I can't claim to be a big Green Day fan. Sure, there are a few songs that I liked, mostly the hits. I owned Dookie on cassette, back when people still bought those things. I recently picked up the greatest hits collection. That pretty much does it for me and Green Day. Despite not being a fan, and I am sure some of you won't like this, I have decided to give this disk a shot anyway. The results aren't terribly pretty.
It starts bad and goes downhill from there. The first thing that greets you when you hit play is a splash screen that states that there is no original music by Green Day and that it is unauthorized and not endorsed by either the band or their record label. At this point I was tempted to just say forget it, but I stuck it out, maybe it would still be an interesting documentary. Next up was strike two, the title came up, but it wasn't Suburbia Bomb. The title that came up said Pogo Paradise, a quick search turns this up as a disk that originally came out a few years ago and wasn't terribly well-received the first time around. To me, that is a little sneaky, trying to pass of something old as something new, the least they could have done is added more original content, perhaps get a few live performances or an actual interview with the band. Now, where were we? Oh yeah, strike two. Next up strike three.
Now strike three goes to the narrator, Sian Jones. Talk about ratcheting down the energy level in a documentary about a punk band, which is all about energy. She sounds like a middle-aged British woman, not what you would expect to find when trying to learn of the background of your favorite band. She may be a very nice person, this is nothing against her personally, she was just a very poor choice to perform the narration.
Article comments
1 - Jones Violet
The best thing about it is the title.
Seriously, it's true. My review of this was pretty much the same.
2 - Chris Beaumont
Well, the cover art isn't bad either. hehe
I just read your review, very well put.
3 - Lani
I saw it when it was called pogo paradise. It was shit then, and with a new cover its equally shit, if not shitter. NOBODY buy it! Please wait for Live At Milton Keynes. It's by Sam Bayer so it's going to be good. And its all about the band. With them in it.
The only bit I liked in the whole thing was the little interview with the band and Tre was talking about Billie Joe being a great tattoo artist.
4 - Kati
Yeah, the DVD sucked. I got it before there were ANY reviews...... AHH now i cant take it back cuz i lost the receipt, but ya, you did put it well :-D
5 - Lee
if i were to buy this thing, i'd be super pissed to find out i already OWN it. (and im sorry i bought it the first time). that's a shitty thing to do and if they dont give returns they should except plenty of nasty phone calls from 16-year old girls' moms!
6 - Sydni
same here. i am a pretty big fan and this dvd was really really boring.. i cant believe they could put something like that out.. there is nothing that really has them in it.. its just a bunch of people that no one knows... BORING!
7 - Stacy
I agree in all of your comments. Im a big fan of greenday and they supposed to be fun not borring!!!!