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People always say how Billie has a ~British accent~ but I never hear it? He sounds American to me tbh

You're all hella crazy cause I love BIAB, especially the CD since I've listened to it way more than the watched the DVD. But there's moments in that album that are totally rallying and whatever and then moments that are so tender I could cry. I love when he sings Nobody Likes You at the end of KFAD and that version of Wake Me Up is my favorite one. And Boulevards amazing on that album and it has my favorite version of Good Riddance ever. The only song I don't really like on it is Basket Case but I cant quite place why. But BIAB has a lot more personality and dynamics and depth and AAF is just them playing the songs live and that's exactly what it sounds like.

Absolutely. That's some serious next level shit right there, totally on another level entirely.

To be fair nothing can compare to the Reading 04 performance of Basket Case. Possibly the best-ever single performance of any Green Day song.

my reaction to: I regret nothing

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I really wish Whatsername would've gotten a music video. The song is brilliant, and the footage of the drugged out girl in the yellow dress looks as if it has more potential than the final product for Jesus of Suburbia.

adrienne armstrong ‏@mnnesotagirl May 26 Omg! This is amazing! So much love for you IDIOTS for all the years!!! Thank you http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=54zd3uoq0Pg … Retweeted by adrienne armstrong Jim Thiebaud @jimthiebaud · May 20 Holy goodness - Playing on repeat all day - Demolicious. These versions rip.

Bullet in a Bible's CD is boring, its DVD is great. AAF's DVD is annoying with its "Hey look how many effects I can use on the footage! Who wants to see the audience again?!" thing but the CD is fantastic.

American Idiot's emotional Denver Farewell: The final tour stop

A couple of tweets from Billie today: https://twitter.com/bjaofficial/status/471437995099176960 https://twitter.com/bjaofficial/status/471441212738510850

I agree!!

I especially appreciate the perverse look y'know Holy shittttt Florence everything you do is perfect

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This is the one I remember (he may have mentioned similar things in others, not sure). It's from a German magazine so what he said was translated into German and then translated back into English by a GDCer, so it's obviously not his exact words, but you can get the idea: Billie, what does your wife say about songs like "Nightlife"? I mean, you describe in that songs your fantasie about getting seduced from a stranger. She thinks it cool. She says, I'm sounding young and fresh..just like how I am. And "Nightlife" doesn't only describe the thing with girls, it's about stuff like drugs, alcohol and bad influence. Is it easy to seduce you? In this song, I just show my fantasies. My home, my family is a safe place for me. I would never risk to lose it. I live in a beatiful realationship with my wife and that since 18 years. But as a musican, you need to think different. There are things I wanna drink, thinks I wanna take and people I wanna look at. And my wife bans stuff like that. Beeing a healthy person, a good husband, a good father and to have fun in your job. That's the challenge I accepted. (thread with full interview) And yeah, I think it's always been pretty obvious that Billie writes songs inspired by previous girlfriends as well as his wife (especially ones about "the one who got away", being left by someone, or an exciting but volatile romance), and he's always been totally open about it as well. Don't see what the fuss is about really, it's just writing songs inspired by stuff he's experienced in his life. And all his proper romantic songs are about his wife anyway!

My favourite musician once said that some songs are OK to release once the story has been buried in the past. Perhaps Billie thinks the same.