Money Money 2020 (Bonus Dvd)

The Network | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 30, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Adeline Records
• ASIN: B0000AKCKR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,923 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazing debut full-length from this mysterious group, The Network presents an electronic, post-punk experience in sound and fury, with strong robotic and mechanical overtones. Their new-wave futuristic chaos gives nods to Adam & The Ants, Devo, Public Ima

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of 2003!, November 15, 2004

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TheDreamerAtNoon (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Money Money 2020 (Audio CD)

I just purchased the re-release from the Network on Reprise...now obviously, you must be living under a rock not to realize that 3 of the members of this band are Green Day. If not, here's the line up:
Billie Joe Armstrong = Fink
Mike Dirnt = Van Gough
Tre Cool = The Snoo

Two other bandmates "Z" and "Captain Underpants" are supposedly members of Devo. Regardless if you enjoy Green Day's music or not, this cd is complete different than what you would expect from the guys. IT ROCKS! Very 80s!

1. Joe Robot 8/10 - Very Devo lol Lyrics: "It has a beginning. It has an end. It's a beautiful story, but it's pretend."
2. Transistors Gone Wild 9/10 - Lyrics: "My brain is melting and it smells like a volcano"
3. Reto 7/10 - Starts off with a drum intro and sounds very similar to Devo in my opinion. Lyrics: "...Knowing where we're going. Where do we go?..."
4. Supermodel Robots 10/10 - Lyrics: "...Not quite a femme bot, but almost an alien..."
5. Money Money 2020 10/10 - My favourite song on the album! Lyrics: "...International, interracial, confrontational inter-rival...money money 2020..."
6. Spike 7/10 - Song narrated by Billie Joe "Fink" about a guy named Spike who is calling a dealer because he needs a fix. Very funny!
7. Love And Money 7/10 - very short song only 1:22 Lyrics: "...On a take at the zoo, on the make sniffing zoo. On the bind, in your mind. Run away, you're okay. Then you crack..."
8. Right Hand-A-Rama 6/10 - very funny lyrics! Lyrics: "...I don't know why, I don't know why, it sure feels good most every time...Pamela and her five sisters are giving me a mad case of nasty blisters..."
9. Roshambo 10/10 - interesting song with a combination of vocals, breathing, and groans even lol in the background. Lyrics: "...I don't believe I search the truth. I don't believe in everything I read. I don't believe in promises. All I really believe in is you..."
10. Hungry Hungry Models 10/10 - This sounds like Tre Cool singing, very funny song...the theme reminds me of "Fashion Victim" from "Warning".
11. Spastic Society 7/10
12. X-Ray Hamburger 8/10 - interesting mix of Billie Joe's vocals and a girl speaking in the background. Lyrics: "X-ray hamburger is you"
13. Teenagers From Mars 8/10* - Lyrics: "...We need no introduction to mass destruction...teenagers from mars and we don't care..."
14. Hammer Of The Gods 9/10* - Lyrics: "Do you feel? Do you lie?v You're a ten inside your heart, turning life into art...projecting you into a god..."

*Bonus tracks

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Network a.k.a. Green Day's Newest Material, October 5, 2003

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uberRadrocker (Tacoma, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Money Money 2020 (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

It's a mystery who these guys are......no it's not. They're Green Day. Money Money 2020 is saturated with B.J. Armstrong's vocal talents (as well as his speaking/oratorical voice on the song,"Spike"). This album can best be described as post-punk 80s Devo-ish new wave music (if that makes sense). It's bizarre listening to this album for the first time when you already know it's Green Day while you expect their typical pop-punk thrashings and strummings. But after you get used to the sound and listen to the lyrics it becomes an extremely entertaining album that is especially suited to hardcore GD fans. The whole The Network fascade is hilarious. The world's favorite East-Bay trio shows off its melodious talent better than ever on this venture and it's a must-buy for anyone who absolutely loves Green Day.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Future of Rock and Roll, June 19, 2005

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Alexa S (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Money Money 2020 (Audio CD)

Green Day this, Devo that--it doesn't matter who these mysterious musicians are under their masks, Money Money 2020 combines 70's punk and 80's new wave with something entirely of its own to create a flawless album. The lyrics are filled with pop culture references and social commentary, and the tone of the songs varies from the fun ("Supermodel Robots", "Right-Hand-A-Rama") to the bizarre ("Spastic Society", "Transistors Gone Wild"). But it's not without its moment of bare honesty in "Roshambo", the closest thing the Network come to having a tender love song. Money Money 2020 is not out of place in a rave, a mosh pit, a headset or your basement, and these songs are so catchy that once you finally pull yourself away from putting the album on repeat, you'll be singing the words all day. For any fan of punk (or its pop-punk cousin), new wave, or electronica--or, even better, all of the above--Money Money 2020 is a must have.