Green Day Q&A Thread

[green day is]

You guys are being dumb again. Pitch-shifted vocals don't magically become falsettos, they sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks. He's done RHS live too. It's not like falsettos are hard or anything.

At the very least, a melodyne may be involved but you're fooling yourself if you think there's any pro artist that hasn't used one to tighten up their vocal tracks.

[WhiteTim]

You guys are being dumb again. Pitch-shifted vocals don't magically become falsettos, they sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks. He's done RHS live too. It's not like falsettos are hard or anything.

At the very least, a melodyne may be involved but you're fooling yourself if you think there's any pro artist that hasn't used one to tighten up their vocal tracks.

Not all pitch shifting settings make em sound like alvin and the chipmunk...

[Spike]

You guys are being dumb again. Pitch-shifted vocals don't magically become falsettos, they sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks. He's done RHS live too. It's not like falsettos are hard or anything.

At the very least, a melodyne may be involved but you're fooling yourself if you think there's any pro artist that hasn't used one to tighten up their vocal tracks.

I don't think anyone is claiming they were shifted up a whole octave. There's a big difference between massive pitch-shift and autotune or pitch correction.

[green day is]

Not all pitch shifting settings make em sound like alvin and the chipmunk...

Yeah, well no pitch shifting gives your voice the timbre of a falsetto.

[WhiteTim]

Yeah, well no pitch shifting gives your voice the timbre of a falsetto.

No one has said that...

But filters can help fix up spots...

[bagelfeet]

Is the lyric in Geek Stink Breath "THICK white line" or "THIN white line"?

[Certified Nimrod]

Is the lyric in Geek Stink Breath "THICK white line" or "THIN white line"?

Thin.

[bagelfeet]

Thin.

ok. I'm always confused about it because it says thick in the lyric booklet

[Certified Nimrod]

ok. I'm always confused about it because it says thick in the lyric booklet

In that case, maybe I'm wrong.

[Spike]

ok. I'm always confused about it because it says thick in the lyric booklet

In that case, maybe I'm wrong.

It does say thick in the lyric booklet but Billie clearly says thin in the actual song. He's always doing stuff like that, probably just to mess with our heads.

[Anaïs.]

It does say thick in the lyric booklet but Billie clearly says thin in the actual song. He's always doing stuff like that, probably just to mess with our heads.

It sounds like thick in AAF; maybe he's double-messing with us.

[Spike]

It sounds like thick in AAF; maybe he's double-messing with us.

I guess that's what meth can lead a person to do. Quite ironic really.

[Asa.]

Is the lyric in Geek Stink Breath "THICK white line" or "THIN white line"?

as a lyric, "thin" would make more sense.

[bagelfeet]

as a lyric, "thin" would make more sense.

yea I guess that's true...

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

You guys are being dumb again. Pitch-shifted vocals don't magically become falsettos, they sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks. He's done RHS live too. It's not like falsettos are hard or anything.

At the very least, a melodyne may be involved but you're fooling yourself if you think there's any pro artist that hasn't used one to tighten up their vocal tracks.

... Seriously though, do you have to be so demeaning every time you speak on this thread? Not everyone is the musical genius you apparently are, and there's nothing wrong with sifting through the answers together to find the correct one.

[Hermione]

Is there a video for that?

I just mean the studio recording of Restless Heart Syndrome, and any time he's done falsetto in 21 Guns live (as long as he hit the note correctly it'd be the same pitch in any performance).

ok. I'm always confused about it because it says thick in the lyric booklet

My theory is he planned for it to be "thick" at some point before he did the final recording it (hence why it says that in the booklet), as a play on the traditional phrase "thin white line" - in his case it's a thick line instead! But I guess he ended up changing it for whatever reason, maybe he forgot to do it, or recorded it both ways and happened to prefer a take where he sang "thin", or just preferred the lyric that way.

[green day is]

... Seriously though, do you have to be so demeaning every time you speak on this thread? Not everyone is the musical genius you apparently are, and there's nothing wrong with sifting through the answers together to find the correct one.

If you don't know the answer then don't give an answer. And if you think you know the answer, think again when it's fucking "alcohol made his voice higher".

[DookieLukie]

In Reject, Billie says something right at the end of the song. Anyone know what that is?

[Bastard of 1969]

It also gets harder. I mean,look at Kerplunk age, while his voice was so soft, he didn't drink that much, and look at the trilogy now the voice.

In Reject, Billie says something right at the end of the song. Anyone know what that is?

Say what you want.

Is this harp at beginning of Rotting?

[Spike]

If you don't know the answer then don't give an answer. And if you think you know the answer, think again when it's fucking "alcohol made his voice higher".

Reasonable point. That doesn't mean you have to be such a condescending asshole about it. What you said about pitch shift making people sound like chipmunks was absolutely idiotic in context, and people succeeded in correcting you without being dicks about it. I know your shtick, freedom of speech blah blah, I'm not saying you shouldn't speak to people how you do, but don't expect people to take kindly to it when it's totally, totally unnecessary.

[Todd]

Reasonable point. That doesn't mean you have to be such a condescending asshole about it. What you said about pitch shift making people sound like chipmunks was absolutely idiotic in context, and people succeeded in correcting you without being dicks about it. I know your shtick, freedom of speech blah blah, I'm not saying you shouldn't speak to people how you do, but don't expect people to take kindly to it when it's totally, totally unnecessary.

It's unnecessary for Green Day to continue to make music, but I'd appreciate it if they did

[Spike]

It's unnecessary for Green Day to continue to make music, but I'd appreciate it if they did

It's unnecessary for you to backseat mod, but I'd appreciate it if... hang on, no. Never mind.

[green day is]

In Reject, Billie says something right at the end of the song. Anyone know what that is?

No, even Billie doesn't. Someone asked him about it in an Idiot Q&A once.

Reasonable point. That doesn't mean you have to be such a condescending asshole about it. What you said about pitch shift making people sound like chipmunks was absolutely idiotic in context, and people succeeded in correcting you without being dicks about it. I know your shtick, freedom of speech blah blah, I'm not saying you shouldn't speak to people how you do, but don't expect people to take kindly to it when it's totally, totally unnecessary.

It wasn't idiotic because the people saying "pitch shift" actually meant auto-tune/melodyne (as White Tim and I corrected), which is a totally different term and they were trying to pin the creation of a falsetto on it. That's idiotic.

Either way, I'm not sure where you got the impression that I expect people to take kindly to it. Not that I even necessarily know what "it" is in this case, considering all I've done is say when something was wrong and why it was wrong. If it was the use of the word "dumb", then I'm truly sorry to have offended you with my playground profanity. I'll share my juice box with you at lunch to make up for it.

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

If you don't know the answer then don't give an answer. And if you think you know the answer, think again when it's fucking "alcohol made his voice higher".

Oh, I forgot, you personally examined Billie's fucking vocal chords and determined why they're fucked up now. Sorry.

If it was the use of the word "dumb", then I'm truly sorry to have offended you with my playground profanity. I'll share my juice box with you at lunch to make up for it.

You said we were dumb, didn't know what we're fucking talking about and said someone's statement is "extremely retarded." That, and your overall unnecessary demeaning tone, makes you sound like a gigantic fucking asshole, and it's unjustified.

[green day is]

Oh, I forgot, you personally examined Billie's fucking vocal chords and determined why they're fucked up now. Sorry.

You said we were dumb, didn't know what we're fucking talking about and said someone's statement is "extremely retarded." That, and your overall unnecessary demeaning tone, makes you sound like a gigantic fucking asshole, and it's unjustified.

And I forgot that alcohol could make a person's voice higher. Actually I didn't forget it because I never knew it in the first place. Probably because it isn't true and was an extremely retarded thing to suggest. I don't have to examine Billie's vocal chords to know that alcohol doesn't magically expand someone's range (in fact it's been shown to have a harmful effect on one's singing!) and as I showed when talking to Hermione his range has done nothing but expand.

His voice isn't fucked up and nobody was saying that in the first place, the question was why it had changed, and the answer is that he's aged and gone through both formal and informal training. Those are the facts and trying to pin it on irrelevant shit justifies any accusation of someone not knowing what they're talking about. Which brings us back to the statement: If you don't know the answer, don't give an answer.

If you think you can tell my tone through text, a million examples of missed sarcasm will beg to differ. For the record, my head voice's tone in the case of my last couple posts has been more of a "what the fuck are you talking about" sort of confusion mixed with a "this is what it really is" type of directness.