Green Day - According To The Lyrics! Quiz

Answer: Stale

"Cold turkey's getting stale, tonight I'm eating crow. Fermented salmonella poison oak no."

"Hitchin' A Ride" was released on Green Day's 1997 album "Nimrod". The song is about quitting drinking but then coming back and starting drinking again. The video for the song features the band playing in a theatre, whilst strange people are in theatrical costumes. Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong is also shown throwing glass bottles at the characters.

Answer: Bumper Sticker

"Get your philosophy from a bumper sticker"

"Warning" was released on Green Day's 2000 album "Warning". The song says that warnings can be ignored and rules are made to be broken. The song is about how you make your own decisions in life. The music video includes the main character doing all sorts of things including swallowing toothpaste, eating food that has fallen on the ground and putting shampoo in their eyes.

Answer: False

"My mother says to get a job. But she don't like the one she's got"

"Longview" was released on their 1994 album "Dookie". The song is about being bored and lonely and feeling like a loser and not really having a life. The music video features singer Billie Joe sitting on a sofa watching TV, then he eventually goes mad and rips the couch up. There are also scenes of the band playing the song, throughout the video.

Answer: Wrist

"Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go"

"Good Riddance (Time of your Life)" was released on their 1997 album "Nimrod". The song was written by singer Billie Joe Armstrong when his girlfriend at the time moved to Ecuador. It was actually written whilst Green Day were producing 1994's "Dookie". On the album version of the song you can hear Armstrong playing a wrong note, then doing another wrong note and then cursing. He then goes on and plays the song. In the video, Billie Joe is sitting on a bed in a bedroom, whilst playing the song on a guitar. There are also scenes of drummer Tre Cool being an injured bike rider and bassist Mike Dirnt playing a man who is getting gas.

Answer: Do we have the time to listen to him whine

"Do you have the time to listen to me whine?"

"Basket Case" was released on their 1994 album "Dookie". The song is about panic attacks. A basket case is slang for an emotionally unstable, dysfunctional or completely useless person. The video was shot in a mental institution. The music video was actually shot in black and white. Then, colour was added later.

Answer: Nothing

"You may find out that your self doubt means nothing"

"When I Come Around" was released on their 1994 album "Dookie". The song is about a couple who have just had a fight. The song is saying they need a "bit of space" and they will eventually get back together again. The video shows the three band members walking around at night in different places. One of the places is The Mission District.

Answer: Foreman

"Burning down the foreman of control"

"Know Your Enemy" was released on the 2009 album "21st Century Breakdown". The song is about liberating yourself from a lot of the stuff that you see on the television. In the video, the band are performing on a stage at night, with barbed wire surrounding them. The video only includes the band and no other person. Fire burns behind the band near the end of the song.

Answer: A redneck agenda

"I'm not a part of a redneck agenda"

"American Idiot" was released on their 2004 album of the same name. The song is written about the nation being controlled by the media. It was also released when president George W. Bush was re-elected for US president. The video includes the band playing in a building with a green and white version of the American flag. The green colouring of the flag drains and then sludge comes down from the flag to the floor.

Answer: 3 Weeks

"Dear Mother, can you hear me whining? It's been 3 whole weeks since I left your home."

"Welcome to Paradise" was released on their 1992 album "Kerplunk!", but was re-recorded and released on 1994's "Dookie". The song was written when the band were living in a place in Oakland, after leaving their homes as teenagers. The video features the band playing on a stage at a concert, whilst the "Dookie" version of the song is dubbed over it.

Answer: Sick pleasure

"I found a treasure. Filled with sick pleasure. And it sits on a thin white line."

"Geek Stink Breath" was released on 1995's "Insomniac". The song is about methamphetamine drug use, hence the line "I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine." The video of the song features the band playing in a basement, whilst a friend of the band is shown having his tooth being pulled out.

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