10 Most Underrated Green Day Songs
10. Lazy Bones - Dos
After years of hindsight, it's almost like Green Day feels that their trilogy of albums was a bit of a mistake.
With most of the songs finding their way out of the main setlist and only one song from all three albums landing in their best-of collection, most of these records just end up feeling like these guys messing around in the studio making a bunch of B-side quality material. On the other hand, when they did have some passion in their delivery, it showed itself on Lazy Bones.
While Dos has been called the worst of the 3 with its misguided experimentation, this track is actually one of the more streamlined cuts on the record, as Billie Joe delivers that kind of defeatist mindset he had on tracks like Give Me Novacaine from American Idiot. Even though the tune is already great, the real magic was probably not what Billie expected it to be.
It's no secret that after the iHeartRadio meltdown, Armstrong checked himself to rehab for addiction for prescription pills. Though a lot of that abuse led to mediocre songs, the idea of a man being too weak and tired to stand sounds like Billie calling for help beneath his hazy stupor.
Despite not being catchy enough to be a single, Lazy Bones deserves at least a small place in the band's life story.