Random Green Day Thoughts

[Hermione]

21 hours ago, neverdone2000 said:

I've had a thought lately and if this is an inappropriate topic then a mod can feel free to delete this comment. With all of the women (rightly so) coming forward with stories of sexual harassment, and with Green Day being very political and the right hating them so much, could any of the guys be vulnerable to accusations? I'm just thinking about Billie on stage both when he was young and without a filter, or when he was under the influence and without a filter, and you all know what I'm talking about. Granted, he's a rock star, but as rock stars go he has been very sexual on stage. I've never seen evidence of anyone being truly upset or feeling attacked, and I personally think it's all theater (including kissing young girls on the lips). But still haters could go after him. Anyone else had this thought? Also I've heard the Tre was very, very wild back in the day. Mike I haven't seen much about in this regard.

He's never initiated kisses with women on stage, he's let them kiss him but he won't be the one to start it and as a result it's rare that he's kissed women. The worst he did was give a few dudes an unexpected kiss when they came up to play Knowledge back in Warning times, but the vast majority of the time it's been either a mutual thing or the fan initiating it, and friendly rather than sexual/romantic kisses. And sexual stuff on stage hasn't involved other people. I don't think there's anything to worry about, or much point in speculating about it. We certainly don't need to speculate about the guys' personal lives off stage.

[Maddie86]

So I listened to  my Pinhead Gunpowder records this morning, and then I decided to listen to some Replacements albums because of PHGP's cover of Achin To Be. I looked at the credits and The Replacements' "Don't Tell A Soul" album was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, who mixed a lot of green day albums, and the album "All Shook Down" was produced by Scott Litt, who was originally supposed to produce Warning. neat!

Also, I think I remember an interview where Billie said that before Butch Vig they were considering a female producer for 21st CBD, I forget her name though, anyone remember? I'd love to see a woman producer involved with a GD album! I remember Billie said she had a lot of great ideas

[Hermione]

2 hours ago, Kyle Serlington said:

 

Also, I think I remember an interview where Billie said that before Butch Vig they were considering a female producer for 21st CBD, I forget her name though, anyone remember? I'd love to see a woman producer involved with a GD album! I remember Billie said she had a lot of great ideas

It was Linda Perry. I think they had her in the studio for a short time or met with her or whatever in the early stages, at the same time they were making Stop Drop and Roll. I guess in the end it didn't work out and they decided on Butch Vig instead but it does sound like she had some kind of influence (on one or both albums, not sure which exactly but I know she was mentioned in connection to SDR as well), with Billie saying she had great ideas etc. She's worked with soooo many different kinds of acts and is a really big name producer and songwriter so definitely would've been interesting!

[RedundantIdiot]

I really like Shenanigans. 

[The Ghost Dancer]

Not sure how to feel about THIS

It's just weird that someone made a t-shirt out of it. 

[pacejunkie punk]

Just now, heathenchemist said:

Not sure how to feel about THIS

It's just weird that someone made a t-shirt out of it. 

Aw that sucks. I’ve also seen a t-shirt with the image of his mug shot on it. People have no shame.

[pouty bitch]

53 minutes ago, heathenchemist said:

Not sure how to feel about THIS

It's just weird that someone made a t-shirt out of it. 

It actually looks like a pretty cool shirt... until you take into consideration the circumstances behind it. I'm presuming there are some people out there that don't know or care about those circumstances and would be willing to buy it,  and there will always be people that will exploit that for profit.

52 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I’ve also seen a t-shirt with the image of his mug shot on it.

 That's awful. I mean, that 1 minute shirt is pretty tasteless, but his mug shot??? That's disgusting.

[pacejunkie punk]

3 minutes ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said:

 That's awful. I mean, that 1 minute shirt is pretty tasteless, but his mug shot??? That's disgusting.

I just saw one for sale recently and I forget where but the first place I saw it was being worn by someone in the photobooth at Uncool Halloween. Talk about poor taste. I’d be so embarrassed to run into him there while wearing that. Then again, he has a sense of humor about it because when someone used it to make a Shut Up Greg meme he reposted it so the choice of photo obviously didn’t bother him. 

[pouty bitch]

17 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I just saw one for sale recently and I forget where but the first place I saw it was being worn by someone in the photobooth at Uncool Halloween. Talk about poor taste. I’d be so embarrassed to run into him there while wearing that. Then again, he has a sense of humor about it because when someone used it to make a Shut Up Greg meme he reposted it so the choice of photo obviously didn’t bother him. 

I'm glad that he doesn't take it too seriously. It must make everything a hell of a lot easier for him.

[Beerjeezus]

The silhouette looks very good on the t-shirt. But I don't understand why would anybody want to wear this. 

[pacejunkie punk]

5 minutes ago, Billie Joe Armstrong said:

The silhouette looks very good on the t-shirt. But I don't understand why would anybody want to wear this. 

Anyone who didn’t know or care about his situation maybe. Plenty of people found it punk and cool when it happened. Some might have felt bad after but more casual fans might not have cared. 😕

[Beerjeezus]

3 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Anyone who didn’t know or care about his situation maybe. Plenty of people found it punk and cool when it happened. Some might have felt bad after but more casual fans might not have cared. 😕

Oh yeah, it looked punk and cool at the first glance. I probably wouldn't feel so bad for him if I didn't know he wasn't doing well or what a good performer he normally is.

[Jesus of Seneca]

 

Please. Someone. EXPLAIN this to me.

Who, What, Where, When, Why, and What the hell?!? 

 

C'mon guys, just put out a damn Christmas album already. You got this up your sleeves, and you give us 'xmas time of the year' shit 

[Hermione]

14 hours ago, heathenchemist said:

Not sure how to feel about THIS

It's just weird that someone made a t-shirt out of it. 

I mean, I doubt Billie will ever be aware of it so it doesn't really matter . Plus he's made jokes about it himself (as well as about many other things that aren't necessarily a laughing matter), he's not one to be easily offended. It's in such poor taste I just have to laugh, someone actually topped the mugshot one  

[Thatsername]

14 hours ago, heathenchemist said:

Not sure how to feel about THIS

It's just weird that someone made a t-shirt out of it. 

I think some people still just think it was so "cool" or so "punk" to do it and they have no idea about the story behind it. For someone who doesn't really know and/or care about it and about Billie, it's probably funny, although it makes all true fans cringe.

[jengd]

5 hours ago, Jesus of Seneca said:

 

 

C'mon guys, just put out a damn Christmas album already. You got this up your sleeves, and you give us 'xmas time of the year' shit 

Absolutely, we've been hearing about the highly x-rated Christmas songs for years now, bet they are hilarious, just put them out, even as an EP, we would love it.  Maybe Warners wouldn't though, maybe when that contract runs out, they could sneak it out on an indie label.  

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

18 hours ago, heathenchemist said:

Not sure how to feel about THIS

It's just weird that someone made a t-shirt out of it. 

Someone made a giant fleece blanket out of the iHeart Radio scene with Billie’s pants pulled down and put the blanket on top of their tent while they waited in line overnight for the Chicago show. It happens a lot more than you’d think, but I don’t understand it either. It makes me uncomfortable.

[Beerjeezus]

1 minute ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

Someone made a giant fleece blanket out of the iHeart Radio scene with Billie’s pants pulled down and put the blanket on top of their tent while they waited in line overnight for the Chicago show. It happens a lot more than you’d think, but I don’t understand it either. It makes me uncomfortable.

Oh my God hahaha that's SAVAGE 

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

8 minutes ago, Billie Joe Armstrong said:

Oh my God hahaha that's SAVAGE 

I can’t imagine what the printer thought when they received that request, assuming they purchased it online. In-store would be an even funnier reaction. 

[pacejunkie punk]

41 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

Someone made a giant fleece blanket out of the iHeart Radio scene with Billie’s pants pulled down and put the blanket on top of their tent while they waited in line overnight for the Chicago show. It happens a lot more than you’d think, but I don’t understand it either. It makes me uncomfortable.

How can you do that and call yourself a fan?

[Beerjeezus]

26 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

I can’t imagine what the printer thought when they received that request, assuming they purchased it online. In-store would be an even funnier reaction. 

Neither can I. Even though I'm sure they're used to strange requests.  But what was that person thinking...I mean, why would anybody even want people to know that they own a blanket with half-naked Billie. 

2 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

How can you do that and call yourself a fan?

That person must have a very dark sense of humor. 

[pacejunkie punk]

4 minutes ago, Billie Joe Armstrong said:

Neither can I. Even though I'm sure they're used to strange requests.  But what was that person thinking...I mean, why would anybody even want people to know that they own a blanket with half-naked Billie. 

That person must have a very dark sense of humor. 

Hmm... nothing funny about the person you claim to idolize almost killing themselves but that’s just me. 🙄

[Beerjeezus]

1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Hmm... nothing funny about the person you claim to idolize almost killing themselves but that’s just me. 

I don't find it very funny either. (Even though I admit I laughed. What a dick that person had to be, really.)

Some people just like to be assholes when they see someone vulnerable. My fb wall was full of jokes about Chester Bennington dying for several days after it happened. I don't really understand why exactly people act like that but I often see lots of bad jokes after a celebrity passes away - and I don't think it's fueled by hate, it looks more like they don't realize they're talking about real people and real lives. It's like they lack sensitivity - for them it's just a news story.

[Billie_joe_joe]

i had a weird dream last night that billie showed up to my house and stole my dog and he whispered in my ear "its something unpredictable but in the end is right' then just shot off like a rocket towards the sky. this scared the shit out of me but i cant stop laughing cause why would my brain come up with such a stupid fucking dream?  

[pouty bitch]

4 hours ago, Billie Joe Armstrong said:

That person must have a very dark sense of humor. 

I have a dark sense of humour, but I don't find that the slightest bit funny. Some people are so twisted.