Jollyroger118 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said: Weren’t those lines used in the musical? I seem to remember John Gallagher saying them. To be honest I have no idea about anything in the musical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 13 hours ago, Jollyroger118 said: A long time ago I read a poem that Billie wrote around American Idiot time. it said " and that was that or so it seems//is this the end or the beginning//all I know is she was right//I am an idiot". If anyone knows where that's from or has a scan please post it I thought it was really cool. I know there's a special version of the American Idiot booklet that has extra diary entry-like writing along with the lyrics - possibly from that? Would also make sense that the musical would take quotes from there. Anyone have scans of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracksAtChristieRoad Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 14 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said: Weren’t those lines used in the musical? I seem to remember John Gallagher saying them. they were used. at the end of whatsername. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollyroger118 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Thank you guys are there any other poems from that booklet. Or better yet can someone show me what the book looks like so I can start hunting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Jollyroger118 said: Thank you guys are there any other poems from that booklet. Or better yet can someone show me what the book looks like so I can start hunting? https://mega.nz/#F!71cVVYjQ!ZqWF4636zwnVj2FQyHFqXQ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracksAtChristieRoad Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Jollyroger118 said: Thank you guys are there any other poems from that booklet. Or better yet can someone show me what the book looks like so I can start hunting? its the hard cover book cd. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/GREEN-DAY-Presents-American-Idiot-Limited-Edition-CD-Hardcover-Book/302730281705?hash=item467c2182e9:g:xQ8AAOSwoKFa74Ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollyroger118 Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Todd said: https://mega.nz/#F!71cVVYjQ!ZqWF4636zwnVj2FQyHFqXQ I love you. After reading that one things for sure, Billie got quite lost in the whole process of that album. It reads like the diary of a madman. I wonder if he's ever delved that deep in any other albums like that. My guess is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 What is 1,000 hours about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 37 minutes ago, miss youngblood said: What is 1,000 hours about? Sappy love song about being so in love with a girl that he's overwhelmed with romantic feelings and they want to be together and think about each other constantly or for "1000 hours". Also Billie named it as the song he's most embarrassed by "because not only was it not for a band to play or to play as a band, it's just the sappiest song about a girl to the point where it's like a bad John Hughes movie" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 58 minutes ago, Hermione said: Sappy love song about being so in love with a girl that he's overwhelmed with romantic feelings and they want to be together and think about each other constantly or for "1000 hours". Also Billie named it as the song he's most embarrassed by "because not only was it not for a band to play or to play as a band, it's just the sappiest song about a girl to the point where it's like a bad John Hughes movie" Do you know the source for that quote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 11 hours ago, Todd said: Do you know the source for that quote? I don't because I just found it by remembering/googing part of it. Fairly sure I've read it in an interview/article but can't remember which one. Edit: Googled it again, it's from here https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MKs1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT41&lpg=PT41&dq="it's+just+the+sappiest+song+about+a+girl+to+the+point+where+it's+like+a+bad+John+Hughes+movie"&source=bl&ots=7_iJD_5c4O&sig=cEZdGrkWgGrvyjrrdmmvyh_mkN4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGw8iD3afbAhXKKMAKHbE3D-AQ6AEILjAA#v=onepage&q="it's just the sappiest song about a girl to the point where it's like a bad John Hughes movie"&f=false 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miko Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Was this last time Billie actually screamed ''to smash the silence with the brick of self control'' during second verse? I know that he changed his singing for this song during Revolution Radio Tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnsch Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Is it annoying for english native speakers to hear Billies lisp on Dookie? For example in Having a Blast - 'Does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind' Has the lisp any charm? Or another example of unclear singing - ''To wanna be an mecan Idiot' or 'Heya the sound of the fallen rain'. I hear it this way. At concerts he sings even more unclear. On Broadway cast recording the vocalist sings clearly with clear accent and I can understand almost everything. Do American people have the same opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckez Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 14 hours ago, Finnsch said: Is it annoying for english native speakers to hear Billies lisp on Dookie? For example in Having a Blast - 'Does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind' Has the lisp any charm? Or another example of unclear singing - ''To wanna be an mecan Idiot' or 'Heya the sound of the fallen rain'. I hear it this way. At concerts he sings even more unclear. On Broadway cast recording the vocalist sings clearly with clear accent and I can understand almost everything. Do American people have the same opinion? I never noted that. Well I couldn't understand what he was saying, but not because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 17 hours ago, Finnsch said: Is it annoying for english native speakers to hear Billies lisp on Dookie? For example in Having a Blast - 'Does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind' Has the lisp any charm? Or another example of unclear singing - ''To wanna be an mecan Idiot' or 'Heya the sound of the fallen rain'. I hear it this way. At concerts he sings even more unclear. On Broadway cast recording the vocalist sings clearly with clear accent and I can understand almost everything. Do American people have the same opinion? I notice a slight lisp/unclearness to how he sings but it's not enough to make it hard to hear what he's saying to me, it's more just a part of his accent/singing style. It's worse live when his mouth gets full of spit , he seems to produce a lot of it and you can hear the effect of it when it's built up. In general there's a slightly spitty quality to the way he sings imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Splash Time Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 10 hours ago, Hermione said: I notice a slight lisp/unclearness to how he sings but it's not enough to make it hard to hear what he's saying to me, it's more just a part of his accent/singing style. It's worse live when his mouth gets full of spit , he seems to produce a lot of it and you can hear the effect of it when it's built up. In general there's a slightly spitty quality to the way he sings imo. did he not mention at some point (trilogy era? broadway idiot?) that he chews gum while singing/recording? I can't remember when he said he gained that habit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 18 minutes ago, It's Splash Time said: did he not mention at some point (trilogy era? broadway idiot?) that he chews gum while singing/recording? I can't remember when he said he gained that habit Oh yeah could be that too. And chewing gum would also encourage spit production Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Since when did Billie have a lisp? Literally never noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 53 minutes ago, It's Splash Time said: did he not mention at some point (trilogy era? broadway idiot?) that he chews gum while singing/recording? I can't remember when he said he gained that habit Yep a lot of singers do helps not to make the mouth go dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 On 5/16/2018 at 4:35 AM, Hermione said: I know there's a special version of the American Idiot booklet that has extra diary entry-like writing along with the lyrics - possibly from that? Would also make sense that the musical would take quotes from there. Anyone have scans of it? Yes, it is the very last thing in the deluxe book version of the album. There are journal entries, bus tickets and all sorts of neat stuff. I took it for granted that everyone had seen those things, not sure why, lol. Definitely my most cherished Green Day item and worth buying. Listening to the album and going through the book, the narrative isn't as 'loose' or vague as most people think it is. It makes the whole album deeper, with things about Good Guys not wearing Red, White and Blue and all sorts of heartful struggles. BUY IT NOW! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizziebix Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I feel like I remember Billie saying it was Dave Grohl that told him about the gum thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, lizziebix said: I feel like I remember Billie saying it was Dave Grohl that told him about the gum thing. He did. I think it was the Howard Stern interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 On 6/6/2018 at 8:58 PM, Spike said: Since when did Billie have a lisp? Literally never noticed. Not so much a lisp as the faint sound of excess spit in his mouth. There's just kind of a vague ssshhh sound that's part of his singing voice. I swear it's more pronounced on Warning, I've always wondered if the state of his teeth at the time (like whether half the front one was currently knocked out for the umpteenth time or not) has also affected his singing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montclare Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I think it's most noticeable in Fell for You, especially in the At first I thought line and Eiffel Tower line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaslight13 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 6/6/2018 at 7:07 PM, Too Dumb to Die(s) said: Yes, it is the very last thing in the deluxe book version of the album. There are journal entries, bus tickets and all sorts of neat stuff. I took it for granted that everyone had seen those things, not sure why, lol. Definitely my most cherished Green Day item and worth buying. Listening to the album and going through the book, the narrative isn't as 'loose' or vague as most people think it is. It makes the whole album deeper, with things about Good Guys not wearing Red, White and Blue and all sorts of heartful struggles. BUY IT NOW! Do you know where it’s possible to buy this version still? Don’t think I’ve ever come across it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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