Riotgrrl_GD Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 The other JOS! Love them both. Two reasons why AI will forever be superior to 21CB, imo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenne! Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I love that if I start the AI cd when i leave my office, as i’m driving up the street to my house the lines “HOME - We’re coming home again” I love the many personalities in the song. i love the way it makes me feel. I love the line “You taught me how to live”. Parts of this song echo my life and i never realized how crazy things were – but in the end, i went Home and life has been pretty awesome. I love singing this song with my sister as we accompany ourselves on guitar and drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Lack of a Better Word Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 To me, it's a song of hope. Like, it encourages me to keep my head op high and keep going. No matter how fucked up life can be at the moment, never let go of your dreams and what you really believe in. This whole song radiates that feeling for me, from the lyrics and the music to the way all three of them sing it. Just a wonderful song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 AH, YES! So epic. I still get a chill when he sings "Jimmy died today, he blew his brains out into the Bay." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcause Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I love all the changes of tone that give different shades of the story - I love the rhyme-scheme of 'We're Coming Home', where 'heat' looks back over its shoulder to 'heartbeat', 'street', 'feet'. I love how it plays around with the difference between coming home and going home, and what home is. In the first few poignant lines, JOS is waiting, hoping against hope that Whatsername will call to say she's coming home - to him. 'You taught me how to live' - there it is, that's home, and it's not a physical place, it's their togetherness. For me, that line is the climax of the song - maybe even the climax of the whole album. Everything that follows is the collapse of a dream - and nothing else to do, seemingly, but go home, and big it up like it's a homecoming. This song is cinematic, passionate, heartrending, beautiful - it leaves you emotionally punchdrunk, and there's still 'Whatsername' to come - unforgettable Whatsername. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colour_me_stupid_ Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Excellent choice I was listening to it last night, it's incredible Reading the lyrics just there though, I realised I've had them wrong for ages! I thought "The fixture in the city of lust" was "a picture" I think East 12th Street is my favourite bit, but fuck, the whole song is a masterpiece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineGilman Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 great choice! i love that each band member contributes something to the song. it's so great. it's one of my favorites from AI, the song i think is underated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdpony Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Love this song! and I've always preferred this song over JOS, they're both awesome, but the fact that Billie Mike and Tre all sing in this song make iot really special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandajane Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 love this song!!! hopefully theyll play this at the shoreline show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Ann Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Homecoming! <3 I love it, I actually think it's one of my favourite. I love Mike's singing in it & the lyrics are just wonderful. I would give anything to hear this live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eighty. Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 the time has come and it's going nowhere uuu uuuuuu this song deserves to be the song of the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riotgrrl_GD Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 What show is the first video from? Classic BJ! I've been in GA pit for MANY shows and, seriously, security people need to be put in their place sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian+Scandal Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I like this song better than JOS. It's too damn awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedHaushinka Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 This used to be my favorite song for almost an entire year. I really really love it. I love that Mike and Tré are also involved in this. It's still one of the songs I really like to listen to every time I listen to my iPod. Great choice for this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadbeatbrat Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Yay, Homecoming! Easily my favorite song on American Idiot. So wonderful and unique and interesting. I love it to pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1039slappygirl Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Yay, I love this song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedestrian9394 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 In my opinion, this is easily the best song on the album. Great choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollard_11 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG. Just everything about it is perfect and it is one of my personal favourite Green Day Songs, I skip to it alot even though I love all of American Idiot. It's one of my favourite to play on guitar. I dream of seeing this live myself at least once in my life (next tour hopefully already started my piggy bank ). It's a great song to drive to. Lyric wise I love it I find it hard to pick out my favourite lyrics from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of 1967 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 As our boys are back in the USA and will be performing for us for the whole of this upcoming month, I thought we should celebrate with a LOOOONG song. This week’s Song of the Week is Homecoming. Please use this thread to discuss your thoughts and feelings about the song. Short reply before I get dressed for the Camden gig tonight (hope to write more later): If they play this live tonight, I.WILL.FUCKING.DIE.A.HAPPY.MAN! Everything about it is epic. The lyrics, the musical changeups, the vocals (both Mike and Tre sing, yea!!), it all just works. At its core, the song asks everyone to identify where their self-destructive tendencies are -- and challenges us to purge them. What's your pleasure? What's your pain? What is *your* St. Jimmy, where does he/she/it interfere with your life, and how do you get rid of that influence? And when you're done, what's left? How do you fill the void that St. Jimmy used to occupy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarina. Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 HOMECOMING! One of my all time favorite Green Day songs. Love it so much. Musically, lyrically, just wow. And the fact that Billie, Mike and Tre are singing makes it even more awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANJI Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Absolutely amazing song! One of my favourites from American Idiot. The lyrics are amazing and I love how Mike and Tre have their own verses to sing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlon_GD Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I really, really like Homecoming... full of energy, it sums up the entire album, and yet manages to keep up hope during the 9 minute-epicness. I enjoy every musical bit of it, and everything is perfectly placed together. And as almost everyone, the "Jimmy died today..." bit takes my breath away every single time. But I do have to admit, after listening to the American Idiot Musical Cast version, I really, really fancy the kick drum during those lines... But in all, Green Day's version cannot ever be matched. Edit: AND (I forgot) the part where Billie Joe sings "don't wanna be an American Idiot" during Rock 'n Roll Girlfriend, was so clever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comedy & Tragedy Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 This song deserves a permanent spot on Green Day's setlist. End of. It's such an amazing song. It was the song that started off American Idiot, and it's overall brilliant. Each part is so unique, and it features everyone singing, so it should definitely be played more often. It's not as emotional as JOS, which is neither a good nor bad thing, it just means that the two songs can stand separate. There is nothing bad to say about this song, only that it's underrated. Bring on Collab Video #4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moffie Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I adore the harmonies that they add in the live performances of it. I'm a sucker for harmonies. Although I prefer JOS because of how I heard it the first time, this is wonderfully put together. Like J'Net said, all the parts can stand on their own but also work well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maura99 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 The part where Billie Joe sings "don't wanna be an American Idiot" during Rock 'n Roll Girlfriend, was so clever. Yes! It works so well; love it too. Brilliant choice of song! I liked it from the first time I listened to it; but when I really started getting into the lyrics of AI, it became my favorite of the album. Lyric-wise, I find it to be the exact opposite of JOS. (I've asked myself whether it's a coincidence that those two songs are the second and the next to last track on the album. I think not. AI is so brilliantly structured.) It doesn't radiate that feeling of desperation that JOS has, but on the contrary: a feeling of hope. Whenever I'm down, it just picks me back up again. Music-wise, the different parts are so perfectly glued together that it almost feels like you're on your ride 'home', reminiscing about all you've been through and what you've learned from it. It takes you from one scene to the next in the life of JOS at such a speed that you tend to forget you're actually listening to a 9-min song. You're right there with him on this moving train in your mind... It's all over before you know it. It never looses its pace; except when he's finally approaching 'home' at the very end of the song. It's like you can almost hear his turbulent mind or life coming at a stop. And right after that: Whatsername, as the perfect icing on the cake. Such a beautiful ending to the story. Sorry if that didn't make sense at all; it's hard for me to explain. But to sum up: awesome song. And furthermore... Mike gets to sing in it. That's always a big plus for me He always adds the right amount of angriness to any song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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