Billie Joe Armstrong On PSY: 'This Dude Is The Herpes Of Music'

[marmar]

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is apparently not a fan of Korean singer PSY. We know this because he took it upon himself to post a photo of PSY on Instagram with the following caption: "This dude is the herpes of music. Once you think it's gone, it comes back. #herpes #flareup #pleasegoaway."

The apparently unprovoked dig comes after PSY's release of "Gentleman," his "Gangnam Style" follow-up which dialed 22 million views in the first 24-hours after it was posted to YouTube.

PSY isn't mad. In an interview with FUSE, the singer first asked what herpes was and then brushed off the vulgar insult. "I kinda like it, it's cool," he said. "He said I'm like the herpes... that keeps coming back. I think it's really cool. Thank you."

It's a bit confusing, though, to see Armstrong getting so upset about a Korean pop singer. After all, the freshly rehabbed singer's band doesn't face much competition from the dancepop artists like PSY. .....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/billie-joe-armstrong-psy-herpes-of-music_n_3246173.html

[Bucky]

1. It's a pretty funny dig. I don't think it matters Psy isn't GreenDay's competition.

Personally, I always try to avoid arguing against success. So if Psy's a hit, let him hit away. But when you listen to how similiar Gentleman is to Gangnam Style, you gotta admit Bille Joe's got a point.

[harmonicon]

2. Compared to the diversity of Green Day's songs on their first hit record?

Despite what Armstrong thinks (and I do think he's a good songwriter and performer), PSY is his competition. They're both just top 40 kind of musicians that a lot of people like to hate for their success.

[jmowreader]

3. PSY is more the Hoover vacuum cleaner of the music business

Like they used to say on American Bandstand, his stuff has a good beat and you can dance to it...but read translations of the lyrics and you'll think he's the Korean Phyllis Schlafly. Gangnam Style is about taking a girl out for coffee.

[Paulie]

4. Who's this green day? Never heard of it.

Is that what you drink after dancing gangnam style?

[AsahinaKimi]

5. I like Psy... he even showed up at a Lakers game..take that! Justin Bieber!

and he retweeted me!

[olddots]

6. Oy these crazy kids with their electric guitars and the hip hop

I remember when Lawrence Welk dissed Eddie Fisher and called him chopped liver.

[nomorenomore08]

7. Every generation is the same. I was born in 1984, so I have a nostalgic soft spot

for both 90's alt-rock and 90's hip-hop, even as lame and overly commercialized as a lot of it was. But basically anything that's super-popular now, whether it's pop or rap or so-called rock, I can't fucking stand.

[RILib]

8. I find rap incomprehensible

Even if most of the lyrics weren't incredibly offensive to women, it's just noise.

[nomorenomore08]

9. And I think that perception depends a lot on age.

If I'd been born 25 years (or so) earlier, I might very well find it "incomprehensible" myself.