Oh Sh*t, Did Green Day Just Rip Off This Song?!

[@JustinHawkinsRidesAgain]

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[@MiningMaster5]

2 tickets for Gatesheeeeeeed pls

[@ShneelixZeenikQuark]

Definitely gonna try to make the Bristol gig 🤘 I've been busking today so i can afford Also , this riff is 'kinndaaa' like 'How Many More Times' by Led Zep.

[@JustinHawkinsRidesAgain]

@@ShneelixZeenikQuark it's sold out! Only Liverpool and London (Hayes) tickets left!

[@ShneelixZeenikQuark]

Ahh nooo. Ok, I have family in Liverpool. I'll see what I can do. If not I'll have to come to Justin Hawkins Rides Again 'Again' Next time. I did come see you guys at the OVO last Feb. Best gig I've ever been to bro honestly it was such a great night! 🤘

[@philliphutcheson4219]

Also has kind of a Muse-ish feel and distortion being used.

[@rickmb67]

"There isn't an original thought in this fucking song." had me in stitches.

[@thetroubledmonk]

That is literally the most devastating of comments. I LOL'd when he said that as well.

[@RYVN.]

Loved that comment. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Calumbo]

Pretty much Pink, Iggy Pop and Muse blended into a song.

[@sirchromiumdowns2015]

He's right.

[@thetroubledmonk]

@@Calumbo but then all art is just a combination of other things. So it isn't a bad thing.

[@guy8029]

Green Day are actually the reason I started playing guitar when I was 12. That “takes 10 seconds to figure out” is definitely a gateway for picking up the guitar as you said.

[@corneliusmandrake]

100%. I probably wouldn't have gotten into the guitar if I had to make the direct leap from being able to play nothing to being able to play something dynamic and interesting. Power chord heavy pop punk and post punk got me started and made the instrument almost instantly rewarding to play.

[@paulhamj6175]

Exactly the reason I used to make average £100 a day in the nineties from playing oasis for about 4 or 5 hours every night! I was glad they were so easy lol

[@kaitlyngault3987]

That's by design. Billie Joe keeps his guitar simple, to let Mike & Tre' shine. He's not into pretentious guitar solos.

[@Some571]

​@@kaitlyngault3987His lyrics definitely are one of the most influential with the sound they put out. I am surprised by some of the lyrics, Billie Joe Armstrong himself mostly came out with. While living a mostly good life from what I read with music he was coming out with. For me I would of thought he would of had more of a Hard time growing up. But he was playing Gigs at his School, an all around Berkeley an he was loved. The Song where he says I Got No Pride, or The Whole World Owes Me So F%#k You! Are True Hard Influential Punk Statements, We Know, but how Hard Of A Punk Was Billie? Like, Who is paying him to play thier lyrics Freemasons? Have they gone really mainstream? Were they not like an underground band like we originally thought... It maybe just for show sometimes I guess. But some songs are better, not as redundant. The older albums are always going to be better. I could talk about them forever I have been listening since Dookie was famous probably the best album.

[@nickwilliams6621]

Same for me, but bass.... until I tried to learn 'No One Knows' in the first 6 months of *ever* picking up a bass lmfao!

[@mqaisataloss.5951]

i dont consider it bad that music is "easy" or "simple" but i do consider it bad if the first thought in your head is another song and you cannot unhear it.

[@nftos]

​@@ryleyrichardson2808As each day goes by!

[@SoundBuckle]

​@@ryleyrichardson2808this is very true. However, I don't get the impression tried very hard this time round. Generic power chord music should be left in the past.

[@PotatoKing86]

​@@SoundBuckle LMAO

[@AnnoyingOrange420]

I unintentionally wrote a Feel Good Inc ripoff, which is really easy cause it’s a simple minor scale walkup thing, and when my friend pointed it out I was immediately furious and threw that part out. No idea how not a single person in Green Day’s squad noticed. Maybe they just didn’t care cause the song sucks

[@dandelgado11]

Clear rip.

[@Reds-Retros]

One of my favourite things about Green Day is that they are melodic above all else. I couldn't care less about wanting their songs to be complex and unpredictable just for the sake of being complex and unpredictable, we have plenty of other bands for that. I love what they do and that I can just pick up my guitar and jam to it. That's not to say they don't have songs that are hard though, because a lot of their non single tracks can be quite complex and far more difficult, like the intro in Before The Lobotomy, FOD, Jaded, Panic Song, St. Jimmy and parts of Somewhere/Forever Now just to name a few examples. They are very skilled musicians and their music gets even more complex live, but their first priority is just making good, melodic music.

[@SoundBuckle]

I think it really depends on how long you've been playing. Before the Lobotomy is an arpeggio G - D - C - D#, and St Jimmy is just A5-D5-E5. I like Greenday, but I can't remember them writing any complex. That's not necessarily a bad thing though. Plenty of kids (myself included) picked up a guitar in 2005 because of American Idiot.

[@lewisdean107]

@@SoundBuckle I agree. I don't listen to Green Day much anymore but I loved them around the time I picked up guitar and feeling the rush of playing simple power chords on the first day of learning is a great motivator! They have a special place in my heart for that.

[@SoundBuckle]

@@lewisdean107 agreed. Jesus of Suburbia was the soundtrack to my youth. Love them for that.

[@saintessa]

Thanks for having a more open minded and respectful yet factual opinion of GD

[@frenchbaguetteoui]

I like Green Day but they're been ripping themselves off, and others, since American Idiot.

[@GiotarRS]

I wish you'd have looked at "Dilemma" by them instead. I wasn't a fan of this latest single, but Dilemma is a much better song and you'd relate to it too.

[@Reds-Retros]

Yeah, of all the new songs I have heard so far that one is definitely the "freshest" feeling Green Day song. That being said, I love Green Day because they prioritize making good music over everything else.

[@therealonigiri]

I agree!!

[@PotatoKing86]

​@@Reds-Retrosyee

[@RTR1879]

​@@Reds-Retrosspot on. Nice fellas, too.

[@tylerk4231]

Dilemma really make me feels so much now it’s playing on repeat…

[@jrenaud22]

Also sounds like Holiday to me. This might be my favorite video you've made (my other favorite is when you discussed giving permission to use your music, commercially). You managed to pick the song apart so easily and yet you still managed to say cool stuff about Green Day. I literally lol'd at the realization of colors being the common thread. No complaints here that GD's songs are simple, means I can sit down and learn their tunes on guitar for fun

[@joseruvalcaba1927]

Tht was also my 1st thought Holiday!

[@ReaperCH90]

Smoothly switching into Iggy Pop's Passenger was fucking great. I further heard their own "holiday".

[@JBags0203]

Listen to green day and iggy pop's private hell and tell me what you think as well

[@downwardisheavenward3006]

I was gonna mention Holiday too. Other similarities aside, I’d figure they’d steal from themselves, before taking from someone else

[@princessem1981]

They kind of do a sped up version in Hitchin' A Ride, too. Basically someone needs to play Green Day more Stooges/Iggy Pop songs. ;D

[@amandamarieyoga]

Totally heard Holiday, too!

[@edwardflinn9084]

They said this album will pay homage to American Idiot and Dookie. Totally holiday riff. You can hear Basket Case in American Dream is Killing me bridge

[@gemspa73]

As already mentioned in other comments, the riff originated from the Blues Magoos' We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet from 1966 and neatly carries on the colour theme!

[@danaaxelson6200]

Wow! You’re absolutely right. I haven’t thought of Blues Magoo since the 60’s. Brilliant.

[@davidclawson4733]

I think even they "borrowed" it from Rucky Nelson, but "Ain't Got Nothing Yet" is the definition of a banger.

[@leesloan8216]

which was also covered by Status Quo back in the 60's and they used a similar Riff on their song gotta go home

[@MYcoloradoplateau]

Yet another color!

[@robertpfeiff]

​@@MYcoloradoplateau That's what I was about to say 😂

[@jgamble5977]

That chorus in the green day tune also completely matches one of Their OWN songs, Holiday

[@Scrimjer]

Play what pays lol

[@saintessa]

They have that a lot

[@littleredruri]

There are multiple songs by green day that all end up bleeding together in my head (as a megafan). No Pride off Insomniac, becomes Jinx off Nimrod, becomes Deadbeat Holiday off Warning. I think it's just inherent to pop punk that there's only so much versatility you have to work with in coming up with melodies that stylistically match, which is probably why since 2009 they've basically just made whatever they felt like making, genre be damned.

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

10000%

[@jgamble5977]

@@littleredruri best take so far

[@paulkristovic]

Here's an arts and craft tip: If you were to mix the colours of pink and green then you would actually end up with a purple ...how deep the purple would be would depend on how heavy the hues of the pink and green were.

[@Keriousity]

Purple pink green .... This riff is regressing spiritually 😅😅😅😅 I haven't laughed this hard in a long time....

[@TheBriguy31]

@@sounduser and Billie Joe said he was thinking of BLACK Sabbath?!?

[@ludvanlazarz]

Funny thing, Green Day might not be very unique in terms of songwriting, but its all about the delivery and attitude. I think props to the band for keeping up the energy which to me is inspiring. The production too 👌

[@Keopro]

You can thank Rob Cavallo for the production. Unfortunately you can often tell which albums he wasn't there for.

[@kevbarker8108]

yep its definately style over substance. but they havent dont anything good since International Superhits@@Keopro

[@Keopro]

@@kevbarker8108 I think they’ve had quite a decent songs since then but American Idiot is still the strongest thing they’ve made since 2000. This album is the first time the production came close to that and there’s some tracks here that were genuinely great. Calling them derivative now is like calling Johnny Rotten obnoxious, they’ve always been like that (aside from Longview).

[@Saturnsonic95]

They are garbage now, haven't been good in about 20 years ..

[@rubberface1424]

Great example of how supremely difficult it can be to write a simple song (that nobody else has written before)!

[@hyperspeed_心猿]

And yet no one ripped off Pink till now!

[@williamr3840]

Especially if you don't try! :0)

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

Not really. I write a lot of songs that are now starting to get released and there are lines you don’t cross. Ie. If I want to write a Hendrixy song in E… I CANNOT hit an open low E then do a hammer on to the chord. That’s ‘Yellow Ledbetter’. So instead I start with the hammer on and hit the low E hit on the second beat. Now I’m working with a completely different emphasis and the riff will magically go elsewhere.

[@brutallyhonest123]

Green Day has been writing songs for simple people since the late 80s

[@brandocalrissian3294]

This is too close and he can't use the excuse of "I had never heard that song".

[@Wanderlust4Life247]

I’m pretty positive there isn’t supposed to be much thought when it comes to this song. It’s just one you play and sing along to, mindlessly. I know when I sing along, the lyrics just come to me without having to think about it, it’s kinda strange, lol.

[@TallTee27]

Thank you for the “Pink/Green” moment. I needed to laugh today!

[@hughneutron5303]

can't forget purple. there's something with color bands

[@ShneelixZeenikQuark]

Do you mean like The Jackson 5? 😆😅

[@murderdoggg]

oddly, you get purple when you mix all the other colors together@@hughneutron5303

[@Charlesb88]

@@hughneutron5303You mean like Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Cheer, Blue Swede, Blue Rodeo, Blue Monday, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Black Eyed Peas, Black Oak Arkansas, The White Stripes, Barry White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Redbone, Red Rider, Yellowjackets, Zac Brown, Jackson Browne, Pink Martini, and Orange. Did I miss any?

[@Sandwich13455]

​@@Charlesb88pink Floyd!

[@mega502]

Justin sir. You made the connection by the band names consisting of colors and riff. Purple, Pink and Green. There happens to be one more color to add to the list, that being Blue. Released in 1966 a song called (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet by the Blues Magoos with the similar hook. Cheers

[@tommilmore7683]

my band covered ain't got nothing yet..someone asked me if it was a Deep Purple song

[@sn00pysfone]

Billie Joe also said the riff was inspired by Sabbath

[@mary-janebelec9082]

Wait a tick - chakra colours

[@SpanishBlueRoses]

So Green Day took from Pink who took from Deep Purple as well as Blues Magoos! I love it. Also it feels like Billy Joe Armstrong was being snide/snotty by saying he took from Black Sabbath because Sabbath, Zepplin and Deep Purple are considered the "unholy trinity of british hard rock of the 70s". A sarcastic nod to the idea that everybody borrows from everybody, especially when writing pop as you often wind up regurgitating ear worms you can't place the origins of.

[@barneymiller5488]

It's a rainbow conspiracy!!

[@troubleondemand7703]

"There isn't an original thought in this f'ing song. Beginning to end."

[@jasonwood2102]

People being influenced and emulating other people has happened many, many, many times in life and in the entertainment industry. Whether it's Music, TV, Films or Literature. Humans in general learn by copying others and you take what you learn and put your own spin on it to suit your personality. Coming up with something new and unique these days is very difficult. It's all been done before. (See that's a total cliché.)

[@ZuzuTheLemon]

Being able to disguise thinly veiled contempt as reverence is a vastly under-rated life skill.

[@jonathanglanville5265]

Well said,always thought they were at best,a cover band.

[@johnny88sunday]

Glad others pick it up 😂

[@joe3276865536]

Seemed a bit snobbish, but OK.

[@UncleRicoOSU]

Sounds like Green Day covering Green Day

[@revwillyg6450]

I love Green Day, but I immediately thought of the Pink song when I first listened to One Eyed Bastard. Didn't want to hear Pink, it just happened 😂

[@kaitlyngault3987]

It's not the same riff. Plus, you should just thank Green Day for almost making Pink bearable. 🤣

[@mikesaunders2076]

Green day have written some amazing stuff over the years. Let's leave this song alone and enjoy it for what it is...a feel good banger that everyone is going to love belting out at the gig.

[@stephanyampolsky7187]

Agreed! I'm not a fan of the opening riff but it's still a decent tune if you grew up loving green day

[@flat_bastard]

Eh no they wont.. I need a poop will be the mutter in the audience.

[@joeanthony7759]

@@flat_bastardlol. You like Green Day….to poop on

[@KitBasher1]

When I learned bass, way back in the 90s, I learned the modal nodes. It was a total spoiler, because all of a sudden I could unlock almost any bass line on the spot. Made it easier to build bass lines as well, finding ways to make the same chords and drum patterns sound different by moving or not moving the bass.

[@LittleLionsDenTV]

What are modal nodes?

[@KitBasher1]

@@LittleLionsDenTV Ionian, Dorian Phrygian,Lydian, Mixolydian, Aolian & locran. All the shapes and voicing available from the major scale.

[@Superabound2]

​@@KitBasher1i thought those were the names of all the styles of Greek columns?

[@KitBasher1]

@@Superabound2 sort of, but that would be Corinthian, Ionic, and Doric

[@KitBasher1]

@@Superabound2 I’ll add though, The modes can be considered “columns” because it’s where you get your three major and minor key combinations from, plus that seventh mode full of fkt up chord options.

[@kevincarter4163]

I would still say Green days "American idiot" is one of the best albums made

[@DigitalDigital-lr7zj]

Justin, your commentary is genius and filled with so many dry quips. Thank you!

[@michaeleadie9012]

Greenday are power chords and excellent hooks. Easily learned on a guitar, but that is not a bad thing. Personally haven't been a massive fan of their past few albums but I'm loving the sound of the new stuff so far.

[@joshski85]

I like old-school Green Day, but this was hilarious. I don't think there's anything wrong with simplicity. Some of the best songs in rock history are easy to play. There's a place for prog and simpler stuff.

[@Reds-Retros]

Amen.

[@stoogeslap]

"My Generation" by far is such a simple song, yet one of the most powerful!

[@joshski85]

@@stoogeslap Smoke on the Water. All of the AC/DC catalogue and a bazillion others. That said, Justin is 100% right here about the song.

[@UpsonPrattJr.]

Totally agree. The problem with this song and so many like it, is it's so formulaic. The record industry figured it out years ago and this is the generic shit that sells. The predictable, catchy, dumb singalong will never stop because we'll always have more retarded ears listening to music than musicians.

[@dr6849]

This has nothing to do with simplicity. It is the same riff, in the same key, at a similar Tempo and groove. It is basically the same. But then stealing from Iggy Pop in the chorus as well is just ripping off someone elses music. But enjoy if that is ok for you

[@SayItAintTso]

ok but can we talk about how “Suzie Chapstick” steals a melody from “Dilemma” by Nelly (feat. Kelly Rowland)??

[@Rocksarum]

00:58 Those baffling silences...I adore them!!!😍 😂😂😂

[@Rocksarum]

05:01...🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffreyaverett1800]

Uncomfortable pauses. 😂

[@ctsguitar]

It’s easy to unconsciously write a similar sounding riff/melody, but what surprises me most is that no other band member, producer or manager along the way would make a point to say so!

[@barcoscatalina7067]

Or maybe they did in on purpose? I don't know why they would do it tho

[@ctsguitar]

@@barcoscatalina7067 Yeah perhaps. I wouldn’t understand why either. Finally Justin critiqued something fairly: The production always sounds good, but Green Day are not pushing any boundaries!

[@nbctheoffice]

I’m a huge Green Day fan and agree with your points. Is it original or innovative? Not particularly. But is it fun? Kind of. I do think some of the album’s other tracks will provide more flavor in terms of songwriting.

[@stulora3172]

7:00 there isn't an original thought in this song. You summed it up perfectly.

[@mirapiccolo6601]

I need to listen to Deep Purple's beautiful music again...thanks Justin..

[@ryandevinefilm]

Ahhh poop, feel like you just dumped on one of my favourite bands 😂 you’re usually so nice! Did Billie Joe Armstrong upset you? Anyway, I love green day, particularly 90’s green day, but they still release some bangers and I’m looking forward to the new album, you should have review Dilemma! Ps. Punk music has always been simple, but hard and fast! 🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@Mitchell_E_Underscore]

Personally, I enjoy Green Day - even their newer stuff. But I also greatly enjoy Justin Hawkin's contempt for Green Day. I choose to live in a world where I can like this song, while simultaneously laughing and nodding in agreement with people who hate it!

[@NinStardust]

Agreed! But I can’t bring myself to enjoy this one in particular… ripping off the absolute legend that is P!nk crosses the line for me. Got to agree with Jus on this one! 💖

[@mole5682]

It's weird because I couldn't really enjoy the song at first because, instantly, even though I haven't heard it in forever, I could only hear Pink's song. It was distracting, for sure, and I thought it was so weird that nobody in the studio got that impression upon hearing it (I'm just assuming). But, after waiting a bit and listening to it again, through headphones, and picking up on some more layers of the song, I could still note that Pink resemblance, but it sounded better to me. I like the song, especially as it goes into the chorus, starting with "vendetta", but, yeah. Weirddddddddd. Excited for the new album though.

[@barcoscatalina7067]

It's something that happens so often, even the Foo fighters has this "problem" with one of their song

[@mole5682]

@@barcoscatalina7067 for sure! I love the new GD album, I've been listening since it dropped!

[@dodgerdude7968]

100% said that it sounds like Pink first time I heard it. I think there's also bits that sound like Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes

[@dodgerdude7968]

Can also 100% hear glow by alien ant farm for large sections of it.

[@weakattheknees_]

It would be interesting to see one played over the other like a twin guitar riff. The riff and the Pink riff are not the same melody but the rhythm is the same and I think they’d harmonise nicely.

[@ApothecaryTerry]

Hilarious video. The song seems to be Green Day playing their own song "Holiday" over a combination of The Passenger and So What. I genuinely don't mind things that sound like other things to a certain degree, except in this case it's similar enough that if I wanted to listen to this song then I would just listen to one of those others instead...or more likely: just put on Deep Purple. This shows the downside to longevity: if you don't totally change your sound (e.g. Opeth) or at least develop it significantly, then there's really no point releasing anything new. I don't hate Green Day, and I don't find this song bad, it just doesn't add anything to what they've already done. If they stopped writing after American Idiot (released in 2004) and just toured their old stuff, then honestly I'm not sure if we'd have collectively lost anything.

[@ItsMeWendyvee]

Funny that you should mention "Holiday" because it was the earworm that I had while reading the comments :)

[@piteusx8440]

Yeah ... the melody is different enough where it's okay ... but no doubt similar.

[@gearmachine_4885]

Dude have you ever listened to Revolution Radio or 21st Century Breakdown? Some of their best work came after American Idiot

[@gearmachine_4885]

Dude have you ever listened to Revolution Radio or 21st Century Breakdown? Some of their best work came after American Idiot

[@gearmachine_4885]

Dude have you ever listened to Revolution Radio or 21st Century Breakdown? Some of their best work came after American Idiot

[@sapphail2410]

6:45 I'm pretty sure Green Day used that (or very close to it) in another one of their own songs 15 or 20 years ago, I think it was Holiday?

[@computer_toucher]

You can tear Dookie out of my cold dead hands! :) This one was obviously... "inspired" by a few songs though :(

[@minibakerlad6528]

I love your honest reaction to this. My opinion on originality is that, there are already sooo many songs. Even for skilled and expierenced musicians it's hard to come up with something new with every song. If you try though.. you might be 50 when your first album comes out..

[@remylebeau34]

What makes things worse is if you ever do come up with something truly original you start to doubt whether anyone will like it anyway

[@LordDarthSmyth]

If you hadn't mentioned the pink song thing in the beginning... I still would have thought it was a Pink cover they were doing when the tune kicks off. That sounds just like that song.

[@kaitlyngault3987]

It's not the same riff.

[@KevinODonnell-p5z]

Cheers mate, nailed it! while I’m not a detractor, Green Day has long been an overblown, faux British accent singing, rip off of The Toy Dolls! Anyone else agree?

[@abztract1]

4:53 One hell of a "wait a shitty minute! 😳😮🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯" moment right there! 🤣😂🤣 Love your band, music and channel bro.

[@mewgiah8057]

I think the song is catchy and I like it. But it’s definitely a rehash of their older material and also borrows from so many other songs that it’s definitely not original. I cant fault Justin for feeling that way because it’s true. Saviors is actually their best album in a decade. But it’s also just “ok” during most of its runtime and is lacking any big or memorable moments. People forget how prog American Idiot was for the band. Songs on that record had shifting musical sections and was packed with big moments. Saviors in comparison plays it safe and has a track list of consistently good songs. The issue is most of the album isn’t great and there aren’t those “must hear” songs.

[@paulcurtis5317]

Im hearing 'Holiday' there so they've ripped themselves off. I quite like it though 😀

[@MariaFrancesca]

I've gotta be totally honest here. While the, uh... "borrowed" elements are so obvious a rip off is probably a totally justified term to use here... I don't hate this song 🙂

[@Normanhenry1]

The originality is you Justin. Another great show very entertaining and yes only took a second to play lol purple pink green in that order for 👍

[@ediththeband]

"Green's a color too... Wait a minute..." I'm absolutely dead!!!

[@1968spikey]

The first 2 bars of the riff are also used in Knights of Cydonia by MUSE.

[@alexburchell1891]

That Knights Of Cydonia riff is still one of the best riffs I’ve ever heard.

[@pmaster1173]

Green Day is the reason I got into Rock in the first place and got me playing guitar. Not everything has to be Prog, which is again not everyone’s cup of tea.

[@yoyo_ma7677]

For a dude whose career is the definition of a one-hit-wonder he sure is pretentious AG

[@pmaster1173]

@@yoyo_ma7677 I wouldn't call The Darkness a one hit wonder. They have some nice songs. But he didn't need to shit on Green Day like this. He could've done Dilemma or Look ma no brains, which are better songs off the album.

[@barcoscatalina7067]

​@@yoyo_ma7677 if you say that green day is a one hit wonder kind of band you are SO wrong

[@barcoscatalina7067]

​@@pmaster1173hey, but it was fun to hear that joke about the colors

[@yoyo_ma7677]

@@barcoscatalina7067 no, I’m saying Justin / The Darkness is a one-hit-wonder. Idk how you read my comment and thought I was talking about Green Day

[@fercuscuelalopez9454]

Thank you Justin! Said the same thing to my wife the first time i heard it, the song is amazing though 😂 It's the pink song + the passenger + Holliday from their own repertoire 😂😂

[@ssSwifty-ft3ov]

The "cool bit" at 10:40 reminded me instantly of Tenacious D - Throw Down, at about 2:15 into their song. Add that to the pile of songs it closely resembles 😅

[@toddmurphy390]

Sometimes simplicity is better especially when it comes to guitar. It almost sounds like they took something that was pretty good and just put a Green Day flavour on it.

[@13StJimmy]

I’ll be forever indebted to Green Day for being the band to get me to play guitar and eventually other instruments But I’m not deaf and will admit that they haven’t had a great song in about 20 years. The newest tracks aren’t terrible but they’re not anything close to that Green Day of the 90s would’ve wrote

[@thor7564]

Unfortunately all true. They have been sucking a long time now, just like RHCP. Count your money and give it up.

[@-tracer-]

I'm not a fan of Green Day but I think objectivity is important. There is something very weird about you claiming to care so much about "originality" and showing a disdain for what you consider to be a lack thereof. Your band is a generic glam rock outfit. The most original thing about it is your vocals. The simplicity you claim Green Day is guilty of is also true of the Darkness and their songs. I learned to play I Believe in a Thing Called Love when I was 11 years old and had been playing the guitar for a few months. I can pick up and play any song by the Darkness. It's one of the reasons I love the band. You say it should be more difficult to say where "this stuff comes from" but again, the same is true of the Darkness. AC/DC, Queen, Led Zep, Def Leopard, Aerosmith. That's 99.99% of your band's music. The ultimate difference between the Darkness and Green Day: If you play a Darkness track without your vocals, it could literally be ANY glam rock band. *If you play a Green Day track without the singers vocals, you know it's Green Day* Because they have a distinct, identifiable sound, whether you like them or not. I love the Darkness. But there is absolutely no way you can sit there, get that riled up and self-righteous and pretend for a second you represent anything more original than Green Day.

[@joelsignoretti]

Wouldn’t be the first time. Green Day ripped off the Kinks-“Do It Again” for “Walking Contradiction”

[@R.senals_Arsenal]

OMG, the Colors! LMAO!! This is why your channel is awesome!!! I'm not a musician, just a fan of music, but I've never been a fan of Green Day. I've never understood what the hype was about. I just figure it isn't made with me in mind and move on. I'm happy they bring joy to other people.

[@joemonaghanmusic5596]

Loved the slight variation on the intro! Love your videos!

[@thomassochacki128]

It's so pink that they used it to colour the video too!

[@rodionmedvedev4125]

The thing is I know Billie Joe Armstrong, but I don't know Justin Hawkings who suddenly jumped out on KZbin suggestions.

[@noopbloop5051]

There's a lot more to a band/artist/song than just what notes are being played. There are an endless amount of songs with the same chord progressions that you couldn't confuse with one another. I think Green Day has always had a recognizable and definitive sound though. Some people love it some people hate it. Not defending this one song as anything groundbreaking but it clearly couldn't be confused with the other songs he compared it to. Green D never needed to be complex musically to get their sound across.

[@7rob27]

Everyone knows mix pink and green and you got deep purple. It’s all connected. Especially if you’re color blind.

[@msmoniz]

Justin Hawkins throwing shade at the latest Green Day single is something I didn’t realize I needed until today! 😏

[@saintleoraunt2341]

You live a sorry life bro 🥹

[@msmoniz]

@@saintleoraunt2341 I’m a Green Day fan but they aren’t infallible. And your pity is not welcome. I’m quite happy but thanks for caring 😏

[@davidcthomasmusic]

I have loved Green Day for over 20 odd years but their 90s songs were the pinnacle of simplistic songs that were simultaneously original. I think they are writing to be commercial now (and have done for a long time) but those Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod tracks were raw, unapologetic and conveyed true songwriting emotions, be they angst, love, or hatred. Just listen to Redundant, simple but very clever song. What I’m trying to say is, I like old Green Day more but the new stuff is just fun and shouldn’t be taken seriously. Thanks for reading my essay.

[@Vikki.ledge987]

I'm not sure I agree with you on Green Day trying to be commercial. It's not like they need the money! But, your point on the 90's albums is well taken. I'm a massive Green Day fan. I love most of the material they've put out over the years. (Although, FOAM's.......😢) My point is, the albums Kerplunk, Dookie, and Nimrod were relatable and heartfelt. The songs 'spoke' to me. I remember listening to Basket Case whilst I was in hospital having an 'emotional moment' (aka Mental health episode lmao 🤣). It sat so well with me, and got me through a *_really tough_* time. But I love Saviours, so, hey, who am I to whine?! 🤷🏻👍😘♥️♥️💚💚💚💚💚

[@ultramanj]

Tell me in 12:44 that you aren't too keen on Green Day, without saying you aren't too keen on Green Day. This whole video killed me, the "Deep Purple's a color" Brilliant. I don't really have an issue with the similarities between the songs, overall it sounds like a different song than PINK's, despite the closeness of that intro riff. I think Billy Joe writes a catchy tune. You're ear really is amazing.

[@eweng903]

News from the glamorous courthouse has landed. Mick Mars won a significant court victory in his legal war against Mötley Crüe yesterday in LA.

[@lovenailpolish3]

So What tempo is also extremely close to the tempo of One Eyed Bastard, off by a few bpm. WOW. The Green Day one seems derivative of the Pink melody. Pink is probably pretty cool about things like this, and would be flattered, just a guess. Have a great day!

[@ryanmcc30]

Bro I grew up with Green Day and I absolutely love all of their early albums. I heard this song, and was honestly really put off by it. Then I sat and listened to the whole album when it came out, and like 80% of the songs felt like they had riffs and chord progressions from other songs, and like you mention that's not necessarily always a bad thing. However, it did make me really upset when I heard it

[@Atlas65]

I feel actually that the Green Day riff is superior to my ears over the Pink one. The Pink one sounds like a nursery rhyme music or like something that children yell on the playground, like "na na na na na naaaa" Which sounds annoying and boring. At least the Green Day one doesn't have that element in it. So its less annoying and therefore better

[@RCAReacts]

It's like Green Day's 21 Guns sounds like the theme to Full House in the bridge...its just really hard for anyone to come up with something that sounds original when there is a finite about combinations notes can be arranged in. Its why I'm not a fan of immediately jumping to calling it a "ripoff". When Joe Satriani sued Coldplay for Viva La Vida, Chris Martin replied that he never heard Satriani's If I Could Fly...which is very possible and likely in that case.

[@adammoonface]

Thoroughly enjoyed that 🤣😂 My favourite Greenday moment is a video I saw, of the crowd at a Greenday gig standing in front of a completely empty stage all singing in perfect unison to Bohemian Rhapsody. It's incredible, and doesn't involve Greenday at all...😁

[@SteveHill-dk5xl]

It would be a freaking scream to be able to watch this guy live. Brilliant night out.

[@saintleoraunt2341]

Catch him at your corner bar for only $5 and a drink ticket 🤣

[@TheSickNeeds]

Greenday where great when their bass lines mattered. It made them interesting and gave them extra bounce. Now they just try to sound big without a purpose other than sounding big and the basslines are simplified and pushed to the back.

[@TheSickNeeds]

? honestly the response confused me.

[@macbig4070]

I like the song, yeah the riff is nearly identical to the Pink song, but its still its own tune and enjoyable. Like you said, powerful and hits you like an ACDC record. Maybe not the most original and groundbreaking song ever, but still fun and sounds good

[@mindovermachine9501]

COPE 🤡

[@saintleoraunt2341]

@@mindovermachine9501 hi virgin

[@dbrid564]

Saviors is a great album Justin.

[@Jaytl359]

Hands Down!

[@Klmac621]

To me they're all derived from Zeppelin's How many more times and I'm sure they too were even inspired by an old blues riff knowing them haha.

[@ShneelixZeenikQuark]

Yessss, that's what I was trying to think of! 🤘

[@GameplayTwist]

Ironically, the sidebar algorithm has this, Are Green Day Really That Great?! Justin Hawkins Rides Again 153K views 1 year ago

[@evv1978]

“In the BBC documentary Heavy Metal Britannia, keyboardist Jon Lord supports Glover's statement about the song's origin, stating "Black Night was nicked from the bass line in Ricky Nelson's Summertime" and then proceeds to play the bassline riff on his grand piano” So… even Deep Purple copied someone else.

[@warrioromarzthefirst5949]

Dilemma is an absolute track tho

[@AquaGem7578]

Holy crap! I heard all the similarities you speak of, i am not just picking fault in one of my fav bands. Still love Green Day. It is hard these days to not have similar sounds as there are only 5 basic notes and only so much you can do with them.

[@pechondelgado]

There are countless examples of Green Day songs sounding like other popular songs. Uptight sounds like Dreaming by Blondie. Waiting sounds like Downtown by Petula Clark Brain Stew sounds like 26 or 6 to 4 by Chicago Graffitia sounds like I Fought the Law by The Clash Goodnight Adeline sounds like either Closing Time by Semisonic or Good by Better Than Ezra. The line in Strange Days are Here to Say "Ever since Bowie died it hasn't been the same" sounds just like the line in The Gigolo Aunts song Where I Find My Heaven that goes "and the blood flows through my heart and leaves like sand as I share". Not to mention the opening guitar progression rips off their own song Basket Case which also reminds me that American Dream is Killing Me's solo is note for note the same Melody in Basket Case. There are a lot more. I'll have to check my notes.

[@Allikat99rocks]

Yeah heck if I know I thought the same thing with most of the album , better sounding than the last one , yet still immature with weak spots. I love Green Day and am super excited their back, I think live in person they're just as good now as they've been the past twenty years. I hope one day before their all too old , they really sit down and try to create something original of quality regardless of how successfully it will be received. As professional working musicians though I guess you have to give them the tip of the cap for staying relevant and the ability to sell rock albums to multiple generations of young people, that of which today is more difficult than ever. Maybe it doesn't work without some of the genericy gimmicks , because 90% of the consumers won't consume from sources that don't have some mixed in

[@seanjosephhayes]

That song also sounds like their own other song Holiday in a sense to me too in ways.

[@Tomas.X]

As a mega-fan of both P!NK & Green Day, I guarantee P!NK would be honored by such a "rip-off", AKA homage...nod...wink. Thats no fun. F it...let's trash The Killers for ripping off LV Beethovem's "Ode to Joy" in "Mr. Brightside."

[@chrisj965]

I don't think you like Green Day Justin, should maybe just steer clear 🤣

[@matblack2252]

The part that is The Passenger by Iggy Pop, is also Holiday by....Green Day. So they are even ripping themselves off! Slightly disappointed that Justin didn't pick up on that!😅

[@TomNoyce]

I'm so happy someone else thought it resembled passenger, literally the first thing that came into my head when I heard the song.

[@nicky2981]

They just blatantly ripped off Pink and Iggy Pop didn't they. Green Day are the most overrated band ever in my very humble opinion.

[@SixteenJacobsCreams]

The Alex Turner thing is uncanny if you listen back to the first 2 albums. Even has that same distorted mic effect.

[@paulmallon9292]

Yeah, I do feel they have very deliberately wen't with an Arctic Monkeys feel on this.

[@saintleoraunt2341]

Billie has been doing that while Alex was still picking his nose in grammar school 😂

[@paulmallon9292]

@@saintleoraunt2341 singing in a Sheffield accent? Don't think so mate.

[@saintleoraunt2341]

@@paulmallon9292 I don’t care what you think. Fact is fact and Billie has been getting shit for singing in a British accent before Alex touched his first Fanny

[@paulmallon9292]

@@saintleoraunt2341 haven't heard fanny in a while. You from Glasgow by any chance? Lived there for about 4 years. What a place. Good times.

[@hellsbells7516]

I'm glad you picked up on this, as my friend said it didn't sound anything like it. Of course I forwarded them this video of your review 😂🤣😂 I'll be singing bad a bing bad a bing woooooo, at the there concert this summer now you got that in my head ....😂🤣😂🤣

[@eweng903]

Pop and Pop Punk frequently borrow riffs and other musical elements. A challenge for Green Day lies in their genre's reliance on relatively simple power chord riffs to build songs, which can sometimes lead to a lack of innovation. However, "One Eyed Bastard" clearly sounds like Pop Punk. This demonstrates that even a touch of Pop Punk influence can make a song stand out.

[@ConnieLeFan]

I love how you actually take time to delve deeply into the details of what makes these riffs and harmonies similar enough to be questioned for originality, and actally play all the songs parts in question! Then

[@sah-win]

Top form today! Lots of good nuggets throughout this one. And another spot on review. Bravo!!

[@SuziQ.]

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[@sah-win]

@@SuziQ.I saw! I’m very happy for the JHRA team. And I’m really excited for the next set of podcasts. The holiday break seems to have done him good.

[@MariaFrancesca]

@@sah-win I have really been missing the podcasts! 🥲

[@sah-win]

@@MariaFrancesca I love the when he has a guest, but the ones with him and JMF are my favorites. So, I’m hoping the first one back is just the two of them.

[@MariaFrancesca]

@@sah-win Those are my favorites, too! They have such good friend-chemistry between them that it's a pleasure to get to sit in on these, hilarious bantering all over the place. But then, since they obviously trust and respect each other, that friendship holds for some pretty tough questions, as well, and that gives their podcast an edge that pushes it up a level. They've been developing the production, which is great, but it's how their personalities interact that makes it such a good watch/listen.

[@tb80038]

I immediately thought this sounded like Artic Monkeys as soon as 5:50 kicked in

[@bluglass7819]

I remember coming up with this great riff only to realize awhile later that it was from a Badlands song.

[@Spookych1cken]

Another hilarious video Justin ! But just to add another spanner in the works..... Did Deep Purple steal their riff from the Blue Magoo's We Ain't Got Nothing Yet from 1966 ? 🙄

[@almost.sweettalk.caffeine]

Ironically I think this is the greatest green day has sounded in years like since probably 2009, and I was a green day fan for like 15 years, that says something 🤣😭

[@yoyo_ma7677]

No shit Saviors sounds amazing. I wish they’d remix RevRad so it has the same power and crunch. I just listened to Forever now and it’s a great song but sounds so flat compared to Saviors.

[@barcoscatalina7067]

Did you listen to Bang Bang? I think they sounded great in that song

[@Riskmangler]

Gotta hand it to them, Green Day has made a hugely successful career of ripping off The Ramones and The Clash. Inconsequential, unoriginal, and altogether boring.