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1. Green Day Interview for Sessions @ AOL
BJ: Hi you're on AOL music, I'm Billie Joe "AOL member Jdmaster500 wanted to know…What inspired you to write a punk rock opera for your new release?" MD: I don't know what inspired us to write this conceptual punk rock opera thing…monster that we created…BJ: One day Mike was at the studio by himself and he wrote a…a 30 second song and it had a sort of a B- (????) real kind of bombastic kind of flare to it. I liked it and I wanted to do one too, so the one that I did I connected to his and then Tre did one and he connected it to mine and just so on and so on…until we had about ten minutes, and it was just purely out of having a good time and just like you know lets screw it and lets do like a punk rock opera MD: Kinda like a musical hot potato if you know what I mean… BJ: "American Idiot" came from just watching news channels like Fox, CNN, MS NBC…during when the war first started there was like these Heraldo type of journalists that were travelling around in tanks with the military going into Baghdad and reality television were kind of coming together at the same time and which was confusing and kind of terrifying and then you get all the commercials that are in between so…,it kind of came from that really just trying to find your individuality in all of the confusion. It's sort of up for anyone's interpretation of who the American Idiot is. It could be me…could be…the President of the United States. "AOL member Torrentialdownpour wanted to know…What do you think about the state of music in America?"
TC: I think that people really miss like guitar-based rock and roll…rock operas especially. "AOL member Cdancer27 wanted to know…how do you feel about making "punk rock" music at your age?" BJ: I think we always pride ourselves as being a punk band no matter what. It's become sort of a main source of our education and inspiration but you know one thing that's really important for us is to keep growing as individuals and musicians. "AOL member Dianasepul wanted to know…tell us your secret for being together so long, the good and the bad?"
TC: We've been together, uh when did you guys meet each other? "AOL member Ygreentint23 wanted to know…what's the craziest thing you've ever done as a teenager or an adult?"
MD: One of the craziest things I've ever witnessed Billie Joe do was we had a limousine pick us up at our hotel and the guy didn't have the directions so the driver got out, went in for directions and Billie dove into the front seat and stole the vehicle. And we were probably gone I don't know 25 minutes or so before another vehicle chased up behind us and pulled us over and he was steaming it was hilarious…
BJ: Best advice or best motto: "It's better to regret something you have done than something you haven't done". INTERVIEWER: Now we're gonna put you on the spot… Morning or night? BJ: Night Driver or passenger? MD: Driver Free Michael or free Martha? MD: Michael Elvis Presley or Johnny Cash?
BJ: Elvis Presley Stones or Beatles?
TC: Beatles Scarface or Goodfellows?
BJ: Goodfellows Jessica or Ashley? (Simpson)
BJ: Well we just met Ashley so…Ashley Party like it's your birthday or party like it's 1999?
MD: Party like a rock star Romantic night in or wild night out?
TC: Romantic night out… Shake your tailfeather or shake it like a polaroid picture?
TC: Polaroid picture Tackle or touch?
TC: Touch… Boxers or briefs?
BJ: None of the above… Nude or pyjamas?
TC: Nude… Bush or Kerry?
TC: Kerry - The End -
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