Jesus of Suburbia
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| Green Day | |
| publication | October 25, 2005 |
| length | 9:08 (Album Version) 6:26 ( Radio Edit ) |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock , punk rock , progressive rock , pop punk , rock opera |
| Author (s) | Billie Joe Armstrong , Mike Dirnt , Tré Cool |
| album | American idiot |
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Jesus of Suburbia is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day . It was released as the fifth and final single from the American Idiot album. Moreover, Jesus of Suburbia on the live albums Bullet in a Bible and Awesome as Fuck represented.
The studio version, which is divided into five acts, is over nine minutes long, making it too long for most radio stations. A 6.5 minute radio version was cut for these stations . By July 2010, the single was sold 205,000 times.
background
“After you write a song like that, it was like, 'I can't turn back now.' You can't all of a sudden say, 'I want to write a normal record.' ”
"After you wrote a song like that, it was like," I can't go back now. " You can't say all at once, "I want to write a normal record." "
Jesus of Suburbia was composed by Green Day, with Billie Joe Armstrong writing the lyrics and Rob Cavallo producing the song with the band.
The song tells the story of the so-called "Jesus of Suburbia", the fictional protagonist of American Idiot . His real name is Jimmy, which is revealed in the music video when a girl calls him that and he later writes "Saint Jimmy" on a toilet wall (later on in the album, he creates an alter ego called Saint Jimmy and believes it is a different person He is still called Jesus of Suburbia and is also called by Whatsername in the song Letterbomb ). The name Jesus of Suburbia stands for the savior of the rebels in the suburb. He lives in Jingletown, USA and is the son of a divorced mother. He spent his younger years on a "permanent diet of lemonade and Ritalin ", watching TV, consuming drugs and hanging out in front of supermarkets. Although everything seems fine at the beginning, Jimmy feels trapped and bored in Jingletown and wants to escape, as he announces in City of the Damned .
Ultimately, Jimmy leaves Jingletown to explore the city. His experiences in the city do not appear in this song, but are portrayed throughout the rest of the album, particularly Holiday and Boulevard of Broken Dreams .
Jesus of Suburbia consists of five acts:
- I. Jesus of Suburbia
- II. City of the Damned
- III. I do not care
- IV. Dearly Beloved
- V. Tales of Another Broken Home
Music videos
There are two versions of the music video for Jesus of Suburbia , which was shot by Samuel Bayer (he also directed the first four videos for American Idiot's singles ). The official music video was released in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2005 , and it was first seen on MTV in the United States on October 25, 2005 . One version is 12 minutes long and contains a plot and dialogues. The other version is 6:30 minutes long and consists only of the music, with no additional explanatory action. In contrast to the twelve-minute version, the six-minute version is censored.
The role of St. Jimmy is played by Lou Taylor Pucci . Jimmy's beloved (Whatsername) is played by Kelli Garner . Jimmy's mother is played by Canadian actress Deborah Kara Unger . Billie Joe Armstrong was originally intended to star, but that idea was discarded prior to shooting.
The plot of the video is mostly identical to that of the song. The music video pays homage to the 1979 song by The Smashing Pumpkins . In addition, a Snorricam was used, which was responsible for many settings in the supermarket and during the party.
Guitarist Jason White appears briefly during act four ( Dearly Beloved ).
reception
The People magazine called the song "epic" and a "great nine-minute rock opera". It is often referred to as Green Day's best song. By readers of Rolling Stone was Jesus of Suburbia chosen as the best Green Day song.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK
- ↑ Melinda Newman, Bram Teitelman, Lars Brandle: A Smart Start For Green Day . Billboard , October 9, 2004, p. 116 (English).
- ↑ Sona Charaipotra: Green Day (Music) . In: People . September 27, 2004, p. 62 (English).
- ↑ Readers' Rock List: Green Day Songs. (No longer available online.) Rolling Stone on May 18, 2009, archived from the original on March 9, 2014 ; Retrieved February 7, 2001 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
