Dookie de Green Day
Álbum de Green Day
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 1 de Febrero de 1994
- Sello Discográfico: Reprise Records
- Compositores: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
- Productores: Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Dookie es un álbum de Green Day, publicado en 1994 por Reprise Records. El disco incluye 14 canciones, entre ellas «Burnout», «Having A Blast», «Chump» y «Longview».
Introducción: la explosión del pop-punk
"Dookie" es el tercer álbum de estudio de Green Day y su debut en un sello multinacional. Lanzado en 1994, este disco es uno de los álbumes más importantes e influyentes de la década de los 90. Es la obra que llevó el pop-punk al mainstream, transformando a Green Day de una banda de culto a superestrellas globales.
"Dookie" es una colección impecable de himnos de tres minutos sobre la ansiedad, el aburrimiento, la masturbación y la apatía juvenil, todo ello envuelto en las melodías más pegadizas y la energía más cruda del punk rock. Impulsado por sencillos icónicos como "Basket Case" y "Welcome to Paradise", el álbum vendió millones de copias, ganó el Grammy al Mejor Álbum de Música Alternativa y redefinió el sonido del rock moderno.
Contexto y grabación
Tras firmar con Reprise Records, la banda se asoció con el productor Rob Cavallo, quien supo capturar la energía de la banda pero con una producción potente y radiofónica. El álbum fue grabado en 25 días, un proceso rápido que mantuvo la espontaneidad del punk. El título "Dookie" (jerga para excremento) fue elegido por su humor juvenil.
Análisis de canciones y vídeos
"Basket Case": El himno definitivo sobre los ataques de pánico y la ansiedad. Su videoclip, ambientado en un manicomio, se convirtió en un icono de la MTV.
"Longview": Una canción sobre el aburrimiento y la masturbación con una de las líneas de bajo más famosas de la historia del rock, cortesía de Mike Dirnt.
"When I Come Around": Un tema de medio tiempo que demostró que el pop-punk podía tener "groove".
Éxito y herencia
"Dookie" fue un fenómeno global. Alcanzó el puesto número 2 en el Billboard 200 de Estados Unidos (donde ha sido certificado Diamante) y el número 13 en el Reino Unido. En España, llegó al puesto 45. Su legado es inmenso: revitalizó el punk rock para una nueva generación y abrió las puertas a una ola de bandas de pop-punk que dominarían el resto de la década.
Listado de Canciones
- Burnout
Letra
I declare I don't care no more I'm burning up and out and Growing bored In my smoked out boring room My hair is shagging in my eyes Dragging my feet to hit the Street tonight To drive along these shit Town lights I'm not growing up, I'm just burning out And I stepped in line To walk amongst the Dead Apathy has rained on me Now I'm feeling like a Soggy dream So close to drowning but I don't mind I'll live inside this mental cave Throw emotions in the grave Hell, who needs them Anyway So close to drowning but I don't mind I've lived in this mental cave Throw my emotions in the grave Hell, who needs them Anyway - Having A Blast
Letra
I'm taking all you down with me Explosives duct taped to my spine Nothing's gonna change my mind I won't listen to anyone's last words There's nothing left for you to say Soon you'll be dead anyway Well, no one is getting out alive This time I've really lost my mind and I don't care So close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbye And think about the time you spent and what they've ment To me it's nothing I'm losing all my happiness The happiness you pinned on me Loneliness still comforts me My anger dwells inside of me I'm taking it all out on you And all the shit you put me through Do you ever think back to another time Did it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind? Do you ever want to lead a long ways of destruction And mow down any bullshit that comforts you Do you ever build up all the small things in your head To make one problem that adds up to nothing - Chump
Letra
I don't know you but I think I hate you You're the reason for my misery Strange, how you've become my biggest enemy I have never even seen your face Maybe it's just jealousy Mixed up with a violent mind A circumstance that doesn't make much sense Or maybe I'm just dumb You're the cloud hanging out over my head Hail comes crashing down welting my face Magic man, egocentric plastic man Yet you still got one over on me - LongviewI sit around and watch the tube but, nothing's on I change the channels for an hour or two Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit I'm sick of all the same old shit In a house with unlocked doors And I'm fucking lazy Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind!!! And I smell like shit Peel me off this Velcro seat and get me moving I sure as hell can't do it by myself I'm feeling like a dog in heat Barred indoors from the summer street I locked the door to my own cell And I lost the key Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind!!! And I smell like shit I got no motivation Where is my motivation No time for motivation Smoking my inspiration I sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling Call me pathetic, call me what you will My mother says to get a job But she don't like the one she's got When masturbation's lost its fun You're fucking lonely Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind And loneliness has to suffice Bite my lip and close my eyes Slipping away to paradise Some say, "Quit or I'll go blind" But it's just a myth
- Welcome To Paradise
Vídeo
- Pulling Teeth
Letra
I'm all busted up Broken bones and nasty cuts Accidents will happen But this time I can't get up She comes to check on me Making sure I'm on my knees After all she's the one Who put me in this state Is she ultra violent? Is she disturbed? I better tell her that I love her Before she does it all over again Oh God, she's killing me!!! For now I lie around Hell that's all I can really do She takes good care of me Just keep saying my love is true Is she ultra violent? Is she disturbed? I better tell her that I love her Before she does it all over again Oh God, she's killing me!!! Looking out my window for someone that's passing by No one knows I'm locked in here All I do is cry For now I lie around Hell that's all I can really do She takes good care of me Just keep saying my love is true - Basket CaseDo you have the time to listen to me whine About nothing and everything all at once I am one of those Melodramatic fools Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up Am I just paranoid? Or am I just stoned I went to a shrink To analyze my dreams She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down I went to a whore He said my life's a bore So quit my whining cause it's bringing her down Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up Am I just paranoid? A ya-ya-ya Grasping to control So I better hold on Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up Am I just paranoid? Or am I just stoned?
- She
Letra
She She screams in silence. A sulley roit penetrating through her mind. Waiting for a sign to smash the silence with the brick of self control. Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool without a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed. I'm taking heed in just for you. She She's figured out all her doubts were someone else's point of view. Waking up this time to smash the silence with the brick of self control. Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool without a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed. I'm taking heed in just for you. Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool without a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed. I'm taking heed in just for you. - Sassafras Roots
Letra
Roaming 'round your house Wasting your time No obligation, just Wasting your time So why are you alone? Wasting your time When you could be with me Wasting your time I'm a waste like you With nothing else to do May I waste your time, too? Warding off regrets Wasting your time Smoking cigarettes Wasting your time I'm just a parasite Wasting your time Applying myself to Wasting your time - When I Come Around
Vídeo
- Coming Clean
Letra
Seventeen and strung out on confusion Trapped inside a roll of disillusion I found out what it takes to be a man Now mom and dad will never understand Secrets collecting dust but never forget Skeletons come to life in my closet I found out what it takes to be a man Now mom and dad will never understand What's happening to me Seventeen and coming clean for the first time I finally figured out myself for the first time I found out what it takes to be a man Now mom and dad will never understand What's happened to me - Emenius Sleepus
Letra
I saw my friend the other day And I don't' know Exactly just what he became It goes to show It wasn't long ago And I was just like you And now I think I'm sick And I want to go home How have I been how have you been It's been so long What have you done with all your time And what went wrong I knew you back when And you, you knew me And now I think you're sick I want to go home Anybody ever say no? Ever tell you that you weren't right? Where did all the little kid go? Did you lose it in a hateful fight? And you know it's true - In The End
Letra
All brawn and no brains And all those nice things And you finally got what you want Someone to look good with And light your cigarette Is this what you really want? I figured out what you're all about And I don't think I like what I see so I hope I won't be there in the end if you come around How long will he last Before he's a creep in the past And you're alone once again? Will you pop up again And be my special friend 'Till the end? And when will that be? I figured out what you're all about And I don't think I like what I see I hope I won't be there in the end if you come around I figured out what you're all about And I don't think I like what I see so I hope I won't be there in the end if you come around - F.O.D.
Letra
Something's on my mind It's been for quite some time This time I'm on to you So where's the other face The face I heard before Your head trip's boring me Let's nuke the bridge we torched 2,000 times before This time we'll blast it all to hell I've had this burning in my gut now for so long My belly's aching now to say Stuck down in a rut Of dislogic and smut A side of you well hid When it's all said and done It's real and it's been fun But was it all real fun? Let's nuke the bridge we torched 2,000 times before This time we'll blast it all to hell I've had this burning in my guts now for so long My belly's aching now to say To say Your just A fuck I can't explain it 'cause I think you suck I'm taking pride In telling you to fuck off and die I've had this burning in my guts now for so long My belly's aching now to say I'm taking pleasure in announcing this to you So listen up 'cause you might miss Your just A fuck I can't explain it 'cause I think you suck I'm taking pride In telling you to fuck off and die Good night I was alone I was all by myself No one was looking I was thinking of you Oh yeah did I mention I was all by myself All by myself All by myself All by myself I went to your house But no one was there I went in your room I was all by myself I remember we had Such wonderful times When I'm all by myself All by myself


