Mega Man Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Not really a serious thread here, but often times, Billie will change lyrics to songs, either with intention, or just because he flubbed the lyrics. Sometimes, he's just having fun at a live performance. What are some of the lyric changes that Billie Joe has made? Off the top of my head: - Changes "I'm taking heed" to "I'm taking speed" in "She" - Changes "she" to "he" in "Basket Case." Billie said he did this when they recorded Dookie intentionally. - At the end of "When I Come Around", the recording on the "Stuck With Me" single, Billie goes crazy at the end. Some of it I heard as "so I'm a corporate whore" before going into gibberish. - The end of "Give Me Novacaine" is usually changed to "...so give me [current city]" - "21st Century Breakdown's" lyrics were given a full-on change. - At the end of "American Eulogy," Mike's lyrics were originally "I'm not a daydreamer and I'm not disengaged." - "Haukshinka" was originally "a big hat and floppy curls" instead of "a cheap hat and cigarettes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Can you link me to the When I Come Around version from the Stuck With Me single? Never heard of that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boringdays Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 edit: I'm sure there's shit-ton's of changes he's made, I catch myself a lot of times getting so used to the alternate versions that I accidentally sing those. There's gotta be a few examples from demolicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckWithInsomnia Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 "I'm a loser, a drug user . . ." (and a user) - WICA ". . . and it sits on a thick white line" (thin white line) - GSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckWithDom Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 "I've heard it all before, Mike Dirnts a dirty whore" -when I come around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green day is Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 There's another thread about this somewhere. Might be in a read-only forum. This reminds me - Tman, you said you had the lyrics to the early version of Longview (can't find it on Youtube right now) but never posted them. Why not? "Better Not Come Around", the early version of When I Come Around, originally just had the first verse repeated for the second verse. A lot of the lyric pages we saw in Cuatro contain alternate lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I heard it all before So don't knock down my door I'm a loser, a drug user So I don't need no accuser To try and drag me down because I know you're right There goes Jason White And my best friend Mr Mike You may find out that your self doubt Means nothing was ever there You can't go forcing something If it's just not right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 - At the end of "When I Come Around", the recording on the "Stuck With Me" single, Billie goes crazy at the end. Some of it I heard as "so I'm a corporate whore" before going into gibberish. It's not gibberish, he doesn't really go crazy either. He says "How now brown cow, no more bad town" and then he said those in reverse order on SNL too. There's another thread about this somewhere. Might be in a read-only forum. This reminds me - Tman, you said you had the lyrics to the early version of Longview (can't find it on Youtube right now) but never posted them. Why not? "Better Not Come Around", the early version of When I Come Around, originally just had the first verse repeated for the second verse. A lot of the lyric pages we saw in Cuatro contain alternate lyrics. They're posted in the downloads section. I can repost them here if you like. They're slightly changed every show they played in 92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 So many gems from When I Come Around. My personal favourite is "How now brown cow" , heard often in the last chorus during Dookie times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPeG6RiqvQ Also, "So go do what you like, I'm having sex with Mike" They're posted in the downloads section. I can repost them here if you like. They're slightly changed every show they played in 92 When it used to be "Fucking myself through the night" instead of "Take me away to paradise"? That was an interesting line. I think there's a version where he sang "I'm feeling like a cat in heat" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green day is Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 It's not gibberish, he doesn't really go crazy either. He says "How now brown cow, no more bad town" and then he said those in reverse order on SNL too. They're posted in the downloads section. I can repost them here if you like. They're slightly changed every show they played in 92 Yes. Also I'm sure you and/or Liam have some dates it was played at before Dookie was released. When it used to be "Fucking myself through the night" instead of "Take me away to paradise"? That was an interesting line. I think there's a version where he sang "I'm feeling like a cat in heat" as well. There are lots of different lyrics in really early versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlewild. Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 A few from Woodstock 94 come to mind here. "Oh no a brown cow"/"When I come around" "This time we'll blast it out my ass"/"This time we'll blast it all to hell" (I think this one has been used outside of the WS94 show but I can't remember which ones) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPbilliejr Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Nuclear Family: "I just want some action so give me Mike Dirnt" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Benjamin Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Nuclear Family: "I just want some action so give me Mike Dirnt"Hes never actually sang that (that we've got proof of) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 It's not gibberish, he doesn't really go crazy either. He says "How now brown cow, no more bad town" and then he said those in reverse order on SNL too.They're posted in the downloads section. I can repost them here if you like. They're slightly changed every show they played in 92 Please do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Yes. Also I'm sure you and/or Liam have some dates it was played at before Dookie was released. There are lots of different lyrics in really early versions. The first appearance of Longview was 1992-05-28 WFMU Studios, East Orange, New Jersey. They played it during a soundcheck break after replacing a string It's behind the DJ talking, and then the DJ starts playing a Manliftingbanner song, so you can't make out the lyrics, but that's the earliest version. The second version, 1992-06-08 The Outhouse, Lawrence, Kansas Can't make out a lot of the lyrics in this version The third version, from 1992-08-28 Sproul Plaza (Where they also played Best Thing in Town and Haushinka for the only time live) Sit around and watch the tube but, nothing's on I change the channels maybe for an hour or two I twiddle my thumbs just for a bit I'm sick of all the same old shit In a house with unlocked doors And I'm fucking crazy Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going blind And I smell like shit Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling Call me pathetic, call me what you will I'm like a cat that's bred in heat Barred indoors from the summer street In a house with unlocked doors And I lost the key Bite my lip and close my eyes Tripping away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going blind And I smell like shit I've got no motivation Where is my motivation So sick of motivation Hiding my inspiration All this time I'm all alone ?? Cannot do it here all by myself Sometime when all your fun is gone And there's nothing going on When masturbation's lost its fun You're fucking lonely Bite my lip and close my eyes Fucking myself through the night Some say "Quit or I'll go blind" But it's just a myth Next version is from the next night, at Gilman Street (1992-08-29) This is a brand new song too owowow..Jesus Christ ooohh Sit around and watch the tube but, nothing's on Switch the channels for an hour or two Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit I'm sick of all the same old shit In a house with unlocked doors And I'm fucking crazy Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going blind And I smell like shit Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling Call me pathetic, call me what you will I'm like a cat that's bred in heat Hidden indoors in the summer street Unlocked doors and all that's gone And I lost the key Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going blind And I smell like shit I've got no motivation Where is my motivation No time for motivation Smoking my inspiration Where has everybody gone? I'm all alone In this room Trapped here all by myself Sometime I'm like a cat in heat Barred indoors from the summer street When masturbation's lost its fun You're fucking lonely Bite my lip and close my eyes Fucking myself through the night Some say "Quit or I'll go blind" But it's just a myth That song's called Longview And this one was 1992-09-25 at Gilman (no video) Sit around and watch the tube but nothing's on Change the channels for an hour or two I twiddle my thumbs just for a bit I'm sick of all the same old shit In a house with unlocked doors And I'm fucking crazy Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going blind And I smell like shit Heyyyyy... Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving I sure as hell can't do it by myself I'm feeling like a dog in heat Barred indoors from the summer street All this time I'm here alone And I'm fucking clean I got no motiviation Where is my motiviation? No time for motiviation Where is my inspiration? (I got another broken string, if anyone has a D string?) I sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling Call me pathetic, call me what you will My mother pleads to get a job But she don't like the one she's got When masturbation's lost its fun You're fucking lonely Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going blind And I smell like shit 1992-10-04 The Nappy Dugout, Vancouver This is a brand new song This song's called Longview Sit around and watch the tube but no one's calling Change the channels for an hour or two Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit I'm sick of all the same old shit In a house with unlocked doors And I'm fucking lazy Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going blind And I smell like shit Sit around and awwww........ Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving I sure as hell can't do it by myself I'm feeling like a dog in heat Barred indoors from the summer street I closed the door to my own cell And I lost the key I got no motiviation Where is my motiviation? No time for motiviation Smoking my inspiration Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling Call me pathetic, call me what you will My mother says to get a job But she don't like the one she's got Innovation's lost it's fun You're fucking lonely Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going blind And loneliness has to suffice Bite my lip and close my eyes Slipping away to Paradise Some say, "Quit or I'll go blind" But It's just a myth You can see this song was very inconsistent- the lyrics were different from one night to the next Please do I was working on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPbilliejr Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Well I do know for sure he changes WMUWSE to different dates ( I think to match his father's actual time since he has passed, not for sure, could use a fact check on that one ) Recently on at least one Jesus of Suburbia he changes "Or am I just Unemployed (overjoyed)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyTime Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 "If Adrienne can hear me..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green day is Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 The first appearance of Longview was 1992-05-28 WFMU Studios, East Orange, New Jersey. They played it during a soundcheck break after replacing a string It's behind the DJ talking, and then the DJ starts playing a Manliftingbanner song, so you can't make out the lyrics, but that's the earliest version. Thanks a ton, mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Man Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 It's not gibberish, he doesn't really go crazy either. Really? Can you interpret the deep lyrical meaning of "I'm a loser, and a user LA LA LA LA LA LA LA"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 "If Adrienne can hear me..." I checked once, and I'm pretty sure the studio version is the ONLY time that he doesn't sing that, every live performance he does I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Man Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Also, the additional line at 1:44 here (can't tell what he's saying): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Really? Can you interpret the deep lyrical meaning of "I'm a loser, and a user LA LA LA LA LA LA LA"?not on mobile since you put it in a weird font Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Mike sometimes changes the lyrics of American Eulogy from "With money to burn on a minimum wage, I don't give a shit about the modern age," to "I'm not a daysleeper and I'm not disengaged, I don't give a shit about the modern age." I know they were the original lyrics but it's good to hear him do them live, since they're far better lyrics than those that ended up on Breakdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 and I fell For Snoo! I was SOOO hoping they would say that on Demolicious. Then we would for sure that Green Day and the Network have nothing to do with each other. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American_edot Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 on the irving plaza one theres the mike dirnts a dirty whore (already be posted) then laughing then one line and make sure you do it with mike, more laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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