Thoughts on the 'New" Music of "Old" Groups
I keep on hearing Green Day's new single, Oh Love , on the radio station I frequent. I've heard the new Muse single Madness , but on YouTube. I have to say, these new singles are sort of disappointing. But why are they disappointing to you, a huge Green Day and Muse fan?! Becaaauuse they're giving into what's popular today... same with Coldplay, actually, but they had their downturn a couple years ago. Then I stopped caring. But these Green Day and Muse, my two favorite bands...basically of all time have become, well, popy. I'll start with Green Day... When I first heard Green Day...well, when I first consciously heard Green Day, I was in 6th grade. Yeah... The first actual songs I heard on the radio were from American Idiot , Green Day's "Who-like" rock opera-concept album.To be even more exact, the first song I ever remember liking of Green Day's was, you guessed, Boulevard of Broken Dreams . Yeah, that song and I have a lot of history, bu...