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: 2007-11-15 03:40 am (UTC)*sigh* This whole discussion makes me very happy, yet very sad at the same time. But I will put that aside for the moment. *misses them*
Before I think at all of my song choices, I would like to suggest that our Boys take themselves to a Bruce Springsteen concert (I think you're also a fan?) My man Bruce routinely puts on a minimum 3+ hour show, and the dude is waaaayy into his 50s now. AND most importantly, he switches up his set list almost every night. If I could have one thing, and one thing only, it wouldn't be a specific song. It would be for the guys to loosen it up, and abandon the script. I would love to see them hang out every afternoon and shoot the shit, and pick a few special songs each night just because they want to play them. Not because the flashpots are choreographed and the lights are timed etc. I want a bit of sponteneity. I can't decide who makes the call on this - Green Day or some management guy somewhere. But I digress..... (wow, that kinda became a rant :)
I would probably sell my daughter if they would open the show with Going to Pasalaqua. That opening guitar feedback bit??? *dies* Love it so much....
From AI, I would love for them to keep St Jimmy because I agree - batshit crazy, crotch-thrusting Billie is good stuff. I don't know if they'll keep JOS. It's soooo long...realistically it takes the place of 2-3 other songs in the setlist. American Idiot, yes. BOBD - it'll probably be around forever. Letterbomb - please.
I think Minority is forever, it's such a crowd song. I would love for Waiting to make it, but really, love the album as I do, not alot on Waiting is really arena-friendly. It's more intimate.
I agree that some of the goofy stuff needs to change up - King for a Day stuff has been around for a while. And I'm torn on Hitchin - again, Billie's had his hand in his pants for so long, how do you not do it??? But really - it's also getting tired. Especially for the new "mature/middle-aged" Billie :) I would love to see Scattered added. I'd also like to see 86. I love Geek Stink Breath - it's an awesome live song, and another that Billie really gets into. I'd also love to see them add She to the set list. And for me, When I Come Around will always be the song that I loved first. And Christie Road - the Comp'd performance was so awesome, and I think Billie's voice is so much better/stronger these days, that I get goosebumps thinking what they could do with that song every night.
In general I guess, I would really like to see them play whatever they have to play from the new album (probably a third to half the show) and then mix up the other half with a rotating list of older stuff. This way, we all get awesome bootlegs! And hey - universe? I'd really like to see them this time 'round, if that's OK? *prostrates self at the shrine of Lord Billie*
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Date: 2007-11-16 12:00 am (UTC)I agree that the idea of a rotating set list would rock. We had a ton of great boots from the last tour, so hopefully the next tour will be the same!