Green Day are said to be chiefly influenced by The Clash, and Stiff Little Fingers I would add to that list: Ramones, The Pogues, The Sex Pistols, and Bad Religion the fact of the matter is that they add very little to that mix. This does not however justify the argument that they are not a Punk band clearly they are, clearly they make Punk music. This argument is based primarily on the fact that they are not only very popular but that they also despite the fact that they’ve been around for something around fifteen years attract a mainly young audience that is for the most part un-aware of the length breadth and history of Punk Rock and thus have a somewhat over inflated view of the bands importance within this history.
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But I wanna know is "What's Behind The Green Door?"
Midnight one more night without sleepin'
Watchin' till the morning comes creepin'.
Green door what's that secret you're keepin'?
There's an old piano and they play it hot behind the green door
Don't know what they're doin'
But they laugh a lot behind the green door.
Wish they'd let me in
So I could find out
what's behind the green door.
Knocked once tried to tell 'em I'd been there
Door slammed hospitality's thin there.
Wonder just what's goin' on in there.
Saw an eyeball peepin' through a smoky cloud
Behind the green door
When I said Joe sent me
Someone laughed out loud
behind the green door.
All I want to do is
join the happy crowd
behind the green door.
Midnight one more night without sleepin'...
Saw an eyeball peepin' through a smoky cloud...
Wish they'd let me in
So I could find out
what's behind the green door.
The Green Door
Artist: Jim Lowe
Peak Billboard position #1 for 3 weeks in 1956
Words by Marvin Moore and Music by Bob Davie
{music includes constant "tick-tock" clock sound}
fran tick tick tock fran tick tick tock
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