Warning de Green Day
Álbum de Green Day
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 3 de Octubre de 2000
- Sello Discográfico: Reprise Records
- Compositores: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
- Productores: Green Day, Rob Cavallo (ejecutivo)
Warning es un álbum de Green Day, publicado en 2000 por Reprise Records. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Warning», «Blood, Sex And Booze», «Church On Sunday» y «Fashion Victim».
Introducción: la calma antes de la tormenta política
"Warning", el sexto álbum de Green Day, es su trabajo más incomprendido y subestimado. Lanzado en el año 2000, supuso una ruptura radical con el sonido de pop-punk que los había definido.
Este disco es una inmersión en el folk punk, el pop rock y el power pop, con un sonido predominantemente acústico y una producción mucho más contenida. Es el sonido de una banda madurando, con letras que abandonan la ansiedad juvenil para adentrarse en la crítica social y política con una nueva sutileza. Aunque comercialmente fue considerado un fracaso en su momento, hoy es visto como un álbum valiente, profético y un precursor directo de la ópera rock que sería "American Idiot".
Gestación del álbum
Tras "Nimrod", la banda se tomó su primer gran descanso. Al volver al estudio, buscaron un sonido diferente, influenciado por artistas como Bob Dylan. Por primera vez desde sus inicios, no trabajaron directamente con Rob Cavallo (aunque este actuó como productor ejecutivo), lo que les dio más libertad para experimentar.
Análisis de canciones
"Minority": El primer single es un himno de folk punk que se convirtió en una declaración política, un canto a la individualidad contra la conformidad. Es una de sus canciones más importantes.
"Warning": La canción titular, con su riff inspirado en The Kinks, es una crítica a una sociedad obsesionada con las advertencias y la seguridad.
Cifras y valoración
"Warning" tuvo el peor rendimiento comercial de la banda desde "Dookie", alcanzando el puesto 4 en Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido. La crítica fue mixta, con muchos desconcertados por el cambio de sonido. Su legado ha crecido, siendo ahora considerado un álbum clave en su evolución.
Listado de Canciones
- Warning3:42
- Blood, Sex And Booze3:33
- Church On Sunday3:18
Letra
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives Tomorrow is too late to pretend Everything's all right I'm not getting any younger as long as you don't get any older I'm not going to state that yesterday never was Bloodshot deadbeat and lack of sleep Making your mascara bleed Tears down your face Leaving traces of mistakes If I promise to go to church on Sunday Will you go with me on Friday night? If you live with me, I'll die for you And this compromise I hereby solemnly swear to tell the whole truth And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear from you "Trust" is a dirty word that comes only from such a liar But "respect" is something I will earn... If you have faith - Fashion Victim2:48
Letra
He's a fashion victim of his own time In his "vintage suit" and tie He's a casualty dressed to the teeth In the latest genocide The new seasons come and go At the dog and pony show Gonna sit and beg and fetch the names And follow the dress codes What's in a name?...Hey! She's a scented magazine Looking sharp and living clean Living well and dressed to kill But she looks like hell to me So when you're dancing through your wardrobe Do the anorex-a go-go Cloaked with style For pedophiles as the credit card explodes You auctioned off your life For the "most" expensive price Going once... Going twice... Now it's gone You auctioned off your life For the "most" expensive price Going once... Going twice... Now it's gone What's in a name, hey? What's in a name, hey? What's in a name? - Castaway3:52
Letra
I'm on a sentimental journey Into sight and sound Of no return and no looking back or down A conscientious objector to the War that's in my mind Leaving in the lurch and I'm Taking back what's mine I'm on a mission Into destination unknown An expedition Onto desolation road (where I'm a...) Castaway-going at it alone Castaway-now I'm on my own Castaway-going at it alone Castaway-now I'm on my own Lost and found, trouble bound, Castaway I'm riding on the night train and Driving stolen cars Testing my nerves out on the blvd. Spontaneous combustion in the Corners of my mind Leaving in the lurch And I'm taking back what's mine I'm on a mission Into destination unknown An expedition Onto desolation road (where I'm a...) Castaway-going at it alone Castaway-now I'm on my own Castaway-going at it alone Castaway-now I'm on my own Lost and found, trouble bound, Castaway - Misery5:05
Letra
Virginia was a "lot lizard" from F.L.A. She had a compound fracture in the "trunk" It started when she ran away Thumbs out on the interstate She hitched a ride to misery "Mr. Whirly" had a catastrophic incident He fell into a city by the bay He liquidated his estate Now he sleeps upon the Height Panhandling misery He's gonna get high high high When he's low low low The fire burns from better days And she screams why oh why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam He ran the drug cartel in "Tinseltown" They found him in a Cadillac Bludgeoned with a baseball bat in the name Of misery Gina hit the road to new york city Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked She stopped in Vegas to elope With Virgina and the dope And kissed the bride eternally They're gonna get high high high When they're low low low The fire burns from better days And she screams why oh why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery Hell hounds on your trail now once again, boy Its groping on your leg until it sleeps The emptiness will fill your soul with sorrow Because its not what you make, its what you leave And we're gonna get high high high When we're low low low The fire burns from better days And she screams why oh why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Of misery - Deadbeat Holiday3:35
Letra
Wake up, The house is on fire And the cat's caught in the dryer Philosophy's a liar when your home is your headstone "Icon" is the last chance for hope When there's no such thing as heroes Your faith lies in the ditch that you dug yourself in Last chance to piss it all away Nothing but hell to pay When the lights are going down Deadbeat holiday celebrate your own decay There's a vacant sign that's hanging high On a noose over your home Deadbeat holiday get on your knees and pray There's a vacant sign that's hanging high But at least you're not alone Christmas lights in the middle of August Grudges come back to haunt us Your oldest allies are your long lost enemies Grounded in a duplex to find that you're living on a landmine Vacation hot spots is a cemetery drive Last chance to piss it all away Nothing but hell to pay When the lights are going down Deadbeat holiday celebrate your own decay There's a vacant sign that's hanging high On a noose over your home Deadbeat holiday get on your knees and pray There's a vacant sign that's hanging high But at least you're not alone Last chance to piss it all away Nothing but hell to pay when all you want to do is not give up Deadbeat holiday celebrate your own decay There's a vacant sign that's hanging high On a noose over your home Deadbeat holiday get on your knees and pray There's a vacant sign that's hanging high But at least you're not alone Deadbeat holiday celebrate your own decay There's a vacant sign that's hanging high On a noose over your home Deadbeat holiday get on your knees and pray There's a vacant sign that's hanging high But at least you're not alone - Hold On2:56
Letra
As I stepped to the edge Beyond the shadow of a doubt With my conscience beating Like the pulse of a drum That hammers on and on Until I reach the break of day As the sun beats down on The halfway house Has my conscience beating The sound in my ear The will to persevere As I reach the break of day [Chorus] When you lost all hope and excuses And the cheapskates and the losers Nothings left to cling onto You got to hold on to yourself A cry of hope A plea for peace And my conscience beating It's not what I want for Its all that I need To reach the break of day So I run to the edge Beyond the shadow of a doubt With my conscience bleeding Here lies the truth The lost treasures of my youth As I hold on to the break of day [Chorus: x2] - Jackass2:43
Letra
To know you is to hate you So loving you must be like suicide I don't mind if you don't mind I'm not the one that's going to die I guess I just can't listen To this one sided conversation again 'Cause I don't care if you don't care No one ever said that life is fair Everybody loves a joke But no one likes a fool And you're always cracking the same old lines again You're well rehearsed on every verse And that was stated clear But no one understands your verity The center of attention Got an honorable mention once again Congratulations and salutations You're a figment of your own imagination Everybody loves a joke But no one likes a fool And you're always cracking the same old lines again You're well rehearsed on every verse And that was stated clear But no one understands your verity To know you is to bait you And you fell victim to your own denial I don't mind if you don't mind If you're wasting all your time - Waiting3:13
- Minority2:49
Letra
[Chorus] I want to be the minority I don't need your authority Down with the moral majority Cause I want to be the minority I pledge allegiance to the underworld One nation under dog There of which I stand alone A face in the crowd Unsung, against the mold Without a doubt, Singled out The only way I know [Chorus] Stepped out of the line Like a sheep runs from the herd Marching out of time To my own beat now The only way I know One light, one mind Flashing in the dark Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts "For crying out loud" she screamed unto me A free for all Fuck 'em all "You're on your own side" [Chorus] One light, one mind Flashing in the dark Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts "For crying out loud" she screamed unto me A free for all Fuck 'em all "You're on your own side" [Chorus] - Macy's Day Parade3:34
