Word: cred
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Since Green Day relinquished what tiny semblance of street credibility they had with the fluke success of 1997's mushy ballad "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," it's instructive now, a couple of years later, to reevaluate what street cred really means. Friday night at the Axis was the time to do it. A small invite-only audience (kids who won tickets on the radio). No fireworks, no dancers, not even an opening act. Take that, arena rockers...
...moral of the story: street cred doesn't mean much. It seems more like an unfortunate circumstance of economics-once a band breaks out to the mainstream, there's just no turning back, even if there's no fundamental change in the music. Refreshingly, it appears that Green Day has improved with the time and opportunity that resulted from their success. They even have hearts-Billie Joe dedicated a song to his wife on her birthday, even though she looked a bit embarrassed to be in the spotlight. And near the very end of the set, the band stopped...
...Earle's affect has alternated between Good Steve and Bad Steve: On traditional and more introspective material, he tends toward the former, but when he rocks out he often adopts a much raunchier vocal delivery, as if singing like he's gargling with Valvoline will somehow boost his hardass cred. For the most part, Earle sounds at ease and unaffected on his most eclectic offering to date, allowing us to focus on the highly satisfying songwriting, which draws from Irish music, bluegrass and even psychedelic pop-rock. A few tracks, notably the title tune, are more reminiscent of "Revolver...
...Liddy Dole gets eyebrows moving but is in no danger of overshadowing Bush - but methinks Bush wants a buddy, not a fembot. Frank Keating wasn't a dark horse until he told us he was; too safe to be a surprise. Chuck Hagel has got foreign policy cred and independent cred, but it's doubtful Bush wants anybody who's on John McCain's speed-dial. That leaves John Kasich, the House budget guru and rock 'n' roller who has been written off as too young for a ticket short on presidential experience. But try this...
...LOOK Green hair for street cred, trustful eyes for hard-news cred...