11 - Forever Now

[Dakke]

4 minutes ago, RougeRogue said:

Certainly But I admit that I don't think I've ever listened to Warning + MDP the same way. Actually, that is probably one of my least favorite songs whereas OW ranks pretty high. But I have been meaning to properly listen to Warning again so maybe I should keep that structural idea in mind.

I wasn't too fond of MDP in the past either, but since I've come to regard Warning as the spiritual ancestor of American Idiot (Warning is thematically very similar to Say Goodbye en Holiday, Misery is a story song in the genre of Homecoming and JoS, Minority is their first real explicit 'political' song), my appreciation for that record has only soared to new heights. RevRad is in that regard very similar to Warning, a new beginning that will always be overshadowed by AI and Dookie, but a record without which Green Day would not have evolved and pushed themselves to explore new terrain.

[Spike]

I still haven't got my head around "I'm like a punk rocker on Labor Day." Any ideas, or just word salad?

[Libertine Angel]

5 minutes ago, Spike said:

I still haven't got my head around "I'm like a punk rocker on Labor Day." Any ideas, or just word salad?

It's Billie, whenever something's not clear chances are it's word salad

[Dakke]

10 minutes ago, Spike said:

I still haven't got my head around "I'm like a punk rocker on Labor Day." Any ideas, or just word salad?

It's about an outcast who can't find his place in such a 'mainstream' holiday like Labor Day. I guess it also ties in to Too Dumb To Die and it refers to his father "My daddy akways was on strike/Going off with the teamsters", since the following lines are "How the hell did I work so hard to be born this way/I never learned to read or write so well/But I can play the guitar until it hurts like hell".

[Jon Benjamin]

This song ended up being my second favorite Green Day song of all time under JOS. It's a masterpiece. Everything flows so well and all of the parts are brilliant. I'm really grateful I got to see this live cause I never see my favorite song off of albums live cause I always like the super deep cuts. Forever Now is a whole other monster live, it sounds massive!

[Teenage Lush]

On 10/29/2016 at 6:55 PM, Spike said:

I still haven't got my head around "I'm like a punk rocker on Labor Day." Any ideas, or just word salad?

that's the line billie keeps forgetting every time they play this live so it's evidently not that important, i'm gonna go with word salad  

[Chin for a Day]

On 10/29/2016 at 7:55 PM, Spike said:

I still haven't got my head around "I'm like a punk rocker on Labor Day." Any ideas, or just word salad?

A punk rocker in theory is anti-establishment.  Labor Day is a holiday to celebrate the working class, which in theory is about as establishment as you can get.  So, I thought of it as a way to say that he is conflicted.  

[Dakke]

'If this is what you call the good life, I want a better way' is really one of the most poignantly relevant lines Billie has ever written. It never ceases to strike a chord, particularly now.

[End Of The World]

I was listening to this song just some minutes ago, and now I'm thinking about how fluent FN is. I have always believed that it is a mix between Letterbomb (the first part) and some of the Trilogy (the second).

Maybe is not as epic as JOS or Homecoming, but is the most natural amongst GD suites.

[St. Jonny]

Love everything about this song minus the punk rocker on labor day line. I accept it though. Amazing song, certainly helps make this album as good as it is. Somewhere Now is just as good too, they both should be done live on the tour.

 

[jmey]

On 11/1/2016 at 6:57 AM, Jon Benjamin said:

This song ended up being my second favorite Green Day song of all time under JOS. It's a masterpiece. Everything flows so well and all of the parts are brilliant. I'm really grateful I got to see this live cause I never see my favorite song off of albums live cause I always like the super deep cuts. Forever Now is a whole other monster live, it sounds massive!

I couldn't agree more. After I heard it for the first time, I immediately thought it was a mini JOS or a similar song to DRB off of Tre. Love this song so much!

[That Dude]

On 10/29/2016 at 7:55 PM, Spike said:

I still haven't got my head around "I'm like a punk rocker on Labor Day." Any ideas, or just word salad?

It has something to do with not wearing white after Labor Day......

......Punk Rocker's wear black so on Labor Day and afterword Punk Rockers would be in fashion for a bit.  So Billie is like someone who is in fashion, but he worked so hard to be that way.    

??????????????

 

 

[PursuitOfEpicness]

Still can't wait till I hear this live

[St. Jonny]

Meneither! Sounded interesting with the vocal twists he put on it with the Kimmel performance. Kind of like how it is done on the album a bit more but I can't wait. Just a few months now HAHA

[Wretched & Divine]

I'm pretty sure this song now sits in my top 10-15 favourite Green Day songs, and I am usually verrrrry slow to say new songs off albums are in my overall faves. It is so so good and I'm quite antsy about April getting here purely so I can experience this live. What a track.

[Johnny Higher]

What do we hear after "But I can play the guitar until it hurts like hell"
There is a voice in the background but I can't figured it out.

Any clue ?

[Dakke]

23 minutes ago, Johnny Higher said:

What do we hear after "But I can play the guitar until it hurts like hell"
There is a voice in the background but I can't figured it out.

Any clue ?

I don't hear any voice after that line. After 'I never learned to read or write so well' you can hear 'Can't figure it out'.

[Christian's Inferno!]

1 hour ago, Dakke said:

I don't hear any voice after that line. After 'I never learned to read or write so well' you can hear 'Can't figure it out'.

I think that's "Freaking out", not "Can't figure it out"

[Johnny Higher]

12 hours ago, Dakke said:

I don't hear any voice after that line. After 'I never learned to read or write so well' you can hear 'Can't figure it out'.

Yeah that is that line. My bad.

[Dakke]

On 11/23/2016 at 9:44 PM, MysticManiac said:

I think that's "Freaking out", not "Can't figure it out"

If you listen closely, it's actually 'Can't figure it out'. It makes more sense semantically.

[Christian's Inferno!]

16 hours ago, Dakke said:

If you listen closely, it's actually 'Can't figure it out'. It makes more sense semantically.

I don't think it makes more sense. I mean, the first lyric of the song is "My name is Billie and I'm freaking out". I tried listening again and it's hard to make out what the lyric is but I think it's Freaking Out

[Dakke]

3 hours ago, MysticManiac said:

I don't think it makes more sense. I mean, the first lyric of the song is "My name is Billie and I'm freaking out". I tried listening again and it's hard to make out what the lyric is but I think it's Freaking Out

'Can't figure it out' makes more sense after 'I never learned to read or write so well'

[Christian's Inferno!]

3 hours ago, Dakke said:

'Can't figure it out' makes more sense after 'I never learned to read or write so well'

That does make sense. I guess it could be either, I just always thought it was "Freaking out" and listening back now, I can't tell what it is. It sounds like it could be either

[Clockwise]

It says "freaking out" in the lyric booklet.

[Dakke]

8 hours ago, Clockwise said:

It says "freaking out" in the lyric booklet.

The lyric booklet is outdated on multiple occasions. It also says 'vote' instead of 'boot' in the lyrics of Somewhere Now. For some reason the booklet passed some rather sloppy quality control.