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keep calm and reserve judgement till ya see the video or rack your brain with unnecessary doubt till it comes out.

He's right. You don't need to say the same thing over and over just to try and piss people off. It's really starting to get annoying and you need to stop doing it. If you know everyone in the thread already knows your opinion on something (eg American Idiot or Bang Bang) you don't need to keep saying it again.

Yes I love this! It's the most awkward meeting ever (although to be fair all set up band meeting fan things are beyond awkward) and I don't think I've ever cringed so much as when he's reading them that letter and they have no clue how to react, but he remains completely happy and enthusiastic regardless so you have to be pleased for him. Have you seen this one? The show is a terrible concept, the fan (allegedly) first thinks they've just met the person they're a fan of by chance, but then afterwards it's revealed that it was set up and they were being filmed (which surely would be a disappointment compared to thinking you were having a real conversation with them?!). The best thing about it is how Billie is more awkward than the fan It is by me! Never mind BMXcellent tits, "I wouldn't say I'm straight 'cause I'm bent out of shape" is the most badass lyric on the trilogy.

LOTAG Girls were kind of cool, I'm just really sick of seeing asses and boobs everywhere all the time... I'm not saying this is how the Bang Bang video will be, it's just that Oh Love traumatized me a bit Although, it could fit the "give me death or give me head" line, if they show these girls like, shortly and not throughout the entire video. We'll see

Alright guys enough of the back and forth shitting contest

i saw that picture on facebook earlier and was waiting for the complaints to start coming in over the suicide girls bit the uproar among green day fans about the girls in the oh love video was so over the top.

I don't see anyone else on GDC doing what you do

Can it not be accepted that sometimes someone will have something about a song to criticise and sometimes someone will have something about a song to praise? As long as no one's being obnoxious about it I don't see any reason for objections, anger and personal comments over opinions on songs being expressed.

Heard Bang Bang for the first time on the radio since the premiere. It was a pleasant surprise.

Sweet! Kevin Kerslake directed the Brain Stew video Cool to see that he's working on this too

I can't wait to see a video of them performing Bang Bang live

I really like this solo. I wonder why they took it out.

I can't claim to go that far, but it is one of my favourites along with Nimrod, 21st CB, American Idiot and Dookie. It sometimes has a turn as my favourite About the concept album discussion that was in another thread, I do think of it as somewhat of a concept album because it tells a vague story of living the party lifestyle and the consequences of it over three stages/albums. It's not a concept in the same sense as a rock opera but there is something there that makes it not just a standard set of albums. Even if the whole thing isn't I definitely think Dos is, a proper little story there with Uno really only being an intro and Tre the aftermath as far as the story aspect goes. Depends on how you define a concept album though I suppose.

I think the best 'moment' of the trilogy is the Stay The Night bridge.. Even after 4 years, it still takes me WAY up lol. I can feel Billie was as high as the stratosphere when he wrote/recorded that. The melodies in the guitar work is just ridiculous.. It's as sugar sweet as pop/punk rock gets in my opinion.

Didn't you list the scream as a good point in the bang bang thread?

I also rotate through my favorites, depending on what vibes I'm going through. Recently I've been appreciating the trilogy more than I had whe nit first came out. I think there are some really weak songs, musically and especially lyrically, but there are some that I just love too. Kill the DJ is (uh) killer, X-Kid, Nuclear Family, Stray Heart. I'm really thankful they gave us this much material, even if it came with tons of filler too

That's great. I didn't think we'd hear any more of the trilogy on the radio. Maybe RR will get some people buying the trilogy albums

So the actors are suicide girls. So what? It doesn't mean anything. Watch the Jesus of Suburbia video ever? The punks in it could just as easily be suicide girls if you didn't know better. These girls could be portraying punks. I highly doubt we can expect a replica of Oh Love video unless Green Day are completely brain dead. A video of the band laying about covered in half naked models, getting drunk and otherwise portraying the "rockstar lifestyle" would look idiotic for a song about a mass shooter.

Please no half naked 'sexy' dancing girls, I'm so tired of that I still hope it will be somewhat artistic and meaningful, but god... this Instagram post is taking away a chunk of hope. Dunno how a few dancing girls will fit the thematic of Bang Bang but I guess I will let it surprise me... Edit: Jesus, that website... yikes.

Suicide Girls? I hope this isn't another video like Oh Love...

Lmao that isn't true Utter tripe!

This isn't the topic to debate the trilogy.

I mean, maybe there's no lines like "I'm the son of rage and love, the jesus of suburbia" on the trilogy, but I'm not seeing that in Bang Bang either and there's nothing wrong with that. I think both, Bang Bang and the Trilogy, deliver perfectly their message. The problem is that people are not aware that you can't expect the same thing with every release. People have to understand that you can't appreciate everything in the same way, the trilogy is meant to be a collection of simple, fun and stripped down rock n roll songs. It's meant to have songs like Fuck Time, Let Yourself Go and Sex Drugs & Violence, that's the whole point. If your mindset is configurated to enjoy only a certain type of things obviously you're not gonna be able to enjoy the complexity and poetic deliver of masterpieces like American Idiot and at the same time enjoy the simplicity of albums like ¡UNO! or Kerplunk.

No sense in debating with the Elite Green Day fans, they are too cool to understand

Really? you think that's all the trilogy is about? Alright... Here are some that I found to be clever and/or beautiful (and not generic at all as you claim): --- All this lyrics seem to be on the same level as Bang Bang in my opinion, song that you enjoy quite a lot as far as I can tell. Mate, sometimes I feel you're so blindsided and enthusiastic with some stuff, like Bang Bang and Green Day's future (believe me, I think just like you, I think the album is probably gonna be awesome), But with others stuff you seem rather mindclosed and seagull-ish nonsensical..

lol i posted that on tumblr. no it's not true but it's hilarious nonetheless "never knew this!" fucking fail

Was at a bar on the beach last night listening to a bunch of lame stuff (they usually only play reggae or "island" music everywhere in Hawaii) suddenly East Jesus Nowhere came on and they blasted it. It was awesome.

It's happening

Bang bang is number 1 in the UK rock and metal chart

Bang Bang is already Green Day's 3rd most popular song on Spotify, after Basket Case (1) and American Idiot (2) and before WMUWSE (4) and 21 Guns (5) This is amazing

Billboard - The week of September 3, 2016 Top 100 Artists - #100 Twitter Top Tracks - #18 Top Rock Songs - #8 Rock Airplay - #6 Rock Digital Songs - #9 Alternative Songs - #8 Mainstream Rock Songs - #5 Canadian Digital Songs - #46

I came across this video on youtube, it's from a show MTV did in the late 90's where they pick a fan to go meet up with their favorite artist. I actually remember watching this back in the day, I'm pretty sure I taped it back then, I think the episode was Green Day and Usher. Anyways, I wonder if the fan in this episode is on here

I don't necessarily mean high on drugs (but probably) lol.. More so just high on celebrating his life and taking in his accomplishments.. That's the vibe I get from a lot of the trilogy. 2009/2010 would make sense.. He seemed to be pretty proud of AI becoming a musical, let alone a massive hit.

The three albums are just full of catchy songs that you remember really fast. And Uno is just perfection. I really don't like this Bang Bang style where they just scream some bullshit.

I find them more enjoyable at times then their old albums. Nothing wrong with that!

I think this pic of Billie is really cool and is also is the photo used for the 2010 tour shirts and posters (2nd photo)

I prefer Trilogy over some of the albums yes. Dookie, Nimrod and Warning are my top three and then come Uno and Tre

I've seen a few posts from people in the video, I think it was crowd shots by the looks of it. And I think they were just going for a stereotypically alternative look/feel, the guys in the pictures all looked the same

I hope so too. To be honest from Playboy to Suicide Girls is already a big aesthetic step, let's see the context where they're acting, for example I love the "bang bang" part of the Holiday's music video. Girls dancing in a punk rock video is not necessarily synonymous of Oh Love, and I expect something completely different from Tim Armstrong and Kerslake, given their curriculum.

way tooo coool Of course there is deeper meaning. They think because there is an obvious drop in overall message from AI and 21st that they are automatically shit. They need to live a lil and realize not everything has to be so serious.

Just realized that the lyric 'I want to be like the soldiers on the screen' could be referencing the shooter being inspired by the footage of another shooting on TV, and in his twisted mindset, perhaps believes the killer is a 'soldier' by doing so, and wants to do that, too, because of the recognition.

I'm listening to the Broadway musical for the first time right now and HOLY SHIT have I missed out. I'm only on American Idiot and I already have chills everywhere.

Bang Bang is pretty damn catchy if you ask me I've been singing it all the time, it's stuck in my head probably 24/7 and I don't even notice it anymore, it's just there. It's not a song you listen to once or twice and move on, you have to play it often and fucking loud and if you don't play it your head will do it for you

Still waiting for No Pleasing A Woman by Avicii and Billie Joe...

Also I'm sorry but the song is catchy as fuck. I got various lines going over and over in my head at various times of the day.

Most delusional poster on this forum.

I agree except for when you said the shooters are the heroes for the media. I don't think news reporters take joy in terrorist attacks happening just because it gives them something to report on. I think the "hero of the hour" part refers to the shooter seeing himself as a hero and being regarded as a hero among other terrorists that share his ideology.

I just keep hearing BANG BANG on the radio! This last time the radio station was discussing a text they had gotten from someone who was apparently upset because the song is about a shooter. I wonder if this album will be controversial and offend people. I hope it is, and that it does.