Longview (song)
| Longview | |
|---|---|
| Green Day | |
| publication | February 1994 |
| length | 3:59 |
| Genre (s) | Punk rock |
| Author (s) | Billie Joe Armstrong / Green Day |
| Label | Reprise Records |
| album | Dookie |
Longview is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day . The song is on the album Dookie , which was released in 1994 and helped the band to international breakthrough. It is the band's first single on a major label . The song reached number 30 on the UK charts.
music
The song begins relatively calmly, with only the drums being heard for a few seconds before the characteristic, familiar bass line kicks in, followed by still relatively calm vocals . Only in the chorus does the guitar come in , accompanied by aggressive vocals. This scheme of calm verse and aggressive refrain continues in the further course. The song ends with the bass line and the sparingly played electric guitar. According to a statement by Green Day guitarist and vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong , bassist Mike Dirnt wrote the bass line for Longview under the influence of drugs. The text is about a day full of boredom and the activities (television, masturbation and smoking marijuana) with which to get it past.
Importance to the band
Longview made Green Day known in the US, mainly because it was the band's first single to be released under a major label ( Reprise Records ).
Music video
For Longview there is a video in which the band members can be seen in an apartment where Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt previously lived. During the verse, Billie Joe Armstrong can mainly be seen sitting on a sofa, which he destroys in the further course of the video. In the chorus, the video shows the band playing the song in the apartment.