And both of them have trouble with keeping their hands off pictures of nude minors.

I do believe somebody just got told. Someone get an "oh snap" in here, STAT!

That's a pretty accurate observation, regardless of what you might think of his band.

I would agree with that statement, Green Day still suck tho..

Soumac: And both of them have trouble with keeping their hands off pictures of nude minors.

Hell. Done in one.

To be fair, I've always thought that it would be cooler to be Hefner than any rock star. The man is 83 years old and has 3 insanely gorgeous girlfriends and has had more sex from more beautiful women than anyone else on earth. And unlike rock stars that have to constantly tour or athletes that have to stay in peak physical condition, he got to spend the last couple of decades throwing huge parties in his mansion.

All three chords they use and the one original riff they came up with (and did not steal) entitle them to make this statement.

/likes their music
// Acknowledges that they are as original as bands wearing black

Between Dookie and American idiot, thats 7 million albums per chord. Beats working at the Helpdesk.

I'm somewhat a fan of Green Day, and I've gotta say good on them for being ambitious. Even if the results aren't mind-blowing (the track they released on iTunes, "Know Your Enemy," is pretty meh), at least they're aiming big.

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Wake Me Up When September Ends" still suck balls, though.

I'm trying damnit!

I though that RATM already taught us who our enemy was...

/will probably still get the album

wiredmaverick: To be fair, I've always thought that it would be cooler to be Hefner than any rock star. The man is 83 years old and has 3 insanely gorgeous girlfriends and has had more sex from more beautiful women than anyone else on earth. And unlike rock stars that have to constantly tour or athletes that have to stay in peak physical condition, he got to spend the last couple of decades throwing huge parties in his mansion.

Did you ever read his declaration, which I think was called The Playboy Manifesto? He basically came out and said, "Pfft, we don't subscribe to your puritanical and hypocritical mores, so we're creating our own society...or something to that effect. I need to re-read it. My point is that Hefner isn't admirable just because he gets more ass than a toilet seat. He's an interesting study of pure bad-assery.

wiredmaverick: To be fair, I've always thought that it would be cooler to be Hefner than any rock star. The man is 83 years old and has 3 insanely gorgeous girlfriends and has had more sex from more beautiful women than anyone else on earth. And unlike rock stars that have to constantly tour or athletes that have to stay in peak physical condition, he got to spend the last couple of decades throwing huge parties in his mansion.

being a total misogynist is so anti-misogynisitic, it's totally meta

wiredmaverick: To be fair, I've always thought that it would be cooler to be Hefner than any rock star. The man is 83 years old and has 3 insanely gorgeous girlfriends and has had more sex from more beautiful women than anyone else on earth. And unlike rock stars that have to constantly tour or athletes that have to stay in peak physical condition, he got to spend the last couple of decades throwing huge parties in his mansion.

um, Hef dropped those three pieces of vintage leather luggage and picked up a pair of brand spank'n new "bunny nosed (too obscure?)" twins...

/Maynard and his crews are my rock gods
//(HINT) the bunny nose is the back door

satanicsantoku:
being a total misogynist is so anti-misogynisitic, it's totally meta

Shut up, retard.

Kids aspiring to be rock stars is good for society, how?

It's not the star, it's the rock. Today has it backwards.

James William Bottomtooth: Kids aspiring to be rock stars is good for society, how?

I would argue that encouraging kids to master a creative art, such as a musical instrument, is good for society. Music, art and literature give us our culture. The doofy teenager practicing power chords in his parents' basement could very well grow up to create the next genre of popular music, saving us all from a lifetime of canned and choreographed Disney created acts.

/I'm looking at you, Miley Cyrus...

Maybe it's because there are so few/no rock stars to look up to nowadays? That isn't to say that nobody out there has musical talent, it's more that what's sold as an ideal to the masses is the American Idol or Miley Cyrus brand of "stardom" instead of actual raw talent. Kids aren't wanting to grow up to be rockstars because there are no rockstars.

Obligatory, maybe cliche at this point, but still true...

If i had a choice between underage boobies all day and being that Wentz Armstong, I pick boobies.

It's a sign of the sad state of music when Green Day is put on a pedestal in such a thesaurus-driven manner.

Ironic tag? Billy Joe Armstrong's whole career is based off pushing poppy meaningless two minute crap that will attract hordes of kids with no understanding of what a talented musician really is.

wiredmaverick: To be fair, I've always thought that it would be cooler to be Hefner than any rock star. The man is 83 years old and has 3 insanely gorgeous girlfriends and has had more sex from more beautiful women than anyone else on earth. And unlike rock stars that have to constantly tour or athletes that have to stay in peak physical condition, he got to spend the last couple of decades throwing huge parties in his mansion.

I read a profile on Hef once, and while he came across as a pretty nice old guy, his reputation seemed all for show. The article basically said that he hosts these parties, shakes a few hands, then goes upstairs to watch movies and fall asleep. Maybe in his younger days he was getting more ass than a toilet seat, but these days it's all for show. He actually came across as rather dorky.

/Still jealous

Yeah that's why kids play hours of Guitar Hero and Rock Band rather than play Photographer Hero

I'm unashamedly geeking out about their new album. Two and a half weeks, baby!

styckx: Ironic tag? Billy Joe Armstrong's whole career is based off pushing poppy meaningless two minute crap that will attract hordes of kids with no understanding of what a talented musician really is.

I love Green Day and basically, most power pop bands. Thank you for not grouping me in with pretentious douchebags such as yourself.

Farkomatic 2009-04-26 03:00:45 PM
styckx: Ironic tag? Billy Joe Armstrong's whole career is based off pushing poppy meaningless two minute crap that will attract hordes of kids with no understanding of what a talented musician really is.

I love Green Day and basically, most power pop bands. Thank you for not grouping me in with pretentious douchebags such as yourself.

And yet, for some reason, I think that both of you hate Dylan...

mfaby: Farkomatic 2009-04-26 03:00:45 PM
styckx: Ironic tag? Billy Joe Armstrong's whole career is based off pushing poppy meaningless two minute crap that will attract hordes of kids with no understanding of what a talented musician really is.

I love Green Day and basically, most power pop bands. Thank you for not grouping me in with pretentious douchebags such as yourself.

And yet, for some reason, I think that both of you hate Dylan...

Not at all, but what does that have to do with anything?

bglove25: If i had a choice between underage boobies all day and being that Wentz Armstong, I pick boobies.

I see that code didn't go through...


/whatever, fark it

T-Luv: Yeah that's why kids play hours of Guitar Hero and Rock Band rather than play Photographer Hero

If those games inspire them to learn to play music, that's great. Somehow I get the feeling they aren't.

Not trying to solicit the XKCD comic, just sayin'.

and creating a nuisance: I'm unashamedly geeking out about their new album. Two and a half weeks, baby!

Me too. Can't farking wait!

styckx: Ironic tag? Billy Joe Armstrong's whole career is based off pushing poppy meaningless two minute crap that will attract hordes of kids with no understanding of what a talented musician really is.

From the Fark archives dated 1965:

Ironic tag? The Beatles' whole career is based off pushing poppy meaningless two minute crap that will attract hordes of kids with no understanding of what a talented musician really is.

I agree with billy joe armstrong.... I have to reevaluate my life I think

Oh preach it Billie Joe, you're STILL an unqualified Johnny-Come-Lately!!

Lee Ving and Wattie would biatchslap you.

oh billie bob
you aren't a rock star either

don't worry about it

Please go back to not being "rock stars." Please.

/knows it won't happen
//still wistful for their better albums

It has to reflect on the nature of our rockstars too, like that self-important ass.

It was new with rock-stars rebelling in the 60s, speaking out. Now groups like Green Day speak out ad-nauseum. I've heard quotes from him like "We're the only one's will the balls to speak out" when releasing an anti-Bush themed album.

And it's also not like the stars of the 1960's, they aren't as crazy or exciting to read about. Axl Rose, he was/kinda-is a crazy ass rockstar who could catch headlines and fans to watch, he was rock and roll.

I WANT MY ROCK STARS DEAD!

puddleonfire Quote 2009-04-26 07:18:31 PM
Oh preach it Billie Joe, you're STILL an unqualified Johnny-Come-Lately!!

Lee Ving and Wattie would biatchslap you.

Dude, seriously. Billie Joe is in, what, his mid-30s? Watt and Ving are in their 50s. How the hell could he not be a Johnny Come Lately, by your standards?

Also, keep in mind, Green Day weren't riding the crest of the neo-punk thing, they basically created it. 1039 came out in, what, 1989? That's 20 freaking years ago.

wiredmaverick: To be fair, I've always thought that it would be cooler to be Hefner than any rock star. The man is 83 years old and has 3 insanely gorgeous girlfriends and has had more sex from more beautiful women than anyone else on earth. And unlike rock stars that have to constantly tour or athletes that have to stay in peak physical condition, he got to spend the last couple of decades throwing huge parties in his mansion.

Hefner is one thing. He's respectable, genuinely nice, and very charming. A guy like Joe Francis, however, is the polar opposite on all counts.

Green Day created the neo-punk thing?
Don't make me laugh.
I bet no one here besides me even HEARD of Green Day before 1994.
How about the REST of the Gillman bands who were better and more real and never got the recognition? Some industry suit comes along and touched a sparkly magic wand to Green Day's shoulders and 15 years later Billie Joe becomes a spokesman?
What bullshiat.

Security at the arena to little girls: "No pens allowed. Green Day doesn't like pens." (I remember this from some news article years ago.)

styckx: Ironic tag? Billy Joe Armstrong's whole career is based off pushing poppy meaningless two minute crap that will attract hordes of kids with no understanding of what a talented musician really is.

If you're going to go with Fark cliches, I think you're supposed to follow that with "This is not a repeat from 1920, 1955, 1964, 1986..."

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that the old bands don't go away anymore. There's only so much limelight, and the same people have been being promoted for decades. People know you can have the greatest band ever, and it's very likely that you will get absolutely nowhere with it.

The advent of recording makes a dent too. The best performances of the best songs by the best artists are piling up in heaps. Why waste time watching some band that might waste your time when you have thousands of recordings to choose from that sound, and in the case of video, probably look better.

The folks that control distribution like things the way they are. They've groomed their customers for 4 generations, and they know exactly what to feed them.

There's just not much motivation there to devote your waking hours to developing the virtuosity to compete for attention with all that.

puddleonfire: Oh preach it Billie Joe, you're STILL an unqualified Johnny-Come-Lately!!

Lee Ving and Wattie would biatchslap you.

Lee Ving who was also seen in Flashdance.

/I still like Fear

also, lee ving and i share a birthday. sweet.

You band sucks and you were never a rock star. move along.

Wait a minute.... who wants to be a rockstar and why?

The rockstar motif was for one generation only....maybe 1.5 generations. You think our grandparents or great grandparents dreamed of being rockstars?

Empires rise and fall. Trends and fads come and go. The Rockstar's heyday was from roughly the 50s-90s.

Give it up, Boomers. All the things you prize and value aren't wanted anymore. Today and tomorrow's generations will discover their own idols, their own passions, their own ethos' of social cohesion. They won't follow your worn shoes -- they'll get into their own things, create stuff that hasn't been invented yet; music will be made, scenes will be built, celebrities will be lavished over.......and all of your values, your ideals, your goals, and your proud sense of self-worth will be discarded from the earth as each generation usurps the last, like a snake molting old, useless skin.

Rockstar? .....how obsolete.