Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" video

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http://www.warnerreprise.com/qt-ref/greenday_wakemeupwhenseptemberends-video_ref.mov

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

i saw this yesterday on m2. i roffled.

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

I caught the beginning - WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY? - and was wondering what the hell was going on. The rest of the video, tho, I'll admit, choked me up a bit.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

i have trouble reconciling this with the band who made their mainstream debut arguing they were too lazy to masturbate.

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

also, a.) until the first part of the song comes in i thought it was, like, the new fall out boy video or something, and b.) after the "why why why why" part i have to admit the "twist" is pretty unexpected if you've never seen it before.

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

out of everyone, he thought she'd understand! he did it for her.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

HE'S TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THEM MARK

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

november rain for the new millennium

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Why'd you make me watch that? It would've been cooler if we got to watch Billie Joe getting shot in the heat of battle.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)

SHE'LL BE THERE WAITING FOR HIM FOREVER

The way I see it: who better to throw stones at the current admin than kids that used to sing about (not) waxing their pole?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)

Also, I love this song more than I should. Big ol' mastodonian chord changes = YAY!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

haha i totally thought "novemeber rain for the iraq war generation" yesterday too.

(xpost i kinda like the song too. i definitely thought it was the best one on the album last year.)

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

he's only gone for another eight weeks! girlie needs to chill.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

Is the general concensus on American Idiot something like, "holy shit, this is a lot better than I thought it'd be"?

MARK YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

next you're going to tell me november rain was filmed in may!

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

dude he may not come back AT ALL

xpost: i thought it was OKAY but jesus there are parts of it that just draaaaag. also, seeing them live (on tv) put the songs across much better, which much more energy.

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

the only good song I've heard off of American Idiot is the "Holiday" one.

The guy at the beginning is from the last David Gordon Green movie, who's the chick?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

Actually, never mind - I imagine the opinions are split between "WE NEED THIS SORT OF STATEMENT IN POPULAR MUSIC NOW MORE THAN EVER FIVE STARS" and "I liked Dookie" and the above statement (which was mine when I first heard the title track) (I'm now renting out a timeshare in the FIVE STARS camp).

Haha - if anything dragged for me, it was "September"!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

DEXTER HOLLAND PLEASE SOUND OFF ON THE BOLTON APPOINTMENT

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

ahaha holy shit this is awesome (halfway through, the 'DON'T DO IT' part)

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

new offspring single = "loco in the oval"

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

I got bored - does he get shot in the end?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

nope, leg.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

DONT GIVE AWAY

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

He got shot in the butt tock.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

He'll be the focus of the video for the new Metallica single, "One Two".

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

green day presents "wake me up when september ends" pt. 2 of 5

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

What I learned from this song is when they play along to the rocket blasts, i learned about the power of music.

― dan. (dan.), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

And we roll up to the roadblock
And he put a bomb at the roadblock
And I walk to the oil barrel at the roadblock
And I see the bomb at the roadblock

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

ts: playing along to rocket blasts vs. the super zoom close-up on the dudes face in crash when the guy shoots the little girl

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

i think the chick is evan rachel wood

it reminded me of this david gordon green ripoff movie i saw in SF!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)

DONT GIVE AWAY

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

i thought there was going to be more of a twist!! and i thought it was going to turn "funny"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

like STRIPES funny.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

"honey, the kiss army. i joined the kiss army."

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

Completely maudlin, of course. We should have more videos where the female supports the man that goes off to defend Our Country. This video is just another example of Liberal Hollywood hating on America. If one young man decides against joining the military after seeing this video, well, all I will be able to say is that the terrorists have already won.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

Also more videos that insult the listener/viewer

― dan. (dan.), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

What else are videos for?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

That video was too long!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Evan Rachel Wood's looking kinda Jena Maloney nowadays!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

i couldn't get audio to work on it on my computer so I have no idea what any of the dialogue was or how much of it was audible over the song after the first scene. I don't think it would've helped me understand it any, though.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

I still can't wait for Bush's response song.

*Somewhat serious* Has there been a mainstream MTV video since the war where soldiers are not depicted as either victims or as absolute tools by the Bush administration? What was the Destiny's Child "Soldier" thing about?

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

Kosovo.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

i thought that dude cheated on his chick by them middle.

good for them. it didn't give me the warm fuzzies, and i thought them playing up on the platform stages was stupid, but i love how pleasantly f'ed up billy joe armstrong's teeth are. oh and the political rhetoric.

― katie, a princess (katie, a princess), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

That's what i thought was going on at first.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

RUNAWAY TRAIN NEVER COMING BACK
WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY TRACK

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

there's not even any political rhetoric, i don't think; it's sort of a non-statement. it's loaded with signifiers (Iraq! War! Army!), but you could read those any way you want. This could easily be taken as either a "support the troops" video or a "comment on the iraq war" video, and as such is the perfect piece of marketing.

and thats coming from someone who really likes American Idiot

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 23:17 (twenty years ago)

not also that the one actual political song on the record, "Holiday", gets a big-nothing of a video.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

wake me up when this video ends

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

THIS IS THE WORST SONG ON ROCK RADIO RIGHT NOW*

*besides Foo Fighters, Audioslave, Chevelle, Jack Johnson, Stereophonics, Cake, Coldplay, Weezer, and Ben Folds

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 10 August 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

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what the hell is yur problem
the three faces of bob my ass u mother fukin bitch go to hell and never come back asshole

― bob b., Tuesday, 30 August 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

go to hell u fukin asshole

― bob b., Tuesday, 30 August 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

what the hell is his problem?

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

yo ned do u know billie joe armstrongs email address?

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

how the hell is he gunna know

― bob b., Tuesday, 30 August 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

idk do u bob?thats right u dont becuase u emailed me and said u didnt

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

I was going through my clippings file, and I was surprised to see in my review of AmIdiot that I singled out WMUWSE as the best song on the otherwise sorta boring album.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

what does that mean?

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

Who's the fourth guy? Is it Pat Smear showing up unexpectedly again?

― John Justen (johnjusten), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

Something about part of the vocal melody sounded weirdly familiar. I just realized what it is.

The intervals in the line "the innocent can never last" are almost the same as the intervals in "if you can't finish what you start / if this is love, then break my heart" in the song "Promises Promises", by Naked Eyes, from 1983.

Damn, now I need to go find a copy of "Promises Promises." Damn good song.

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

That fourth guy is Jason White who helps run Adeline Records and was in Pinhead Gunpowder with Billie Joe.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Thank you. As your prize, you may now have billie joe armstrongs email address.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

Naked Eyes - "Promises, Promises"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

so what is billie joe armstrongs email adress?????

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

You don't get to know. You didn't answer the trivia question, and thus were not entered into the contest.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

so?

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

can u please tell me

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

fine then tell me when u can acually help me

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

justin it's [email protected]

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

haha

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

how do u know that is billies joe armstrongs email adress?

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 00:02 (twenty years ago)

yur a fukin jerk john justen u know that u cant even help somone how pethetic u PRICK think about it asshole theres a new bob and thats means u either help him even though he wasnt answered in the contest or u will be a pussy FOR LIFE!!!

― bob b., Wednesday, 31 August 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

u r all dicks exept 4 j blout that acually helped

― bob b., Wednesday, 31 August 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

I can't love this thread any more!

― J (Jay), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

Billie Joe shd be the new host for P!mp My R!d3.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

fuck u man and who the hell r u yur a fukin loser get lost!!!

― bob b., Wednesday, 31 August 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Trying to resist urge to change screenname to "John Justen, pussy FOR LIFE!!!"...

― John Justen (johnjusten), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

yo john justen even though i wasnt entered in the contest to find out his email address do u know anyone that can help me find out?

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

BOB B. CAN GO TO HELL BECAUSE HES PUSSY!!!!HA HA HA BITCH THATS RIGHT U BOB!

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

w/e u piece of shit fuck this tread im out for good happy now asshole!

― bob b., Wednesday, 31 August 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

YES!!!

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

"John Justen, pussy FOR LIFE!!!"

I think I've said that before.

― subgenius (subgenius), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

Is it something I was being granted? Like "In recognition of all your hard work over the years, I give you, John Justen, pussy FOR LIFE!!!" (fanfare, raucous applause.)

Because that would be cool.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

what the fuck is yur problem????sholdnt you be just john justen with out the pussy for life thing???and since when did this web site turn into aim

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

thank god bob b. is gone he was a real jackass if u ask me

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Friday, 2 September 2005 10:27 (twenty years ago)

green day is cool but you guys scare me with your tough talking comments! lol. most of these have nothing to do with green day, what a bunch of fags!

― randon smith, Saturday, 3 September 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

Randon, it's not nice to call green day a bunch of fags. What would Billie Joe's mother say?

― John Justen (johnjusten), Saturday, 3 September 2005 05:28 (twenty years ago)

green day? more like....green gay. oh i kill myself.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 3 September 2005 08:22 (twenty years ago)

I thought the video rocked! with the war, it was sweet! I love that song.

― Hannah Watson, Sunday, 4 September 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

bull shit u do go to hell

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Sunday, 4 September 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

at the beginning...(i skiped the part where the song name was written) i was like...did i click the wrong thing...but i kept watching...and i was like....kewl...but im confused by one thing...the guy tat got shot in the leg..was that the main guy or jus some normal soldier?

― Carrie K., Monday, 5 September 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

no that wass u!!!!!!!!!!

― Justin S. (Justin S.), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 09:16 (twenty years ago)

BANANAS

― BANANAS, Friday, 9 September 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

ok, duh, it's the Marines.....

― pam, Friday, 9 September 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

i liked it and its all true it happend to people

― jessica k (lozrific), Sunday, 11 September 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

What is your email address green day?

― Danielle cunningham, Thursday, 22 September 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

[email protected]

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 September 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

pleaes can i have billy joes email address coz i am there bigest fan ever xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

― Sam peater, Saturday, 24 September 2005 11:05 (twenty years ago)

shut up

― emily durrin, Friday, 7 October 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

http://www.haveabanana.net/banana/banana.html

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 7 October 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

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