I wasn't initially a fan of Green Day. I'm not really sure why - they don't make bad music.
And, really, this is the first time in my life that I was aware at the time that this was a band that was made up of people my age - or younger. That's right. This hip bastard is an old man now.
This single - which is really two songs released together - changed that for me somewhat. It was minimalist ("Brain Stew", anyway), it was well-crafted, and it was catchy. It was also an alternative radio hit, like most of their singles before this one - in fact, this seems like LESS of a hit than their others. It wasn't, really - it just seemed that way at the time.
Anyway, "Brain Stew" remains to this day my favorite Green Day song, and you can't truly appreciate it until you also listen to it with "Jaded".
You know this is a live favorite. Just listen to the crowd. They know the words.
Green Day is one of those bands that formed in the late 1980s and never, ever broke up. They're still back in the club they performed at in Berkeley, CA in the late 1980s - still bringing that energy now.
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