My Wishes for 2014

My 5 Musical Comeback Wishes for 2014

So maybe it’s a beloved group or just a solo guy, but there are many wishes that I have and maybe if I am lucky I will get to see at least 1 of these things happen in 2014.  So I wrote them down and here is my list of people or bands that I want to see make a comeback.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I have always thought Mike Dirnt was pretty laid back and cool from the get go, and Tre has always been crazy so those two get a pass

It seems like an easy yet mean place to start but seriously, what the fuck happened.

In 1994, the punk scene became so disgruntled with Green Day.  The band spent most of the mid to late 90’s trying to prove everyone that called them sell-outs wrong.  I mean the huge giant mud fight at Woodstock 94 was so awesome. Billy Joe throwing mud, Mike Dirnt getting tackled.  Dirnt even opened the show calling the audience “Rich Fuckers”  I mean there were people on stage everywhere, it got so crazy.

Then the band had a hard time finding a decent follow up for anything off the Dookie album. But then the world ate up Good Riddance(Time of your life) It is now a go to song for anything memorial related.

But the band stayed quiet for a long while after that.  I mean it wasn’t until 7 years later that they released American Idiot.  Which, was their sort of anti-establishment comeback. They toured this album for what seems like an eternity.

But come on then to follow up with another “punk rock opera”  and then the release of the video game Green Day Rock Band.  Ok So if that doesn’t mean that you have officially sold out, then I don’t know what does.

Oh wait, that’s right, Then Billie Joe endorsed Barrack Obama for president and turned American Idiot into a Broadway musical.  Most recently releasing an album with Norah Jones.  Now that is completely sold out. 

I mean maybe there are different genres of punk, and what I consider to be punk and what you do might be different. There are also bands that just sound punk, but aren’t really, and a lot in between.

But for what Green Day claimed they were in 1994, Billie Joe killed when he endorsed Obama.  The kind of punk that is anti-establishment, endorses no one because politicians are all assholes in their mind.

Then to make a musical. A Broadway Fucking Musical? What is That?

I just want Billie Joe back to being fun and cynical. I don’t care if he never has another hit song as long as he says what he means and fucks shit up.

Please Billie---Come Back

This is the only thing remotely punk that Billie Joe has done in 20 years……….

Phil Collins

This won’t take as long because I don’t really think that anyone would argue that new Phil Collins sucks.

I don’t even care if Genesis gets back together, because realistically Sussudio and Take Me Home are good solo songs . And I don’t think that anyone is against me on how great of a song In The Air Tonight is. 

But Now Phil Collins is a retired musician. And that is not what I mean by a comeback. Not ony do I want him to unretired, but I also want him to stop making Shitty Disney music. 

That is his biggest offense to me.  Don’t go from being a cool ass dude to writing theme songs for Disney. Hell I don’t care what they pay you. I wanna hear some Rock shit, and not You’ll be in my heart.  If I teach my boys about Phil Collins I don’t want to have to reference The Jungle Book, or any other Bull shit.

Please Phil – We Need you

I would rather see Phil Collins Music in Movies like this……

Sting and The Police.

I want this…

Not This…

Say what you want, but I hate that Desert Rose song.  Again, just like with Phil Collins, I don’t think that all of Sting’s music is shit. In fact most of it is great but I just want the Police to get back together once and for all.

I know I should respect them and I know they don’t get along. But Come on Some of Sting’s current work is just plain crap. And I have always hated Sting for Desert Rose, Not because I don’t like it, well Yeah. I hate it. It’s not a horrible song, just not what I want from Sting.

So yes I do hope that the Police get back together I mean, they were not “Punk” but they were part of the punk scene, again the term punk is a loose term, but  either way The Police were one hell of a band who don’t really get along anymore, but when they had a brief reunion in 07 and 08 they made 358 million dollars for 1 tour. That is a big chunk of change people are willing to shell out  to see these guys. I hope they get the hint

Give me this just once more please ……

OutKast

I never thought anything bad of OutKast, and In fact I love them, for me they are one of the Rap groups that pulled me in and I love both sides of the duo. Andre3000 is wild and Big Boi just plays it cool and holds down with fresh beats and smooth rhymes.

But what happened to them?

In my opinion they realized that they didn’t really need each other  In 2003. They released Speakerboxxx/The Love Below  as a two disc set.  One disc was Dre’s  and the other was Big Boi’s

But I am sure you knew that already.  But  my opinion is that that is why they are gone.  I mean they won a grammy for that album. So in my mind they each grew tired of the other and went solo. It makes sense to me but I just wish they could do something big together again.

  I think everyone is waiting for it…

I mean why can’t they do this again…..

Rivers Cuomo/Weezer/Matt Sharp

 That’s right I said it!

How could I not, I mean I have to be true to the subject, and the current incarnation of Rivers Cuomo is weird, geeky and almost nuts.

Let me also say that I hold no grudges to Scott Shriner and in fact I think He is a better bassist than Matt Sharp. But Bass playing ability aside. After Matt left the group Rivers sort of lost control of himself. 

Or Maybe he didn’t.

I mean after all, the Blue album is now almost 20 years old.  It is safe to say that a 44 year old man probably doesn’t pine for the things that he once did.  Which I totally understand. After all  Cuomo is married now and has kids. So if he has grown up that makes sense.

But then what is with all the theatrics, the Trampoline, singing pokerface in a girls wig and covering Pumped up Kicks?

What is with doing Magic with B.o.B, and the weird thing with all the vests .  I mean is he trying to recreate his youth? 

I love weezer and hold Rivers Cuomo in the highest regards  but I cant take all the Double Speak.

I mean if we are all Little Bitches as Cuomo claims we are, then what does that make him?  I guess I have all but given up hope that weezer will return to its pre 2000’s era and that’s fine. So I will never get my Pinkerton 2 and you will never get a second Blue album.

But is it fair to say that Rivers is trying to relive his twenties and is almost erasing and ridding himself of his 94-99 persona ?

I personally feel that Matt was almost a bit of a guidance figure for Rivers and that their collaborations were incredible.  Sure Rivers gets the majority of the songwriting credits, But Matt helped work his influence into the music. Did Rivers change- For sure but why? Who knows. They teased us with a reunion in 2004, but nothing sense.

All I have to say is I wanna Go Back…..

So There it is, 5 things that I want to see in the new year.

I tried to be objective and non negative. I hope you understand that all of these wishes are for things that I think are good.

Oh and Happy New Year- Be safe Have Fun and go listen to some awesome live music, I recommend it.

See ya Next Year!!!