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But you could also claim Bad Bunny was a watered down version of himself. He has spoken out explicitly about ICE as recently as his Grammy acceptance speech the week before. He also dressed in drag in one of his music videos (Yo Perreo Sola, which is one of the songs he included in his Super Bowl performance), and if I'm not mistaken he's also worn dresses to some red carpet events or magazine shoots. I know there were rumors about him also wearing something like that for the Super Bowl. But he didn't. He could have also easily done a 15 minute medley with only songs that more political or more of a celebration of Puerto Rican culture, and skip all the dancing and sex songs and "I have a girlfriend in every country" songs. He also didn't call out ICE even though he has done it before. And I think it's okay that he didn't. He wanted to send out a message of unity and celebration of a culture, and directly calling out ICE would have been more divisive and would have been all people talked about afterwards. I think he presented the version of himself that he felt would be most palatable to most people without giving up his core essence (he couldn't give that up anyways, unless he had only sung covers with back up of All-American all white artists and dancers). My point is, I don't think Bad Bunny was particularly bold in anything he did. His act was still super powerful, without a doubt, especially because we're in a climate where looking like him, sounding like him, speaking his language, has almost become a crime in the US. But I think some people perceive it as exceptionally bold due to a lack of familiarity with his music and performances. Meanwhile there might be some people in his fan base, or queer folk, who are disappointed that he didn't use this platform to be the most bold he can be. Undoubtedly Bad Bunny's performance was more impactful and powerful, but he had more time, more budget, and just looking the way he does, and singing in Spanish, was going to be a statement, no matter which songs he chose or how the act had been choreographed. So as you say, not matter what, Bad Bunny's performance was always going to be more impactful. On the other hand I also feel we are grasping as straws here. He could have worn a t-shirt with a huge Virgen de Guadalupe on it if he really wanted to make a statement, not a tiny medallion that needs to be pointed out for people to notice it. I also doubt that they are so deluded as to think that them singing "I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda" would have upstaged Bad Bunny (or at least I hope they are not that deluded π ). Short of Billie dropping his pants and taking a shit on a bucket of ice, I don't think there's anything Green Day could have done to upstage Bad Bunny. They just didn't have the time or space to do that. I think they chose to include two of their most political songs, and leave it at that. We have to accept they were not as bold or as political as we would have liked them to be. But their act was still political, and could have been even more watered down if they really hadn't wanted to make a statement at all (they could have just done a Time of Your Life, Basket Case, BOBD, WMUWSE, WICA medley, people would have still recognized the songs, and be done with that).
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You are right, my bad. π same, same and same. I thought it they sounded and looked great.
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And the floof..
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Yes!!! And the sunglasses made it perfect!π
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This logo looks similar to New Years Rev ngl.
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Marshall releasing Dookie / BJA Signature amps and matching cabs?
sergiewoo replied to M1KEY's topic in Green Day Chat
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Thought people may be interested in this, it's fan made but very cool! It's a bit of a gimmick but it's fun https://www.ebay.com/itm/206062966834
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A logo like this would be good for an archival release or for Nimrods/New Years Rev
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Being from Scotland & not the USA, donβt really know much if anything about the Super Bowl/NFL, but I really enjoyed the βmega mixβ. Why is no-one here talking about how great Billies voice sounded ? π½(Iβve also never heard of Bad Bunny either)
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Marshall releasing Dookie / BJA Signature amps and matching cabs?
GreenDayJunkie86 replied to M1KEY's topic in Green Day Chat
..............im good π too rich for my blood. me too π -
Well for a Saviors Tour album, they'd probably use the Saviors era logo
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The Green Day Fangirls' Confessions Thread
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Iβm a sucker for when he wears his good fitted leather jacket + plain black tee combo. He looked like such a hot Rock Star. π€© -
I think that was at the Pier 29 show unless I'm mistaken, not the Super Bowl opening show.
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I also something about the Rebel Loon sticker on his guitar showing support for Minnesota.
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Marshall releasing Dookie / BJA Signature amps and matching cabs?
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Green Day will open the Super Bowl 2026
Yosuke Hanamura replied to Mollyluna's topic in Green Day Chat
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I just loves that Billie's hair was so floofy during the pre-game performance that people questioned if it was a wig π
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Here's another really rare photo from my collection of magazine clippings https://www.instagram.com/p/DUdkBXjApTk/?igsh=MXJ1dHc3NWx1MXg2cw==
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The Democrats tik tok account posted their AI performance π
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Sometimes you canβt control when inspiration hits π
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I think it always would have been because he was the headliner and it was a great performance and a huge production. I don't think playing it so safe that the entire press and fan takeaway from the performance is that they played it super safe was necessary to prevent upstaging
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I like these a lot
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But maybe it was meant to be that way and GD respected that?
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His performance celebrating Latin culture, including a Puerto Rican independence flag and calling all the Latin American countries American was more impactful than the censored versions of these songs which the media and fans reacted to by noting that they played it safe yeah. I liked that his performance included two male dancers grinding at one point and two female dancers as partners during the ballroom dancing section. Quite a few nice touches in there. I do get that they weren't granted as much freedom and time as him but his was the more impactful performance
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Yeah, I feel like live stuff and New Year's Rev/Nimrods could easily be something to release in between. Fingers crossed. π€π»