In your opinion, what is the worst Green Day song?

What do you guys think the worst Green Day song is? I know we’re all probably gonna answer something like “Oh, I think [song] is their worst but I still love it!” but there’s at least one or two songs that we each don’t listen to.

For me, it’s Strangeland and Best Thing in Town. Those two songs are just terrible. I still listen to em from time to time but I’m never gonna say “Man I really wanna listen to Strangeland”. It’s not even about the production quality, the song itself is just bad.

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The Forgotten and Ordinary World are tied for me. I skip them both. I never skip any other GD songs.

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I thought The Forgotten was kinda underrated, but I do find myself skipping that one lol.

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I get The Forgotten but whaaat Ordinary World?? Man I adore that song :sob: I cried when I saw Billie play it live.

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The Forgotten is wonderful, love it! So many songs to choose from the trilogy but I will go with Drama Queen or troublemaker

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When you have a band going for 30 years you’ll have some misses. Idk if theres really a worst song because they are all weak for one reason or another but heres what I picked.

Fire Ready Aim - Lyrics make no sense and yeah this is one of the few obvious examples of Green Day being sellouts. Very commercial and definitely for the NHL

Troublemaker: Not a fan of Billie’s vocals and probably one of the weakest instrumentals in the Trilogy

Drama Queen - I just cant stand this song xD

Nightlife - Low hanging fruit I know but amazing instrumentals were ruined by a bad voice changer and the use of rap. Its a damn shame

Controversial pick: See the Light - Ok so Im a big 21st Century Breakdown fan but oh my god I cant stand this song especially with it being the closing song on an amazing album. It probably ruins around 70 seconds too long and man these lyrics are just weak

As for your choices while I dont hate them Strangeland and Best Thing In Town are pretty weak songs especially when songs like 2000 Light Years Away, Who Wrote Holden Caulfield, One of My Lies, etc are on this album. The actual aound of them does scream “we were running out of budget for the album and just recorded this on cheap equipment”

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Amy for me, cannot stand that song. I don’t like Stray Heart much either and really dislike the video.

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Okay I think I have a new answer— Here Comes The Shock is so bad that every one of us erased it from our memories :joy:

Oh, and agree about See The Light. It’s a mediocre song and American Eulogy would have been a better ending sonically (similar to Forever Now as a potentially better ender) but I get that he wanted to end the album on a more positive note.

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Can’t agree, I think See The Light is a great closer the 21 CBD.

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Oh my god i forgot about Here Comes The Shock…best keep it that way xD

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I listened to Here Comes The Shock once when it came out and never again. I completely forgot about its existence untill you reminded me of it haha

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I’m happy I don’t see hate for Rest here. Not extraordinary at all but doesn’t deserve the insane amount of hate it gets

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I’m surprised that nobody mentioned Green Day. Ironically that song has the band’s name but for me it’s the worst song ever. And Ashley :face_vomiting:

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Oh wow! I used to hate that track because of John’s excessive drumming but it actually grew on me.

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Ooo I love the song Green Day xD

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Overall, DUI. For studio album tracks in the WB era, Christian’s Inferno. There are a number of songs from 39/Smooth that are only okay, but have been played live later that I then love.

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Yeah, sorry about that :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I mean, technically those last 4 songs are from an EP that they recorded before Kerplunk! The album ends with Words I Might Have Ate which is a great closer imo. The last four are technically bonus tracks so I don’t consider them apart of it haha. I do love My Generation and Sweet Children is a decent song.

See The Light definitely is a hot take but I can see your POV!

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I’m in the very small minority here but I actually enjoy Here Comes The Shock. It’s not great but it’s a fun little song that is catchy as fuck to me.

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Thats fair and a good explanation on the sound difference!

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