As I blasted “21 Guns” on my super-treble Toyota audio system this morning I realized something – Green Day is one of the most important bands of my day. Like them or not, they are.
Here are a few reasons why:
1. 18 years and going strong – I’ve owned brand new Green Day tapes, CDs, mp3’s and now deluxe mp3s. Bands that didn’t last past 6th grade: Color me Bad and C&C Music Factory.
2. Second most immature album title of all time: Kerplunk
3. Most immature album title of all time: Dookie
4. Made sounding like you have a cold awesome.
5. Featured on more sentimental slideshow videos than anyone else with “Time of Your Life” (possible exception of Michael W. Smith)
6. Made punk accessible to the masses. I realize there are some true punkers who might hate them for this, but from the rest of us, “thank you”
What are some other reasons we should be thanking Green Day?
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It was "Color Me Badd" with 2 d's. I can't believe you don't remember that!
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) wasn't just for sentimental slideshows. I'm pretty sure every senior class deemed it their class song from 1997-2005 (if not longer). At least mine did.
Realizing how not to act when your band makes it huge
Thanks for making it socially acceptable to use the word "dookie" in public.
It's one of those voices everyone has tried to imitate at some point of their life…and thought they nailed it.
I'm amazing at it.
Made being a midget lead singer cool.
Anytime I hear "Time of your Life" I immediately see in my mind the series finale of Seinfeld. The montage of of the whole series and it makes me smile.
Great cover of "I Fought the Law"