ask Billie Joe - Time.com

[FinkaliciousBillie(:]

I cant wait to see what types of questions they ask. Hopefully good interesting ones, not lame boring ones.

My question was something along the lines of... Whats it like having control of thousands of people at a concert. Having them do pretty much whatever you tell them to do.

Not the best but it was the first thing that came to mind.

[Marki.]

Haha, yeah, it's always nice to hear Billie Joe invented your country

Hahaha it'd be the best country if Billie invented it

[heartscollide]

what does mpls stand for in mpls song?

thats my question.

Isn't is Minneapolis or whatever?

something like that.

[UnderClassHero]

lmfao who wrote 'hey billie where do babies come from?' hahah i would laugh if he actually picked that to answer. but my comp is being a scumbag and won't let me post a damned question

[Velocity]

lmfao who wrote 'hey billie where do babies come from?' hahah i would laugh if he actually picked that to answer. but my comp is being a scumbag and won't let me post a damned question

Submissions have been closed for a few days, that's why you weren't able to post a question.

[UnderClassHero]

Submissions have been closed for a few days, that's why you weren't able to post a question.

thanks dude. that helped heaps, i didn't even realise damn, wish i had known about this sooner.. oh well

[KerplunkxCreak]

lmfao who wrote 'hey billie where do babies come from?' hahah i would laugh if he actually picked that to answer. but my comp is being a scumbag and won't let me post a damned question

it would be fun about he babies queston hehe

[Kristina.]

Haha, yeah, it's always nice to hear Billie Joe invented your country

Hahaha it'd be the best country if Billie invented it

Exactly! Agree with both of you, girls...

[Jacob.]

what does mpls stand for in mpls song?

thats my question.

If you're talking about a city, it means Minneapolis, Minnesota. (and I would know that. )

[dawn71]

sorry for the repost I was trying to edit my post and I clicked the wrong button and it posted twice I appoligize for that. I'm kind of new here and I can't figure out how to delete one of them anyone have any ideas? Please let me know so I can delte the accidental double posting of my earlier comment....

[Samma.Wamma]

(This is my opinion to which we are all entitled to ).There were only 10 questions that were going to be asked, and I had a hard time finding many good ones, I will not say their weren't some good questions because I did see a few. I read the fist 113 full pages of questions out of over 1,300, and I had to stop because I was so aggravated. It was about 50-55% was a bunch of questions asked like: repeats, wanting deep personal information (which isn't really any of our business, everyone is entitled to some privacy, especially when its about personal family questions), there were alot of "when will you come here's", a lot of nonsense that i read over and over and never could understand what they were trying to say or ask. About 20% of questions asked that even a basic newbie Green Day fan already knows and you don't have to search far to find out. There were 20% of questions asked I'll come back to those because they make my blood boil every time i see or hear them so I'll come back to those because they will take up some space because I'm going to finally have my say on that topic once and for all!! The last 5-10% I will say were good questions, that asked for legitimate question that would yield outstanding information on topic that were great.

Now back to that 20% that makes my blood boil, It needs its own paragraph because I have alot to say on those matters. I am sick and tired of hearing the sell-outs word! Green Day isn't a sale out!! There are several punk bands that signed to major labels before Green Day did, any they never caught as much of a shit storm as Green Day has. The Clash (signed to CBS), The Sex Pistols (signed to EMI), Social Distortion (Epic), and I could go on. Green Day has to work for a living just like the rest of us. If you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth you have to work for a living in this world if you want to survive, but if you love what you do it will never feel like work. Fortunately, for Green Day they have special talents that most of us do not possess. They were able to do what they loved and are damn great at. Green Day was able to make that their work and call it what ever it is work and they work damn hard at it and awesome at what they do. I really don't know that many great bands that wouldn't signed when made an offered like Green Day got. They got to play their music their way. If anyone came to them to sign with a major label but the condition would be that they had to do it the labels way, Green Day would have told them in no uncertain terms to go to hell. Actually they did basically that many times when they were approached by several other major labels before they signed with Reprise. Green Day wanted to get their music out there for the whole world to hear. It has always been about the music to them. If it was about the money they could have quit a long time ago. Because I am sure they have enough money to live more than comfortably for the rest of their lives if money was all it was.Another topic that is like finger nails down a chalk board is that Green Day isn't the same band as they were before in what was called the "Dookie Era"(and I'll comment on this era bull in a minute), and that is bullshit. They are the same band they have always been! All of Green Day's music has their unmistakable sound. When I listen to their earlier work and their most recent work and I know in a heartbeat that it was the same band. The topics may have changed but the music is the same to me. Topics change with age and our surroundings. When they were young they sang about masturbation, tell your parents and other authority figures to screw off and go to hell ( they still tell some authority figures where they can go in their recent released music), and other topics along those lines. As they grew topics started to slowly changed as they were effected by everything going on in their life by the people, situations, and with society as whole. So, that's what they sing about. They sing about what they know, how they feel, and what they think. They are an awesome band. They have stuck together way longer than most bands have. Its the music that they make together that keeps them together. Its bigger than any one person. Its about Green Day's music. Now about this era crap, they are not eras they are albums. To hear that you would think there were 20 yrs. between albums. I have been a huge fan of Green Day since a high school friend of mine played me the vinyls of 39 Smooth and Kerplunk, finally music That I could understand that understood me. The next day after school I immediately went the store but I couldn't find it in any stores in Georgia. So the next day I asked my friend why and he explained he got it from the times he saw them live in California, from when he had lived there. He said they were independent and I wouldn't find them in the stores around here. I had him make me a few tapes. I am so grateful Green Day did sign to a major label because my tapes were about worn out from constant playing. Now I could go to the store and buy their records and cassettes. Green Day is awesome and they have always been and always will be Punk! I'll stop my ranting now.....

I agree with you 100%

In fact, I agree with you so much, I shit my pants.

[Tubbie Head]

^ me too! That was very well said,

@dawn71 - I love the fact that you are a fan since the early days and still keep your passion going on, and still support the band these days...There aren't many people like you unfortunately

btw, Welcome to the forum! hope you stick around!!! And, did you post any question in the site??

I couldn't post mine -.-

[susanananananaa]

There's different editions for Europe and America but they post the questions on the website so we don't actually need to go out any buy the magazine

That's good to know!

I asked a geeky question about why he changed the lyrics from the 21st Century Breakdown song demo to the album version.

[Metanoia]

That's good to know!

I asked a geeky question about why he changed the lyrics from the 21st Century Breakdown song demo to the album version.

thats still cool im wondering why he put away the berlin wall part

[Conspiracy.]

^jeez, I wanted the Berlin wall part to be in the song so badly.

Anyway, I asked what would be his first official act if he was president for one day. That's such a lame question.

[Metanoia]

^jeez, I wanted the Berlin wall part to be in the song so badly.

Anyway, I asked what would be his first official act if he was president for one day. That's such a lame question.

yeah as i first heard it i was like wo he just said berlin

i still like that version better at all

[Conspiracy.]

yeah as i first heard it i was like wo he just said berlin

i still like that version better at all

I was like OMG he mentioned that city the I live in!

haha, I still say 'From Mexico to the Berlin Wall' when I sing along.

okay, this is going a bit off topic.

[Metanoia]

I was like OMG he mentioned that city the I live in!

haha, I still say 'From Mexico to the Berlin Wall' when I sing along.

okay, this is going a bit off topic.

yes well i was like he mentioned berlin which is at least the capital of the country i live in

but yeah to stay offtopic do the people whos questions will be asked get an email before ?

[poisonoak]

it sucks that its only 10 questions why cant it be like 100? lol cant get enough of billie

[Rosie May]

it sucks that its only 10 questions why cant it be like 100? lol cant get enough of billie

That would take forever! (but really interesting toread ) Imagine the amount of y'knows there'd be

[Peace and Rainbows]

That would take forever! (but really interesting toread ) Imagine the amount of y'knows there'd be

more than the number of words in the questions asked

[Izzard]

When does this come out?

[in_your_face]

When does this come out?

i dunno!

[Metanoia]

When does this come out?

anytime this week ...

[Laura!]

I'm so curious what questions he answered.