burnout409 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I think that people will never know 100% what any song ever is fully about, songs can mean and be inspired my more than 1 thing. So i think maybe the song is about Billie himself and possibly this Becca person as well, and maybe even more that no one will ever know about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Mercury's right, Billie explained it in an interview (which I can't find now grr, but I've seen it). He said he wrote "he" and "she" just so that it's no particular gender. To make a subtle statement that the gender doesn't matter. really? i've never seen that interview...interesting ...thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckWithRob Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Mercury's right, Billie explained it in an interview (which I can't find now grr, but I've seen it). He said he wrote "he" and "she" just so that it's no particular gender. To make a subtle statement that the gender doesn't matter. Or the fact that he's bisexual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of 1967 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 i wondered about that, too...i always saw it kinda like he was first talking about the shrink who was female, then he was talking about the whore and the HE is referred to the shrink again... is the word "shrink" male or female? ...cos if it's male, maybe he just wanted to say that he, the shrink, said that his life's a bore and maybe even said HE because he wanted to differentiate from the whore... I think there's something very satirical in there in that, taking the lyrics at face value, it could be the male prostitute who's sick of the narrator's unproductive kvetching and who is ultimately dispensing some pointed, unsolicited advice to the narrator -- in this interpretation, the whore is a man and the "her" pronoun in "so quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down" would indeed be referring back to the therapist in the preceding verse. There's something very tongue-in-cheek about a gigolo telling his john to STFU 'cause it's pissing off the therapist who was the catalyst for their meeting in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Or the fact that he's bisexual Yeah I guess that's probably part of it too. I'm just going by what he said in that interview though, from that it sounded more like he was just emphasizing the fact that gender isn't important. But it could be a bit of both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elena Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I think there's something very satirical in there in that, taking the lyrics at face value, it could be the male prostitute who's sick of the narrator's unproductive kvetching and who is ultimately dispensing some pointed, unsolicited advice to the narrator -- in this interpretation, the whore is a man and the "her" pronoun in "so quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down" would indeed be referring back to the therapist in the preceding verse. There's something very tongue-in-cheek about a gigolo telling his john to STFU 'cause it's pissing off the therapist who was the catalyst for their meeting in the first place. haha yeah or maybe that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDayRockxx Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 So Billie has a second personality called Becca, who is female, and she's sarcastic and cynical. Good to know, I think she's the lead of Foxboro Hot Tubs. And I KNEW I had heard that story before! when Billie played She naked, his but clenched to the rhythm, and Tré fucked up, or something similar Im gonna go with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icyfire34 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 So Billie has a second personality called Becca, who is female, and she's sarcastic and cynical. Good to know, I think she's the lead of Foxboro Hot Tubs. And I KNEW I had heard that story before! when Billie played She naked, his but clenched to the rhythm, and Tré fucked up, or something similar wait what? da faq i read haha.... i dont get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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