nicoleah Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I wouldn't consider Green Day my religion. But I really appreciate them. Even though we have a lot of fights and disagreements on here, we all need to be reminded why we came here in the first place; because we most of us share the common love of this band. It goes way deeper than just a few notes and words put together. Songs like Minority for example. We have to band together, because we are different. Some songs just make you feel so connected, and they hit you somewhere, and you realize there's more to life. I don't know what I'm trying to get at. All I know is it seems like we as fans have become segregated. The music connects us all emotionally, and I can't help but analyze it, and wonder why it's this way. It makes me think about things, and the music picks me up when I'm down. It's more than just music, it's a psychological thing, almost magical in a way. I suppose that's what you meant by religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nessa1416 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I think alot of people don't understand the power of music. Whether it be Green Day, country, or classical, music has the power to make you feel ways that you've never felt before, and express and accept feelings that would otherwise be pushed to the back of our mind.Because of this, there are many people who have had their lives saved through the power of music. I know writing has been of huge assistance with me, and has helped me TONS to let things out, and not only write words, but write songs. I dunno about you, but I think it's pretty cool.I often wonder where I would be without music. Its not the nicest place. Music is how i de-stress. I come home from school and almost crave music, this might be a little weird, but it's what works for me.As for the newbie thing, I think it's really important for the members who have been along for a while to remember that they were newbies once too! I haven't been around much myself, but I was really nervous about what to expect. But I started a thread, and asked a (stupid) question, and people answered my question with little complaint. And that was great.I have had a couple threads closed (due to not searching etc....my fault) and i was so hurt! I don't know why, i just felt really embarrassed almost that someone had shut-down my ideas the way they did. But I do get it now...you cant go spaming-up the forum, making pointless threads . Another thing I love about this place, is that you can come on here, and see the same people over and over, but also see new ones. So thanks everyone for the help, and understanding, and for making GDC an awesome place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delia Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 thanks Andres .GD is not my religion, i just love themand i'll love GD for the rest of my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 wow. i never realized how much i loved green day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLuckystarx Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Green Day has just helped me feel better about being myself. Just how I look at life has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 There is never a time i dont feel like listening to Green Day their music is amazing and they are incredibly talented. I never really thought before I discovered Green Day that music could affect me how theirs has....Having Green Day makes life bearable - enjoyable even. I suppose they are kind of a religion, listening to Green Day always makes me feel better and there are many things they sing about that I can relate so strongly to and its a wicked feeling when you know there are people out there who understand you and share in your points of view.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannit Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Andres: . . . you are insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod-41 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 i was listening to Letterbomb while i was reading that and it reminded me of what that song ment to me over a year ago and how it helped me threw my problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XbernieX Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 You're speaking right from my heart! That's why I love those 3 guys so much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew21 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 i cant imagine life without them now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XbernieX Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 me neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk Butterfly Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Green Day helped me alot to be happy in sad situations. The time i started to listen to them i was very suidicial and the most optimistic thought of all my days was: "i wan to split my writsts" (i sound very emo i know... but i am not) Because of them i started to listen to pop punk and punk in general... i discovered that this type of music makes me feel strong and hopeful... made me don't give about others opinion and just be myself....One day in a party Chris () answered me why i am sooo objessed with them and i replayed to him that if there weren't Green Day, he will propably be in my funeral now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haushinkapritchard Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Wow, i didnt realise anyone else felt this way about Green Day. I use them as a sort of drug when Im sad or angry i listen to them and it takes some of the pain away or at least makes me think about stuff and realise some things. Green day in their music and as individuals has thought me so much about life so much about living. I would never be able to re-pay them for all the thing they've done for me. They saved my life, literally. i love them and i do consider green day as my relgion because i was agnostic but then I realised i worship green day and they give me hope in life and that maybe there will be a light at the end of this tunnel. This sounds pretty stupid probably but i dont care. thats another thing Green Day have thought me that you should not care what other people think and since the first time on Xmas day 2 years ago i listened to Jesus Of Suburbia I realised that you should do what you want, believe what you want and most important be who you are ever since that day i have used them 3 things as a way of life. Ive lost all my so-called friends for being myself but i think its better than having fake friends and being fake yourself.sure it hurts being alone but when i listen to Green Day the world seems slightly better...well im blabbering on but seriously To Billie Joe, Mike & Tre Thanks for everything thanks for saving my life just thank you I never will be able to repay you but the best i can do is be a great fanLove trina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic. Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Don't get me wrong, I love Green Day. They opened my mind and broadened my horizons but they're not a religon to me.But I just re-read what Andres said, and it did remind me of my love for the band, and their music.Green Day just aren't religon :/ At least, not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amber87 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Well said Andres. Reading that made me smile . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineapple Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 When i am having a bummer of a day and then walk into my room after a shity day and look at my Green Day infested wall and listen to their music, I feel happy i love the best band in the world, And proud of myself that i am a fan of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Liberty Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 hey girl up there^^ im same as you! what would we do with out them *sighs*thanks andres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yussef Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 me neitheror me...but green day is not my religion but i really can't imagine my life without them, if it hadn't been for them most of the time i would just be locked up in the bathroom depressed i kinda owe them everything.i wish i could meet them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haushinkapritchard Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Without them i am nothing.I owe everything to them.They saved my life.i love reading this when i'm sad.tanx Andres, its really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painwithoutlove Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 my friend, who just passes away from cancer, hated green day, but he loved boulevard of broken dreams, and whenever i think of him, i just listen to that song and it helps me a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenanigans041 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Wow,That was amazing to read,Thats was Green Days all about,Thanks to Green Day Iv'e acually made lots of friends,I seems when I go to a Green Day concert,I feel like I belong,and I'm accepted,and I don't feel like that very often.Green Day helped me through my uncle dieing in the hospital,I listend to them on the way there and back,He was in the hospital for 4 months and I went there everyday,Id'e go home and listen to Green Day,and I wouldn't cry as much listening to them,Becuase they always cheered me up,When he died,I went up stairs and listend to Green Day (And some of the network) Non-Stop I just sat there and thaught.I was thinking about everything pretty much,just sitting there listening to Green Day,and lyrics,the beats,The feelings,and it made me have a good idea and outlook on life,Listening to Wake Me Up When September Ends makes me cry though,Becuase every lyric I can relate to"As my memory rests but never forgets what I lost" That part always gets me.R.I.P Uncle Ken,I love you.I have no idea what kind of a person Id'e be today if I didn't like Green Day,When Jesus Of Saburbia came out,I was going through hard times.The doctor was giving me pills so I would concentrate for school,They were big fat pills,and they barely even worked,But when they wore off,it made me feel VERY derpessed for no reason at all,It was the pills,So from like 10am untill 9pm,I was amazingly sad.and I came home and always listend to Jesus of Saburbia,and it was like Billie Joe was putting how I felt into words,and I couldn't do that,I still haden't figured out why I was depressed,So one day I missed a day to take the pill,and I felt Happy.and then next day I took the pill and I was sad again,and then I figured it out,now I'm a happy person,everyones life has there ups and downs,but you always they through it,Thats what I learned,I learn so much more from Green Day,but this was just one of the storys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Megan* Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 As much as I love Green Day, their not quite religion to me.However, they are probably the most wonderful thing to me. They changed my outlook on music and how to deal with certian situations and feelings. I love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netty Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 hhmmmm I think maybe the band need to introduce their fans to the full stop. its one of these "." :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurus Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 That was awesome Andres Green Day have purely enabled me to find the "real me" and have made me figure out who and what I am - before GD - I was a nothing (and ok I'm still a nothing ) but I'm a nothing with something now It makes sense to me and I hope what I said makes sense to you....Green Day make me think, about shit loads of stuff...they make me question things and stick up for things and yea...they make me think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmydiedtodayandsodidi Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 wow, sermun. speaking for a thousand minds, Andres. you're like the Martin Luther king of this thread. anyway, Green day has helped everyone in at least one or more ways, wether they relize it or not. i think Green day helped me focuse on who i was, who i am, and who i will become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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