Good Riddance

When brushing aside the rattiling pace we all come to discover from a Berkeley Trio who donned Punk with a label, a formula of highly loud, jibe fuelled offerings. Green Day softened their approach, nulified the urges of destruction with a sweet laced gem to sooth the minds of a faithful already musically junkified. Pulling themselves from their roofs, Green Day fans sat, taking in strains of sentimentality. 1997 was a year were Punk/Rock setteled its abdomen, detoxfying its breached body, and Green Day prominetly helped to acheive that. Their classification of being immature, latch-key kids was wiped and desclassified, Green Day hit maturity.

The format of pushing the boundaries in Rock, is not giving a shit about hypocrisy, propaganda, and all the baggage to go with it. Green Day certainly didn't follow the stern rules that a Punk outfit should, they added a dash of emotion, sincerity and without breaking outwith their routes. Good Riddance(Time Of Your Life) broke out like a rash, its raw judgement and sticking sensation were a big turning point in the bands career. An upgrade into a Musical realm the band hadn't tested, of course they were hidden emotions in other monumental scores, but Good Riddance narrowed deeper, biting into the skin and purifying the blood and calming the tone for a while.

Good Riddance always comes up in conversation, its isolation and intimitation factor justifies its creation. Attacking the heart strings, pulling them, cleaning them to immaculate standards. Green Day hit a new level, showing their sentimental properties without straying away from Punk/Rock and all its bad ass mentality . A ballad bright eyed and wisdom fuelled.

By Mark McConville