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September 26, 2006
Seriously, Billy Joe Armstrong?
I would like to take a moment to address the disturbing and ridiculous fashion choices that Billy Joe Armstrong and his grossly overrated "punk" band Green Day have made. He and Bono performed for the half time show of last night's Saints vs. Falcons game, and I realized something that probably a millon other people spotted ages ago. Armstrong is morphing into Robert Smith.
What's happening, here? You know, he used to be kind of cute in his baby-faced grungy kid way in the faux hawk days, but this is just...kind of annoying. Seriously, what's the point? I thought the current Green Day following was more trendy than this - you know, Levi's and Converse and t-shirts and track jackets. Am I dead wrong? Don't the kids with all the black make-up listen to like, Korn? Did I just date myself with that reference?
Well, whatever. The thing of it is, Billy Joe Armstrong is no Robert Smith, and I wish he would cut that whole thing out. It's been done, and he just looks silly. Maybe the band wanted to distance themselves visually from the Green Day that broke onto the scene in the 90's with a song about masturbation (remember that?), and this dark and dated costume thing helps people realize that, yeah, they're totally relevant .
I'll be honest, I've never listened to entire Green Day album, and I doubt I ever will. I rarely listen to the radio, so I'm a bit out of it when it comes to what's popular, but I know what's stupid when I see it. And Green Day? You look stupid.
| By heidi | 10:28 AM