening band.
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Date: 2007-11-14 04:15 am (UTC)I gotta disagree on one point: I think they'll keep JoS on the setlist. If only because they all seemed to feel really strongly about it, moreso than about the other songs on the album. I think Holiday's in- or exclusion will depend on if it still seems topical by the time they tour (i.e., if they went onstage *now*, I think it'd be in there).
Like Good Riddance & BoBD, Knowledge isn't going anywhere, either. They've been doing that for YEARS. And while I tend to find it on the boring side myself, I actually hope they never stop doing it. I think the conceptual underpinning is more important than the entertainment value for those ten minutes.
*cough* I can't say the same for the faux masturbation, though I'd miss it. I'd miss hearing the song more, though, if it were taken out of the setlist. If Billie decides *not* to continue playing with himself mid-concert, I suspect the song *will* be removed, just to avoid creating expectation that he doesn't intend to fulfil.
I'd like to hear When I Come Around live - once, anyway! Maybe I would stop disliking it so much, lol.
Aaaand the one I'd kill to hear live but never will: Panic Song. :D
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Date: 2007-11-14 04:47 am (UTC)I agree that Hitchin' won't happen WITHOUT the Billie self-lovin'.
Personally, I would love to hear JOS live again, but maybe it will end up in the encore. They've got to leave room for the new material.
I wonder if Billie will play piano on any of the new songs live. Wouldn't that be a trip?
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Date: 2007-11-14 05:05 am (UTC)I wonder if Billie will play piano on any of the new songs live.
Oh God, Mary, I'd need to bring extra underwear if he did that. LOL
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Date: 2007-11-15 01:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-11-15 03:43 am (UTC)I am such a total suck-up-fan - I'm not sure I have a least favourite album. Or even a song. Well....I've never really been sold on Misery. But that's really almost it.