Line #71 Music/Dookie


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: ''Do you have the time / to listen to me whine /\
3	about nothing and everything all aaaaat once?'']]
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5	->''"Punk turns into pop in fast, funny, catchy, high-powered songs about whining and channel-surfing; apathy has rarely sounded so passionate."''
6	-->-- ''The New York Times''
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8	''Dookie'' is the third studio album by Music/GreenDay, released in 1994.
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10	Prior to this album, the band was floating under the radar, with their first two releases (''39/Smooth'' and ''Kerplunk'') receiving shrugs or light praise from the media. Their first album on a major label (Reprise Records), ''Dookie'' not only propelled them to stardom, but also allowed similar {{punk rock}} bands like them to finally make the big transition to the mainstream.
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12	While various music executives approached the band to make their sound more palatable, Green Day instead [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth sought a more "dry" sound]] similar to the Music/SexPistols and Music/BlackSabbath. Touching on controversial themes such as lust, mass murder and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking boredom]], the record faced numerous attempts in production to [[{{Bowdlerize}} sanitize]] its content. Nevertheless, the lyrics and punk rock influences spoke to a population of youth similar to the manner in which {{Grunge}} and AlternativeRock conveyed a sense of dissatisfaction with the world.
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14	The album won the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Alternative Music Album, was certified Diamond by the RIAA for selling 10 million copies, and went on to sell double that, making ''Dookie'' the band's highest-selling album. It also spawned hit singles including "Longview", "When I Come Around", "Welcome to Paradise" and "Basket Case", all now seen as {{Signature Song}}s for the band.
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16	Despite this, the album unfortunately became a ToughActToFollow for the band, with their next releases (''Music/{{Insomniac}}'', ''Music/{{Nimrod}}'', ''Music/{{Warning}}'') failing to achieve the gargantuan success that ''Dookie'' did, although ''Music/AmericanIdiot'' managed to give them a comeback and artistic reinvention come the [=2000s=].
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19	!! Tracklist:
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21	# "Burnout" (2:07)
22	# "Having a Blast" (2:44)
23	# "Chump" (2:54)
24	# "Longview" (3:59)
25	# "Welcome to Paradise"[[note]]rerecorded version of a song originally featured on ''Kerplunk''[[/note]] (3:44)
26	# "Pulling Teeth" (2:31)
27	# "Basket Case" (3:01)
28	# "She" (2:14)
29	# "Sassafras Roots" (2:37)
30	# "When I Come Around" (2:58)
31	# "Coming Clean" (1:34)
32	# "Emenius Sleepus" (1:43)
33	# "In the End" (1:46)
34	# "F.O.D."[[note]]stands for "fuck off and die"[[/note]] (2:50)
35	# "All by Myself"[[note]]{{hidden track}} performed by Tré Cool[[/note]] (1:40)
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38	!!Principal Members:
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40	* Billie Joe Armstrong - lead vocals, guitar
41	* Tré Cool - drums, percussion, backing and lead vocals, guitar
42	* Mike Dirnt - bass, vocals
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45	!! I sit around and watch the tropes, but nothing's on...
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47	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: "Basket Case":
48	--> ''I am one of those/me-LO-dramatic fools''
49	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''C'''oming '''C'''lean"
50	* AmbiguouslyBi:
51	** "Basket Case"
52	---> ''I went to a whore''\
53	'' '''He''' said my life's a bore ''\
54	'' So quit my whining 'cause it's bringing '''[[AmbiguousGender her]]''' down ''
55	** "Coming Clean" was about Billie Joe Armstrong's coming to terms with his bisexuality at age 17.
56	* ArcWords: "Paradise" shows up in several songs, an ironic contrast to the dull life Billie describes.
57	* CarefulWithThatAxe: Right after the second chorus of "She", Billie Joe delivers quite a blood-curling MetalScream.
58	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover artwork is an elaborately detailed illustration designed by Richie Bucher.
59	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Coming Clean", based on Billie Joe Armstrong's experiences coming to terms with his sexuality as a teenager.
60	--> ''I finally figured out myself for the first time''
61	--> ''I found out what it takes to be a man''
62	* DomesticAbuse: "Pulling Teeth," a female-on-male example.
63	* EpicRocking: "F.O.D." is a subversion; only 2 minutes of its 6-minute runtime is actually used for the song, and after a chunk of silence "All by Myself" plays at the 4-minute mark.
64	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The album's opening line, no less.
65	-->'''"Burnout"''': "I declare I don't care no more."
66	* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Chump" → "Longview".
67	* HiddenTrack: "F.O.D." is followed by a minute of silence, then a short, jokey song called "All by Myself".
68	* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: The album title refers to diarrhea, which the band often suffered from as a result of eating spoiled food on tour and referred to as "liquid dookie". The band actually wanted to name the album ''Liquid Dookie'', but this was deemed too gross, so the band had to settle for ''Dookie''. Most people didn't get this reference, though, especially in non-English speaking countries, so it's partially a subversion of this trope.
69	* LyricalDissonance: A lot of the album's energetic, upbeat sounds mask very grim lyrics.
70	** "Basket Case" is an up-tempo, fun song about suffering neurosis.
71	** "Having a Blast" is about MurderSuicide.
72	** "Pulling Teeth" is a catchy little tune about a guy getting beaten to a pulp by his girlfriend.
73	* MinisculeRocking: "Coming Clean", "Emenius Sleepus", "In the End", and "All by Myself" are all under two minutes long.
74	* MurderSuicide: "Having a Blast".
75	--> ''I'm taking all you down with me''
76	--> ''Explosives duct taped to my spine''
77	--> ''Nothing's gonna change my mind''
78	--> ''I won't listen to anyone's last words''
79	--> ''There's nothing left for you to say''
80	--> ''Soon you'll be dead anyway''
81	--> ''Well no one here is getting out alive''
82	--> ''This time I've really lost my mind and I don't care''
83	--> ''So close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbye''
84	--> ''And think about the times you spent and what they've meant''
85	--> ''To me it's nothing''
86	* NervousWreck: "Basket Case" is from the point of view of an extremely neurotic person.
87	* NonAppearingTitle: Many, though "Longview" is the most unrelated to the lyrics - it's just [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longview,_Washington the city]] where the song was first played.
88	* OneWordTitle: "Burnout", "Chump", "Longview", "She"
89	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Coming Clean" was autobiographical for Billie Joe Armstrong and referred to him telling about his bisexuality to his parents.
90	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "F.O.D.". It sort of speaks for itself.
91	* RecordProducer: Rob Cavallo and the band themselves.
92	* TheRemake: "Welcome to Paradise" was rerecorded from the previous album ''Kerplunk'' in an almost identical, but much more polished recording.
93	* SanitySlippageSong:
94	** "Having a Blast", about someone who plans a suicide terrorist attack and wants to bring everyone down with him.
95	** "Basket Case"
96	--> ''"Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me''
97	--> ''It all keeps adding up''
98	--> ''I think I'm cracking up''
99	--> ''Am I just paranoid?''
100	--> ''Am I just stoned?"''
101	* SelfDeprecation: "Basket Case"
102	--> ''"Do you have the time to listen to me whine?''
103	--> ''About nothing and everything all at once''
104	--> ''I am one of those melodramatic fools''
105	--> ''Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it"''
106	* SelfPlagiarism: The latter half of "When I Come Around"'s verses have identical melody to the chorus of "80" from the previous album ''Kerplunk''.
107	* ShoutOut: The robed character on the album cover is the woman on the cover of Music/BlackSabbath's [[Music/BlackSabbathAlbum debut album]]. We can also see the album ''Music/{{Easter}}'' by Music/PattiSmith in the background. On early prints Ernie from ''Series/SesameStreet'' was also seen on the back cover, but he was later airbrushed out in fear of litigation.
108	* SiameseTwinSongs: "Chump" and "Longview", both of which were recorded back-to-back unlike the band's later examples of this trope.
109	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Tré Cool sings the HiddenTrack "All by Myself".
110	* YouNeedToGetLaid: The psychologist in "Basket Case" attributes the narrator's problems to a "lack of sex."
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Context Music / Dookie