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Ballyhoo is a banger! Would have loved it on the album. Or another album like this! I’m just here for the trilogy vibes haha

Just saw the guys' speeches, they were funny and moving! This whole thing is so wholesome and cool.

To me it sounds like a common topic recently which is how he feels with his on again off again up and down struggle with a harmful habit. Reach for a knife, let it go, live it up, give up, it’s a curse, the worst, mama raised a bomb.. it’s in his nature to be a hellion but he fights against it. A couple of images I love are “useless as a … crippled ballerina” and “waiting on the sun like a star that’s blowing up”. It’s like another way of describing himself as a dead man walking. Like disaster has already struck but he doesn’t know it yet. He might write a lot about a short list of themes but no one captures the human condition and describes feelings in a simple yet relatable and emotional way like he does. He somehow always avoids sounding too self indulgent or self pitying. Like with Smash It Like Belushi the message is when you’re feeling this way just keep your head down keep going and rip shit up. It’s empowering 💚

I like the "no hard feelings" part of the song, that's a very sentiment to be shared in song form. Usually in Rock, everything's either antagonist, horny, sad or all of the above, lol. Also, who else is singing about Lolygagging in a sleeping bag? I bet Billie's been glamping recently and he was uh....up to no good in there. Point for originality, I think Green Day are heading in a good direction. It's really cool that the Saviors era is being explored to it's fullest potential. More singles, more videos, more random publicity thingies. I passed a 7-11 just now and thought "should I go in and check out the Punk Bunny Merch, or should I have a midlife crisis in the parking lot? Or both, perhaps?

Now 34,5 million listeners!😃

I think it has Longshot vibes too, both the music and the melancholy message it’s giving Chasing A Ghost and Happiness.

Really loving Ballyhoo. After Smash it Like Balushi I was expecting these to just be rejected Saviors songs, and maybe that's what this is -- but it's a very strong one IMO. With Holy Toledo, Saviors and these new tracks it feels like the guys have really found their footing again, with a sound that's still *new* Green Day but with enough of what we love left in. I've spoken a few times about how Saviors feels like a taste of all their previous albums: I feel like this one could have easily sat somewhere on Saviors as the trilogy inspired track.

Loving Ballyhoo, like it better than Smash It Like Belisha I think.

Agree on both points, I loved Mike shouting her out for that. And Billie going off on a tangent about writing songs about Adrienne lol Yeah he just didn't seem like the best choice since he only met them recently and all he really had to say was he was glad he could use Good Riddance on his film . They probably asked him because they got on when they met him and know he's a good/funny speaker and he did fine but without being a big fan there was only so much he could do with it. Shame Serena wasn't there to do some real fangirling! Rob's speech is really good, he mentions he's replacement for Serena and as always he's full of enthusiam and pride for the band.

Wish this was in Australia. Would love the cup and the speaker.

I know Kevin is just looking at Jason's shirt, but I love that it looks like he's checking Billie out.

I've been catching up with the this today. I loved their speeches and excitement. The highlight for me was Mike mentioning Billie's mom and thanking her that was so sweet. On the other hand, not a big fan for Ryan Reynold's speech 😶 The bit about Billie Joe's skin care routine was funny, but other than that... I don't know, it just didn't feel very heartfelt to me. I think it would have been nicer to have Serena Williams (btw, I wonder what happened that she missed the event in the end). Still haven't seen Rob Cavallo's speech, but looking forward to that.

You're the best 💚

oops i mean 8 would have been the only year without a GD release had CAV actually released in 03 even then, there are the ...Side Projects (dun dun dun)

via Billie's Instagram Caption: What a surreal moment 🤯

The countdown has begun. 🥳 These two shows is the ones I'm looking forward to the most. 🩷

Bouncing Souls, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements. Also pretty much all the bands on Epitaph, Fat Wreck, and Lookout which by name have been mentioned here already. Even hardcore stuff like Token Entry (iykyk).

Yes!!! Going to both shows. And a GDC meeting would be great. Maybe someone from Vienna knows a good place for meeting before or after the shows? @Karl Karlson?

I do like Ballyhoo a lot better than Smash It Like Belushi (though I like Smash It Like Belushi too), but I am not quite sure it is on the same level as the rest of Saviors. Saviors is just so amazing that I can see why these songs didn't make the final cut.

I'm really glad we got some headliner shows mixed in with the festivals. 😁 I'd be up for meeting up and having some drinks/food after one of the concerts. 😊

Me too!! Who else is going? should we organize a meet up or something? 🙂

Apparently they were recorded just like 6 months ago, but given some thematic similarities and repeated word choices (like ballyhoo haha), I have a sense they were likely written around the same time as Saviors.

No Slurpees or cups, but I got the speakers ($7.99)! I went to a couple of Speedways, too, and one had the new Mike coffee flavor, so I'm optimistic they'll have the Slurpees, but I talked to a Speedway worker and she said they probably wouldn't get the speakers since they don't often get specialty Slurpee branded products like that. They were behind the counter by the cigarettes and lottery tickets. I'm not sure if that's just because they were new and hadn't been put out yet or if that's a permanent spot for them, but I almost missed them!

Seeing our boys so happy and grateful is making my heart so happy ❤️ . Makin me tear up a lil, lol

His hair is getting so long it’s got those little flips in the back over his collar. I wonder if he’d ever go back to the 2014 hobo look (without the beard, I just loved the long mop)

As soon as I saw Billie yesterday I was like “oh my god he looks hot.” The button-down shirt and leather jacket combo was a great choice.

This isn’t exactly true. Celebrities don’t just “buy a star” when they want one. They need to be nominated and, if selected, there is a cost required in order to make and maintain the star as well as safely hold the ceremony and invite fans for free — this is usually sponsored by a studio, record label, etc. It makes sense you have to pay for it since it’s a chamber of commerce-run initiative — they’re not going to foot the bill themselves to do this for wealthy celebrities. But it’s a nomination and selection-based process, and only people who are deemed worthy based on a bunch of factors get one. So it’s definitely earned, not bought. Here’s an article about the process — says they get 200-300 nominations every year: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hollywood-walk-of-fame-cant-buy-star-1234758589/

(Sorry, wrong thread. Should have been at the fangirls!) After having seen lots of footage of yesterday‘s ceremony: can we agree that Billie looked ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS again? 😍🥰❤️

Billie Joe on today’s ceremony via Instagram ”Where do I start? 1987? 1982? Today was like a fever dream. To see a lot of our friends and family all together to celebrate the walk of fame was unreal and beautiful. I remember playing Rajis in 1992. Never in my wildest fever dreams did I ever imagine this. Walking down the blvd. Gazing at the stars of Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin and so many more. Never once did I think this would be possible for me Mike and Tre. Mike brought tears to my eyes when he mentioned my mom Ollie. Jamming at my house in Rodeo California while she was making spaghetti. Last but not least our extended family and idiot nation. I’m always reluctant to use the word “fans” because you’ve all been on this journey with us for generations. In the immortal words of Shirley and Lee- “Let the good times roll”!” Sobbing he’s so happy about this moment

@The Grohl @pacejunkie punk Here's what happened after the camera cut out. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJIBW3mNtns/?igsh=MTIyM2xxdGp4eDFkbw==

Just so well deserved, I didn’t realise they didn’t have a star already, just assumed they did.

Some pics Check out the GDA homepage or Tumblr for more pics https://greendayauthority.tumblr.com/?source=share

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong on the ‘American Idiot’ Film That Never Panned Out and What Led Him to Punk: ‘It Just Seemed Like It Was Music for Outcasts’

Time to send my mom to the nursing home, guys, because she just had a brain fart and asked where Billie's dad was 😐😂

I feel like Mike and Billie did not relay the casual dress code to Tre.

Ryan’s speech was lovely, he said so many things about their music that really rang true and were really kind. Billie nearly forgetting to thank Adrienne, Mike forgetting Britt, Tre not thanking his wife and children, and no one remembering Ryan Reynolds is just incredible. I love these idiots.

So Serena isn’t speaking? That’s a bummer. I like that Rob is speaking though, they should have someone representing them who has worked with them.

The Bunny really fits in so well with Hollywood Boulevard's bullshit. Times Square is really the only better place for him 😂

they totally do Walking Alone and Hold On enough for the harmonica bit to be justified

Some of the pics that have been posted on Facebook, etc

Cries in uk i just want the cup and straw if i can’t get the slurpee dammit

Screeching Weasel, the Riverdales, Pinhead Gunpowder, Rancid, Op Ivy, Squirtgun, Groovie Ghoulies, Crimpshrine, basically most of the Lookout bands