Ear Buds (Bonus!) - Green Day "Saviors" Review
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- No Dilemma here, you know we had to review Green Day's brand new album SAVIORS! Joey and Landon catch up with their feelings regarding the past decade of Green Day's output, then dive into each song from the new album!
Let us know what you think about the new album! What's your favorite track? Least? Tell us everything! Please?
breakdown:
00:00:00 an history
00:22:40 The American Dream Is Killing Me
00:33:07 Look Ma, No Brains!
00:40:24 Bobby Sox
00:47:08 One Eyed Bastard
00:53:38 Dilemma
01:00:37 1981
01:08:20 Goodnight Adeline
01:14:42 Coma City
01:20:07 Corvette Summer
01:27:37 Suzie Chapstick
01:32:44 Strange Days Are Here To Stay
01:40:34 Living in the 20s
01:46:36 Father To A Son (music muted due to copyright)
01:59:03 Saviors
02:10:47 Fancy Sauce
02:16:13 Final Thoughts and Rating (02:25:14)
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About that one Fancy sauce line, I don't think that's Billie saying "I don't watch cartoons, I watch the evening news" to sound smart, I think he's more likely saying the evening news are so ridiculous it feels like watching a cartoon, which is why that's one of my favorite lines on the album. To me it fits as the closer to the album, so theatrical!
Also, gotta love those transitions Joey makes between the songs, pure radio talent.
It’s honestly impressive how smooth and seamless his transitions are, and that’s a completely unbiased opinion because this definitely isn’t Joey writing this reply in third-person!
I Loved the album, best stuff they have put out in years!! My favorite songs were Strange days, living in the 20s, fancy sauce, 1981, dilemma and look ma no brains!!
Some of our faves too! although we might need some convincing on fancy sauce as the album closer. Feel like there are better ones to go out on. Dilemma and look ma are all-timers to me, and 1981 keeps growing on me!
@@notgoodnotbadFor some reason Fancy Sauce reminds me of a slow Version of Suicidal Tendencies:Institutionalized 😂
@@notgoodnotbadbtw I agree Coma city would have been the perfect last song on the album
@@notgoodnotbad i think that if they wanted to end on a song like that i would swapped it with father to a son. i loved that one. btw the album is great, i think the only song that has to grown on me a little more is suzie chapstick.
and for Father to a Son, like im sorry but its my favorite on the record. i understand who says it doesnt fit on the album but they give us a song like that now and then. so much people could say that Good Ridance doesnt fit on Nimrod but there you have it, i love it and its one of their anthems even when they're a punk rock band.
I think our point was more production-wise and thematically Father To A Son feels a little out of place on this record than some of the other ballads/acoustic songs they’ve done on those respective albums. But the song itself is great, so we’ll take it however we can get it!
Feels like I’m having a listening party with my friends. You’re cool, guys❤
You’ve just become an Ear Bud. 🤝 thanks for hanging out!
39 Smooth is the first album. Crazy to think Green Day have been going since 1987
And thank GOD they have been (his favorite band of course)
I love when you guys do the backup vocals and air drums lol
Haha glad someone does! Cant help ourselves!
never heard of you guys before, but i’m glad this got recommended, it was a fun watch! I’ve been a Green Day fan for a LONG time (fav album is Insomniac) and I gotta say in following the rollout and release of this album, the trio seems kind of reinvigorated, which is really cool for how long they’ve been at it. Saviors might not tread new ground or hit the same as their early work, but I haven’t enjoyed new Green Day this much in a long time. it’s a damn fun listen. especially Corvette Summer.
totally agree, there is more of an energy to this album top to bottom than some of the more recent stuff and it's so great to see. It might be a little familiar but it's also hard to reach the heights they have reached in the past creatively, so I'll take having a bunch of good songs and a couple of greats. Corvette Summer is a blast, one of the tops on the album and maybe an all timer for me. thanks for giving us a shot! we went through Dookie a while back too, if you're in the mood for more of our Green Day takes haha
Strange Days, Dilemma, Coma City and Suzie Chapstick are the highlights for me
Those are all up there for us! With a special carve out for Corvette Summer
Love this listening sesh💚
Randomly found this video and it was awesome, gonna be watching more of your stuff
Yes! love to hear it, thanks for giving it a go! Welcome to the 'Bud Club
Just subscribed. Great review! The album definitely has its flaws, but it’s probably my favorite since American Idiot.
Also, I love your idea to make Coma City the closer/ title track! It’s such a strong song and the outro rules.
It would be such a sick way to go out! And thematically a nice button to the album. Glad you love the album too and thanks for subscribing!
@@notgoodnotbad Track sequencing is so important! I think it would be interesting to see you guys take a classic album and try to come up with a better track order.
Also, you touched on the idea of taking Uno, Dos, Tre and condensing it into a single, tight 10 song album. I also had that idea a while back when listening to Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 🤣. I'm sure it's already been done, but I love the idea of a series that takes bloated albums or even multiple albums from an artist's discography to make one record that's all killer, no filler.
Love this review style man. Knocking it out of the park!
Thanks Bud! Much appreciated
Great time with you guys, really enjoyed it.
Thanks for hanging out! And hey! We went through Dookie a couple months ago if you want some more Green Day content 🙏🏻
@@notgoodnotbad sure, hope it's not that long, though I'm not complaining here too 😂
Haha it is a *little* shorter!
@@notgoodnotbad ok great, I'll see to it.
I'm stealing the word 'syncapation'! Great video guys, was very interesting to hear your thoughts on the album.
Thanks for checking it out! Glad we could offer some insights and new ways to use maybe real words 🙏🏻
@@notgoodnotbad "maybe real words" 🤣
Happened to stumble across this video and am happy for it, you lads are great! As a Green Day fan I would say this album is their best work in years, and the decision to have Rob Cavallo produce their work again and Chris Lord-Alge mix the record has paid dividends. Sonically the production is great even if admittedly there are low points on the record. I don't particularly care for the American Dream as a song. It's a bit too dull and lethargic overall for my taste with a too polished and package-ready feel for a lead single. In addition, since the trilogy I think some of Billie's lyrical choices are boring at best and cringe worthy at worst, the PDF line in American Dream comes to mind here. However, some tunes are undeniably catchy, punchy, and Green Day at their best. 20's, Goodnight Adeline, Dilemma, One Eyed Bastard, and Fancy Sauce are highlights for me. Keep up the good work with the channel :)
Succinctly put what we took 2.5+ hours to say, couldn’t agree more on basically all fronts! Thanks for giving us a shot friend!
Haha! Never let the time dictate your flow, keep em coming!@@notgoodnotbad
I think its more about the feeling than being "right" with green day. As here and on all their albums really, there will be a song singing about how they hate one thing, and on the end of the album its how they accept that thing as being part of themselves. American dream and fancy sauce have some contradicting feelings. And thats what i love about green day. It feels alot more human to be confused about the world than to just take one side which is the extremism that they are agaisnt
great point! the uncertainty in American Dream is definitely Green Day working at their height, and totally agree with the idea that they offer a more human outlook than just the "protest" band some people might think of them being
As someone whose been a lifelong green day fan, I really enjoyed this one lads. I’ve always been wanting to find a channel like this and thank god my algorithm blessed me. I hope the hype of Saviour carry’s on till they tour. Watching from 🇬🇧, across the pond.
sometimes that algo comes through, thank you for giving us a shot! I know i'll be carrying the Saviors torch into the summer and catching the tour. cheers mate!
This is my new favorite podcast. So detailed but also dumb? Really cool to hear you guys break down some of my favorite albums
hey thanks! detailed but also dumb pretty much nails it, we should make t-shirts. that's our brand baby! thank you!
Ioved this so much! Didn’t catch the song you guys thought sounded like when I come around which one was it? 😭agreed Strange Days has the basket case vibe!
Haha thanks for watching! Goodnight Adeline is the one we both just naturally started singing When I Come Around to, it’s pretty dang similar. But also one of the best tracks on the album
@@notgoodnotbad YES!! Listening back I totally agree 😭😭
Good Video
Thanks!😊
It's on high rotation for me, love it....
pretty darn good album!
Dang it! Every time I now listen to this album my brain injects you 2 singing over the top of it! Great review. My favourite aspect of the album is how everyone has their own personal favourite songs (you could say the same about Green Day albums generally). I have seen some people's favourite song from the album be other peoples worst song. I think this says a lot about the band. Best album I've heard for years. Deeeeeeelemma and Coma City (Coma City) are my faves. Cheers lads.
wow! sorry we've ruined the album for you, but also thanks for thinking of us whenever you hear Coma City (COMA CITY!) - a true honor for us! It is absolutely emblematic of their staying power and talent that they can consistently create songs that individually run the gamut of being someone's best to someone else's worst.
Bobby Sox has a strong Weezer vibe...
It really does
i lost it when u guys said ''someone from Blink 182 got into the room'' hahhah u guys earned a subscriber :D
thanks for subscribing, you just became a Bud:D And hey if you appreciated that Blink reference, oh boy will you like when we went through their new album - check it out if you want! but really thanks!
Dilemma is my personal favorite
great track, feels really fresh and raw
I bet you guys would love these songs with billy old insomniac song voice sound, it really makes a difference, ive grew to love his maturing voice he is 51 he cant sing deep like teen forever❤
Hey i love Billie’s voice! Then and now!
@@notgoodnotbad hell yeah me too , but I just see fans from Dookie not seeing they would like morden green day if billie kept his old skool deep voice, it immediately transports you to 95
@@nova-jo1649 i agree people haven’t been giving them a fair shake for a while, which is a shame they are missing out on some great stuff!
I’m pretty sure 1981 is in reference to the hardcore punk scene. Which is important in the pantheon of punk and rock n roll in general. The cable tv part is a reference to when fear played on SNL and it turned into a riot. Which launched punk, especially California punk to new heights. That’s just my guess, I have no inside information.haven’t heard anyone else say this but that’s what I gathered from it.I think this song is awesome and the most fun song on the record
It’s becoming one of my tops the more i sit with it, just a great chorus, fast fun, and that second verse really kicks things up too. Great insights I’m inclined to absolutely believe you!
that is the song hear this eraly is the static Age from green day 21st century breakdown
I like saviors a lot, easy listen, think Goodnight Adeline is my favorite. Not their peak but certainly a real solid album for this far into their career. I enjoyed the brief blink/Green Day comp, and I know it was in relation to the feedback you guys have received on your reaction to blink’s album, but I just think they are interesting bands to compare. I love them each in their own right. I think Green Day’s consistency of putting out good stuff for such a long time is remarkable, and they definitely have an upper hand on blink in that regard, no doubt, but I, personally l, feel like blink, at their best, can be more dynamic and has a higher ceiling. A lower floor too haha. Maybe it is having two vocalists, but like Turpentine is a good example: such a unique, dynamic, awesome song that I can’t picture anyone but blink making. I’m not sure you can necessarily say the same about Green Day, although you would have to take into account that Green Day influenced a ton of the sound you hear in modern pop punk with dookie, so maybe that’s unfair. American Idiot was a revelation, but maybe more for its rock opera-type configuration than dynamic, unique songs. Nonetheless, don’t really have a point here I guess, just two completely different bands in the same place that are awesome for their own reasons.
hey that's as good as point as any, two bands that are awesome and fun to compare! I think we would probably both agree with your summation here that Blink might creatively, dynamically, uniquely have the greater output. The two vocalists certainly add a dynamism, the wide-ranging influences and interests behind Travis Barker's drum parts change a fine song to a killer, and I think the fact that they don't and maybe never have really agreed on anything leads to some uniquely crafted songs that transcend the typical pop punk experience. That's not to say Tre isn't an incredible drummer, and his parts have historically been really interesting (the stuff he does on Dookie alone seems individually influential, and that album as a whole of course, as you point out), but it seems as they get older and more comfortable with their sound he just isn't/isn't allowed to(?) go outside the box too far. They also seem to genuinely be friends and practice and work together which can influence how they arrive at a certain sound or song, I imagine. But overall I think the initial point stands that Green Day has the more consistently great output, Blink has some more unique, creative highs smattered across a less consistent - and, of course, less active - career. Turpentine might be one of the best Blink songs ever, idk if anything on Saviors rises to the height of any Green Day all-timers. I'd put a couple up there on the list, but nothing surpasses what came before. But again, Green Day has a lot bigger catalogue of greats to go up against imo. anyway, like you said, no real point except to continue talking about bands we love and buddy, that's the whole reason we started doing this! so thank you! thanks for watching!
Some parts of "Goodnight Adeline" bring me back to "21 Guns"
Def can hear that
I don't think I have found a review that just mirrors my thoughts views on greenday so perfectly as this one does, lol
we am become Kyle, lover of Green Day. thanks for checking it out!
It's too bad Fugazi exists, or I would sure listen to this album again.
Ain’t it nice to have both?
I’ve said this before but there is a great 13 song album im Uno dos Trey. I made it on a Apple Music playlist entitled Green Day 13. But I added “back in the USA” which is a single from that dumb Will feral and zach Galifinakis movie and cigarettes and valentines to it.
Father of all… should’ve been a longshots record. Which is just Green Day doing more of a rock n roll thing
Totally agree on all accounts. Would love to see your tracklisting for your trilogy! We’re planning on doing our own re-sequencing soon, it would be fun to check out others. And agreed on father of all… felt more of a one-off than a bona fide green day album. Somewhere between foxboro hot tubs and longshots stylistically
@@notgoodnotbad oh wow I forgot about foxboro hot tub . Yeah, that’s the band that could’ve released father of all. Good pull.
Just because I’m interested in what you guys would put
Green Day 13 (the real Uno dos Trey) track list. I have to add that I kinda cheat and put singles from other stuff but never appeared on albums on here.
1. Back in the USA (from their second greatest hits record)
2. 99 revolutions
3 nuclear family
4. Stray heart
5. Baby eyes
6. Oh love
7.sex drugs and violence
8. Loss of control
9.rusty james
10.let yourself go
11. Angel blue
12 stay the night
13. Cigarettes and valentines
Hope you guys do a video on your lists
this is a solid track list! some of these definitely make our cut too. and yeah Foxboro Hot Tubs is actually probably my favorite side project of the GD boys, really dig a lot of that album. thanks for watching and chatting, we'll see on the next one! @@johnnieriot13
Your hats r tall
I agree, weird
@@landonsheetz4518 lmao the hearts
Why do people expect artists to conform to preconceived notions of ages and stereotypes? Age is a state of mind, artists generally aren’t conformists in every sense, punk or rebel people are non-conforming even more, and there will be references people don’t get or understand.
Do people want artists or performers? A lot of fans don’t respect that artists don’t want to be in a box or exclusively performers. There is a great deal that is more important than that. Art is an outlet, an expression and a love, yet in first place artists are humans with feelings, desires, prerogatives, and goals behind all of that, like everyone else.
“Coma City” is similar to the zombie theme in, “The American Dream is Killing Me”. Many people lack awareness of their robo behaviors, perspective of the world in which they live, understanding the way they are manipulated, and notice of their active rat race participation.
Coma City is one of the best tracks on the album! I don't think we disagree with anything else you've said here either
when after green day diooke to american idol come befer the father of all and no fun monday befer the green day saviors comes out has will becaues i likes green day before next abulm before them too
Can’t argue with that!
I consider Kerplunk thru Nimrod to be the golden era of Green Day. That is their best stuff ever and it always will be to me. American Idiot is the only other great album. So Saviors might be the next best thing they have done. Revolution Radio, 21st Century, and 1039 have some great songs but Saviors might have a few more. I need to give it more time to process, but Saviors is probably their 6th best album out of 14.
I think we’d probably put 21st and RR above this, but i think we’re generally in agreement! It’s a solid album that is pretty consistently good with moments of greatness
I prefer GD post-Warning. As much as I love their old stuff, I just think they’re too simple and unrelatable to me. Now, AI, 21CB, RevRad, the Trilogy, and now Saviors… all of those speak to me on a whole other level.
@@devilskind92 I can see that. I'm just not a lyrics guy, never have been. I am not a GD fan because of their messages, it's 100% about the melody and rhythms for me. And I don't think their later stuff is all that great musically. There are a few exceptions though.
Anyone giving the trilogy a fair shake is good in my book, the most underrated in the GD catalogue
What's with the song that sounds exactly like a pink song, I'm gonna start a fight lolll man what a bunch of posers
Idk if that makes them posers, that they came up with a similar guitar riff to another song from a decade+ ago. Happens in music all the time. Probably shouldn’t happen but it does 🤷♂️ We made fun of it too. Thanks for watching
This album gets a 2 out of 10 for me , green day use to write awesome music now they make regurgitated trash what a bunch of sellouts , almost as bad as silverchair
What was the last green day album you liked?
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Yes this album stinks.
What are you talking about , there's nothing old school about this album in any way , it's garbage , green day sucks now and they've been a bunch of sellouts for 25 years
Stylistically it sometimes harkens back to a Warning/Nimrod era sound. We acknowledge many times they sound almost identical to other songs they’ve written in fact! Thanks for watching
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