Overjoyyed Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 "Wake up the house is on fire, And the cats caught in the dryer" Dead Beat Holiday - Warning Billie's cat is stuck inside a dryer ( as in for clothes) It's Just a fucked up kind of day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerveLovesGD Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I went to a whore he said my lifes a bore so quit my whining cause in bringing her down" I still dont get why it goes from being a he to a she... I went to a whore. HE said my life is a bore. so quit my whining cause it's bringing HER down. maybe he was too high while they were recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trotsky Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I went to a whore. HE said my life is a bore. so quit my whining cause it's bringing HER down. maybe he was too high while they were recording. Maybe it's a reference to the song of Cheap Trick - He's A Whore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grouch is Tracy Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I went to a whore. HE said my life is a bore. so quit my whining cause it's bringing HER down. maybe he was too high while they were recording. Billie has said that he intentionally wanted to convey ambiguity with this lyric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I always thought the implication was it was just a male whore, who was referring to a female in BJ's life. As in, like the whore is telling Billie that his life is boring, and that's affecting Adie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grouch is Tracy Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I always thought the implication was it was just a male whore, who was referring to a female in BJ's life. As in, like the whore is telling Billie that his life is boring, and that's affecting Adie. Apparently, and of course I forget where I read it, it is supposed to be a reference to bisexuality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Stacy Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 This from Viva La Gloria: "You made your bed in salad days amongst the ruins" Salad? What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grouch is Tracy Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 This from Viva La Gloria: "You made your bed in salad days amongst the ruins" Salad? What? This one has been discussed a few pages back, but "salad days" refers to an earlier time when things were good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Hah, I like the explanation of the line in Basket Case that it's intentional to convey ambiguity much more than my own explanation. I just thought that he went to a whore who said his life's a bore and then it went back to the shrink where the storyteller had to stop whining because it's bringing the shrink down But I like ambiguity and intentional confusion much better! I think that's the meaning he's trying to convey, but the Grammar Nazi inside me would be happier with one nation from which I stand alone, but that wouldn't fit the melody! Isn't "a nation thereof which I stand alone" grammatically correct? Actual question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Disappearing Boy Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Hah, I like the explanation of the line in Basket Case that it's intentional to convey ambiguity much more than my own explanation. I just thought that he went to a whore who said his life's a bore and then it went back to the shrink where the storyteller had to stop whining because it's bringing the shrink down But I like ambiguity and intentional confusion much better! Isn't "a nation thereof which I stand alone" grammatically correct? Actual question. I don't think so. You can stand alone from something, but not of something. A nation from which I stand alone is right, but it still sounds a bit weird. Apart would be a better word than alone. The there doesn't make any sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Isn't "a nation thereof which I stand alone" grammatically correct? Actual question. Yeah, it is. "Underdog" throws it out a bit but it still makes sense once you get your head around it. Only took me 9 years to work it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of 1969 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 This from Viva La Gloria: "You made your bed in salad days amongst the ruins" Salad? What? As there was said in previous days, "salad days" is expression for glory days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green day is Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 As there was said in previous days, "salad days" is expression for glory days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I really take offence to "N" word. sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green day is Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I really take offence to "N" word. sorry. I don't care though. So I guess it isn't exactly a win-win, but you might take solace in the fact that not only did I not create the picture, but that it in fact has no racial connotations whatsoever beyond that word! Hooray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 No problem - that's why I said sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of 1969 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 What the fuck are you doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Don't remember those lyrics in a Green Day song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of 1969 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Don't remember those lyrics in a Green Day song Wo..which lyrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Wo..which lyrics? "Oh shit nigger, I've got some scattered pictures on my floor" "Oh shit nigger, I fucked up again it's all my fault" "Oh shit nigger, why did you have to leave so soon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of 1969 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 "Oh shit nigger, I've got some scattered pictures on my floor" "Oh shit nigger, I fucked up again it's all my fault" "Oh shit nigger, why did you have to leave so soon" Oh shit nigger, welcome to the new kind of tension. Oh shit nigger, I remember the face but I can't recall the name. Oh shit nigger, did you wake up late one day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Yeah, let's end that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Bringin' it back—does anyone have any idea what kind of theme Billie could possibly have been trying to convey with the "red lights flash" line throughout the Trilogy? (And on the "That's All Right" cover, for that matter.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Bringin' it back—does anyone have any idea what kind of theme Billie could possibly have been trying to convey with the "red lights flash" line throughout the Trilogy? (And on the "That's All Right" cover, for that matter.) Simple prostitute reference in line with the debauchery theme of Dos, I would have thought. *cringe* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Disappearing Boy Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Bringin' it back—does anyone have any idea what kind of theme Billie could possibly have been trying to convey with the "red lights flash" line throughout the Trilogy? (And on the "That's All Right" cover, for that matter.) You're supposed to 'stop when the red lights (traffic lights) flash' (not that traffic lights flash) coz it's the law, but by saying DON'T stop when the red lights flash, he's telling you to go all crazy and be reckless, in line with the theme of dos. And yes, I did just pull that out of my arse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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