Song of the Week Christie Road

[Princess Consuela]

I love this song, too. It gives me such a nostalgic feeling.

Glad to know someone watched all 3 vids!

Nostalgic feeling is a perfect description of what listening to this song causes. It's very comforting to know someone's been exactly where you are right now in your life. It gives that feeling you're listening to your best friend who understand you like no one else. It's not just about just Christie Road, I think I can say that about many other GD songs. This one, though, is a very special one

And I watched all 3 videos as well I loved how they were all played by the same band, yet are completely different to each other. Fuse show is one of my favourites, not to mention the classic Chicago '94

[Splotnik3]

awesome song. this song along with Scattered and Letterbomb made me so glad i saw Green day at Wembley rather than the O2 like i was supposed to.

[Little Girl Little One]

This song is currently the most played on my iPod right now.

That may have something to do with my playing Green Day songs the most, and it being on my relax playlist and me napping a lot lol.

[sampy]

About two weeks ago I watched live clips of this song from youtube, it's such an awesome song ! Love it

[Hermione]

"Take me to the tracks at Christie Road!" - the most enjoyable line ever! When I bought Kerplunk and was listening to it for the first time on the bus because I couldn't wait until I was home, that line took me right by surprise and I must have looked like this sitting there: :D . I can't remember ever being so delighted by a song from the first listen. It's a beautiful song.

Those videos are great. I love watching the Fuse one because it's so special to see them doing those old songs now they're older. Especially a song like Christie Road that's already so nostalgic, it's just great to see them singing it all these years later

[Lauren]

I sing this song to my baby niece when she's fussy. I walk around the room rocking her. She looks up at me with the cutest look on her face. Moments like that are the most wonderful moments ever.

It always calms her down and she falls asleep.

[Guest Shangri-La]

i completely smacked christie c road in the face last night while opening a bathroom door. true story.

[persons]

this was my fav off Kerpunk! for a while, i still love it though .

[Salmonator.]

I love this song, I was fortunate enough to hear it live at the concert.

<3

[petros]

Yeah a really great song..I love it..

[GoodRiddanceGE]

Christie Road is a beautiful song!

I listened to it first when I was about 14 and still went on holiday with my parents and my younger brother. I was totally bored and while sitting in the back seat of my parents car I listened to Kerplunk.

It seemed to fit with my mood perfectly. Far away from home, without my friends and desperately trying to kill some time. That´s what Christie Road is about for me.

By the way: What/Where is Christie Road? Does it really exist and what´s the special meaning behind it? Would be very nice if you could help me out with that!

[Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love]

^ It does really exist, and it's a place and with train tracks, and maybe it's a station or something? but I'm not sure about that, right now I'm just recalling things I've heard being said about it so I'm probably very much wrong. I think Jerry once said that it was mainly mud and more mud.

I'm not stalker kay, just happen to remember that. *awkward laugh*

I think I have a picture of it, let me search it.

edit:

The special meaning ... I think it mainly has a special meaning to Billie/and other people who (used to) go there. The song is about the meaning.

I'm sorry if this post doesn't make sense/has false information, my head is kind of a mess

[Shirley']

omg how much i love this song It's really amazing, one of my fav green day songs.. It makes me feel so happy I'd love to hear it live and I'm sure I would cry tears of happiness

'If there's one thing that I need

That makes me feel complete

So I go to Christie Road.

It's home. It’s home.'

So beautiful

^ It does really exist, and it's a place and with train tracks, and maybe it's a station or something? but I'm not sure about that, right now I'm just recalling things I've heard being said about it so I'm probably very much wrong. I think Jerry once said that it was mainly mud and more mud.

I'm not stalker kay, just happen to remember that. *awkward laugh*

I think I have a picture of it, let me search it.

edit:

The special meaning ... I think it mainly has a special meaning to Billie/and other people who (used to) go there. The song is about the meaning.

I'm sorry if this post doesn't make sense/has false information, my head is kind of a mess

That sounds interesting - I always thought it didn't exist...

[Bastard of 1967]

I always thought it didn't exist...

It's a real place, I *think* in Martinez, CA -- about a half-hour or so's drive NE of Oakland. Go to Google Maps and enter the following into the search box:

37.999545,-122.203116

If you pull up a satellite view you'll see the railroad tracks that I think Billie's singing about.

[Elissa.]

This song is amazing

It's my favorite off of Kerplunk!

[Guest Shangri-La]

It's a real place, I *think* in Martinez, CA -- about a half-hour or so's drive NE of Oakland. Go to Google Maps and enter the following into the search box:

37.999545,-122.203116

If you pull up a satellite view you'll see the railroad tracks that I think Billie's singing about.

Martinez is the nearest train station, but the place he's talking about in the song is probably in Crockett.

[gone2pasalacqua]

I went to christie road today. it's a real place, with train tracks. it's less than 20 mins from berkeley.

[Izzard]

^ It does really exist, and it's a place and with train tracks, and maybe it's a station or something? but I'm not sure about that, right now I'm just recalling things I've heard being said about it so I'm probably very much wrong. I think Jerry once said that it was mainly mud and more mud.

I'm not stalker kay, just happen to remember that. *awkward laugh*

I think I have a picture of it, let me search it.

edit: http://i48.tinypic.com/294tbo5.jpg

The special meaning ... I think it mainly has a special meaning to Billie/and other people who (used to) go there. The song is about the meaning.

I'm sorry if this post doesn't make sense/has false information, my head is kind of a mess

Christie road is the place Billie and Ex-Girlfriend Erica Paleno used to sneak off together too. I read it in nobody likes you, here is a quote from Erica, talking about Billie Joe.

"I would steal his notebooks, and lyric books. I still have them, but they're tucked away. There's the original version to Christie Road, which he wrote for me and my mom. Its about meeting him at the train tracks and sneaking out of the house because my mom didn't let me. I was always grounded."

Just thought i would share that tid-bit of information this is the page of the book, http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sn...3_3540294_n.jpg

[Tubbie Head]

Oh my, this is one of my favorite songs <3

I really wanted to hear it live, like the acoustic version of it

I had a sign requesting it, but I just couldn't show it at the show.. I was so pissed when I saw that Billie played it the show after mine! lol

Oh well, I'll have my time, I hope

Christie road is the place Billie and Ex-Girlfriend Erica Paleno used to sneak off together too. I read it in nobody likes you, here is a quote from Erica, talking about Billie Joe.

"I would steal his notebooks, and lyric books. I still have them, but they're tucked away. There's the original version to Christie Road, which he wrote for me and my mom. Its about meeting him at the train tracks and sneaking out of the house because my mom didn't let me. I was always grounded."

Just thought i would share that tid-bit of information this is the page of the book, http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sn...3_3540294_n.jpg

Ohh I didn't know about that, thank you! He was and is a sweetie

I really have to read that book

[Sanity Loan]

I think Hearts Collide should have been the Song of the Week this time because of Valentine's Day

[Supermodel*Robot]

This song was one of my favourites for the longest time, but I haven't been that into it lately. I think it's because I'm not up for slower music right now. Either way, I love the lines "or my brains will explode."

[Savior of Rebellion]

J'net I totally get what you mean ( and yes I watched all three of the videos!! )

beautiful song choice, I can totally relate to it

..also, I was laughing soo hard at the beggining of the third video

[Mar]

Since people were asking again...

As was pointed out by someone else in here, there's a Christie AVENUE that runs along the train tracks by the Emeryville train station (which isn't far from Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe). I'll be going right along them when I go out there this summer, I'm excited [/geek]

[Yellow Felony]

My favorite song on Kerplunk!

[Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love]

Christie road is the place Billie and Ex-Girlfriend Erica Paleno used to sneak off together too. I read it in nobody likes you, here is a quote from Erica, talking about Billie Joe.

"I would steal his notebooks, and lyric books. I still have them, but they're tucked away. There's the original version to Christie Road, which he wrote for me and my mom. Its about meeting him at the train tracks and sneaking out of the house because my mom didn't let me. I was always grounded."

Just thought i would share that tid-bit of information this is the page of the book, http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sn...3_3540294_n.jpg

I didn't know that, that's a nice bit of information (: Thanks!

I still want to buy that book...