Green Day's Anti-War Video

[journey]

Green Day's new music video, "Wake Me Up When September Ends",  deals with a young man and his girlfriend who have a great life together, but for whatever reasons he joins the army thinking it is his only shot at supporting them.  Once he gets there,however, he realizes the enormous mistake he has made. 

This video is significant because even though it doesn't come right out and say it, you can see in the guy's face that what the recruiter told him and what is reality, greatly differ.

In my opinion, this video couldn't have come out at a more relevant time. There's been such an influx of army commercials lately. Recruitment is in high demand.

Do you think this video will have any influence?

[Will]

Is "September" considered new? I think I've seen it first like 3-4 months ago. I thought "Jesus Of Suburbia" was the new one (I've seen the video premiere, it is great but lasts 9 minutes lol).

As for "September", it really is anti-war but when you listen to the lyrics of "Holiday", this one is already pretty much anti-war:

(...) Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, A plastic bag on a monument

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

(...)

"The representative from California has the floor"
Zieg Heil to the president gasbag
Bombs away is your PUNISHMENT
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your GOVERNMENT
Bang bang goes the broken glass land
Kill all the fags that DON'T AGREE
trials by fire setting fire
Is that a way that's MEANT FOR ME?


I don't know if "September"'s video will have an influence or make a difference, but I'm sure it means a lot to the young americans who don't know what to do about this army thing.

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

i like green day's last cd, and i feel bad about it ...
"holiday" sounds very sex pistolsih.

[Ignatius]

I thought "Jesus Of Suburbia" was the new one (I've seen the video premiere, it is great but lasts 9 minutes lol).

Where? When? How?...-I've just seen Wake me up when september ends a few days ago. It premeried in America the 9th. I downloaded it  from their website...but "Jesus of Suburbia"? How is it? is there a link available?

[Will]

A torrent, yup, I'll try to find it. September premiered here in Europe a good while ago (I'd say 3 months ago). I d/l Jesus a while ago, let me try to find this again.

Ok, found it, PM sent. It's 438 MB (MPEG2). If you can't connect to the tracker, just leave your BT client open. Check Google if you don't know about torrents.

Edit: damn, the torrent is down. If you do a search on Google you may find a working tracker, that's how I found it the first time. Maybe I can upload it to DIME, I don't know. I'll let you know.

[Eazy E]

I only just saw the "September" video because it was posted on the MTV.com homepage, I'm assuming that means it only just came out in America?

At first I thought I was watching a commercial with really bad acting... The joining the army thing kinda came out of left field though and made me enjoy the video more.

Jesus of Suburbia is definetaly the best song on the album... Will could you PM me that file as well?

[Will]

The file is way too big, I'll upload it on www.dimeadozen.org tonight - TTD rules are just too strict. I hope you have an account on DIME and you can d/l torrents, because the video (which was recorded live in NYC) rules!

[Ignatius]

Cool Will thx!

So you are saying we have to open an account on DIME and then we'll be able to watch the vid?

[Will]

Then you're gonna be able to download it. You have to download it, before watching it.

Ok, download it over there: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=54833&hit=1

[Ignatius]

Will, I tried to sign up and this is what popped up:

At the moment, there are at least 100,000 registered users at www.dimeadozen.org, the maximum allowed under DIME's current configuration.

[Will]

Yeah if you don't already have an account there, you just have to keep trying. People's accounts get deleted all the time so if you're lucky you can get one in 5 minutes (just hit refresh), sometimes it takes an 1 hr., but you'll get one.

[SLCPUNK]

I have come to absolutely love this CD, I play it all the time. I was always a casual fan of GD, and had maybe one of their CDs. This thing is really well done. It's nice to hear a group actually sing about something too.

[Prometheus]

I have come to absolutely love this CD, I play it all the time. I was always a casual fan of GD, and had maybe one of their CDs. This thing is really well done. It's nice to hear a group actually sing about something too.

ay i ahve to agree with ya there..... liked em didnt like em.. now i like em again.... intresting pop culture......

[SLCPUNK]

I have come to absolutely love this CD, I play it all the time. I was always a casual fan of GD, and had maybe one of their CDs. This thing is really well done. It's nice to hear a group actually sing about something too.

ay i ahve to agree with ya there..... liked em didnt like em.. now i like em again.... intresting pop culture......

Perfect music for a guy my age....

You know...senior citizen and all that...........

[Prometheus]

lol..... ya i guess or if your canadian.... lol

[SLCPUNK]

lol..... ya i guess or if your canadian.... lol

There is a "guy wearing birkenstocks with socks on" joke in there somewhere........

[Will]

Same as u guys, never been a big fan of GD before, but this album fuckin rocks. I love these lyrics:

Bombs away is your PUNISHMENT
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your GOVERNMENT
Bang bang goes the broken glass land
Kill all the fags that DON'T AGREE

Makes me think of a lot of people on this board...lol

[SLCPUNK]

Same as u guys, never been a big fan of GD before, but this album fuckin rocks. I love these lyrics:

Bombs away is your PUNISHMENT
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your GOVERNMENT
Bang bang goes the broken glass land
Kill all the fags that DON'T AGREE

Makes me think of a lot of people on this board...lol

Funny isn't it? It's almost dead on......

[Prometheus]

Same as u guys, never been a big fan of GD before, but this album fuckin rocks. I love these lyrics:

Bombs away is your PUNISHMENT
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your GOVERNMENT
Bang bang goes the broken glass land
Kill all the fags that DON'T AGREE

Makes me think of a lot of people on this board...lol

fuckin' eh
Funny isn't it? It's almost dead on......

[N.I.B]

lol..... ya i guess or if your canadian.... lol

hey when i first heard the song American Idiot, even though im not a GD fan, i started laughing and i loved the album already