Green Day Q&A Thread

[Spike]

There were rumors about a fall U.S. tour too, straight from Mr. Cool himself when my friend messaged him on Facebook.

Y'know, it took me a while to realise you didn't mean this guy. #terriblefan

[Cath]

i didn't know tre said that! i don't know what happened for them not doing anything

[The Disappearing Boy]

Anyone know why JOS on BIAB was dedicated to people who took the train?

[Guest]

Anyone know why JOS on BIAB was dedicated to people who took the train?

Because he hadn't written "Little Boy Named Train" yet.

[jumpsalty]

Anyone know why JOS on BIAB was dedicated to people who took the train?

He's said that a few times about that song, at Wembley he said something about 'anybody who came here from a small shitty town'

I guess the train thing is implying the need to travel from said shitty town or something

[Guest]

wow little boy named train isn't even about trains you're so fucking stupid

FUCK YOU SHITHEAD AND YER SHITEY TRAIN SONG

[UNICORN VOMIT]

I think it relates to a Clash book that I read - Route 19 Revisited The Clash and London Calling - its the freedom to go any where you want to go cheaply

[SumDay]

He's said that a few times about that song, at Wembley he said something about 'anybody who came here from a small shitty town'

I guess the train thing is implying the need to travel from said shitty town or something

Anyone know why JOS on BIAB was dedicated to people who took the train?

You know like, coming from suburbia

[Guest]

I think it relates to a Clash book that I read - Route 19 Revisited The Clash and London Calling - its the freedom to go any where you want to go cheaply

Now that you mention it actually, I definitely remember Joe Strummer dedicating a song to people taking the train on one of their live albums.

Wouldn't be surprising, considering 21stCB is packed full of references to The Clash.

[Spike]

wow little boy named train isn't even about trains you're so fucking stupid

Yeah Ceadog, haven't you looked at the song meaning section on GDA? GOD.

[green day is]

You know like, coming from a suburbia

(can I say it this way? Sorry I'm german)

You could either change it to "coming from Suburbia" or "coming from a suburb" to make it correct. "Suburbia" isn't technically a real word, it's more like... sort of like a grouping term for all suburbs.

Hope that explains it

[UNICORN VOMIT]

While I was queuing for the Brixton gig I overheard the roadies talking about an autumn UK tour and that never happened, so...

y'know I think they did have plans but just went fuck it - lets have a break - that's why the Australia tour got pushed to Soundwave festivals as well.

[SumDay]

You could either change it to "coming from Suburbia" or "coming from a suburb" to make it correct. "Suburbia" isn't technically a real word, it's more like... sort of like a grouping term for all suburbs.

Hope that explains it

Ah yeha got it alright thanks!

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

i didn't know tre said that! i don't know what happened for them not doing anything

Yeah, it's his "official" Facebook or whatever and she messaged him out of the blue when he was on chat one day and he messaged back. She asked about when Detroit might seem them again and his response was "fall."

I know it sounds like bull shit but I promise it's not.

I mean, personally a fall tour would have worked out so much better for me, and I'm not sure if I'll even be able to arrange to see them next year... But there was a good reason I'm sure that they decided not to do it, whether it was scheduling, or simply them just being too tired out and needing a bit of a break, so I'm OK with it, as much as I like to say I'm not.

[James!]

I'm pretty positive there isn't but ill ask anyway there isn't a b side to long time gone is there ?

[WhiteTim]

I'm pretty positive there isn't but ill ask anyway there isn't a b side to long time gone is there ?

No... no b sides

the record they are covering only had 12 songs

[James!]

No... no b sides

the record they are covering only had 12 songs

That's what I thought just wanted to be sure yknow didn't want to be missing anything .

[WhiteTim]

That's what I thought just wanted to be sure yknow didn't want to be missing anything .

It'd be cool if they did a original and snuck it as a b side

[James!]

It'd be cool if they did a original and snuck it as a b side

Haha yeah that would be awesome

[tubbyfox]

So, it's one thing to give up alcohol when you're alcohol dependent, that must be hard enough, but to have to give up prescribed medication for debilitating conditions such as anxiety attacks and insomnia must be really difficult. Presumably you still suffer from these conditions, yet can't take anything to help them, so what do you do? Billie looks so well recently, but surely he must still be having bouts of insomnia and anxiety if he has always suffered from them, so I'm just wondering what he does to get round this. Does anyone know what alternatives are used in these situations? Any clues anyone?

[Hermione]

So, it's one thing to give up alcohol when you're alcohol dependent, that must be hard enough, but to have to give up prescribed medication for debilitating conditions such as anxiety attacks and insomnia must be really difficult. Presumably you still suffer from these conditions, yet can't take anything to help them, so what do you do? Billie looks so well recently, but surely he must still be having bouts of insomnia and anxiety if he has always suffered from them, so I'm just wondering what he does to get round this. Does anyone know what alternatives are used in these situations? Any clues anyone?

No one knows if he takes or has ever taken prescribed medication for those things. Not everyone who suffers from insomnia or anxiety takes medication for it or continues taking it forever. And not everyone who does take it does so because they actually need to/should. Furthermore, we also don't know whether giving up alcohol and the medication that he was having a problem with means he's given up all medication. Given all that I can't really see any point in speculating about it in terms of a Green Day/Billie question, any kind of guess about his health care would be a wild stab in the dark.

[Jon Benjamin]

No one knows if he takes or has ever taken prescribed medication for those things. Not everyone who suffers from insomnia or anxiety takes medication for it or continues taking it forever. And not everyone who does take it does so because they actually need to/should. Furthermore, we also don't know whether giving up alcohol and the medication that he was having a problem with means he's given up all medication. Given all that I can't really see any point in speculating about it in terms of a Green Day/Billie question, any kind of guess about his health care would be a wild stab in the dark.

One thing I do know is he's been into Ambien. I was talking about the Milton Keynes show with Adam from Taking Back Sunday (they opened) and Billie gave him some for nerves. Ambien's effects are nearly identical to what Billie described in the Rolling Stone interview the blackouts and amnesia and such

[Antonium2200]

Why did Green Day prefer D# tuning over D standard tuning in the 1,039, Kerplunk, Dookie, and Insomniac days?

[Guest]

Why did Green Day prefer D# tuning over D standard tuning in the 1,039, Kerplunk, Dookie, and Insomniac days?

Because Billie Joe really likes playing power chords?

A lot of Nimrod, Warning, and AI are played in D# too.

[Antonium2200]

Because Billie Joe really likes playing power chords?

A lot of Nimrod, Warning, and AI are played in D# too.

Power chords can easily be played in any tuning.

I can't tell you much about Nimrod or Warning, but I know American Idiot, and there aren't any American Idiot songs played in D# tuning. Whatsername is played in Drop D, but that's the only song I'm aware of that has a difference in tuning in that album.