Originally Posted by boo boo

Both write simple melodies, but for me, Billie Joes melodies can get awfully repetitive, of course Nirvana were pretty repetitive, but i think Green Day were more so, songs like Longview and Jinx are great, but they dont put the same spell on me that Something In The Way and Aneurysm have, plus Nirvana went out in their prime, i personally think Green Day's music has been going downhill since 1997, Nimrod was their last above average effort, Warning had its moments and they certainly deserve respect for trying something different, the end result however just wasnt too satisfying... And American Idiot never appealed to me, i especially never liked the title song, in fact when i first heard it i thought it was one of their older songs, like i have heard it many times before...Sure, Nirvana were never a super diverse band, and neither were Green Day, and the fact that Green Day have lasted longer makes their music more tiring, American Idiot may be new for them in a way because it's a concept album, but musically, its not that different from old Green Day, its just not as good...I think Nirvana could have made at least 2 or 3 good albums after In Utero, and it would be interesting to hear what kind of songs Cobain would write today based on whats going on in the world and in pop culture, i think they could have gotten even better, because every album they made was a improvement over the last, Green Day are the other way around for me, their old stuff was great, their new stuff is decent, its just nothing i would get excited about.

Meh, thats just me though.