Green Day are one of those grotty bands that people love hating. They’re derivative as hell and sell out huge jumbodomes, grinding the gears of everyone who likes supposedly more adventurous bands.
Of course, this is hilarious to your average Green Day devotee. While you mew about innovation and Liking The Real Thing From ’76, they’ve been to a dozen shows, got drunk, danced around and generally had a dumb gas. Who is the loser here, really? And that makes them more irritating, right?
And even though Green Day tend to apply maximum volume to everything, over the years they’ve occasionally shown a softer side (Waa! Boo! Hiss!), which they’ve revealed again with a new tribute song for Amy Winehouse, which you can hear over the jump if you’ve got nothing better to do.
The new track, which they debuted at a small show (the Tiki Bar 1700 Placentia in Costa Mesa, California if you’re interested), is called ‘Amy’ and is quite obviously a song about the late singer.
The lyrics aren’t quite up to the standard of Winehouse’s brutal self-confessionals, but y’know, anyone expecting that from Green Day is a tool.
At one point, the song says “27 gone without a trace” and mentions the bloody ballet shoes, as well as “did you tattoo a lucky charm?” which basically means that we’re correct in assuming that ‘Amy’ is about Amy Winehouse.
You can’t really knock them for it, unless of course, you’re under the illusion that this is just hollow opportunism from a band that doesn’t really give a flying hoot.
Anyway, listen to it here, okay?
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arzkazoo says
A shameless cash-in from America’s most faux-punk “band”.
Shite.