Green Day Saved Me

[kazoo]

i really think it has. before..i was listening to alot of crap that really got me nowhere. i wasnt appreciating music the way i am now. but Green Day is one of those bands i never thought i'd listen to, but hey. look where i am now?

but no matter what mood im in, GD just makes it better. i wish i had an iPod so i could take them with me everywhere, and have them at school, where i need them most.

they've just inspired me to break the mold and that its not wrong to question authority. i think my life will be completely different because of one little song that started my whole domino effect into Green Day.

[fashionvictim86]

Reject is a pretty powerful anthem as well. Especially people who don't fit in with others pressuring them to be just like the crowd.

[misslyssx]

Aw, yeah. The way the guitar solo thrashes in, and is followed by that sullen quietness - that part really affects me the most. There aren't any lyrics, but it's a real powerful part, I think.

Mhm, I couldn't agree more and I'm going to listen to it right now haha

[mistress]

No doubt Green Day saved me. I was in a really dark place, then i heard BOBD for the first time.

keep in mind I was 42 at the time, and hadn't bought a cd for myself years,

everything i did was wrapped around my kids, and being a single parent, trying to make it thru day by day.

I got the AI cd within a week, and everything changed. within a few months, i had them all.

Every song I heard brought me higher, I couldn't believe that anything or anyone could do that. but a BAND?? no way!

She, Waiting, Redundant, Whatsername, WMUWSE, etc etc etc etc...I can't even count how many of their songs got to me.

I'm a grown woman, how could a band possibly change my state of mind?

well, they did, and I'm still in awe that these 3 guys could make such a huge impact on everything

i think, feel, say and do. and to blow me away a little more, they did it again with 21stCB!!

and I thank my lucky stars i found them!!!!

[Cassie.]

I don't think they really helped me during all of my shit. But they did afterwards. Helped me to come to terms with it, and understand myself a wee bit better.

[Rebel07]

Green Day hasn't "saved" me, but they've definatly been a massive influence on me and helped me through a few things. I started listening to them when I was in middle school. I was around 13 and I was in my really awkward stage. lol.

There really the ones that taught me not to give a damn about what anyone says or thinks. Just to be who you are. That really made things for me, alot easier and fun. Because of that mindset, my high school career was extremely enjoyable. No drama, or any bullshit like that. It also helps in actually finding true friends, which are very rare anyway.

True friends are the ones that have stuck with me through it all. I only have 1 person that i can say has. We've been best friends for almost 13 years. Shes always been around, shes never judged me, or tried to change me. Finding that in someone today, is very rare. There are so many fake people. I honestly believe you can't completely trust 99% of people.

Where I am in my life right now is, I'm a semester into college and alot of what I think about is the future. Like whats going to happen after college, am I going to have a job? Am I going to be on my own? Just a bunch of different questions like that, I'm extremely scared of growing up. I've kinda been babied my whole life and just the idea of growing up and having to deal with things, scares the freaking crap out of me. So the song 16, off of 1039SOSH is a song that means ALOT to me.

I kinda starting rambling a bit, so I'm done :whistling:

[Luci_Minority]

Everytime I feel bad or sad...I have music in general...and I feel better

There was a time in march I was really sad...I was in a bad period with anxiety attacs everyday going to school and sometime at home...one of this days I watch BIAB...I was feeling better...the day some classmate convinced me to return to school their music help me so much

[Rae'n'shine]

Green Day hasn't "saved" me, but they've definatly been a massive influence on me and helped me through a few things. I started listening to them when I was in middle school. I was around 13 and I was in my really awkward stage. lol.

There really the ones that taught me not to give a damn about what anyone says or thinks. Just to be who you are. That really made things for me, alot easier and fun. Because of that mindset, my high school career was extremely enjoyable. No drama, or any bullshit like that. It also helps in actually finding true friends, which are very rare anyway.

True friends are the ones that have stuck with me through it all. I only have 1 person that i can say has. We've been best friends for almost 13 years. Shes always been around, shes never judged me, or tried to change me. Finding that in someone today, is very rare. There are so many fake people. I honestly believe you can't completely trust 99% of people.

Where I am in my life right now is, I'm a semester into college and alot of what I think about is the future. Like whats going to happen after college, am I going to have a job? Am I going to be on my own? Just a bunch of different questions like that, I'm extremely scared of growing up. I've kinda been babied my whole life and just the idea of growing up and having to deal with things, scares the freaking crap out of me. So the song 16, off of 1039SOSH is a song that means ALOT to me.

I kinda starting rambling a bit, so I'm done :whistling:

This. I know exactly what you mean. When I graduated high school in the summer of '08, I was scared about my future. I listed to 1039SOSH for about 2 weeks straight. Green Day always seems to have a song about wherever I am in my life.

[Sarahnade.]

Mhm, I couldn't agree more and I'm going to listen to it right now haha

I made a point to listen to it everyday of September. It's especially special that month. But it's always a great song to listen to, no matter what time of year. It's probably the most uplifting song Billie has written.

[Ally]

ended up listening to st jimmy last night, cos i was in a bit of a mess after my dad had a major stroke it made me feel slightly better, didnt quite work the wonders it usually does though, but i guess it won't when you get told your dad might not pull through.

[fatherotti]

ended up listening to st jimmy last night, cos i was in a bit of a mess after my dad had a major stroke it made me feel slightly better, didnt quite work the wonders it usually does though, but i guess it won't when you get told your dad might not pull through.

im so sorry to hear that but what ever you do DONT listen to No one Knows!

No one Know and hard times dont mix...... :/ trust me it'll get you thinking and you will literally cry your insides out :cry:

[Radioactive1]

Hmm nothing bad's really happened *touch wood it won't* so no they've not saved me but they have helped me.

I am going through a bit of a shitty time at the moment and I've been listening to Green Day a lot lot more. They make me forget everything <3

[LetItBeHappy]

Reject is a pretty powerful anthem as well. Especially people who don't fit in with others pressuring them to be just like the crowd.

Oh, yes. There was a time where I was writting in every school table the "what's the difference between you and me? I do what I want, you do what you're told!". Noone ever caught me (H)

Green Day hasn't "saved" me, but they've definatly been a massive influence on me and helped me through a few things. I started listening to them when I was in middle school. I was around 13 and I was in my really awkward stage. lol.

There really the ones that taught me not to give a damn about what anyone says or thinks. Just to be who you are. That really made things for me, alot easier and fun. Because of that mindset, my high school career was extremely enjoyable. No drama, or any bullshit like that. It also helps in actually finding true friends, which are very rare anyway.

True friends are the ones that have stuck with me through it all. I only have 1 person that i can say has. We've been best friends for almost 13 years. Shes always been around, shes never judged me, or tried to change me. Finding that in someone today, is very rare. There are so many fake people. I honestly believe you can't completely trust 99% of people.

Where I am in my life right now is, I'm a semester into college and alot of what I think about is the future. Like whats going to happen after college, am I going to have a job? Am I going to be on my own? Just a bunch of different questions like that, I'm extremely scared of growing up. I've kinda been babied my whole life and just the idea of growing up and having to deal with things, scares the freaking crap out of me. So the song 16, off of 1039SOSH is a song that means ALOT to me.

I kinda starting rambling a bit, so I'm done :whistling:

I'm still at highschool, but they're already scaring us with the "you have to choose your elective, you have to study so your grades won't blow your admission test", so I understand what you say

im so sorry to hear that but what ever you do DONT listen to No one Knows!

No one Know and hard times dont mix...... :/ trust me it'll get you thinking and you will literally cry your insides out :cry:

Actually, it makes you worry about things you weren't worry about before listening the song e.e

[Guest jetblackheart]

There are days when I want to give up. Viva La Gloria! saves me.

[Library Girl]

The songs by Green Day really mean a lot to me. Their whole music changed me and yes, maybe saved me.

Their songs helped me through a very difficult time and still do.

A few songs which really changed/helped me or just mean really a lot to me are:

Minority (it's an anthem isn't it? )

Jason Andrew Relva

Christie Road

She

Emenius Sleepus

Panic Song

Walking Contradiction

Rejcet

Jesus of Suburbia

[Penguin Puffball]

Not "saved" really, just helped me get over it when something goes wrong.

[BuriedInAHole]

^Me too..especially J.A.R...

[PhePheBill]

green day didnt really save me they saved my friend from commiting sucicide.

[BundleOfJoy]

I wouldn't say they saved me, but some years ago when I was 12 or so and in a school full of people listening to Destinys Child and wearing Hollister (e.g.) I really felt on the wrong place. And that was the time when I started listening to Green Day. I realized that being an individual is really what matters to me & you don't have to care about what other people think or say.

In December 2007 they found out that my boyfriend has leukemia (cancer). It was a hard time for us and it still is, but listening to songs like 'Good Riddance' or 'WMUWSE' helps to deal with the situation. Everytime I listen to these songs (especially 'Good Riddance') I feel much better.

As I sad before, I wouldn't say they saved me. But they helped me to find my way.

[LilyMarie]

I didn't know we had a thread like this. I posted my story in the 'She' discussion thread.

Aside from that, their music changed me...it gave me the courage to not give a fuck what anyone thinks.

Also, just everyday pissyness is erased by a healthy dose of Green Day.

[Rae'n'shine]

I didn't know we had a thread like this. I posted my story in the 'She' discussion thread.

Aside from that, their music changed me...it gave me the courage to not give a fuck what anyone thinks.

Also, just everyday pissyness is erased by a healthy dose of Green Day.

Can you copy the story from the She discussion thread to this one?

[LilyMarie]

Sure.

This song means so much to me. I nearly burst into tears when they played it in Seattle.

When it first came out, I didn't pay it too much attention. I mean, I dug the song, but I didn't find it particularly meaningful to me. I saw it as a song written about a teenage girl stuck at home with her parents, dying to get away. Cool and all, but not very relevant to me.

It wasn't until years later that I realized what a powerful, amazing song it was. I was trapped in a bad marriage with a very controlling husband. I felt stuck, stagnant, oppressed, and like I was dying inside. I knew I needed out, before I lost who I was. It was after a particularly bad day that 'She' came on the radio...and it was like I heard it for the first time. I really listened. I had been screaming in silence for years. I was most definitely locked up in a world that had been planned out for me. And I realized that I could get out. A light came on for me at that moment. I could fucking get out - had to, in fact. I did figure out that all my doubts were someone else's point of view, I found my brick, and I smashed the shit out of my long silence. I got the fuck out. I won't say that it was that week, or even that month...but that song set me on the path. I listened to it over, and over, and over - every single day until I was able to set myself free.

Whenever I hear it now, I feel so proud of myself... and so thankful to Green Day for helping me figure it out.

[alaniluau]

Green Day has saved me a lot of times. I feel this really close connection to them, like they know exactly how I feel. They say it so perfectly too. When I was ending a friendship a few months ago, Words I Might Have Ate described my thoughts flawlessly and helped me be more optimistic about the situation. JAR is one of my favorite songs of all time because it touches me in a way that can't be described. Also, lately I've been having a lot of panic attacks . Listening to GD and realizing that Billie struggles with the same issues I do makes me feel a whole lot better. I never thought a band could possibly ever mean so much to me, but Green Day has impacted my life so much. I love those boys.

[BraedonHorbacio]

Whenever I feel real apathetic and everything is boring and pointless, I listen to Green Day. It sounds like I'm dissing them or something. But I'm not. Green Day adds fun to everything.

[GreenDayBillieJoeLove017]

This thread is amazing.

I have a story to share.

Last November, my Grandpa passed away, he was more of like my Dad. He was a truck driver, and he was going to California, he was in Texas on the coast, and he had a heart attack while driving. (We live in TN). So... it was really difficult, he was my best friend, and after that, I was so vacant all the time. I fell into a lot of self destruction, and hurt myself worse than I should had. Then I listened to Wake Me Up When September Ends, Time Of Your Life, J.A.R., Viva La Gloria... those songs of their's saved me from suicide, and I contemplated that a lot. But that's my story. They did save me, and now that I'm healing from my loss, I owe Billie, Tre, Mike, and their music so much. My Grandpa was my hero, but now I can at least say that this wonderful band are also my hero's and inspiration to keep on going.((((:

Sorry about that spill, just wanted to get my Green Day story out there.