Green Day Saves Rock ‘N Roll… wait didn’t another band already do that? (Album Reaction) 

If he just said "we're necrophiliacs for the american dream" that would actually be kinda clever i have no idea why he wouldn't say that instead lmao

Can't wait for Weird Al to drop "The Canadian Dream Is Killing Me"

Regardless of what you think of it, we can all agree that it's MILES better than Father Of All

"Fantano is gonna give it a 5" 💀

i love the part where billie joe armstrong said “its green daying time” and green dayed all over the place

I was genuinely surprised at how much you liked this album. It wasn't for me, but it's cool to see that other people liked it.

they should’ve hired some Swedish writers ngl, trap beats also could help

fixed timestamps Tracklist: Intro 0:00 1. The American Dream Is Killing Me 01:55 2. Look Ma, No Brains! 03:39 3. Bobby Sox 05:34 4. One Eyed Bastard 08:00 5. Dilemma 11:43 6. 198 14:25 7. Goodnight Adeline 16:12 8. Coma City 18:00 9. Corvette Summer 20:08 10. Suzie Chapstick 22:31 11. Strange Days Are Here to Stay 24:04 12. Living in the '20s 25:15 13. Father to a Son 25:55 14. Saviors 28:19 15. Fancy Sauce 29:18

the front cover literally has the shrug on it

The production and mixing is great on this record thanks to Rob Cavallo and Chris Lord-Alge. Rob Cavallo incidentally also produced albums like Dookie and American Idiot. Overall the album is pretty good though imo. There are duds and questionable lyrics but tbh Billie's vocal deliveries are some of his best, in particular his screams which he hasn't done properly in ages on an album. The production overall is tight and heavy with a nice balance between distorted guitar, drums, and bass. Also, Mike Dirnt's bass playing is clearly audible, has personality, and isn't restricted to boring root notes as it primarily was from American Idiot onwards. Not sure what people still want from Green Day? Originality is a questionable term anyways and if your style is based on 4-chord songs of course after 30+ years, such chord progressions will have parallels with other songs. This ain't a rock classic but a solid and genuine record for GD fans. Peace

I’ve been waiting for this video. I don’t care if it sounds similar to their old stuff, I love this album their best in a while

Brad, if you already haven't, do check out some of Green days older albums. Personally I would recommend Insomniac and nimrod. Both take quite a few risks which them have a really unique sound

The album was honestly great, the fast songs and slow songs were awesome, best stuff they have put out in years

I just want to say that Johnny Test 100% stole that riff from “American Idiot”

the contrast from the lil dicky album reaction yesterday to the green day album reaction today really speaks volumes.

This album is chock-full of guilty pleasures for me. I've had Corvette Summer on repeat for days, Bobby Sox is genuinely adorable and Look Ma, No Brains has no right to be so catchy with that stupidass title.

No features No Swedish Songwriters No Trap Beats 100% Pure uncut rock

“That AJR song is catchy as hell you know?” - Brad Taste In Music, 2024

Seeing brad post makes my day significantly greener😁

I love it when Brad says “it’s Green Day time” and plays Green Day. (Billy sent me)

maybe the rip offs in one eyed bastard are intentional cause hes referring to a pirate with the title

Honestly, getting an "it's mostly ok" from a non-fan is all a 35-year-old band could realistically strive for

The chord progression in Bobby Sox is the same as the one in 'abcdefu' by Gayle lol Also, "Do you wanna be my boyfriend"? My guy, you've been married for 30 years

The "One-Eyed Bastard" part was amazing. I never noticed all the similarities, oh my God.

Dilemma is the first Green Day song I loved in over a decade.

yeah this new weezer record is great

This is certainly a Green Day album.

Phineas and ferb type beat

While it’s never gonna be one of their classics I think it’s probably on par with Revolution Radio which is a pretty decent album in my book

I’m surprised Brad didn’t pick up the blatant Led Zeppelin Dyer Maker melody bite on 1981

need to beef with Jon all over again like it's 2018 for giving it a 4.5 / 5

Yeah, the jonhny test song was actually based on American Idiot. Not the other way around. The writers of the show were green day fans and wanted to base the song off of American Idiot.

Honestly I had a lot of fun listening to this album on stream, and while the many comparisons got kind of annoying as it went along, it was a lot of fun trying to find what exact song Green Day was ripping off each time. And despite all of that, I kind of like the album. No matter what your opinion on the album is though, I think we can all agree that going from this to Lil' Dicky's Penith was the harshest whiplash ever felt by any group of human beings.

I think we can all agree that the best thing that came out of Father of All are the rolling jokes about Swedish songwriters and trap beats

The tumbnail is incredible

Even though I like this album (and a lot of Green Day's more recent albums other than ...that one), there were a lot of really familiar-sounding melodies and it's honestly very fun to see Brad/chat identify the melodic similarities to other songs, whether they were intentional ripoffs or not

This entire video sounds EXACTLY like the hook from "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky, Feat: Chris Brown.

It would be interesting to see Brads reaction to 21st Century Breakdown, that album divided so many fans but personally it's my favorite Green Day album.

Green day have sounded more like blue day since 21st century breakdown

10:32 Me and my friend RocKz leaving an impact on Brad's stream AND video is an honor. Appreciate ya, thanks for the stream!

people in the comments are spitting. Insomniac is an amazing album.

You would've given this album a 10/10 if it was made by Red Afternoon.

Oh my god I'm French and immediately thought of BB Brunes when the One Eyed Bastard verse came in. To learn that the song actually rips off at least 2 other songs makes me laugh

Look Ma, No Brains! is essentially Stick Em Up by Masked Intruder.

I just found ur channel recently and i like ur content. Is it possible to react one of Jakob Ogawa's EP?

Bobby Sox is the most Weezer I’ve ever heard from Green Day, but then again I am not well versed on Green Day.

I think the album was ok, I just think it's kinda funny how some fans are talking about it in the virtues of it being better than Father Of All, which yeah it is, that doesn't mean much tho and in the end of the day this record is a C Tier Green Day album.

Back in the day we used to complain about 21st century breakdown being a disappointing follow-up to American Idiot... Boy did we have no idea what was coming from that band.

I thought the Pink rip-off song also sounded a LOT like The Passenger

I don't think a band exemplifies the phrase "It's time for jazz old man" better than Green Day.

Id like to point out that the sound of the opening guitar sounds a lot like thats what makes you beautiful by one direction

Funny as hell Brad, on One Eyed Bastard, you mentioned the chorus sounds like Jenny (and it totally does) but I originally thought it sounded like The Passenger by Iggy Pop. Not a single note of that song is original

ive listened to this album constantly since it dropped and honestly i just keep falling in love with it even more every day with a new favorite almost every day. dilemma before it came out, coma city off first listen, strange days and suzie the next couple days, and then even fancy sauce i started to love... this is probably gonna be my favorite album of the year and i cant wait to keep listening throughout the year!

I’m a huge green day fan and this is definitely the best review I’ve watched. It’s not unfair on either side

Of course that another band who saved rock and roll would be the legendary rock band Imagine Dragons with their hit single “Thunder”

Really enjoying hearing mostly positivity in this video, and the comments too, honestly I know I’m biased as a life long Green Day fan but I feel like it’s just cool to hate Green Days these days

I like this album. 🤺

Hey Brad are you going to react To The Smile's sophomore album ? Wall of Eyes ??

Wh9ever said the drum warp effect was ripping off Blink-182 clearly did not live through the 80's

Bobby Sox is just generic I-V-VI-IV. Obligatory BEATO!

"buddy holly on a cross" lmfaooo

You know, after the Penith review, I feared you would ignore this album.

fancy sauce is my FAVORITE it's so good

You should listen to a band called ROAR i have listened to their music for quite a while and their music is beautiful

Really good album for Greenday fans with autism. I like my music consistent, this album sounds like American idiot and I love that about it. It’s like if plain safe food were music

i want to see your reaction to artv's review of it

More focused gruel than the uno, dos, tre slop we've received before, but sounds exactly the same.

Ngl the hardest part of watching this was looking at the chat going from “Uh oh the worst song in the album is incoming!!” “this is trash” Before Brad plays it and after he says it's not that bad they go like “meh it wasn't that bad” and, “I told y'all this the best song on the album!!” other than that I did NOT expect You to like this album as much Brad! And I'm honestly glad cuz this is the best Green Day album in a minute imo :)

The ending riff for the chorus for dilemma sounds insanely like volbeats I only wanna be with you cover. Note for note.

Off topic but I just started listening to Alkaline Trio. They are good

This might end up being the most average record of the year. The definition of a 5/10

I wish he listened to "Nimrod" actually. Because I listened to "Dookie" and had a very similar reaction to Brad, like it was just ok, but I LOOOOVED "Nimrod" I don't know what it is but I enjoy it so much more than "Dookie". I think it's more creative, diverse, it even has a hardcore punk track, basically every track has some sort of a creative hook, like, this album is, I love it, I think it's the best Green Day album and despite it being just pop punk it became one of my favorite albums. Seriously, it jist brings smile to my face

this album is great!!, and Green Day is one of the best bands ever!!

Ok. THis is awesome! ❤

I don't get it. They've been playing the same riffs with the same song structure for decades. It's so simplistic and repetitive.

I thought THE SAME THING about One Eyed Bastard. Glad it wasn't just me. Naur.

i’m surprised at how much you ended up liking this album lol! i loveeeee green day and it’s like a 6.4/10 for me atm but some of the kitschier songs might start to grow on me

Brad says they didn’t grow up in the beginning then at 7:45 he says why does it need to be meaningful…

As someone who enjoys green days music, they definitely fell off after 21cb. Personally there are some songs here and there that i enjoy from their newer work, but it's nothing compared to what they made back in the day (especially dookie - nimrod)

I came back from the stream

This is NOT how I thought this reaction would go.

As an aging millennial, it endlessly sucks to see Green Day spiral the drain, but this one ain't half bad. Still not the Green Day I know and love, still stealing riffs, but I'd actually put this on now and then.

True

Damn that's crazy and I gave it a 8- 💀

oh my goodness i'm literally here 6:16

3:50 this song is in a Taco Bell ad tho

Review nimrod or insomniac

Brad, pls react a outkast album 😭

The frenchie baguette people approve

Take a shot every time Brad compares a song to a car commercial just because it opens with a distorted guitar

9:04 😭🤣🤣

Bobby Sox she's electric

That expression was my reaction to MGK and Trippie Redd's sad sack EP. 7/10 for me though I enjoy it.

BB Brunes, PAIN AU CHOCOLATE STARFISH 🇨🇵

this album kinda made me feel like i ain't got no brains

As a die hard fan of both Green Day and Brad I was expecting him to rip it to shreds. Surprisingly I agree with almost all of the opinions. But One Eyed bastard belongs in the trash

tom macdonald released a song with a ben shapiro verse you gotta react to this lol

dreen gay

Listening to strange days are here to say had me cackling because they stole 2 of their own songs for it. They used Basket case for the intro and 86 for the verses.

There’s no way he just compared Green Day to AJR 😭😭