¡Tré! Reviews

How do I close a trilogy? With a final, if not growing, at least worthy of the premises (and promises). From the manual: in the first act imposed the characters and the story from the start, the plot developments in the second and finally the third will devote the conclusion. Green Day have built their trilogy "¡A", "¡Dos" and "¡Tré" strictly in the canonical scheme just explained, the word of Billie Joe. "¡A!" Power pop at a gallop, the charge goes up, the return to the origins of roccheggiante Green Day, those of "Dookie" to understand, "the euphoria of going to the party." "¡Dos": punk, Bad Religion, the compositions more dry and fast, "the commotion of the party in full swing." And today "¡Tré!" The finalone.

The climate is more relaxed and timing dilate slightly compared to the first two chapters. "Brutal love", and opening quotes openly "Bring it on home to me" by Sam Cooke, is the universally recognized signal end party: now you already gave the best and we can only begin to vacate the cabin. Billie Joe, Mike and Tré (Cool) wield the broom and then, one room after another, pick up the pieces left over for the whole house. Chiudiamola but in beauty this holiday, because it is an event to remember. Hopefully. Because you know what is the problem? That when one decides to have fun planning it in advance, usually no fun. You should come naturally, as you must be spontaneous You get out with a ballatona tritabudella to try to sum up at the right time with melancholy sincerity (or sincere melancholy). If you think about it before, it's not the same thing.

"Tré ¡" is a final spirited but all too programmed, twelve pieces called to pull the strings of all Ambaradan, what was meant to be more mature and impressive work of the triad: stadium rock in all its epic glory . Here they are promises. Then attacks with quote Sam Cooke, there is always good, accelerate a bit 'with "Missing You" and "8th Avenue Serenade", which are so slender and compact pieces, but the epic finale have very little. The good news is again reminiscent of Green Day than once, that is, those not taken from the spawning of the rock opera dedicated to punk and more traditional ones to speak already appreciated "¡A" and "¡Dos." "Drama Queen" is the vocals, guitar and little else, shouldering a chorus from the Beatles taken enviable if not surprising. "X-Kid"? "Sex, Drugs & Violence"? Well these, especially the latter, enhanced by pleasant cameo appearance Dirnt of the item. Of "epic" But nisba. A little 'instead of monotony ...




... peeps in "Little boy named train", "Amanda" and "Walk away" good choruses (and the final solo on "Amanda") but the air after more than thirty pieces all closely related, began seriously to be stale. Traces of the famous epic longed then re-nisba. A refresher in this sense the door "Dirty rotten bastards", sberlone Irish lasting six and a half minutes, tinged with green march rhythm. Nice change to third, the great final reprise, a glimmer of punk rock stadium that was meant to permeate the entire album, but in fact has found too little space. In practice, only here and in the penultimate "99 Revolutions", pulled in growing with call all'imprescindibile handclapping. This, for example, I see it well in an arena filled to shake the audience at the end of the concert. I see how. But then enough. Indeed, then disaster. Why not just close the disc, but the entire project "¡A", "¡Dos" and "¡Tré!" Thinks "The forgotten". The "The forgotten" on the piano, the strings and the beautiful song that you can listen to above. The "The forgotten" already present in the soundtrack of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2", which as a "final epic" The ... "The forgotten" that would send everyone home in the wake of a loose Amarcord: "Commuoviti, that the party is over. There are also the arches, what more do you want? ".

We wanted a more final if not growing, at least worthy of the premises. "¡Tré!" Instead is a record that, as sufficient and sometimes undeniably pleasant, once lifted out of context does not seem to be able to support the weight of the responsibility that they wanted to entrust. It 'a non-final. Perhaps because - as they say - there is no "¡Dos!" Without "¡Tré," and ...? And the "¡Quatro" comes by itself. Yeah, "¡Quatro": a DVD due out in January, containing a documentary film about the making of the trilogy and the nice big face on the cover of Jason White. Because maybe you did not know, but a few months ago, Green Day are officially four. And the party does not seem to be over yet.

(Mark Jeannin)

TRACKLIST

"Brutal love"
"Missing you"
"8th Avenue Serenade"
"Drama Queen"
"X-Kid"
"Sex, Drugs & Violence"
"Little boy named train"
"Amanda"
"Walk away"
"Dirty rotten bastards"
"99 Revolutions"
"The forgotten"