The practice of re-using cadences and riffs, debuted on
Revolution Radio, continues here, placing Green Day directly in line with
Counting Crows. I.e., they’ve officially established themselves as a band willing to create thematic consistences that exist not only WITHIN singular albums, but verily ACROSS albums. That is, of course, if you weren’t already aware that
Insomniac,
Nimrod., and
Warning: are a trilogy~ If you give this a single listen, you’re going to wonder what the point of these intensely brief missives is. Instead, sit your perpetually-on-fast-forward-ass down with the lyrics for your initial listen. Then, put it on repeat, and soak in the sonic nuances buried beneath the bluster.
I.e., give it the proper reverence befitting a Green Day album. And, don’t you dare come bitching to me that they ape multiple Clash songs, simultaneously. No one gets to complain when Rancid made an entire career out of such (ooooooh)
shenanigans.
“Another one down at the mining town…”
Songs of Note:
I Was A Teenage Teenager;
Graffitia
ALL the Silent Hill References out of 5
