New single - Dilemma - Out December 7th

[Hermione]

Song and video are amazing! Song was in my head all day after one listen and the video is so candid and honest. Well done Billie

[jengd]

BT’s video way too short

 

 

[stories and songs]

I remember they had some pretty cool BTS videos for the making of AI era music videos, was kinda hoping for that with this video. Would love to know how they brainstormed the concept with the director and the technical aspect of how Billie felt wearing that camera!

Since the song and video are personal and more specific to Billie than the other band members, I’m hoping he talks about it in the podcasts he’s seemingly doing soon.

[That Dude]

Green Day's monthly listeners are up a little bit.  Nice!   This video has me thinking about how being famous must make this struggle even harder for Billie Joe.   I might want to spend a 2000 dollars at bar on some nights, but I can't.  My wildest nights were probably a couple hundred in boozing.   Billie could transform every patron into an alcoholic if he wanted to.   And even if money wasn't so free flowing for him, his fame probably gets him TONS of free drinks.  Like in the video where somebody's just pouring it into him!    Imagine being Billie's bartender.    Do you cut him off?   CAN you cut him off without serious problems from drunk Billie?     Bartenders of GDC -  how do you handle Billie Joe plopping into the stool directly in front of you and getting closer and closer to iheart radio meltdown level?    That's tough.   I guess if Mike or Tre or someone else in their camp was around, I'd politely talk to them since their used to it - and see how I could deal with it without a scene.     I'd go to Mike, say "hey, Bill is getting a bit out of sorts.   Can you help him out a little, maybe hitch him a ride out of here pretty soon?"         This hypothetical That Bartender Dude is just trying to avoid getting his LIGHTS OUT by his favorite band.        What if Tre Cool comes up behind me and smashed a chair and a liquor bottle over my head and Billie starts licking it off my chrome dome?     

 

[pacejunkie punk]

I like seeing Billie enjoying himself while making this video it helps with the sad feeling you get watching it. Also the “movie magic” of seeing the fake vomit and the vacuum hose that really inhaled all that “coke” helps too. Don’t even get me started on the extended version of Billie up on the bar 😂 

1 hour ago, stories and songs said:

I remember they had some pretty cool BTS videos for the making of AI era music videos, was kinda hoping for that with this video. Would love to know how they brainstormed the concept with the director and the technical aspect of how Billie felt wearing that camera!

Since the song and video are personal and more specific to Billie than the other band members, I’m hoping he talks about it in the podcasts he’s seemingly doing soon.

I have so many questions too. I can’t imagine Ryan and Billie didn’t have a private sit down first about Ryan’s concept to make sure it was okay and he was comfortable doing it. It’s a big ask for a new director for the band, it shows how close they’ve become already. There’s a lot of trust there.

I also want to know what it was like acting with that rig and how heavy it was. How many hours did it take to get all those shots? 

[Vintage Disciple]

3 hours ago, That Dude said:

      What if Tre Cool comes up behind me and smashed a chair and a liquor bottle over my head and Billie starts licking it off my chrome dome?     

 

You're getting dangerously close to Fangirl thread material with that one.  😂

[jengd]

@That Dude is welcome in the fangirl thread, as is everybody.

[That Dude]

And then I didn't realize the flour I used with dinner was all over the front of my jeans and all of sudden there was Billie.....

 

[Vintage Disciple]

4 hours ago, jengd said:

@That Dude is welcome in the fangirl thread, as is everybody.

Of course...and we welcome @That Dude and everyone.

[That Dude]

The comparisons to Linkin Park and Weezer?  I don't hear it at all.  Someone give me an example of where they sound alike, please.  I mean, if Billie or Rivers joined Linkin Park, I'd be up for it (everyone else would FREAK OUT if it was Rivers with his dorky vibes, haha)      But no.  Green Day aren't doing Linkin Park sounds or Weezer sounds as far as I can hear.  

 

[Q-Man]

1 hour ago, That Dude said:

The comparisons to Linkin Park and Weezer?  I don't hear it at all.  Someone give me an example of where they sound alike, please.  I mean, if Billie or Rivers joined Linkin Park, I'd be up for it (everyone else would FREAK OUT if it was Rivers with his dorky vibes, haha)      But no.  Green Day aren't doing Linkin Park sounds or Weezer sounds as far as I can hear.  

 

I definitely hear Weezer aspects in Dilemma. Not an ounce of Linkin Park though. 

[ekim]

9 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I like seeing Billie enjoying himself while making this video it helps with the sad feeling you get watching it. Also the “movie magic” of seeing the fake vomit and the vacuum hose that really inhaled all that “coke” helps too. Don’t even get me started on the extended version of Billie up on the bar 😂 

I have so many questions too. I can’t imagine Ryan and Billie didn’t have a private sit down first about Ryan’s concept to make sure it was okay and he was comfortable doing it. It’s a big ask for a new director for the band, it shows how close they’ve become already. There’s a lot of trust there.

I also want to know what it was like acting with that rig and how heavy it was. How many hours did it take to get all those shots? 

The camera looked very uncomfortable to wear 

45 minutes ago, Q-Man said:

I definitely hear Weezer aspects in Dilemma. Not an ounce of Linkin Park though. 

Exactly weezer style all over not one bit of the leaking farts at all 

[dirnt286]

This song has been in my head all weekend.

Billie’s gruff vocal styling during the chorus of the song is a smart choice - you can hear the frustration.

 

[ekim]

2 minutes ago, ekim said:

The camera looked very uncomfortable to wear 

Exactly weezer style all over not one bit of the leaking farts at all 

And apparently Bobby sox is like weezer according to the Italian billboard article  I definitely think there's a mutual respect between green day and weezer rivers has a songbook he uses while writing bands like oasis nirvana green day are in it 

[The Grohl]

20 hours ago, jengd said:

Yep, knew it was making me think of something.

Oh shit I hear it now!

[Bakabanas]

As a colour blind person, I really appreciate GD sticking to black and white videos. Man, fuck these colours.

[suffoKate]

Hey! Now we can add “welcome to….(fill in the blank)” to commonly used GD phrases!

[Warszawa]

8 minutes ago, suffoKate said:

Hey! Now we can add “welcome to….(fill in the blank)” to commonly used GD phrases!

i can think of only 3. AI, paradise and dilemma

Just now, Warszawa said:

i can think of only 3. AI, paradise and dilemma

dont leave me also

[suffoKate]

42 minutes ago, Warszawa said:

i can think of only 3. AI, paradise and dilemma

dont leave me also

Welcome to my Panic. 
 

BTW is your user name in reference to the late great David Bowie?!

[Warszawa]

1 hour ago, suffoKate said:

Welcome to my Panic. 
 

BTW is your user name in reference to the late great David Bowie?!

it is a reference to the city i am living in

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

Art of perfecting falling on Tre Cool

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0uA6QPuEAj/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[That Dude]

We're in the age of no attention span:  NEED NEW SINGLE NOW!!!!!!   Come on up to the plate Bobby Sox.    Then Fancy Sauce.    Oh but while we're talking Dilemma, did anyone else think it was weird how Mike and Tre didn't seem too phased by Billie's falling into them?    Used to it?   The ultimate professionals?     Or something else.   Welp, gotta go listen to some Viva Death now.  BYE! 

 

[DookieLukie]

Lower AI vocals make this better. Wish he would sing lower again.

[Warszawa]

On 12/11/2023 at 5:21 AM, Q-Man said:

I definitely hear Weezer aspects in Dilemma. Not an ounce of Linkin Park though. 

Bobby sox was described as sounding similar to weezer and Chester's singing not Dilemma

[That Dude]

There's a cool single cover on wikipedia now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilemma_(Green_Day)  The description of the video makes it sounds boring, though - Billie Joe drinks heavily at a show.   Haha

I think Saviors will tell the story of a girl named Dil Emma who must face the zombie apocalypse, but she doesn't have to face it alone.  With her girlfriend Bobby Sox and a washed up chapstick slinger, Dil Emma will take on all the zombies a flat earth can throw at them!    

Some mobsters try and capture the girls, but actually end up being allies.   The rest of the album tell of their journey to the end of the East Bay and their attempts at finding the mythical Fancy Sauce - the chemical that could stop the zombies once and for all!    It's a tale of love, partying and good music but along the way, there's death, x ray hamburgers and a whole lot of free weed and yoga retreats, baby!