Spike Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 You're supposed to 'stop when the red lights (traffic lights) flash' (not that traffic lights flash) coz it's the law, but by saying DON'T stop when the red lights flash, he's telling you to go all crazy and be reckless, in line with the theme of dos. And yes, I did just pull that out of my arse! I just had a mental image of Billie as a driving instructor, and the student slows down to stop for a red light but Billie goes "LET'S... GO... FUCKING... CRAZY!!!" and forces the student to floor it through the lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 I just had a mental image of Billie as a driving instructor, and the student slows down to stop for a red light but Billie goes "LET'S... GO... FUCKING... CRAZY!!!" and forces the student to floor it through the lights. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I think I just wrote Green Day's next music video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 I think I just wrote Green Day's next music video. I'm just picturing the music for SWTRLF cutting in as the car screeches through the intersection and narrowly avoids being totaled by a semi. I think we need to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I'm just picturing the music for SWTRLF cutting in as the car screeches through the intersection and narrowly avoids being totaled by a semi. I think we need to do this. Didn't that already basically happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Didn't that already basically happen? We'll do it better. Can Ceadog be the one driving the semi? I can totally see him playing a drunken belligerent trucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Disappearing Boy Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Well the truck that nearly ran Billie over in the Walking Contradiction music video didn't stop when the red lights flashed anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beejeezee Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Bringin' it backdoes anyone have any idea what kind of theme Billie could possibly have been trying to convey with the "red lights flash" line throughout the Trilogy? (And on the "That's All Right" cover, for that matter.) I think it has something to do with midlife crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Dude Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The only Green Day lyrics that bothers me is the "Juliana Homicide" in "Dirty Rotten Bastards". I don't understand it. At all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagelfeet Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I still don't know what the FUCK Last Ride In is about no but seriously I love the song Misery but I still haven't a clue what it's about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I still don't know what the FUCK Last Ride In is about no but seriously I love the song Misery but I still haven't a clue what it's about. This from GSB sums it up pretty well: "Watching Disney movies will change you. A tune like Misery sounds like it could have come straight out of Aladdin." - Billie Joe Armstrong. In Misery the author is proving his point by using examples - he describes several situations with different people whose actions and decisions led them to the state of misery. This is an ode to consequences that shows what can happen when you do something that you know is wrong. And when it's too late to change anything, all you can do is "get high when you're low", but this obviously won't make you happier. So, instead of regretting your mistakes and drowning your sorrow in intoxication, why not think of what you're doing before you make your mistakes? "It's not what you make, it's what you leave". Things that give you momentary satisfaction might screw you up in the long run, and that's what matters - they're not worth the misery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagelfeet Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 This from GSB sums it up pretty well: that really puts the song in a different perspective for me, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The only Green Day lyrics that bothers me is the "Juliana Homicide" in "Dirty Rotten Bastards". I don't understand it. At all. I could be way off here, but I've always believed Julianna to be the personification of a concept. Not a concrete character, if you will. Kind of like Christian and Gloria. And obviously homicide is murder, so the phrase Julianna homicide could refer to the intentional destruction of a concept. Moreover, Julianna was a character, played by Michelle Forbes, in the TV show Homicide: Life On The Street, which ran from 1993-1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astoria Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Not a Green Day song but a version of Chocolate Rain by Tre Cool that leaves my thinking, WTF... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beejeezee Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I just had a mental image of Billie as a driving instructor, and the student slows down to stop for a red light but Billie goes "LET'S... GO... FUCKING... CRAZY!!!" and forces the student to floor it through the lights. That's how I want to learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 That's how I want to learn! Pretty sure that's how I did learn. I hit a pot hole and literally bent one of the wheels in half about five lessons in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beejeezee Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Pretty sure that's how I did learn. I hit a pot hole and literally bent one of the wheels in half about five lessons in. The worst I've done is run over a curb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 The worst I've done is run over a curb. I went in the ditch once—came within inches of hitting a sign, and hurt my foot trying to brake. Drove right back out and picked up my dad, and no one ever knew. Took a break from listening to Halestorm in the car for awhile, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The only Green Day lyrics that bothers me is the "Juliana Homicide" in "Dirty Rotten Bastards". I don't understand it. At all. Juliana Homicide is a personification of blazing self-destruction, and characterizing it as a girl he wants shows the seduction of that sort of self-sabotage and the flirtation with it (whether to fall into it or not). "California’s burning to the ground And Julianna walks on holy ground" - To me these lines represent how a crazy destructive bender and allowing the loss of control can appear so glamorous and draw us in at the time. And when you act crazy like that, at the time you feel indestructible. You don't look around at all the damage caused, the fire, you are immortal. Until you wake up the next day, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 You're supposed to 'stop when the red lights (traffic lights) flash' (not that traffic lights flash) coz it's the law, but by saying DON'T stop when the red lights flash, he's telling you to go all crazy and be reckless, in line with the theme of dos. And yes, I did just pull that out of my arse! Totally! And there's times where he says to stop as well as times he says to not stop. I think it's the whole struggling with temptation thing, do you stop at the red light or go ahead and give in to the temptation of sex, drink, drugs, partying etc. What happens when you struggle to resist it and when you give in. Plus red lights are associated with seedy sex (red light districts etc) which fits with the theme of Dos as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scentless Apprentice Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hahaha it's weird. Every lyric in here always made perfect sense to me. I don't know, maybe my mind is as weird as Billie's. But I do think almost all the lyrics in trilogy are well written, clever, and very revealing. I love them. Actually, that's what I love about Billie's lyrics in general - they have so much meaning, and it's fun to decipher them and try to figure out all the profound meanings they have. I'm totally a lyrics geek, with Green Day especially, but also just overall. Except I still don't know what this Julianna homicide thing is. Julianna is a Latin name meaning "young" or "youthful" Juliana homicide is a clever way of saying that he's growing up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Julianna is a Latin name meaning "young" or "youthful" Juliana homicide is a clever way of saying that he's growing up? I still say it's a shoutout to the show Homicide and the charecter Juliana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scentless Apprentice Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hmm. That would make sense. She's not a brown skinned girl though. "From the midwest to the beach" - her skin is brown from having a sun tan. It also says inside the ¡UNO! booklet, on the page right before Sweet 16, "...Sunbathing at Pinhole Shores. My Minnesota Girl. Always." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scentless Apprentice Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 The only Green Day lyrics that bothers me is the "Juliana Homicide" in "Dirty Rotten Bastards". I don't understand it. At all. Like I said previously, Juliana is a Latin name meaning "young" or "youthful" Juliana homicide could be a clever way of saying that he's growing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre_Archer Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 There are few trilogy lyrics which i think Billie got super lazy with. "I searched the moon, i lost my head, i even looked under the bed" :/ come on. There's some others but i can only think of these: "She gave up on jesus for living on venus" "I like your BMW, I like you BM excellent tits" I was curious if in Drama Queen "she dangles from her necklace" is that a really lazy lyric, or something clever where the person in question is tied to fashion that controls her life rather than the other way round. "She gave up on jesus for living on venus" I would say that's someone giving up on Christianity to join some sort of cult. Many people consider cults weird, distant, unknown, dangerous things, which is like living on venus. Dunno about the other lyrics though. And yes I know this is 2 years late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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