Connor Finlayson Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 In this clip from 2011, Billie joe says the names of the future albums. http://youtu.be/LAwFD2cQwpQ?t=2m16s
Liam Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 He wasn't giving any hints at all. In Argentina they speak Spanish and in Spanish "One, two, three, four" is "Uno, dos, tre, cuatro". He was just speaking the native language and that's all.
Hermione Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 He wasn't giving any hints at all. In Argentina they speak Spanish and in Spanish "One, two, three, four" is "Uno, dos, tre, cuatro". He was just speaking the native language and that's all. Yeah this. He'll often say something simple in Spanish if he's in a Spanish speaking country. Also he said "Tres" (the real way to say the number in Spanish) not "Tre". Plus, he's explained how he came up with the album titles. He was sitting at home and just kind of jokingly thought that they should call them that, but then after asking his wife and the band what they thought, decided they should do it for real. This was when they'd already made the albums (or had almost finished making them), so that confirms that he hadn't already come up with the titles in advance. Does anyone know which interview it was where he explained coming up with the titles?
Triii Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Is there any connection between Green Day and the spanish language? They could call it "One, Two, Tré" but they used the spanish version - Why? Thay also used this language in 21st Century Breakdown -> iViva la gloria!
Guest Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Is there any connection between Green Day and the spanish language? They could call it "One, Two, Tré" but they used the spanish version - Why? Thay also used this language in 21st Century Breakdown -> iViva la gloria! Because "One, Two, Tré" sounds fucking stupid.
Triii Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Because "One, Two, Tré" sounds fucking stupid. OK, now I know why they always use the spanish language - english sounds "fucking stupid"
Guest Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 OK, now I know why they always use the spanish language - english sounds "fucking stupid" Yes, because when one combined Spanish and English phrase sounds fucking stupid, all of English suddenly becomes fucking stupid. Jesus Christ.
Triii Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 I don't get what you mean. "Tré" is french. And my question was, why they usw the spanish language - the album titles, the song name "iViva la gloria!",...
Iain Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 I don't get what you mean. "Tré" is french. And my question was, why they usw the spanish language - the album titles, the song name "iViva la gloria!",... The connection between Green Day and Spanish is because California has a great Latin influence in it, what with it being one of the southern states. Unless of course there's some spanish heritage I'm not aware of. That would also explain why they use Spanish titling. As for ¡TRÉ!, the pun is obvious.
Hermione Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 I don't get what you mean. "Tré" is french. And my question was, why they usw the spanish language - the album titles, the song name "iViva la gloria!",... They used Spanish so they could make a joke with the titles. It should be "Uno Dos Tres", but instead they make it "Uno Dos......Tre!". It's a play on the words Tres and Tre. For Viva La Gloria, I think one reason they did it was so they could have ! and ? at both ends of the titles, so that the difference between the two songs would be clear. And as for why they'd use Spanish instead of English for the titles and songs in general I think that's just being artistic, sometimes a phrase just sounds more interesting/cooler in Spanish. And yeah as mentioned above Spanish is the second most spoken language where Green Day come from so out of all languages other than English that's the one they'd be most familiar with.
Sarcasm Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 No. Would be "trois".as far as I gather Tre Cool means "be cool", as in stay frosty I think it's an urban GDC myth that Tre means "very" in French, but that's wrong
Hermione Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Tre's name is a mixture of two languages. He was given the nickname Tre by his family when he was little because he's Frank Edwin Wright the Third, and "tre" is Italian for three. Then later Larry Livermore added the Cool, making it sound like "tres cool", French for "very cool". So the spelling's a bit funny, but it started out as Italian for three and turned into French for very cool.
IcyMoffatt Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 I don't get what you mean. "Tré" is french. And my question was, why they usw the spanish language - the album titles, the song name "iViva la gloria!",... «Tré» is not a french word. It just sounds a bit like the french word «très», which means a lot, many or much (depending of the sentence).
watchmefade92 Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 as far as I gather Tre Cool means "be cool", as in stay frosty I think it's an urban GDC myth that Tre means "very" in French, but that's wrong Nope, tré (très) means "very". It's just spelled wrong.
Certified Nimrod Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 In this clip from 2011, Billie joe says the names of the future albums. http://youtu.be/LAwFD2cQwpQ?t=2m16s Lol I posted about this a while ago and no one cared.
Hermione Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Lol I posted about this a while ago and no one cared. To be fair, I don't think anyone who's replied thinks Billie saying that has anything to do with the album titles
Certified Nimrod Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 To be fair, I don't think anyone who's replied thinks Billie saying that has anything to do with the album titles I know. I just thought it was an interesting coincidence.
Hermione Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 I know. I just thought it was an interesting coincidence. Fair enough, you did call it first. Even though I don't think there's really a link it is actually quite amusing to hear him say the album titles like that.
Sarcasm Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Nope, tré (très) means "very". It's just spelled wrong.google told me otherwise, but I won't nag about it.
Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 google told me otherwise, but I won't nag about it. That's just a weird glitch of google translate I guess, seeing as when I google translate "tre cool" from French to Dutch it also gives me "be cool" (literally, not something in Dutch), even though "tre" is not the verb "to be" in any way, shape or form. Google translate is crazy. and when you translate it to Latin it says it's "he may be cool"
jojo2323 Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Does anyone know which interview it was where he explained coming up with the titles? I have it in the July 2012 billboard magazine interview. He might have mentioned it somewhere else too but it's definitely in there
LazyPhil Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 I don't get what you mean. "Tré" is french. And my question was, why they usw the spanish language - the album titles, the song name "iViva la gloria!",... No. "Trois" is french.
Hermione Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 I have it in the July 2012 billboard magazine interview. He might have mentioned it somewhere else too but it's definitely in there Thanks!
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