Green Day - Shenanigans
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Free Music Review: This collection of b-sides is one of Green Day's best albums
Hit: 5 Stars
The 2002 release Shenanigans is essentially a collection of b-sides, rarities and covers from Green Day's major label career. This covers the period from Dookie to Warning, when Green Day pretty much set the standard for pop/punk music.
A lot of time when you hear a b-side or previously unreleased song you can tell why it didn't make the album. In this case, however, these are some of the best Green Day songs I've heard. The original material is every bit as good as what you'd find on Insomniac or Warning (especially "Ha Ha You're Dead," "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" and "Suffocate") and the cover songs are a blast. They do a great version of the Ramones' "Outsider" and their version of the Kinks' "Tired of Waiting for You" is a glimpse of the future Foxboro Hot Tubs project. My only complaint is that it doesn't have all of the b-sides that they released during that time period. I'd have gladly paid more for a 2-disc set if they had included everything.
Obviously Green Day took their sound into a bold new territory with the albums that followed, but Shenanigans remains one of my absolute favorite Green Day albums. It's a perfect snapshot of the band's early sound, attitude and energy, and it's just a fun, fun, fun album.
Free Music Review: Ha Ha Green Day's not Dead (they're still awesome!)
Hit: 5 Stars
If you really think about it, Green Day has been around for a long time. While other bands break up and so on, these guys still know how to put out great music. Some people have given them a hard time for sort of breaking away from their punk roots with the album, "Warning," but I still was able to see the punk side of them. Especially if you've ever seen them live. They have to be one of the best bands ever to see live."Schenanigans" is an outstanding album! It's not a CD of new songs, it's rare songs, B-Sides, cover songs, outtakes, and more. This CD takes me back to the "Dookie" era. There is nothing but punk on this album. There are some serious songs, but most of them are fast and upbeat.
I really enjoy every song on the album. My favorite songs are, "suffocate," "you lied," "don't wanna fall in love," "scumbag," "sick of me," "do da da," and "ha ha you're dead." (Especially "ha ha your dead." An excellent finale to the album.) The only downside to the album is that it is very short. Though it is true that this is how Green Day has always been, it would've been nice to have it just a couple minutes longer. But, that does not take away the greatness from this CD.
If you love Green Day, now or back then, "Schenanigans" is the CD for you. Great songs, great band, and just a great time.
P.S. If you haven't seen these guys live yet, you don't know what you're missing. They are AWESOME live! See them live and see if you can still convince yourself that these guys have no talent.
Free Music Review: The best b-sides album ever
Hit: 5 Stars
Pop-punk followers like Blink-182 may have eclipsed Green Day in the past few years, but the Bay Area trio's 2001 greatest hits collection, International Superhits, was an excellent reminder of how seductive this band can be when pumping out those Modern Rock radio gems. Shenanigans is the flip side of Superhits, collecting Green Day's b-sides and cover tunes into a compilation that jells. It kicks off smashingly, the boys cranking out "Suffocate", "Desensitized", and "You Lied" with all the energy and snottiness of their biggest hits. The covers of the Ramones ("Outsider") and the Kinks ("Tired of Waiting for You") are faithfully executed; but the next two ("Don't Wanna Fall in Love" and "Rotting") are uninspired filler; and the surf instrumental "Espionage," seems out of place amid the bubblegum punk and hardcore. That's not to say there isn't plenty of fist-pumping fun here, particularly for die hard fans; the fast and furious "I Want to be on TV" thrashes like the band's pre-Dookie performances on Berkeley's Gilman Street punk scene. "Sick of Me" and the previously unreleased "Ha Ha You're Dead" are both very solid anthems; "Ha Ha You're Dead" along with "Desensitized" are my two favorite tracks on this album. Even the shuffling "On the Wagon Again" is a surprising countryish charmer. This collection of odds and sods proves Green Day were every bit as passionate as their first generation punk heroes.Free Music Review: The best b-sides album ever
Hit: 5 Stars
Pop-punk followers like Blink-182 may have eclipsed Green Day in the past few years, but the Bay Area trio's 2001 greatest hits collection, International Superhits, was an excellent reminder of how seductive this band can be when pumping out those Modern Rock radio gems. Shenanigans is the flip side of Superhits, collecting Green Day's b-sides and cover tunes into a compilation that jells. It kicks off smashingly, the boys cranking out "Suffocate", "Desensitized", and "You Lied" with all the energy and snottiness of their biggest hits. The covers of the Ramones ("Outsider") and the Kinks ("Tired of Waiting for You") are faithfully executed; but the next two ("Don't Wanna Fall in Love" and "Rotting") are uninspired filler; and the surf instrumental "Espionage," seems out of place amid the bubblegum punk and hardcore. That's not to say there isn't plenty of fist-pumping fun here, particularly for die hard fans; the fast and furious "I Want to be on TV" thrashes like the band's pre-Dookie performances on Berkeley's Gilman Street punk scene. "Sick of Me" and the previously unreleased "Ha Ha You're Dead" are both very solid anthems; "Ha Ha You're Dead" along with "Desensitized" are my two favorite tracks on this album. Even the shuffling "On the Wagon Again" is a surprising countryish charmer. This collection of odds and sods proves Green Day were every bit as passionate as their first generation punk heroes.Free Music Review: SHENANIGANS ROCKS!
Hit: 5 Stars
Man this album is awesome....It starts with "Suffocate", which is a very awesome song. I found that this song is the one that gets stuck in your head right after you listen to it. "Desensitized" is next... which is hard and heavy yet very much pop punk at the same time... it's a sweet song. "You Lied" is after that, which has a cool rhythem to it and a nice chorus. "Outsider" is the 4th track... it's a very good cover of the Ramones classic. After the fast paced "Don't Want to Fall in Love", there's the song espionage. It's a sweet instrumental song written for Austin Powers 2...
Next you got "I want to be on TV" which is fast and heavy like "Take Back" on Nimrod...... After that is Scumbag from American Pie 2... it's a good pop punk song...... then the kinks cover "tired of waiting for you" which is slow but fun...
"Sick of Me" is next... and it's a cool song man.... "Rotting" is after that.... I don't like Rotting... It's too slow and boring.... "Do da da" picks you back up with tat weet pop-punk.
The slow "on the wagon" is a nice relaxing song that's also pretty hard at the same time....
then we finish up with the awesome "ha ha you're dead"..... which is a very good sing along song....
If you like Green Day or good music you MUST buy SHENANIGANS!!!!!