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What does any of this have to do with Billie and Jakob being commissioned to record a David Bowie cover? Let’s remember the thread topic

Pretty much lol Just play Holiday five times. Dedicate it to a different person each time, and give a different person the floor each time around. The homophobic slur in there can be easily replaced with other slurs each time.

“We didn’t have stars in our eyes, we just wanted our records to get out there”: How Green Day’s Dookie captured the spirit of a generation https://www.kerrang.com/how-green-days-dookie-captured-the-spirit-of-a-generation

I think my mom misses me because she's using any Green Day news/update to strike up a conversation with me. Sent me a screenshot of BOBD on the radio and then seemed oddly excited about the Super Bowl announcement?

It was illegal, the age of consent in California is 18. But it was never just about the age, it's that he was emotionally abusive towards her and pressured her into sexual activity. She wrote a detailed account about it, and he never denied anything she wrote or gave a different account. There's also the fact that literally his band's ENTIRE image and message was about being feminist and respecting women and their entire fanbase was young feminist girls. And their response after this happened was to just hide away and not talk about it. He and his band really were rightfully judged for it and deserved for it to end the band. You should look up her full statement about it. But anyway, this sounds aweseome! Gonna listen later

You're right. But don't worry, i didn't mean "oh thats silly, you CANT do that" silly, just "oh that's kinda funny" silly But it is true. There's a lot of stuff to look at since i've only started so recently. I found it a bit overwhelming at first and just listened to whatever i found. If you're interested at all, it kinda went like this: "Oh hey, green day has a cool side project! I like side projects. Watch foxboro hottubs live, and "oh look, what's fuck time?" And that happens to be age restricted. Oh, it's on dos! I love nightlife. Oh, billie has a movie he stars in? I love the longshot and ordinary world now. Oh, look, they have another side project! I love the network." And be aware i listened to st jimmy a day before watching that movie too. It just didn't stick. The problem is that i had nothing to connect american idiot to. I love movies and side projects. But where's american idiot? On youtube. Like, just sitting on youtube on a hundred billion different not-really-special to watch green day concerts (unless you were there). I had nothing special to connect american idiot to, and that's what made listening to everything else fun. You could say "c&v!" But what am i connecting c&v to? It's populariy? Influence? I definitely wasn't born for the release either. But i was able to connect to other parts of green day just fine because they were parts of more media i was familiar with... It wasn't really that i was choosing anything but american idiot, it was that i would choose american idiot if it weren't for the lack of connection. There's a movie i watched that had holiday in it. If i watched it any earlier i'd love american idiot much faster. Anyways, i love dos. End of story. I'm enjoying n that's all that matters.

I kind of love this song, so catchy! Definitely not the most genius Green Day lyrics, but still 😅 Nope, also love it. Okay so my favorites from that album are: Father of all Oh Yeah I Was a Teenage Teenager Junkies on High Take the Money and Crawl I like Graffitia too, but it feels too normal for this album... like I can perfectly imagine it being in Rev Rad, but in FOAM it feels kind of out of place 😅 I think I actually really like this album, but it's definitely not in the first 5 albums I'd use to introduce someone to Green Day... and now I have to listen to it 😁

Everyone thinks the same. Can we all just take a short moment to enjoy the comment section of this video?

I woke up to an Instagram DM from someone I used to work with saying she's been thinking about me because she's learning drums and her teacher's favourite band is also Green Day. She said she's been learning a lot of Green Day and asked my favourite albums, so we'll see if she sends me something she's learned at some point

I live kind of in the middle of nowhere in an old mining village and I've only ever heard Green Day playing once outside my house when in about 2012 my neighbour's son drove up blasting Basket Case. However I was just going into the village store today when Minority blasted out from a car. I got so excited

Old Kerrang poster (scanned) https://www.instagram.com/p/DUGQK2QjOdB/?igsh=MWc1MmFocTFwMnBn

Depending on time and what lies ahead for my day, I stop everything and listen to a song or album at random. It stays in my head for the day and sets me up, to keep me sane or insane, lol. No matter what shit comes my way, I see it through the eyes of Green Day and I stay crazy. Today, and for a while recently, I keep coming back to Basket Case, the 4-track demo from Dookie Anniversary box set. With those alternative lyrics, and Billie Joe's phenomenal guitar playing, holy shit I love this version, Billie Joe you never cease to amaze me. I can't stop playing it and it won't leave my head. Not that I'm complaining. 😄

Your not silly. You GD journey started only recently. You have such a variety of records to choose from the band's vast discography which is cool. From studio albums, compilations, live albums, and many side projects. You get to decide which record to listen to next. Nothing can be more exciting. Enjoy.

Have y'all seen this pic before??

No, I like that too! And Graffitia and Stab you in the Heart and Junkies on a High. To be honest I like the whole album. My least favorite song is the title track, of all things...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUEBP6ojSKG/?igsh=ajVvYjFodXN1cTQx This is a football/soccer show and he’ll be on as a guest talking about the sport and presumably the Oakland Roots team. It will likely be available to stream at some point

Same! As if I don't know I was like thanks but yes, I'm aware lol. With the help of the great people of Green Day Community, we often know about things before they're officially announced

He is not, sadly. Would've loved to see a post from him about this cover with Jakob.

Here's some interesting articles from music press: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bille-joe-armstrong-jakob-david-bowie-heroes-cover-1235504061/ https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-and-son-jakobs-faithful-new-cover-of-david-bowies-heroes-3925141

Very likely, especially since the song can also be interpreted in a sports context. It's a perfect double entendre. Remember this promo from back in 2009?

am i the only one who kinda liked "oh yeah!" ??

Graffitia and Fire, Ready Aim are me 2 fav tracks.

I really love Take the money and crawl! But some interesting lyrics here again…😂

Forgot about these... i made these on the 17th i think, maybe even before that while i was at my grandmas. I had a regular pencil with those pink erasers on the end of it but it would just smudge pink instead of erase anything... so i took advantage of that n doodled saviors billie n tre and one eyed bastard (I forgot how to draw tre)

It's one of the few times I'd support Know Your Enemy being played, since it'd be easy to slip in "Do you know Trump/Ice's the enemy".

I'm pretty sure Jakob sings only these parts: … and the rest is Billie. I could be wrong though

I just love that people will send me Green Day news unprompted

Absolutely. I always come on here first for updates and announcements, and they are always reliable. greenday.fm & greenday.com are always days behind any announcement on here. Wouldn't surprise me if the band come on here first as well to check out what's happening. lol. 😁😁

What? I didn't even know Jakob was singing on it. But my brother and dad sound exactly the same when they sing even though they don't when they talk so that could be the case here It's a cool cover, a big song to tackle but they pull it off well! Yes that is a good description of the vocals here, sounds very different

Literally no one is sticking up for Joey. Bringing up the scandal in a thread about a cover he did with his OTHER son is extremely distasteful. Calling Bowie creep who sleeps with minors, based on mysoginistic rumors about Lori Maddox, despite other instances and behaviors proving otherwise is extremly distasteful. Comparing a grown man sleeping with teenage groupies, to a 22yo kid being in a relationship with a 17yo younger kid is extremely distasteful. Those are the only things I’m saying. Never did I stick up for Joey, I believe his victim and I believe he was abusive, based on her stories. But that is not due to his age, but his behavior towards her. I will no elaborate on it any further, just wanted to clear it up that I’m no supporting an abuser. Thanks. We feel like it has nothing to do with the subject at hand

i've been listening to waiting way too much... but also i keep thinking of father of all...? i've never listened to that song in full by the way.

They won't. GD's opening, Bad Bunny's performing at halftime. The only way they perform together is if GD does a "guest spot" in Bad Bunny's halftime set.

Well done dedicated and faithful GD disciple warrior. Our continuing mission is to convert this lost world to the wonders of Green Day. 🤪

anddd now my friend just sent me a message of a photo of a bunch of GD songs on spotify she was listenin to, and she said that blvrd of broken dreams is THE BEST SONG she's ever heard :0 and this is someone who used to not like GD Xb i have succeeded in my mission XD

i make a lot of gifs, lol.

I loved that song and most of Father of All.

I feel the same. On social media there is so much excitement about their performance and really high expectations. I hope the band doesn’t feel pressured too much. I hope they‘ll manage to have a great performance with a message!

I think im a little scared and excited for how green day will present themselves during the performance. It seems like there's going to be a bit (or maybe even a lot) of control involved in this and if that's so they're obviously going to find a way to put a message out in one way or another

I have no idea what an “MVP” is or whatever it is but depending on the set up GD may be there almost as background music, the focus may be more on the other people so it could be a difficult line for them. If they go off script it could look disrespectful but that hopefully won’t stop them playing at least one song with a clear message, or maybe a message in a t-shirt depending on how dance Billie decides to dress.

Today I woke up with the song Dream Catcher in my head!😊 It’s not that surprising, listened to it twice on YT yesterday before going to bed: First one is AI. I hate AI but in this case I can accept it. It’s such a beautiful song, I‘d die for an official release. I think I even dreamt about it. Isn’t it fitting, I had Dream Catcher in my dreams….

The cringy lyrics are actually why I kind of like it. Gotta embrace the cringe sometimes hahah. Other than that I really like Oh Yeah, Junkies On A High and Grafittia. Might not be their best but it's still a fun album.

Thank you, that's interesting! Maybe I should listen to some more songs on the list.😅

Listening to music is a great way to process emotions, and anger is no exception. Sometimes, all we need is to blast our favorite tunes out loud and channel our rage through them. Indeed, doing this can be quite cathartic, so without further delay, here are some of the best angry songs to help you blow off some steam. In at number 10:- 'Basket Case' by Green Day "Do you have the time to listen to me whine / About nothing and everything all at once?" Green Day's 1994 tune is great to let it all out to. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/the-best-angry-songs-to-vent-your-rage-to/ss-AA1e6xzh?ocid=msedgntp&pc=EDGEDB&cvid=697c7169b9284ff3979c6f698954e347&ei=23#image=10

"I was a teenage teenager" has grown on me. Kill me

All of my friends sent me the news about the Super Bowl performance. Way ahead of you, friends

So one of those articles says Billie is not the lead vocalist on this?!?! Now I’m confused as to who sings lead??? Also people assume that song C..T is about her but there isn’t proof

Thank you for the information, I didn’t know that. That changes things of course. I thought it was only a matter of their age.

fashion victim Xb i was listenin to my warning CD last night and its still stuck in my head TvT and also fear of the dark XD tho thats by iron maiden lmao

What green day song is stuck in your head today? ive listened to Macys day parade 5 times and its still in there 😭

Well I came here to say that I’m amused that it ended up being for a Survivor commercial. Was not expecting the Joey controversy to be debated again lol. The reality is, most Green Day fans have no idea that even happened and wouldn’t make the connection and I say this as someone who was into SWMRS and am so happy that Joey got rightfully cancelled.