Ever get emotional over Green Day?

[punkfunkdisco]

Ah, a drummer wrote them. That's why they make no sense!

Thanks, Juan.

[Ayame]

Not so much emotional, but the whole American Idiot makes me think back to about a year ago when I bought it. I was with a friend that day. But she's not my friend anymore and I think back to the times when we hadfun together.

[Katarina.]

Not really.. It's just that the lyrics make me think about other times in my life.. like last year.. when I had a difficult time and stuff..

[RebelofSuburbia]

that doesn't have to be true, you know. Not all people listen very closely to a song or feel some sort of connection. They interpreted a song the way they want it to be not the way it is 'supposed' to be according to the theme of the song/album. Everyone interpreted a song different, I know that, but once you know the theme you listen the song different than you did before. You start discovering things which you didn't saw before. And that is, for me though, a turning point where I can get emotional, not crying or so but it gets some sort of meaning to me

that is actually what she was trying to say.. Because, assuming that Green Day is/was the favorite band of everybody on here, they probably have listened to their songs through and through and have had such turning points that you talk about, seeing deeper meanings and stuff.

[BJ4E]

Sometimes.My mood changes easily

[RiotGrrlGD]

Completely agree about the lyrics Janewt, that's exacty how I see them.

When I first got into Green Day, every time I got another album or song, I was just amazed that a band could seem to speak to me like that, I can't express how strange and great it was. I don't think I'd ever really been 'moved' by music before, but there's just something about them. Their songs can reflect and change how I'm feeling, whatever mood I'm in. If any music does ever move me to tears, you can bet it'll be their doing!

Amen to that

The high I get during a show is followed by an incredible low, like withdrawl. If I could buy the Green Day experience on the street, like crack, I'd probably be dead.

[emmaILGD!]

Bumpppp.

Anyway, I got very emotional over 21 Guns a couple of months ago. I was watching the video, and at that time I was having some problems with some friends and stuff. As soon as I heard ''Did someone break your heart inside?'', I burst into tears XD.

[Prisca]

Most definitely. It brings back a wave of nostalgia for me. They're like the soundtrack to my life! Haha

[Juju]

Normaly, I don't get emotional very easily. But at the concert last Sunday, Billie was playing "Time of Your Life" and everyone was singing along (including me) and for some reason, I just started crying my eyes out. It was such a big thing for me, to be able to see them live. They'll never be able to understand how much they mean to me. Their music has helped me get through SO many hard times and to be able to go to a show and see my heroes live, it was just... amazingly indescribable. I know that sounds silly, but it's true.

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I also cried the first time I heard iViva La Gloria! where it says "bring us the season that we always will remember/don't let the bonfires go out!" and I'm still trying to figure out why.

[Nikki_Nimrod]

Yes, definitely. But only every so often. When i saw them live i teared up three times (when they first came out, during Last Night On Earth, and during Good Riddance.) and sometimes I cry during the really meaningful songs, like Jesus of Suburbia and 21 Guns, and WMUWSE, just because they're so moving and i relate so much.

[Minority_GD]

I often get emotional over green day.

It's when I hear the songs that were played at the concert I went to.

I just remember how great it was and wish it would happen again.

I sometimes cry then.

[mad hatter.]

Normaly, I don't get emotional very easily. But at the concert last Sunday, Billie was playing "Time of Your Life" and everyone was singing along (including me) and for some reason, I just started crying my eyes out. It was such a big thing for me, to be able to see them live. They'll never be able to understand how much they mean to me. Their music has helped me get through SO many hard times and to be able to go to a show and see my heroes live, it was just... amazingly indescribable. I know that sounds silly, but it's true.

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Couldn't have said it any better myself.

[dolce]

Yes. I'm really not an emotional person - I cry once every few months, I don't get angry easily, I don't get upset easily - I'm just not an overly-emotional person. With Green Day, though - you need to understand, corny as it may sound, that they are one of the best parts of my life. I've had my ups and downs, and when I felt like I had nothing else, I still had my Ipod to listen to them on. I still had my computer to go watch interviews of them. I could still read about them. They were there when I felt completely alone and afraid. I would never say I was suicidal, but I had severe anxiety, and if it weren't for them, I don't think I could've made it through to be as happy and healthy as I am today.

I've so far been to 3 Green Day concerts, and the last one I went to in Madison Square Garden got me very, very emotional. I'm so proud that I fell in love with a band that is so talented, and at the same time remain really cool, normal guys who treat their fans great. During JOS at one point, Billie was kneeling in the middle of the catwalk, pumping his fist with everyone in the pit following his lead, and I just lost it. It was a beautiful moment. It was beautiful because I knew that all those people pumping their fists were just like me. Green Day has touched them, too. This band is so special to so many people, and I'm proud to say I'm their fan. Then when Billie came out and played Drama Queen, a song I had quietly been hoping they'd play - I know it wasn't, but at that moment, it felt like they played it just for me. Seeing Billie come out on that catwalk, guitar in hand - I started balling.

I get emotional over 21CB, just seeing how much they've evolved. They've come into their own as artists, and they're proud of the music they create. And they damn well should be. I was blown away at Billie being able to hit those high notes, and to knock the falsetto out of the park. Billie's lyrics are 100% honest, and I can't say I find that with many bands. Nothing is made into poetry - it's exactly what he's feeling, good, bad, or ugly. Every song is special because it's not some made-up tune - it's pure emotion. There isn't one Green Day song that doesn't mean something to the band, and that's moving.

Also, just thinking about how much I've grown since first listening to them, and even how much they have grown, as musicians, as people - it's incredible. Without them, I wouldn't have began writing, and since then I've decided that I want to go to college for a journalism major and write for the rest of my life. Their affect on me is larger than I could ever sum up in some words. I think about these things and I can't help but tear up.

I could keep going and going, but I'll stop.

[Nele]

i got pretty emotinal when i bought the tickets.

and i will egt emotional when i am at their concerts. verrrrrry emotional.

[Isabel]

When I first saw Green Day's Irish dates, I was sitting at a computer in college and I literally stood up and said "I have to go" and walked out the door. It was during the most stressful term of the year and I had so much work to do, but it all seemed so meaningless at that moment. I went outside, got into my car and screamed so loudly and started singing/dancing/crying/not making sense. I went into an absolute frenzy!

I'm 99% sure I'll cry when they come out on stage in Belfast. And the worst part is, I really don't want to! I don't want to come across all sissy like, but I just can't help it. It's been in the making since February 1st 2005, because after seeing them the night before, I became a much bigger fan than I was pre American Idiot. I never liked them as much as I did after that show. I understand them so much more and feel like I have this immense connection with them; so much so, that no matter who says what, I'll think "Yeah but you just don't get it, you just can't feel the same way about them as I do."

Call me crazy/stupid/sad/goonish but Green Day really is the most important thing to me. I've never been so passionate about anything else before. Ever.

[drumstick]

OH YEAH!

I'll always remember the day I found out that I'll see them live in Vienna! holy shit! I thought I'll die every minute

I can't even imagine what will happen on November 6th! Holly shit! If I don't die then, I will never die

[JeanJeanie]

What I wrote in my blog the day after their August 1st show:

As the lights dimmed the crowd's roar grew louder, Bill's voice could be heard softly singing "Song of the Century". Suddenly, he was just there in the centre of the stage and everything that I had been able to push aside over the course of the last 2 months all just caught up with me right at that moment for some reason. I was once again the alienated and timid 15-year-old girl and this band was once again the only thing that mattered to me. Their music made it all better. I was so relieved to see Mike, Tre, and Billie just a few feet away from me that I almost started crying right there in front of everyone.

I had to do that weird sharp inhale thing to keep from bawling.

[pau72]

yeah a couple of times .when I listened to 21 guns the first time,whatsername,time of your life.

but I'm not emotional at all ,it depens of what I'm going through

[*Green_girl*]

i cried at the end of the concert i went too

[!Viva La Analee!]

WMUWSE in BIAB, it's just so emotional i can't help it.

When Billie played Macy's Day Parade and Good Riddance at the concert.

When they were on the Grammy's this year, I was so excited, I hadn't seen them in like, three years, I was starting to think they would never come back, so I was overwhelmed.

And when I got 21CB I was just so excited.

When i told my parents about this tour's tour dates and they first told me i couldn't go, i just broke down.

but then eventually we worked things out. it was soo nerve wracking and stressful.

[colormestoopid]

JOS will always rumble some hardcore emotions in me, more now than ever before and it will always be a part of me, always<3

I cried like a baby when they played "When I Come Around" at MSG. It holds a special place in my heart so hearing it live was a dream come true.

And I was never one to cry for "Good Riddance" or even care for it, but after being picked on stage to play with the guys, just hearing "I hope you had the time of your life" just made me break down like crazy because I never thought in my wildest dreams that what happened to me would happen and it did, and I did have the time of my fucking life.

[watsername182]

I get pissed off when people talk shit about Green Day.

Does that count as emotional?

[JHyena86]

I get emotional a lot about Green Day. Mostly excitement and stuff, or emotions the songs bring out- you all know how that goes. The most emotional time though was at the end of the Houston concert. I was standing right where Mike was (centered in front of his mic) and the security guy was an ass and wouldn't let me have the picks that Mike kept tossing towards us. So at the end of the concert, after Mike and Tre left, I caught something on the side stage and turned to look and found Mike standing there, waving to me. I waved back, and he smiled then tapped the security guy (or stage manager or whatever the guy was) and handed him something, the started pointing to me, and I gave him a questioning look and pointed to myself and he nodded, so I started to wave to get the guys attention. He finally saw me and and handed me a pick, and Mike watched for my reaction. My friend actually ended up giving me a pick earlier on that he had caught (since I'm the bigger fan), but Mike hadn't seen it, and he wanted to make sure I got one. It was such a little gesture, but it meant the world to me (especially considering how Mike is my personal hero in many many ways). I was almost crying from happiness at the end. Lame, I know, but I couldn't help it.

The security guard in front of me seemed pissed about it, after going to such length to keep me from getting a pick. Heh, served him right. Asshole.

[!Viva La Analee!]

I get emotional a lot about Green Day. Mostly excitement and stuff, or emotions the songs bring out- you all know how that goes. The most emotional time though was at the end of the Houston concert. I was standing right where Mike was (centered in front of his mic) and the security guy was an ass and wouldn't let me have the picks that Mike kept tossing towards us. So at the end of the concert, after Mike and Tre left, I caught something on the side stage and turned to look and found Mike standing there, waving to me. I waved back, and he smiled then tapped the security guy (or stage manager or whatever the guy was) and handed him something, the started pointing to me, and I gave him a questioning look and pointed to myself and he nodded, so I started to wave to get the guys attention. He finally saw me and and handed me a pick, and Mike watched for my reaction. My friend actually ended up giving me a pick earlier on that he had caught (since I'm the bigger fan), but Mike hadn't seen it, and he wanted to make sure I got one. It was such a little gesture, but it meant the world to me (especially considering how Mike is my personal hero in many many ways). I was almost crying from happiness at the end. Lame, I know, but I couldn't help it.

The security guard in front of me seemed pissed about it, after going to such length to keep me from getting a pick. Heh, served him right. Asshole.

awwww that's so nice!

mike seems like sucha nice, sweet guy!

[colormestoopid]

I get emotional a lot about Green Day. Mostly excitement and stuff, or emotions the songs bring out- you all know how that goes. The most emotional time though was at the end of the Houston concert. I was standing right where Mike was (centered in front of his mic) and the security guy was an ass and wouldn't let me have the picks that Mike kept tossing towards us. So at the end of the concert, after Mike and Tre left, I caught something on the side stage and turned to look and found Mike standing there, waving to me. I waved back, and he smiled then tapped the security guy (or stage manager or whatever the guy was) and handed him something, the started pointing to me, and I gave him a questioning look and pointed to myself and he nodded, so I started to wave to get the guys attention. He finally saw me and and handed me a pick, and Mike watched for my reaction. My friend actually ended up giving me a pick earlier on that he had caught (since I'm the bigger fan), but Mike hadn't seen it, and he wanted to make sure I got one. It was such a little gesture, but it meant the world to me (especially considering how Mike is my personal hero in many many ways). I was almost crying from happiness at the end. Lame, I know, but I couldn't help it.

The security guard in front of me seemed pissed about it, after going to such length to keep me from getting a pick. Heh, served him right. Asshole.

Love Mike, seriously.