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Related: About this forumGreen Day's Hall of Fame Nomination
A bit of a break today for some good news: Green Day has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
By Andy Greene | December 16, 2014
Only a handful of bands get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the first year they're eligible these days. When Billie Joe Armstrong learned that Green Day were one of them, he could barely process the news. "I had to go for a walk," he says. "I wound up at this cafe and I sat down and my son met up with me. I told him and he was like, 'Oh my God. No way.' It just took some time to sink in. We're in incredible company and I'm still trying to make sense of this. It's just incredible." The singer spoke to Rolling Stone about the induction's significance and looks back on 25 years of Green Day.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/billie-joe-armstrong-green-day-hall-of-fame-induction-20141216#ixzz3M4kyMwPp
The reason I think they deserve the nomination is right here:
Say, hey!
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame
The shame, the ones who died without a name
Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery"
And bleed, the company who lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On Holiday
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line
To find the money's on the other side
Can I get another Amen?
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
The representative from California has the floor
Sieg Heil to the president gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang, bang goes the broken glass
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just cause, just cause, because we're outlaws, yeah
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday
Read more: Green Day - Holiday Lyrics | MetroLyrics
blm
(113,822 posts)?
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Who would have thought these punks would amount to anything?
Recently bought "Uno!," "Dos!" and "Tre!" CDs.
Link also mentions Joan Jett and the Blackhearts inducted!
The music of our lives!
TBF
(34,318 posts)with my alt-rock posts. I know there are good classic rock groups still waiting to get in ...