Random Green Day Thoughts

[pacejunkie punk]

5 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

I read this on Reddit. Is it true that all those song are about Amanda? I know Adrienne said she didn't care but holy shit Billie need to stop thinking about her 😂

- She

- When I Come Around

- Stuart and The Avenue 

- Whatsername

- Maria

- Amanda

- She's A Rebel

I think Amanda represents an archetype even though she was an actual person. When he writes about a rebellious, independent activist type person, he is drawing on her but not actually writing about her like he is pining for her.  She has just become a character that he is inspired by often (and sometimes wishes he were, much more so than someone he wishes he were with). She's just inspiration.

[Beerjeezus]

sometimes when i’m dumpster diving or some shit like that the thought crosses my mind that bja would probably turn me into the hot anarchist gf stereotype and if i’m feeling particularly introspective i even realize that in some way he did

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

It's already the 21st in the UK and American Idiot, the album, is 18 today! 

Here's Kerrang's article about it for anyone who hasn't yet seen it

https://www.kerrang.com/green-day-the-inside-story-of-american-idiot/

[Christian's Inferno!]

If I were Adrienne I'd be much more concerned about Lady Cobra  (And just Dos in general)

9 hours ago, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said:

It's already the 21st in the UK and American Idiot, the album, is 18 today! 

Here's Kerrang's article about it for anyone who hasn't yet seen it

https://www.kerrang.com/green-day-the-inside-story-of-american-idiot/

The one thing from that article I don't like is this line "this being a time when America was still 12 years away from electing a Commander in Chief that made Bush look like Gandhi"

I don't like when people use Trump to try to minimise how bad Bush was

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

I can't remember which thread it was where we were talking about how Billie, Mike and Tré all used to smoke but at the time I could only find the photo with Mike and Tré smoking. Here's one of them all

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci4nnCzPVxP/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Beerjeezus]

Nvm thought billie’s was unlit would’ve been funny

[StillBreathing]

On 9/15/2022 at 8:24 AM, That Dude said:

Most used words in Green Day's catalogue, according to that dude.   I thought "heart" would be the number one word, but Green Day are MORE concerned with time, knowledge, and going away.  

 

1.       Time:  224

2.       Know:  211

3.       Go:  208

4.       Away:  175

5.       Love:  156

6.       Heart:  118

7.       Say:  118

8.       Mind:  114

9.       Top:  111

10.   Red:  99

11.   Age:  98

12.   Never:  95

13.   Blood:  92

14.   Sing:  92

15.   Light:  91

16.   Run:  91

17.   Home:  90

18.   Lie:  88

19.   Dream:  85

20.   World:  85

21.   Life:  84

22.   Lost:  81

23.   Girl - 72

24.   War:  61

25.   Dead:  55

26.   Era:  52

27.   Enemy 44

28.   Fire:  41

29.   Control:  39

30.   Scream:  37

31.   Soul:  33

32.   Sun: 30

33.   Fight: 30

34.   Gun:  27

35.   Bomb  26

36.   Road:  25

37.   Work:  25

38.   Hero:  24

39.   Promise:  23

40.   Free: 23

41.   America: 22

42.   Class:  22

43.   Dawn:  20

44.   Loser:  14

What’s Green Day’s favourite color ?  

… Red 

 

🤔

[Lenny]

On 9/20/2022 at 4:42 PM, Little Boy Named Booze said:

I read this on Reddit. Is it true that all those song are about Amanda? I know Adrienne said she didn't care but holy shit Billie need to stop thinking about her 😂

- She

- When I Come Around

- Stuart and The Avenue 

- Whatsername

- Maria

- Amanda

- She's A Rebel

All those songs except Amanda are about Amanda. All jokes aside, I think When I Come Around was about when him and Adrienne broke up the first time. 

I think it's not really a romantic thing with Amanda as much as it is a mark that was left on him. The way she has been portrayed is in more of an attitude than a love interest (Maria, She's A Rebel, She) 

Stuart and the Ave I think is probably the biggest exception, it was written as a raw emotion to an event in his life at the time. 

 

[Lenny]

On 9/20/2022 at 4:49 PM, pacejunkie punk said:

I think Amanda represents an archetype even though she was an actual person. When he writes about a rebellious, independent activist type person, he is drawing on her but not actually writing about her like he is pining for her.

Agreed, she is an archetype, an attitude and also a strong female role in their stories and imagery. I think at some point he is drawing on her but the character is no longer her. 

He has also written more personally though a few times and I believe she also represents abandonment as well. I had a close friend who basically ditched me in the way she disappeared on Billie Joe. It's a weird thing to go through, especially with our personality types as we are very vocal. 

I understand why he wrote about it, I also wrote songs about my experience and that person in my life. It's a real character, event and a whole mixed bag of thoughts and feelings. It's the healthiest way I could digest all of it. 

 

[Zebahar]

I miss Mikes long hair from the Trilogy era

[pacejunkie punk]

Just came across this little gem 💎 

 

[jengd]

2 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Just came across this little gem 💎 

 

One of my favourite songs at a favourite performance remastered, love it! 

[That Dude]

Billie and Serj have both inadvertently written songs that will haunt them forever. 

If I ever run into Serj, I'm going to stand out by screaming about banana banana banana Terra cotta pie.  Terra cotta pie.  Is there a perfect way to hold your baby?

https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.revolvermag.com%2Fmusic%2Fsystem-down-fans-wont-stop-scaring-serj-tankian-yelling-wake&h=AT1Z1ZIrvj6gbD4eDpTxEsBnMuHKsGIJuhguagfRbvrdLOM0KYmL6FwVxhgVcAzpRHUfHRc01NRGXF2jmcsK4apDirbRuPgRZUduX8iXTNIPkP5FVDp3XV8d1_rsanmnFWgj

[That Dude]

So Slipknot are only playing ONE song from their brand new album and it's being called a "troll" album to get out of their contract just like FOAM. 

Of course I fall in love with trolls, I'm That Dude -  Troll Lover Extraordinaire.  

I was going to bash Slipknot for having a dull set list too, but it's the reality of rock show.   Once a band get's to Green Day or Slipknot status, they are part of the machine.     Play what the people want.   It's all you can do.  

Oh wait -  it's not reality.    Because PEARL JAM.  

Pearl Jam are a massive band.    On the same level as  Slipknot and a bit below Green Day in Spotify numbers.   Green Day has 20 million and the other two bands have 10 million.   

But Pearl Jam can come out and play 25 random songs each and every night.     Sometimes they play big hits, but they always cover most of their discography, cover different songs by different artists.   

I guess I want every band to be a Pearl Jam in concert.   

 

One last thing and this rant will be over.    Do you guys have bands that you love but don't want to see live at all?    Alkaline Trio and Highly Suspect are my two examples.   I ADORE those bands, but they don't play a single song that I love them because of.    

 

TROLL LOVER, OUT.  

 

[Beerjeezus]

Fans always say the shitty thing isn’t the real thing it’s like the fake Sherlock episode

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

RevRad is now six years old! 

[Insomniac90]

15 hours ago, That Dude said:

So Slipknot are only playing ONE song from their brand new album and it's being called a "troll" album to get out of their contract just like FOAM. 

Of course I fall in love with trolls, I'm That Dude -  Troll Lover Extraordinaire.  

I was going to bash Slipknot for having a dull set list too, but it's the reality of rock show.   Once a band get's to Green Day or Slipknot status, they are part of the machine.     Play what the people want.   It's all you can do.  

Oh wait -  it's not reality.    Because PEARL JAM.  

Pearl Jam are a massive band.    On the same level as  Slipknot and a bit below Green Day in Spotify numbers.   Green Day has 20 million and the other two bands have 10 million.   

But Pearl Jam can come out and play 25 random songs each and every night.     Sometimes they play big hits, but they always cover most of their discography, cover different songs by different artists.   

I guess I want every band to be a Pearl Jam in concert.   

 

One last thing and this rant will be over.    Do you guys have bands that you love but don't want to see live at all?    Alkaline Trio and Highly Suspect are my two examples.   I ADORE those bands, but they don't play a single song that I love them because of.    

 

TROLL LOVER, OUT.  

 

Yes. I never want to see Rise against again. I saw them 3 times (2010 as opening act for Green Day, Rock am Ring 2015 and 2018). Maybe the worst live band I‘ve ever seen besides System of a down (2017). Rise used to be a good live band but watch the RaR 2018 gig, so bad.

[That Dude]

On 9/18/2022 at 9:41 AM, RedundantIdiot said:

I'd like to see the full list of all profanities used in Green Day songs and the profanities ranked in order of how many times they are used. Can anyone do this?

Update: found this beauty

 

I have a PowerPoint with said info.  I don't have FOAM included but I will hook you up. 

 

[jengd]

I see good old Ticketmaster is introducing “dynamic” ticket pricing in the UK now, like you guys in the US suffer from already.  I thought that wasn’t allowed here but was obviously wrong.  They say it’s to cut down on scalping, yeah, right!  😡😡😡 Like getting tickets wasn’t traumatic enough!

[Insomniac90]

4 hours ago, jengd said:

I see good old Ticketmaster is introducing “dynamic” ticket pricing in the UK now, like you guys in the US suffer from already.  I thought that wasn’t allowed here but was obviously wrong.  They say it’s to cut down on scalping, yeah, right!  😡😡😡 Like getting tickets wasn’t traumatic enough!

Yes stupid argument with „scalping“ 😂

They could personalize it instead of that dynamic shit. Everything‘s getting more expensive in the EU/UK and people don‘t waste their money anymore. As far as I know ticket sales went down already. Like Rock am Ring 100€ more and still no Bands

Hope the EU doing something.

[The Grohl]

6 hours ago, jengd said:

I see good old Ticketmaster is introducing “dynamic” ticket pricing in the UK now, like you guys in the US suffer from already.  I thought that wasn’t allowed here but was obviously wrong.  They say it’s to cut down on scalping, yeah, right!  😡😡😡 Like getting tickets wasn’t traumatic enough!

Ugh yeah recently ran into this when trying to buy Depeche Mode tickets. I had some for a good section and when I tried to check out the price doubled. Insanity. If anything dynamic pricing is going to push me towards second hand sellers.

@That Dude I never want to see HIM again. Seen them 3 times and they're fine live. Nothing spectacular but kind of bland. Same goes for Bullet For My Valentine. They sound good but energy wise it's okay.

Also, I want to see where people are calling Slipknot's new album a troll album. All comments I've seen are either mixed or positive.

[pacejunkie punk]

6 hours ago, jengd said:

I see good old Ticketmaster is introducing “dynamic” ticket pricing in the UK now, like you guys in the US suffer from already.  I thought that wasn’t allowed here but was obviously wrong.  They say it’s to cut down on scalping, yeah, right!  😡😡😡 Like getting tickets wasn’t traumatic enough!

It doesn’t cut down on scalping, it just changes who the scalpers are, but as the ticket buyer you’re still getting gouged.

[Insomniac90]

17 minutes ago, The Grohl said:

Ugh yeah recently ran into this when trying to buy Depeche Mode tickets. I had some for a good section and when I tried to check out the price doubled. Insanity. If anything dynamic pricing is going to push me towards second hand sellers.

@That Dude I never want to see HIM again. Seen them 3 times and they're fine live. Nothing spectacular but kind of bland. Same goes for Bullet For My Valentine. They sound good but energy wise it's okay.

Also, I want to see where people are calling Slipknot's new album a troll album. All comments I've seen are either mixed or positive.

Most comments I read are negative. I really like Slipknot but the new album sucks.

The band seems to regret it or are not that happy with the result when you read the interviews but idk. They released a lot of good stuff so I‘m ok with it

[That Dude]

1 hour ago, The Grohl said:

Ugh yeah recently ran into this when trying to buy Depeche Mode tickets. I had some for a good section and when I tried to check out the price doubled. Insanity. If anything dynamic pricing is going to push me towards second hand sellers.

@That Dude I never want to see HIM again. Seen them 3 times and they're fine live. Nothing spectacular but kind of bland. Same goes for Bullet For My Valentine. They sound good but energy wise it's okay.

Also, I want to see where people are calling Slipknot's new album a troll album. All comments I've seen are either mixed or positive.

Slipknot Facebook groups are going absolutely insane.  Post after post of hating everything about The End, So Far.   People denouncing their Fandom, making really derogotory remarks about it being a good Stone Sour album, but bad Slipknot. 

And then someone that likes the album will argue with them and it's an all out war.

 

[The Grohl]

For anyone that does Green Day Heardle its bugged today. I got the song instantly only for it to tell me it was wrong, but then show the song I said it was as the correct answer