Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Against Green Day
I recently saw The Neverending Story 2: The Next Chapter. Yes, it was so bad that I won't even link to it. Yes, it was so bad that I worked up a whole diatribe of a post, tearing apart lead kid actor, Jonathan Brandis . . . until I found out the poor guy killed himself several years ago.
So I guess that puts the ol' KI-bosh on that post.
Rather, then, I will merely state that Green Day, currently at the height of their career, represents (aside from Milwaukee traffic) the greatest source of discomfort, disgust and alienation I endure at the moment. I have taken a stand against Green Day that I usually reserve for boy bands, lip-syncing chicks and Milwaukee traffic: I avoid it.
Oh, yeah, I've heard enough of the latest album to know that, despite popular opinion:
1.) It's still a Green Day album.
2.) It ain't no masterpiece.
3.) It redefines "overrated".
4.) Besides being, well, a Green Day album, it's just plain boring.
5.) I can still be appalled that so many can be duped by such obvious corporate rock.
So I'm avoiding it. I refuse to listen anymore. I don't care how many awards they've won. I don't care how important a political statement it makes. I know the music sucks. Please fade back into oblivion, Green Day. Take your money and your MTV spaceman awards and go. Please.
So I guess that puts the ol' KI-bosh on that post.
Rather, then, I will merely state that Green Day, currently at the height of their career, represents (aside from Milwaukee traffic) the greatest source of discomfort, disgust and alienation I endure at the moment. I have taken a stand against Green Day that I usually reserve for boy bands, lip-syncing chicks and Milwaukee traffic: I avoid it.
Oh, yeah, I've heard enough of the latest album to know that, despite popular opinion:
1.) It's still a Green Day album.
2.) It ain't no masterpiece.
3.) It redefines "overrated".
4.) Besides being, well, a Green Day album, it's just plain boring.
5.) I can still be appalled that so many can be duped by such obvious corporate rock.
So I'm avoiding it. I refuse to listen anymore. I don't care how many awards they've won. I don't care how important a political statement it makes. I know the music sucks. Please fade back into oblivion, Green Day. Take your money and your MTV spaceman awards and go. Please.
