![]() One more track on the CD would have been nice to even it all out, but once again, small potatoes. (Jason Andrew Relva), Who Wrote Holden Caufield?, Geek Stink Breath, When I Come Around, She, 21 Guns, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) It livens the whole package up a bit.įor the DVD: 21st Century Breakdown, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere, Holiday, Static Age, ¡Viva La Gloria!, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Burnout, Geek Stink Breath, Welcome To Paradise, When I Come Around, My Generation (Cover of The Who’s song), She, 21 Guns, American Eulogy, Jesus Of Suburbia, Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life), Cigarettes And Valentinesįor the CD: 21st Century Breakdown, Know Your Enemy, Jesus Of Suburbia, East Jesus Nowhere, ¡Viva La Gloria!, Cigarettes and Valentines, Burnout, Going To Pasalacqua, J.A.R. However, I do like it only because you are not listening to the same thing you are seeing. I would have loved to see personal favorites “Who Wrote Holden Caufield?” and “J.A.R.” live, but they don’t appear on the DVD. ![]() Both have different tracks, which I kind of like, but kind of dislike at the same time. There is also a variation in the CD and DVD content for the combo. I may be greedy because I’ve seen the real thing, but whatever the case, Awesome As F***K‘s concert footage is leaps and bounds better than Bullet In A Bible, so at least it has that going for it. The concert breezes by, which is not a bad thing, but I still await the day when I get a full-fledged concert that is released by Reprise Records. Billie Joe even speaks brief phrases in the language, which is really cool. This time, the concert footage was shot in Japan, and it’s actually quite interesting how big this band has become internationally. There are slow-motion shots, freeze frames, sepia tones, black-and-white tones, and these tidbits are a nice little touch to the overall performance. Any additional non-concert footage takes place over instrumental parts that the band is playing in show. But there’s no break in the pace of the music. Again it is not a full concert (you can clearly tell some songs are missing - notice the missing “Longview?” And where’s “Minority?” I rest my case). I’ve thankfully been to two GD concerts, and these guys don’t mess around. Well, let me put it to you this way: This is the best you’ll get for a Green Day concert without going to one. The song appears on both the CD and DVD in this combo, but beyond that, is this worth checking out? ![]() Pre- American Idiot, Green Day had recorded master tapes that were apparently stolen, and among them, a track was on said tapes, titled Cigarettes And Valentines (which also was the name of the album). The real gift in this package was not just the live footage or CD content, but a rare gem in the band’s back catalogue that, unless you were very lucky, you would never hear (until now). In the wake of the 2009 album 21st Century Breakdown, the band has again released a CD/DVD combo titled Awesome As F**k. For a fan (me, of course), it was a must buy, but the editing was poor choice. Instead, you had to sit through a song, watch the band talk, rinse, cycle, repeat. The DVD offered no option to watch one or the other. However, there was one glaring problem: While I had no gripes with the CD content (except fans and myself were definitely shortchanged on songs, and the same goes for the footage), the documentary and the music were intermixed, making for one long movie featuring the band and it severely slowed down the pace of Green Day’s amazing concert. Shot In Milton Keynes, England, Bullet had a ton of great tunes recorded live, and a documentary about the band’s success. ![]() In 2005, Green Day fans were given a CD/DVD combo post the mainstream success of the band’s return to glory ( American Idiot) with Bullet In A Bible. fowler discusses Green Day’s new CD/DVD combo and whether it lives up to its title or not …
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