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Álbum: Nimrod

Artista: Green Day

  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 14 de Octubre de 1997
  • Compositores: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
  • Productores: Rob Cavallo, Green Day

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Introducción: Rompiendo las Reglas del Punk

"Nimrod", el quinto álbum de Green Day, es su trabajo más ecléctico y experimental de la década de los 90. Lanzado en 1997, el álbum ve a la banda romper deliberadamente con las limitaciones del pop-punk para explorar una amplia gama de estilos, incluyendo el rock alternativo, el ska, el surf rock e incluso el folk acústico.

Es un disco largo y diverso que muestra una nueva madurez en su composición. Aunque está lleno de temas de punk rock enérgicos, es más conocido por la balada acústica "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", una canción que se convirtió en un fenómeno cultural inesperado y demostró que Green Day era mucho más que una banda de punk de tres acordes.

Análisis de Canciones

"Hitchin' a Ride": El primer single es un tema de rock con una memorable línea de violín y un ritmo creciente que explora temas de alcoholismo.

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)": Originalmente escrita en la época de "Dookie", esta balada acústica con cuerdas se convirtió en un himno para graduaciones, bodas y funerales. Es una de sus canciones más famosas y queridas.

"King for a Day": Una divertida incursión en el ska-punk que se convirtió en un favorito de sus conciertos.

Rendimiento y Legado

"Nimrod" alcanzó el puesto 10 en Estados Unidos y el 11 en el Reino Unido. La crítica aclamó su ambición y diversidad, elogiando a la banda por su voluntad de evolucionar. El legado de "Nimrod" es el de ser el álbum que demostró la increíble versatilidad de Green Day y que les dio una de las canciones más perdurables de su carrera.

Listado de Canciones

  1. Nice Guys Finish Last2:49

    Letra

    Nice guys finish last You're running out of gas Your sympathy will get you left behind Sometimes you're at your best When you feel the worst You feel washed up like piss gone down the drain Pressure cooker pick my brain and tell me I'm insane I'm so fucking happy I could cry Every joke can have it's truth but now the joke's on you I never knew you're such a funny guy Oh nice guys finish last When you are the outcast Don't pat yourself on the back You might break your spine Living on command You're shaking lots of hands You're kissing up and bleeding all your trust Taking what you need Bite the hand that feeds You lose your memory and you've got no shame Pressure cooker pick my brain and tell me I'm insane I'm so fucking happy I could cry Every joke can have it's truth but now the joke's on you I never knew you're such a funny guy Oh nice guys finish last When you are the outcast Don't pat yourself on the back
  2. Hitchin' A Ride2:51
  3. The Grouch2:12

    Letra

    I was a young boy that had big plans Now I'm just another shitty old man I don't have fun and I hate everything The world owes me, so fuck you Glory days don't Mean shit to me I drank a six pack of apathy Life's a bitch and so am I The world owes me, so fuck you Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals I had a young and optimistic point of view Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals I had a young and optimistic point of view I've decomposed, yet my gut's getting fat Oh my god I'm turning out like my dad I'm always rude I've got a bad attitude The world owes me, so fuck you The wife's a nag and the kid's fucking up I don't have sex 'cause I can't get it up I'm just a grouch sitting on the couch The world owes me, so fuck you
  4. Redundant3:17

    Letra

    We're living in repetition Content in the same old shtick again Now the routine's turning to contention, Like a production line going over and over and over, Roller coaster Now I cannot speak, I lost my voice I'm speechless and redundant Cause I love you's not enough I'm lost for words Choreographed and lack of passion Prototypes of what we were Went full circle 'til I'm nauseous Taken for granted now Now I waste it, faked it, ate it, now I hate it Now I cannot speak, I lost my voice I'm speechless and redundant, Cause I love you's not enough I'm lost for words, now I cannot speak
  5. Scattered3:02

    Letra

    I've got some scattered pictures lying on my bedroom floor. Reminds me of the times we shared. Makes me wish that you were here. Now it seems I've forgotten my purpose in this life. All the songs have been erased. Guess I've learned from my mistakes. Open the past and present. Now and we are there. Story to tell and I am listening. Open the past and present. And the future too. It's all I've got and I'm giving it up to you. Loose ends tied in knots. Leaving a lump down in my throat. Gagging on a souvenir. Lodged to fill another year. Drag it on and on until my skin is ripped to shreds. Leaving myself open wide. Living out a sacrifice. If you got no one and I've got no place to go, would it be alright? Could it be alright?
  6. All The Time2:10

    Letra

    All the time, every time I need it. What's the time? I'd say the time is right. Here's to me. Let's find another reason. Down the hatch and a bad attitude. Salud. Wasting time down a bum fuck road. And I don't know where the hell it'll go. Heirlooms and huffing fumes, And I'm picking up the pace And I'm gonna smash straight into a wall. All the time. A "New Year's Resolution" How soon that we forget. Doing time. Loving every minute. Live it up on another let down. Salud. Promises, promises, it was all set in stone, Cross my heart and hope to die. Sugar fix, dirty tricks and a trick question. Guess I should have read between the lines. Having the time of my life, watching the clock tick. All the time, where did all the time go? It's too late to say goodnight. Time flies when you're having fun. Time's up when you work like a dog. Salud.
  7. Worry Rock2:27
  8. Platypus (I Hate You)2:21

    Letra

    You're rise and fall Back up against the wall What goes around is coming back and haunting you It's time to quit 'Cause you ain't worth the shit Under my shoes or the piss on the ground No one loves you and you know it Don't pretend that you enjoy it or you don't care 'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear 'Cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you I heard your sick Sucked on that cancer stick A throbbing tumor and a radiation high Shit out of luck And now your time is up It brings me pleasure just to know your going to die No one loves you and you know it Don't pretend that you enjoy it or you don't care 'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear 'Cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you Dickhead, fuck face, cock smoking, Mother fucking, asshole, dirty twat Waste of semen, I hope you die hey Red eye, code blue I'd like to strangle you And watch your eyes bulge right out of your skull When you go down Head first into the ground I'll stand above you just to piss on your grave No one loves you and you know it Don't pretend that you enjoy it or you don't care 'Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear 'Cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you, 'cause I hate you
  9. Uptight3:04
  10. Last Ride In3:47

    Letra

    Instrumental
  11. Jinx2:12

    Letra

    I fucked up again it's all my fault. So turn me around and face the wall. Read me my rights and tell me I'm wrong. Until it gets into my thick skull. A slap on the wrist. A stab in the back. Torture me, I've been a bad boy. Nail me to the cross until you have won. I lost before I did any wrong. I'm hexed with regrets and bad luck. Keep you distance 'cause it's rubbing off. Or you will be damned to spend your life in hell. Or earth with me tangled at your feet. You finally met you nemesis disguised as your fatal long lost love. So kiss it good bye Until death do we part. You fell for a jinx for crying out loud. I'm a curse hanging around you in the end
  12. Haushinka3:25

    Letra

    Haushinka is a girl with a peculiar name. I met her on the eve of my birthday. Did she know, did she know, before she went away, does she know? But it's too damn late This girl has gone far away. Now she's gone. All I have now is a memory to date. A cheap hat and cigarettes, and a peculiar name. I didn't know, I didn't know, before she went away. I know now, I know now, and it's too damn late. Will she ever find her way? I'm too damn young to be too late, but am I? Yet again I'm kicking myself, and I'll be here in battle scars, waiting for you. Waiting for you now.
  13. Walking Alone2:45
  14. Reject2:05

    Letra

    Who the hell are you to tell me What I am and what's my master plan What makes you think that it includes you Self-righteous wealth Stop flattering yourself So when the smoke clears here I am Your reject all-American Sucking up your social sect Making you a nervous wreck To hell and back and hell again I've gone You're not my type Not my type What's the difference between you and me I do what I want and you do what you're told So listen up and shut the hell up It's no big deal and I'll see you in hell So when the smoke clears here I am Your reject all-American Sucking up your social sect Making you a nervous wreck To hell and back and hell again I've gone You're not my type Not my type Not my type You're not my type So when the smoke clears here I am Your reject all-American Falling from grace right on my face To hell and back and hell again I've gone
  15. Take Back1:09

    Letra

    You pushed me once too far again I'd like to break you fucking teeth. Stick a knife in the center of your back. You better grow some eyes in the back of your Head. I fight dirty, just like your looks. Can't take, can't take, can't take anymore. Take back, take back, take. The taste of bad blood on the tip of my tongue. An eye for an eye. Gun for a gun. Cold-cocked and I'm taking back what's mine. Expect it when you're least expecting it. No loss of love, the smell of regret. Lights out Can't take anymore Shit
  16. King For A Day3:13

    Letra

    Started at the age of four My mother went to the grocery store Went sneaking through her bedroom door To find something in a size four Sugar and spice and everything nice Wasn't made for only girls GI Joe in panty hose is making room For the one and only King for a day, princess by dawn King for a day in a leather thong King for a day, princess by dawn Just wait 'til all the guys get a load of me My daddy threw me in therapy He thinks I'm not a real man Who put the drag in the drag queen Don't knock it until you tried it Sugar and spice and everything nice Wasn't made for only girls GI Joe in panty hose is making room For the one and only King for a day, princess by dawn King for a day in a leather thong King for a day, princess by dawn Just wait 'til all the guys get a load of me Sugar and spice and everything nice Wasn't made for only girls GI Joe in panty hose is making room For the one and only King for a day, princess by dawn King for a day in a leather thong King for a day, princess by dawn King for a day in a leather thong King for a day, princess by dawn King for a day in a leather thong King for a day, princess by dawn Just wait 'til all the guys, just wait 'til all the guys Just wait 'til all the guys get a load of me
  17. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life2:34
  18. Prosthetic Head3:38

    Letra

    I see you, down in the front line. Such a sight for sore eyes, you're a suicide makeover. Plastic eyes, lookin' through a numb skull. Self-effaced, what's his face. You erased yourself so shut up. You don't let up. You have a growth that must be treated Like a severed severe pain in the neck. You can smell it but you can't see it. No explanation identified 'cause you don't know. You don't say. And you got no reply. Hey you, where did you come from? Got a head full of lead, you're a inbred bastard son. All dressed up, red blooded, A mannequin Do or die, no reply, don't deny that you're synthetic. You're pathetic.