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About This Track
“Welcome to Paradise” is a song from Green Day’s 1992 album Kerplunk and was re-recorded for their 1994 album Dookie. It went on to be released as the second single released from Dookie, after “Longview”. The Dookie version was later included on their 2001 greatest hits album International Superhits!. The song is based on the band’s experience moving out of their parents’ houses and into an abandoned house in Oakland, CA where the band members, along with several others, lived without paying rent. The house was quite broken-down but to them it became home, and this sentiment is described in the song.
Billie Joe Armstrong said this of the song:
“ It’s about West Oakland, living in a warehouse with a lot of people, a bunch of artists and musicians, punks and whatever just lived all up and down, bums and junkies and thugs and gang members and stuff that just lived in that area. It’s no place you want to walk around at night, but it’s a neat warehouse where you can play basketball and stuff. ”
The opening riff of the song is reminiscent of the Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop”, if one were to take the same chords but play the progression backwards using the same rhythm. The song is played with the guitar tuned a half-step down, as are all their Dookie songs.
A live version of the song can be found on the Foot in Mouth EP and the Live Tracks EP. The song is also featured in the movie Surf’s Up.
Tracklist
1. “Welcome to Paradise” - 3:45
2. “Chump (live)” - 2:44
3. “Emenius Sleepus” - 1:44
* (Track 2 recorded March 11, 1994 at Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, Florida)
Released - October 1994
Billie Joe Armstrong said this of the song:
“ It’s about West Oakland, living in a warehouse with a lot of people, a bunch of artists and musicians, punks and whatever just lived all up and down, bums and junkies and thugs and gang members and stuff that just lived in that area. It’s no place you want to walk around at night, but it’s a neat warehouse where you can play basketball and stuff. ”
The opening riff of the song is reminiscent of the Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop”, if one were to take the same chords but play the progression backwards using the same rhythm. The song is played with the guitar tuned a half-step down, as are all their Dookie songs.
A live version of the song can be found on the Foot in Mouth EP and the Live Tracks EP. The song is also featured in the movie Surf’s Up.
Tracklist
1. “Welcome to Paradise” - 3:45
2. “Chump (live)” - 2:44
3. “Emenius Sleepus” - 1:44
* (Track 2 recorded March 11, 1994 at Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, Florida)
Released - October 1994
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bhangraprincess wrote:
WELCOME TO PARADISE!!!!!!!!
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FoolmeThrice wrote:
very good. And I pretty much hate new green day... you can like it, i just don't
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Artika91 wrote:
@Ferdokki: I'd say they grew older. You can't really stick with the same stuff for over 20 years and not get bored or want to try something new. Maybe it's just me but I love New Green Day just as much as Old Green Day...
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MrSlam1 wrote:
:)
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a-d-t-r wrote:
yeah... this is the real green day.
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snafflebot wrote:
Kerplunk version > Dookie version
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MrSlam1 wrote:
<3
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Ferdokki wrote:
Does anyone know why they changed their style? o_0 I mean, compare this to "21 Guns"...
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AvrilkaSkate wrote:
gd <3
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greendaypunx09 wrote:
L♥ve this!
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jonnammoi wrote:
one of green day's best songs [2]
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kurtnirvanakris wrote:
one of green day's best songs
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inhmn wrote:
one of the songs of my childhood. Much water has passed under the bridge since then :(((
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Rotten_NOFXer wrote:
Best song ever.
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a_sms wrote:
GOOd SO.Ong
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Nick1877 wrote:
whatever happened to the old Green day..
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Good song!
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crustlesspie wrote:
B)
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vivalajunkpile- wrote:
@rookikamal it's "Green Day" and "Billie Joe"
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Ferdokki wrote:
Ah, Green Day, please come back to this style!!! >__<
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