Green Day, especially the Dookie album, is kind of the epitome of "Yeah, you could have wrote it, but you didn't." Not to mention, it's more than any single ri

Green Day, especially the Dookie album, is kind of the epitome of "Yeah, you could have wrote it, but you didn't." Not to mention, it's more than any single riff. It's the way the chorus ends then that little bass fill hits. And just the combination of the music with the lyrics. There's just that something that just gets everything right enough. Take Basket Case, the song is pretty fucking simple musically. But it really serves as sort of click track to the vocals. Taking simplicity and turning it into art takes skill.