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I managed to get it earlier so... Stay Young is beautiful even just for the sentiment of its title and the repeating of the line throughout choruses. Even though it's basically again the same old four chords, it has something in the melodies and the solo not typical for Green Day, in a good way. It's really melancholic and sentimental. It's a Whatshername type song, both in tempo and style. A good melodic alternative rock song. It's definitely my favorite out of the new ones. Fuck Off is basically Murder City but with cringey lyrics. Still kind of fun, but nothing compared to bitter F.O.D. or more extremely Take Back and Platypus Underdog is musically a short classic 90s style Green Day song with some Trilogy vibes. Lyrics are also pretty cringey and almost AI ish. It's the only one that has a different production and mix, especially with the way drums are mixed. Also noted that it's the only song produced by Green Day only. And just like I thought it would be, Suzy Chapstick and Father To A Son are just an acoustic/alternate mixes of the album versions. So just acoustic guitars, backing vocals, some solos and strings are in there. But they're still pretty nice. Weirdly, booklet says that all of the new songs were mixed by Chris Dugan, even though they sound like they were mixed by CLA in the same batch with the album (except the Underdog). Go figure It's interesting how, after recently listening to 21st Century Breakdown in full couple of times and reliving those lyrics, the literality of some of those new ones seem really basic and kind of lazy in a lot of ways. It's kind of hard to comprehend that it's the same band. On the other hand, they are still my absolutely favorite no1 band and it still excites me to the core when new releases are out. Green Day is my home and safety and will always be ❤️ btw. there's a cool collage of photos from the Saviors tour in the inside of the digipack 😊

I'm so looking forward to the acoustic rendition of "Suzie Chapstick" 😍

the boys are finally coming to south america 🥹

I think we are and its gonna be amazing!!

oh yeah they did, but i was like 9 years old and i discovered the band after that. also they went to argentina (only argentina) in 2022 and im from chile.

Best album artwork and overall and art in general. This is peak.

Now it's three days away lol how is time flying so fast. GET HYPEDEDEDDEEDEDDEDEDE

I’d like to hear all the different versions he said they tried before deciding on one.

Chart update- Alternative Airplay- 17, down from 16 Mainstream Rock Airplay- 18, up from 19 Rock and Alternative Airplay- 20, up from 22

It's topics like this makes me want to journey back in my mind and remember the album's era. This article from Wikipedia reminded me of how long it took to complete the album and its development:- Green Day began to write new songs for what would become 21st Century Breakdown in January 2006 after touring extensively in 2005 in support of their seventh studio album American Idiot At the time, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong stated: "We'll start with silence, and that's how we'll be able to find the inspiration to find another record." The band did not release any details of the writing and recording process until October 2007, when Armstrong said in an interview with Rolling Stone that he had written "something like 45 songs". The band members worked on the primitive conceptual stages of the album at their rehearsal studio in Oakland, California. Little was revealed on the themes or musical style of the album, but Armstrong stated: "I want to dig into who I am and what I'm feeling at this moment – which is middle-aged." He added that many of the 45 songs were written on piano instead of guitar. Green Day began the recording process for 21st Century Breakdown in January 2008. Later that year, it was confirmed that the band worked with producer Butch Vig. The album was recorded with Vig throughout 2008 and into early 2009 at four locations in California: Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Studio 880 in Oakland, Jel Studios in Newport Beach, and Costa Mesa Studios in Costa Mesa. While recording in Hollywood, the band members bought cheap turntables from Amoeba Music and listened to many vinyl records for inspiration, including albums by The Beat and The Plimsouls. Armstrong cited as inspiration the music of The Kinks' Ray Davies, The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow, The Doors' The Doors and Strange Days, and Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell. Drummer Tré Cool noted the influence of Eddie Cochran and The Creation on Armstrong's writing. David Bowie is credited as a songwriter on the song "21 Guns" to avoid a potential plagiarism lawsuit, as the melody of the chorus is similar to the Bowie-penned "All the Young Dudes". While writing at his home studio, Armstrong worked on a cover of The Who's 1966 mini-opera "A Quick One, While He's Away"; Green Day recorded a full-band version of the song during the album sessions. Vig noted that frustrations would sometimes cause delays in the recording process for 21st Century Breakdown. Armstrong kept his lyrics closely guarded and intentionally mixed his demos so that the vocals were low in the mix and thus unintelligible to the other band members. It was not until late 2008 that he chose to share his words with Cool, Vig, and bassist Mike Dirnt by sitting down with them and reading the entire album's lyrics aloud in order. The band members made the finishing touches on the album in early April 2009 and claimed that its release would lead to a "kind of... post-partum depression" The writing and recording process spanned three years and four California recording studios, and it was finished in April 2009. On February 9, 2009, Green Day announced the album title and that the record would be split into three acts: "Heroes and Cons", "Charlatans and Saints", and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades". On March 17, a teaser trailer for 21st Century Breakdown was posted on the band's website. The international release date of May 15 was announced on March 25. In early April 2009, Green Day premiered "Know Your Enemy" on television; a portion of the song was used as introductory music to the 2009 NCAA men's basketball tournament championship game. The band first performed 21st Century Breakdown in full during a string of California club shows in April 2009. At each show, concertgoers were given programs containing all of the album's lyrics. The first single, "Know Your Enemy", was released on April 16, 2009, and soon after the world premiere of the song's music video occurred on April 24 on the MTV UK website. 21st Century Breakdown was released internationally on May 15, 2009, through Reprise Records. The special edition vinyl version was limited to 3,000 copies and consisted of three 10" records, one for each of the album's "acts", a CD copy of the album, a 60-page art booklet, and a code for the digital download of the full album. The album artwork process was led by Chris Bilheimer and is based on a work from artist Sixten, who confirmed that the couple on the cover were "just friends of a friend at a party in Eskilstuna, Sweden" and explained that a mutual friend snapped a picture of the pair kissing. He added: "I love their passion, and just had to make a stencil out of it to spread the love." The cover art was noted for a marked similarity with that of Blur's 2003 album Think Tank, itself a stencil by artist Banksy, except that one had the couple wearing diving helmets. Green Day showcased a collection of similarly themed art, called "The Art of Rock", at an art exhibition in London between October 23 and November 1, 2009. The "kissing couple" on the cover later was re-created in the music video for "21 Guns".

Did you not already share this in another thread???

Was in the little convenience store on my university campus this morning when Basket Case started playing. That isn't the kind of music that usually plays in there, so I told the girl at the cash register how much I love the song and how obsessed I am with Green Day, and she seemed to think that was awesome and said she picked some kind of Green Day radio playlist for the store that morning and then I told her that now I like her even more LOL. BTW, I have been seeing this cashier for years and she is always really nice but I never asked her name or talked to her much, so I feel like now I probably should. Maybe I can make a new friend LOL.

I understand your excitement, but I thought they toured South America for the Revrad tour? Maybe not so many countries though.

I aaaaaaaam!🤣

I'm (finally) updating content on GDA and want to include song meanings for Saviors. Rather than just summarize what might be floating out there on the internet I'd like to get your feedback for the meaning of each song so we can share with others. If there are interviews where the band has talked specifically about a song we can include that. If someone shares something that you think is accurate please like the post so I can make sure to give more weight to that interpretation.

anyone have any interpretations for the title track?

I have one too . You need to tell ur husband what's up lollll

That would be pretty sweet!! I'm sooooo excited for "Fuck Off" F.O.D. Part 2?

I’d say if we don’t get a teaser by tomorrow that it’s pretty unlikely, which is fine. Deluxe albums don’t usually get too much of a music video treatment anyway

As much as I loathe “Here Comes The Shock”, the music video that came with it is one of my highlights! I used to work out to it by dancing along with the girl in the video a few times over

I loved NFM because it always gave me something to look forward to. But for me the Network takes the cake. Never had it on my bingo card that The Network would return! It's such a fun album and they clearly had a blast with promoting it. Never forget the late night performance they did during this time!

When you're grumpy because you're stuck on a slow bus filled with cubs fans but then you see someone wearing a rev rad green Day cubs jersey and it makes the ride a little less shitty.

listen to the prague performance, it'll change your life awesome lmao i might do that

I‘ve just got the BJA funko pop, AI style. He‘s now living on our dinner table looking cute. My husband doesn’t seem convinced…😅

A great song from a great album!

I am a “New Green Day fan” at heart considering I became a big fan in 2009. American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown are their greatest opuses. They set out to beat American Idiot with 21st, and I’ll say that there’s a good chunk of songs on it that do beat certain songs on American Idiot. I’ll usually lean towards American Idiot as being their best album, but if you ask me some days, I’ll say 21st Century Breakdown is better than American Idiot. Although it is too long, the first half of the album is untouchable. But that’s the Green Day conundrum. An album can be too long, but when you break it down song by song, you wouldn’t want to sacrifice any of it. That carried on into the trilogy era.

Insomniac

They closed some of the shows with 86 back on the Insomniac tour. I know they closed the show in Melbourne in 1996 with it, they played with such intensity back then and it was an awesome way to finish. And to answer your question, I love the song. Dookie/Insomniac/Nimrod will always be my favourite GD era.

GDA gets a mention, I think:

I did expect that too, but it seems other commitments pushed it sooner. They are looking to play everywhere they can. I hope this run will be as good the 2017 one. I'm already anxious to see my international friends

They are charging european prices with people who earn half the money. Not happy with that. I'll pay, but cuz I have no other choice. Is literal the offer I cannot deny

Yep, Billie Joe posted a pic of giving his dogs a bath with the caption "Littles bath. I hope this warms your heart. Also South America here we come!" I posted it in the fangirls thread

AND WE WILL SEEE HOW GODLESS OF A NATION WE HAVE BECOME GOD, I love this album so much Look, I got introduced to GD through the Trilogy, (and was then shocked when they didn’t ALWAYS sound like that) so I feel ya

So being a new fan has some advantages after all!😃 I can like everything they’ve done! And I do!

Here IS the reason... For punk era fans, like me, was traumatic, but with the time I finally accepted

I've always interpreted as it being about him trying to say good bye to alcoholism, even before discovering just now through your post that the Adeline street in Oakland has a lots of bars and club (before I thought maybe he just associated the Adeline records era of his life, or the people involved in the project, with alcoholism or something) - with this new information now I'm feeling even more convinced about it. The "I'm gonna drink my wine and let it go" being like "I'm gonna have my last drink, and start being sober tomorrow", but then not quite following through (when you're (supposed to be) sober, but you still wake up with a hangover") and knowing that sooner or later he'll have to say goodbye for real. I hadn't considered before he could be saying good bye to an actual person, and that's an interesting interpretation as well, fits with the "I'll see you later when I get my shit together" line too. This reminds me of my good old days writing song meanings for geekstinkbreath.net

Another interview with Billie Joe to add to @solongfromthestars if ok. The American Dream Is Killing Me: In an interview with Ayesha Rascoe of Washington DC-based NPR (National Public Radio) in January 2024, Billie Joe discussed the inspiration for the song. "I think being in California and seeing, like, houseless people just on the street and people without options in life and the cost of living going up, it, like, creates that chaos and depression that is sort of what the song sort of reflects." Billie Joe went to explain why he feels the song needs to be redefined. "It's like the working class has become sort of a service industry, and we're not really giving very many options to people. You know, in the 1970's, my dad was a truck driver. He was a teamster. My mom was a waitress. Six kids in the house, and they were able to afford their own home. But I think now I don't really see that being very feasible for a lot of people." I can't remember reading the following before, so soz if repeated: An overview comment from Billie Joe again from Vulture in January 2024. "We had a large batch of songs that we recorded in London, and when we saw it come together, I remember thinking, 'Oh, this is the connection'. Saviors does fell like a trifecta with Dookie and American Idiot, where it feels like a life's work. I went from not knowing what the hell I was doing, to going, 'Oh gosh, we managed to bridge the gap between those two huge albums'." (both articles taken from The Story of Green Day)

Imho this is why GD has been and always will be so special. As well as awesome unique music. The songs written by Billie Joe, and there are so many, contain lyrics that are, close to his heart, describe his life experiences and trials. Many of them, particularly the '90s, I could relate to having experienced them myself. As well as the music, his life experiences he shared helped me to move on to a better time. ❤️

The phrase 'meet my maker' does refer to dying, but it could be death by suicide or death by alcoholism. And this has reminded me that there's a quote from Billie (from The Sun I think, but I'm not going to give them any clicks because it's a garbage newspaper) about Goodnight Adeline: 'Goodnight Adeline deals with depression. The very last line is about when I get my shit together, "I know I’m going to climb my way out of this. I know I gotta wait for my Phoenix to rise from the ashes of this." That song makes me think of singing in a stadium in England. It’s got a chorus you can really sing along to.' I'm pretty sure the Adeline in the song is the street in Oakland. Because it's such a long, significant street, it has a lot of bars and clubs, so the drunks of Oakland have spent a lot of time on and around it. However, I do think he's talking to a person, not the street itself or his alcoholism – perhaps saying goodbye to them from 'the gutter' his face is in outside an Adeline Street bar as they walk away ('you're going to say goodbye and let it go') because he chose alcohol over them ('I'm going to drink my wine and let it go'). Or maybe he is saying goodbye to the street as a metaphor for trying to walk away from his alcoholism, but it's too late; the subject is already gone and he gives in again. Since it comes before Suzie Chapstick on the record, I assume that's who he's talking to and that the goodbye in this song is the prequel to 'will I ever see your face again?' When I first heard Goodnight Adeline, my interpretation was a bit different – I imagined someone staring out of their window at Adeline Street, too depressed to move, so that view is their entire world. They can't force themselves out to actually deal with their problems, they stay inside drinking instead, and so someone they love walks away. That would lead into 'outside my window ... it's just another vacant cold and lonely night' and 'outside my window, there is nothing but a sky.' Just my personal interpretations, obvs.

I don't know if it helps but people were discussing possible meanings in this thread after the album came out. There's also a long street in Oakland called Adeline Street and the guys had a record label called Adeline Records which closed around 2017 I think (anyone feel free to correct me if I have the date wrong).

These are all from Billie. The American Dream Is Killing Me: 'That song is more about being a stressed-out American. Our politics are so divided and polarized right now. We had an insurrection. We have homeless people in the street. We have so many issues, and they come onto your algorithm feed at such a pace. It just stresses you out, the anxiety of being an American and how it becomes so overwhelming. I think it was easier to satirize George Bush because we didn’t have social media. It was before all the tech bros came in. Now you have these billionaires who would rather shoot a rocket into space than deal with the infrastructure we have here.' (Vulture, 2024) One Eyed Bastard: ‘Lyrically, I was just reflecting on bad times in life. That’s the thing about nostalgia, sometimes you think, “That was an awful time.” Everybody’s got that ugly place in their life where they have to deal with ugly thoughts – it could be like revenge or whatever. Thankfully, I have an outlet in songwriting.’ (Rolling Stone, January 2024) Dilemma: 'That’s one of my favourite songs on the record. I think it really cuts to the core of drug addiction, alcohol addiction and mental health. The first line is, "Welcome to my problems / It’s not an invitation." It almost sounds like Facebook within itself. It’s like, "Come feel sorry for me, come feel my pain." But, you know, I don’t have Facebook or Twitter, so I just do it in songs to where I think with melody it becomes more relatable, and people can interpret it in the different ways they want. It could be me just joking, but it could be dead fucking serious, too.' (Kerrang, 2024) Bobby Sox: ‘Bobby Sox was originally about just sitting on the sofa or going to a movie with my missus. It was sort of more about our relationship, but I flipped the script a little bit with the second chorus where it goes into "do you wanna be my boyfriend?" So I sort of flipped the gender thing before on Basket Case, but this one gives it a whole new level. Sort of turns the song into a queer anthem.’ (SiriusXM, 2024) Suzie Chapstick: ‘Suzie Chapstick could be a song about what your friends are up to lately, you haven't seen in years, looking on Instagram... to see how other people's lives are doing, and we're all alive and doing well together, so…’ (SiriusXM, 2024) Strange Days Are Here to Stay: 'There’s one line that says, "Ever since Bowie died, it hasn’t been the same." That’s always kind of stuck with me. That was the beginning of 2016, and then it seemed like when the Starman left this Earth, all the mad men came in and started to destroy everything.' (Kerrang, 2024) Living in the '20s: 'Living In The ‘20s is like we are living in The Upside Down. My country is supposed to be the United States of America but there’s no unity at all. And so, I observe and I report what I see. And strange days are here to stay.' (Kerrang, 2024) Father to a Son: 'It's heavy. I was only 22 years old when I became a dad and time has passed, and they’ve become the young men that they are now. I wanted a moment like Wake Me Up When September Ends, which is a song about my father, being a son. But the other side of the coin is me being a father to my sons and hoping that I did something good. I’m saying I’m going to ride shotgun as close to my sons as I possibly can, to try to do the best I can. And thankfully, I have a really, really, good relationship with both.' Father to a Son: 'I dedicated the song to my two sons, who are now 28 and 25 years old. I wrote Wake Me Up When September Ends about my father twenty years ago. I was 10 when he died. Then I became a father myself at an early age and simply didn’t know what I was doing, what was expected of me. I did my best and was always there as these babies became boys, these boys became young men.' I don't remember where the Father to a Son ones came from... anyone have any idea?

When they were putting snippets of 1972 on the socials, the only song that didn't end up on Saviors was that one.

Weird to me that the deluxe edition doesn't include Fever.

I prefer these deluxe editions to a throw away EP, and I have a feeling that's what Green Day are thinking as well. Why put out an EP that nobody's going to pay any attention to when you could do a few more songs and do a full on album cycle. These bonus tracks are a lot like 1972 in that way. Remember all the hype - "Green Day have 6 songs, aaaaagh!" But this time, it's adding to the album, giving us fan a more satisfying conclusion to the Saviors era, may it continue so far that it overlaps into - and yeah, I don't leave without doing it- ALBUM 15 ERA, oh yeah!!!!!

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.

get this Stay + Too Young = this song

Fan drawings of the band, album covers, backgrounds etc etc