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Billie Joe Armstrong also never Finished high school - Lil B

The whole musical was just a massive mistake.

When It's Time was written YYYYEEEAAARRRSSS before WMUWSE...

Billie also said 99 Revolutions is the best song he's ever written. I don't trust his opinion lol Also, I've seen the musical twice and I find it weird how everyone sings in a whiny manner. Were they instructed to do that as part of the characters? The only person who sang in their normal voice was Billie's nephew in the current tour (who btw looks like Warning Billie with blonde hair).

Winston Smith designed the cover art for Insomniac. Winston Smith is also the name of a cat in Stephen King's book Insomnia

"A circus dance that doesn't make a stench, but maybe I'm just Dai."

The musical version of Letterbomb is an absolute abomination. I love female vocals generally a lot more than male, but Letterbomb is absolutely shit in that respect. Maybe if someone like Pink or Brody Dalle did it it'd work, but the people that do it in the musical are totally inappropriate.

In Chump: Maybe it's just jellybeans mix it up with a violent mime.

yes me neither

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^ Thanks.

I always thought it was a sarcastic comment

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Eve Michele ♡☀ ‏@iamcheerbear 6h you have not lived until you've seen @bjaofficial dance disco-style and shake dat ass.

Another One: Longview is the best Green Day song ever. Why? Because it has all the elements to be a great punk rock song-A decent riff, good drumming and an amazing bassline. Its one of those songs to which everybody could relate to. The lyrics are catchy and meaningful. Also, its been 3 years since I first heard it and I still can't get enough of it. You could dance to it, play an air guitar to it and even sleep to it. Many people consider Basket Case or some song from Nimrod, AI or Dookie to be their personal favourite but nobody can deny that they didn't have a thing for Longview at some point in their lives.

I didn't really care much for the American Idiot musical...

That man is not forty two, he is four.

OH MY GOD

I don't think they're crap but I do hate them . Just not my cup of tea. Doesn't mean they're bad though, it's cool they explored another style of music/performance even if it's one I don't care for. Well I'm crazy then! But I seem to remember quite a few people liked it at the time and don't recall anyone complaining then, so maybe not that crazy.

Babies

If you hear that you're crazy cause Jasons screams on that ssong SUCK. I mean I'm sorry but come on it sounds terrible. When Billie did it though in the video from Texas when he had his beard he sounded fucking great but Jason sounds horrible. And i think Mike's part in American Eulogy is great but not better than Homecoming and his random line in SD&V is weird.

I believe so. I can't remember where I read the interview, but he was saying that he went to a church for the first time in years and was just astounded by the hypocrisy of everything, so the general premise to the song came to him then. I don't think he wrote any of the lyrics, but it was his idea initially.

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I get that they're meant to be ironic or in some other way not serious, but they rub me the wrong way to such an extent that I still really dislike them. I internally cringe when I hear them.

I'm sure Jeff is no multi-millionaire the way the rest of the band is, but it seems so weird if he's actually being serious about 1. giving lessons and 2. charging an arbitrary "$30" for it.... not that he wouldn't be cool enough to offer lessons, and it makes sense not to do them for free, but it's just such a weird concept.

It's damn close between JOS and Homecoming. I couldn't possibly choose between them. The thing is, Homecoming feels long, sprawling and diverse, whereas JOS is just so well arranged it takes what should get boring after three minutes and stretches it out into a 9 minute epic that doesn't feel too long at all. I'd argue that Homecoming has the more epic feel, whereas JOS kind of feels a lot more natural. Homecoming seems to be a lot darker, like the evil twin of JOS, so to speak. The backing vocals in JOS are among the best I've ever heard, but Homecoming has leads from Mike and Tre. So it's neck and neck for me.

can't please everyone but honestly if that joke is really that offensive then what do you call the sexist shit you spew

To me, JOS will always prevail over Homecoming because of the lyrics. The themes are universal. Homecoming is excellent but nothing can quite compare to JOS

Mike Dirnt.

Amanda is always fun to listen to. I love Billie's voice on "I couldn't be your maaAaAAAn" and the subsequent riffage

Billie Jow with Jim Adkins. Picture from today:

Bernard O'Sullivan ‏@BernieOSullivan 7h Just been bowling and the #greenday tour party showed up. Very cool Marc Kantor ‏@marcpending 3h Had a bowling party with Green Day, Alkaline Trio, and Dillinger. Now time to drink all the alcohol in some Perth club. #GoodDayOff Kirsty O'Sullivan ‏@OSullivanKirsty 4h Just went bowling and had a fun time with the crew! Saw @GreenDay who were great guys! Thanks again for the drink! Hope you enjoyed Perth! 潘尿尿帮你讲 ‏@KR8AD 8h Green Day China Tour Is That REAL???Can't believe,Can't wait @BJAofficial @GreenDay ✘✘Alexander✘✘ ‏@alexanderwuque 3h Someone said @GreenDay would go to China to have concerts in June in 2014? Is it true?#GreenDay #BillieJoeArmstrong #TreCool #MikeDirnt Garage Guru dot CA ‏@GarageGuruDotCA Feb 28 Today on inside a celebrity's garage: @GreenDay's Billy Joe Armstrong's psychedelic man cave.

The brothers at Billie's wedding!

Totally agree. While AAF has an amazing setlist, there are five things that kill it for me compared to BIAB: 1. The mixing. BIAB just sounds more powerful, somehow. 2. Billie's voice. I like that it sounds more raw on BIAB, and even though we've had this conversation many times, I still think that the vocals on AAF sound fucked-with at places. 3. The fact that BIAB is all from one concert gives it a more consistent feel. 4. Comparing the DVDs, the outdoor setting of BIAB makes it feel much less claustrophobic than the arena in AAF. 5. Best versions of "Brain Stew" and "Minority" ever.

As much as I adore JOS (I mean, I don't even need to go into all the reasons why it's outstanding, do I?) I can kind of understand why people might not like it. It's unquestionably massively overblown, so if you're not into that kind of thing then something like Sweet 16 is bound to appeal more. /uncharacteristically diplomatic post

So does that rogue apostrophe

russell_183 43 minutes ago #greenday #adelaide #soundwave

*sigh* looks like I'm gonna have to defend Lazy Bones again *puts on fighting face* My thoughts on the song taken from the old thread: So there.

Whatsername is the best song on American Idiot.

So apparently this is unpopular: I really like "Horseshoes and Handgrenades". Is it in the top five on 21CBD? Of course not (that's the title track, EJN, VLG?, RHS and The Static Age), but it has a great riff (even though it was ripped off from someone else, as Not Anyone has demonstrated), packs a pretty big punch, and apart from the computerized scream in the bridge has a pretty great vocal performance form BJA.

Opening a concert with Panic Song would be swell

I have to disagree that it's cliched, though. It's so well executed thematically, lyrically and musically, and such an uncommon thing at the time of its release, I wouldn't consider it a cliche.