Beerjeezus Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I follow the gd reddit forum, but there’s so much fanart people post that I didn’t pay attention to this, because I assumed it was a song some redditor recorded for fun. I wish I listened to it back then 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomcat20 Posted October 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2020 THIS is so hilarious: First time I came across this interview. 2 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elxufinnishidiot Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Fink with orange hair? Nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green day is Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Major Pain said: Weirdly normal account. I'm still trying to figure out if this is a leak or a "leak". The Youtube name/description change, and Billie's acknowledgment, suggests The Network leaked it themselves, but that guy (who seems to be a normal guy, not a sockpuppet) says the leaker posted it on FB. Maybe they just asked their tour guys/label employees "hey who has a reddit account to post this for us?" That's the only thing I can think of. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 10 hours ago, StillBreathing said: Cash me outside? Nailed it! If Norah isn't availible, Dr. Phil and that girl can do vocals. Hostile enviroment maked great art! Maybe Billie and Norah could do an original album together. Or he could get Lady Cobra for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I tried writing out the lyrics for The Ultimate Test, some of it I couldn't probably hear right but I hope the rest of you all could help out. [Verse] This is for real Will be when the band starts playing So we are coming home So get used to being gone Worn out your worn-out welcome And now you dance to a different drum So pack your bags and get on the bus I'm only there(?) when you're short of water fuzz [Chorus] Sound the alarm My friend is coming home Too many years since you've been gone Face the facts Whatever up is next Will be The Ultimate Test [Verse 2] I let you another time You were so innocent Sinners and the other guy And now you seem so different All lies, a thousand darts You were out, and you're playing for cause All lies and a thousand years Love can imagine where you've gone [Chorus] [Bridge] I knew you put inside(?) I knew you through the other lie I knew you wouldn't stand apart I know all what you've done And I know the party wouldn't die I know I'll find you at the club No [Verse 3] Back in the club was your favorite track You would all have gone the one-way alley(?) The dirty leaves that evolve the future Nowhere to go but we couldn't stay But we were young and so naive A dirty dream that will live to follow Looking back, I can see you now Through all your words, an hour, an hour(?) [Chorus] Will be The Ultimate Test [x4] If you ask me about the meaning of it for me, I'd say that what he wants "gone" and "on the bus" is sobriety. The friend who's coming home is alcohol (relating to the god damn Church of Lushotology), and it's going to be the "ultimate test" to see how it ends up. Then the song turns to blabber about Amanda, probably and finds, in the end, that said ultimate test is to stop reminding himself of her because now, the "friend who's coming home" in the last chorus are the thoughts of her again. Banger! Yeah I had to make it about Amanda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jetsrule128 Posted October 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2020 I know people would be so confused but if Green Day wins best rock next week at the EMA’s the network should crash the acceptance speech 3 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boobooo Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Kurthical said: I tried writing out the lyrics for The Ultimate Test, some of it I couldn't probably hear right but I hope the rest of you all could help out. I posted my lyric interpretation earlier but I'll post again so we can compare notes! Haha. This is for real, (Forever leave?) when the band starts playing, There's no way you're coming home So get used to being gone You wore out your worn out welcome And now you dance to a different drum So pack your bags and get on the bus Like one of them and you're sure not one of us Sound the alarm My friend is coming home Too many years since you've been gone Face the facts Whatever happens next Will be the ultimate test I remember another time When you were so innocent Same as any other guy But now you seem so different Cold eyes, a thousand yards When you had heart and you bled for a cause Cold eyes and a thousand years I can't imagine where you've gone Sound the alarm My friend is coming home Too many years since you've been gone Face the facts Whatever happens next Will be the ultimate test And I know you burn inside And I know the truth behind the lie And I know your world is torn apart And I know how hard you tried And I know the part of you that died And I know how far you had to come (Go!) Back In Black was our favourite track Feeling/peeling off down a one lane highway (?) Nothing to lose and we followed the future Nowhere to go where we couldn't stay When we were young we were so naive We had a dream that we lived to follow Looking back I can see you now So you went yours and I went my way Sound the alarm My friend is coming home Too many years since you've been gone Face the facts Whatever happens next Will be the ultimate test Will be the ultimate test (You went yours and I went my way) Will be the ultimate test (You went yours and I went my way) Will be the ultimate test (You went yours and I went my way) Will be the ultimate test Edited October 31, 2020 by Boobooo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 21 minutes ago, jetsrule128 said: I know people would be so confused but if Green Day wins best rock next week at the EMA’s the network should crash the acceptance speech Totally, and rip into them 😂😂😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Thanks @Boobooo I believe those lyrics are correct. I hadn’t thought about it as a metaphor for temporary sobriety as @Kurthical suggests but it sure does work, whether intentional or not. I think to take this next level The Network will start making IG posts trashtalking back to Green Day and challenging them to a fight. It would be funny if the Golden Bull then stepped in and offered to host them to put up or shut up 😄 Dammit I like that idea now I really want a battle of the bands style throwdown! And they for sure will reissue the first album and sell it alongside the new one. Collectors will want both and it seems as though there are a lot of confused newer fans out there that are just experiencing this for the first time and will want to check them out. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Thanks @Boobooo! I hadn't noticed you posted them earlier as I'm not that up to track with this thread. I believe you got a lot of it correctly. And better than I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Man Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Finally caught up on this thread. I am so glad that they're back! Even as my second least favorite side project (sorry Dead Mermaids) I loved Money Money 2020. Also glad that they're keeping up the act of not being The Network. Just when I was getting worried that GDC was starting to get way too quiet.. I can't wait for more!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beerjeezus Posted October 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2020 It’s cool that 2020 the year of the Network’s return (according to the ancient prophecy, definitely not a random year they made up in 2003) is also a time of a general resurgence of popularity of new wave. It’s mostly serious darkwave “emo” bands like Molchat Doma, but still, The Network called it that there’ll be doomers looking for post punk synths to listen to 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said: It’s cool that 2020 the year of the Network’s return (according to the ancient prophecy, definitely not a random year they made up in 2003) is also a time of a general resurgence of popularity of new wave. It’s mostly serious darkwave “emo” bands like Molchat Doma, but still, The Network called it that there’ll be doomers looking for post punk synths to listen to I was thinking this too, that as usual Green Day were ahead of the trend. They got successful playing punk when it wasn’t popular, did a rock opera concept album when no one had done one in years and album sales were declining, and jumped on the 80’s new wave trend years before it was cool. The Network would have been really popular if it had just emerged today, but of course that’s not Green Day’s style. They set the trend they don’t follow it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie, get your gun Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 18 hours ago, Laly said: Maybe I'm skeptic for other reasons that have nothing to do with this, but I don't believe it. HoLy ShIt I was wrong!!! I shouldn't be surprised with Green Day I mean The Network. They appeared out of nowhere, disappeared in the middle of nowhere and now reappear, when we're all standing nowhere. When the world pandemic started I remember thinking - "Money Money 2020 & Disease Is Punishment" - all happening in the same year. It was like a fucking phophecy! And now here they are! (PS. I'm the one person who wants them to admit it is them, but I guess it's all part of the game and I can't be more glad that they're releasing new music under this weird, crazy side project) And they even got together to do that crappy recording... I love them so fucking much ❤️ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said: I was thinking this too, that as usual Green Day were ahead of the trend. They got successful playing punk when it wasn’t popular, did a rock opera concept album when no one had done one in years and album sales were declining, and jumped on the 80’s new wave trend years before it was cool. The Network would have been really popular if it had just emerged today, but of course that’s not Green Day’s style. They set the trend they don’t follow it. It will be interesting what comes out of this. Network’s sound is currently more a lot more trendy than whatever they were trying to do on FOAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pacejunkie punk Posted October 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2020 13 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said: It will be interesting what comes out of this. Network’s sound is currently more a lot more trendy than whatever they were trying to do on FOAM. I know it is really weird when you think about it how they do seem to be tossing all of their best material to the side projects first Longshot and now this. I would almost call it an act of self sabotage. It reminds me of this: In a way it’s almost turned on itself and the “safe” material is what side projects are for and Green Day is now the weird experimental thing 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Karlson Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Someone on YT posted something interesting (don't know if it was posted yet): "To paraphrase, it said that a friend at Warner sent them (the person that runs this channel) this track. The boys were in the studio in February recording new network tracks. But the release date shown at the end (20th October, 2020) wasn't accurate because of delays due to Covid, and may be pushed to January 2021. "Get ready!" " So this seems to prove Billie's meaning behind "we got enough material and could drop another album later this year" (or something like that...too lazy to search for the interview) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pouty bitch Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Finally got round to listening to both tracks all the way through. The Ultimate Test is pretty good, although a bit too long for my liking. It's The Prophecy that gets me though, I love the utter childishness and silliness I live for silly green day tbh, I feel like I could take or leave the music at this point, but the crazy antics and trolling is what always keeps me coming back lmao 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montclare Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I think the lyrics could also be interpreted about being about Trump/the election. First verse= the White House/losing the election. Chorus=sanity/what happens next. Second verse= before Trump was president. Sure, Billie said he would never write a song about Trump, but that doesn't mean Fink wouldn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trambopoline Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, Karl Karlson said: Someone on YT posted something interesting (don't know if it was posted yet): "To paraphrase, it said that a friend at Warner sent them (the person that runs this channel) this track. The boys were in the studio in February recording new network tracks. But the release date shown at the end (20th October, 2020) wasn't accurate because of delays due to Covid, and may be pushed to January 2021. "Get ready!" " So this seems to prove Billie's meaning behind "we got enough material and could drop another album later this year" (or something like that...too lazy to search for the interview) yeah, this was the original description on the upload of Ultimate Test, before the channel turned into the chuch acct. we were talking about that earlier when speculating if this was always planned or a result of quarantine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tubbie Head Posted October 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2020 4 hours ago, KarlAuerE12thSt said: Guys I sadly don't have the time to read through all this. Is this confirmed comeback or just fake? Or still under investigation? 100% fake! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trambopoline Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Tubbie Head said: 100% fake! if BJA is to be trusted, that is... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I need more Lushotology. Now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 He’d never lie to us, right? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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