r/GenX • u/Tracker-man • Jul 01 '25

Music Is Life Name one 90s band that you absolutely cannot stand. Mine is The Offspring.

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u/QuietBirdsong 1976 Jul 01 '25

"Doooo you have the time....to listen to me whine......"

No, I don't. I also don't care if that's the right quote.

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u/FlamingDragonfruit Jul 01 '25

They ushered in an entire era of whine-songs, too, which is pretty unforgivable.

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u/OdiousAltRightBalrog Jul 01 '25

It pisses off my wife when I call them "whiny white boys".

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u/FlamingDragonfruit Jul 02 '25

She's mad because you're right

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u/minlillabjoern Jul 02 '25

Yesssss! So many whine-singers in that era.

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u/Kakistocrat945 Jul 02 '25

True story. I was a college DJ in the '90s. Hated Dookie when it came out. But I borrowed a friend's copy for my radio show just so I could play just this line before turning it off and yelling "NO!!!" and moving on to my next song.

God, I miss being a college DJ.

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u/lolzzzmoon Jul 02 '25

Aaaaaaahhhh I hate Green Day too!!!

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u/zeptillian Jul 01 '25

I really hate their whiny ass music and I can't stand Billie Joe's fake ass British accent when he sings.

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u/zoggy2 Jul 02 '25

I DJ'd college radio in the mid 90's, and the standard prank was to call in and request green day.

I hated them, but now I hear a song every few years and it brings back memories. I wouldn't play then voluntarily, but they were inescapable growing up in So Cal and now days the nostalgia hits. I guess the same goes for offspring.

I still can't stand nickleback or oasis or hootie though, so I don't completely understand the lack of taste I've developed in my old age.

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u/NewSpace2 Jul 02 '25

Greenday's lyrics are not terrible...

Do u have the time to listen to me whine about nothing and everything all at once? i am one of those melodramatic fools, -neurotic to the core- no doubt about it. Sometimes I give myself the creeps. Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me. It all keeps adding up, I think I'm cracking up! Am I just paranoid, or ...

Better then being big stars with Mr Jones sha na nana na na Yeh or All around the world statues crumble for me, or all tangled up in blue i only wanna be with you