Video Information
Longview:
like the song itself, the video depicts constant teen boredom.
shot: 1994
Interesting Fact: this video was filmed in Billie Joe and Mike's actual appartment.
Basket Case:
a very fitting video for a song about believing yourself to be mental. The guys are patients in a mental hospital
shot: 1994
IF: this video was shot in an actual assylum
Basket Case was originally shot in black and white. Color was added later.
If you look closely, All three Green Day members are wearing Converse shoes.
When I Come Around:
The band is just walking around town, following random people.
shot: 1994
IF: Jason White (the 2nd guitarist) made his debut in this video...he is the guy that is with his girlfriend at the time
unfortunately, this video started that horrible "striped sweater" trend
If you watch, you can see that Billie knocks the pay phone that he passes for no apparent reason
Walking Contradiction:
about being a living disaster, something always seems to go painfully wrong whenever a member passes by.
shot: 1995
IF: Billie Joe does all of his own stunts, including the one in this video where he almost gets pancaked by a pick-up truck. "Tré scared me into it. I was so scared..I thought I was gonna die right there with all the cameras on me..Well I can think of worse ways to die"
The truck that keeps chasing Tré is a bread truck.
Brain Stew:
The guys are torn down in a dream-like world because they just cant fall asleep.
shot: 1995
IF: 'Brain Stew' was the nick name of a long time friend of the band named James Washburn who is mentioned in the Kerplunk thank you's
Jaded:
since the song is about what it feels like to be high, the camera is rarely on the same place for over a second.
shot: 1995
IF: this is the first music video to be attached to another video (Brain Stew) which they did again for Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Billie Joe really got high during the filming so that he could "get the feel for the music video" yeah....sure Billie...
Geek Stink Breath:
not exactly the best video to watch if you have a weak stomach...
shot: 1995
IF:This video was based on a friend of the band who was getting dental surgery (duh)
Stuck With Me:
features the band playing (in black and white) and many Insomniac creations...
shot: 1995
IF:Stuck With Me was originally to be called Do Da Da
Nice Guys Finish Last:
a great spoof on sporting events, the guys are some version of a football team...complete with fans, cheerleaders, a coach...the works. Green DAY stadium is their home field where they prep for their "games" and foam fingers (sporting the middle finger instead of the index) are sold and they show everyone that "There is no 'I' in 'band'"
shot: 1997
IF:yes, that guy really does jump up on stage and take Billie out.
After Green Day's "coach" gives Billie Joe the sign, and he looks on his wristband, you can see that listed on the paper taped to his wristband are Green Day songs. In order, they are: Nice Guys Finish Last, Hitchin' A Ride, Geek Stink Breath, The Grouch, 2000 Light Years Away, Longview, Welcome To Paradise, Brain Stew, Jaded, Knowledge, Basket Case, She, and Redundant
Hitchin A Ride:
The Green Day boys are playing in some sort of theatre...
shot: 1998
IF: got one? tell me!
Redundant:
The band just plays as like goes on behind them.
shot: 1997
IF: in the background, it is the same scene over and over again. hence the name 'Redundant'
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life):
Billie is singing and and playing his guitar in an appartment somewhere while people go on with their daily lives (including Mike and Tré)
shot: 1997
IF: on the floor near Billie Joe's feet there is a lamp with the shade sitting next to it. The shade is lit, but the lamp is not.
Warning:
the video follows a guy who pretty much does everything that his is warned against doing.
shot: 2000
IF: got one? tell me!
Waiting:
pretty much the band performing at a house party.
shot: 2000
IF: Billie Joe said that this video was a total failure. "[MTV] doesn't show any videos anymore. If we had a booty video - if we had, like, McG, with girls shaking their ass in the video -- it would probably get played. Actually, I am just really bitter right now." ever wonder why those girls are in the Holiday video? ah, the beauty of irony.
Minority:
Green Day is in a parade, and they have their own float. They perform as the float goes through the town
shot: 2000
IF: Billie Joe wraps part of the float around his neck like a cape. Mike then hits him with a hand giving the 'peace' sign, knocking off the index finger so that the middle finger is the only one left up.
Macy's Day Parade:
Billie Joe is some sort of salesman, walking through town, and eventually meets up with the band.
shot: 2000
IF:got one? tell me!
Poprocks and Coke:
Green Day fooling around as always and being the crazy nuts that we love so much.
shot: 2001?
IF:got one? tell me!
American Idiot:
The band plays in front of a black, green, and white version of the american flag...complete with time changes and green goo
shot: 2004
IF:The band had to play really slow, then really fast to get the different speeds to work out.
according to Tré, the goo tasted good.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams:
The guys walk through random places alone, and perform in a shack somewhere.
shot: 2004
IF:This video used old recording technology that hasn't been used in over 30 years.
The guys are actually walking one treadmills
Holiday:
The guys car surf, and party....hard.
shot: 2005
IF:When Tré puts his legs up on the bar (while in drag) you can see the tatoo on his ankle through his pany hose
While Tré is dancing (once again in drag) infront of the bar, you can see that the side of the bar has Green Day posters on it.
Billie Joe is dressed as nerd-rocker Rivers Cuomo because he is a big Weezer fan
The dancing girls in Playboy bunny outfits are a spoof on "booty" hip-hop videos.
Wake Me Up When September Ends:
follows the story of a young couple in love. The boy (Jamie Bell) is poor and has few choices, so he decides to join the army when he turns 18 and must leave the girl (Evan Rachel Wood) behind while he goes to battle and she is stuck at home thinking about him.
shot: 2005
IF:most of the soldiers in the video are actual soldiers that were in Iraq.
They fire actual war weapons in the video
When asked about the controversey in the video, Billie Joe replied "It's not controversey, its reality."