30 Years of ‘Dookie’

I must have been in middle school when Green Day released ‘Dookie’. Yes, as a teenager we thought it was a great title and it gave us a new opportunity to talk about things like that in front of our parents without getting in trouble. Loop holes.

Jump ahead 30 years and they are celebrating the milestone in the silliest way possible. Instead of remastering the original version and releasing the album once again to the world, they are instead selling us the album one song at a time on the most untraditional devices ever.

Ever listened to a song on a doorbell? What about listening to music on a toothbrush? Green Day is releasing “Demastered” versions of each song individually, each loaded into an outdated and extremely inconvenient piece of “tech”.

“Burnout” is on a player piano roll.

“Having a Blast” is on a floppy disc.

“Chump” is on a Teddy Ruxpin.

“Longview” is on a doorbell.

“Welcome to Paradise” is on a Game Boy cartridge.

“Pulling Teeth” is on a toothbrush.

“Basket Case” is on a Big Mouth Billy Bass.

“She” is on a HitClip.

“Sassafras Roots” is on an 8-track tape.

“When I Come Around” is on a super old-school wax cylinder.

“Coming Clean” is on an X-Ray record.

“Emenius Sleepus” is on an answering machine.

“In the End” is on MiniDisc.

“F.O.D.” is on a Fisher Price record.

And “All By Myself” is on a music box.

In addition to using such strange items as music players, you can’t just go buy them. You have to enter into a drawing to be able to purchase.

I love this.