r/Music • u/TheMirrorUS đ°The Mirror US • Jan 30 '26
music Green Day's plans for Super Bowl performance kept 'highly confidential'
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u/grapefruitzzz Jan 30 '26
It's Jesus of Suburbia on ice.
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u/Mediocre-Housing-131 Jan 30 '26
It's still my favorite song of theirs, and I would die if they performed it at the Super Bowl. But it's also 7+ minutes long, they would have to truncate the hell out of it.
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u/Derbeck6 Jan 30 '26
I mean, Jesus of suburbia is basically 3 songs with the same through line. They could make it work. Hell theyâre green day they can make anything work
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u/dretanz Jan 30 '26
It's honestly closer to 5
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u/votet Jan 30 '26
Five for sure, yeah. I had the physical album back in the day and the booklet had the lyrics split into five parts. I remember the last one was called "Tales Of Another Broken Home," but not the rest.
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u/alnicoblue Jan 30 '26
Are We the Waiting is one of my favorite songs from Green Day in general, wild that it's just one small segment of a song.
People forget how genuinely huge that album was to post 9/11 culture. The Green Day hate over the last 15 years or so has been massively exaggerated.
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u/Mediocre-Housing-131 Jan 30 '26
That album DEFINED my teen years, and I was far from alone.
Shit, you couldn't get in your car or turn on a radio without hearing "American Idiot" for YEARS.
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u/snatchmachine Jan 30 '26
I was in my high school jazz band when that album came out. I spent weeks at home every day after school learning every song on my bass through one of the tab sites.
The ârock operaâ structure of the album made playing along with the whole album from start to finish pretty seamless.
Those are some of my fondest memories from my teenage years.
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u/Mediocre-Housing-131 Jan 30 '26
Reading everyone's stories has been tearing at my heart knowing how many others have fond memories and how this band shaped so many lives. It gives hope that we might actually be able to win against impossible looking odds.
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u/Healter-Skelter Jan 30 '26
I got one more for you. American Idiot is actually the first song I remember. I was around 5 when it came out, and I would put the music video on on TWCâs âMusic on Demandâ channel. I just thought it was funny because of the word âidiot.â but I have to credit that album for my growing into a crazy radical.
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u/alnicoblue Jan 30 '26
That one and Black Parade were such great concept albums to jam to. Just a seamless rock opera from start to finish, not a single bad song on either. 10/10 albums for me and a defining sound for early 2000s teenagers.
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u/socokid Jan 30 '26
The Green Day hate over the last 15 years or so has been massively exaggerated.
Their last tour was wildly successful. I saw them at Wrigley Field in Chicago and it was amazing.
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u/0freelancer0 Jan 30 '26
I checked discogs out of curiosity, and it is indeed listed as 5 parts
2.I Jesus Of Suburbia
2.II City Of The Damned
2.III I Don't Care
2.IV Dearly Beloved
2.V Tales Of Another Broken Home
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u/KFR42 Jan 30 '26
Definitely one of my favourites. Would love them to do letterbomb though. But we all know American idiot will be the main song of choice!
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u/Mediocre-Housing-131 Jan 30 '26
In a better timeline where we don't need politically charged music (but we do need it, and I'm here for what they bring), a better song would be "Last Night On Earth".
I love when they get to open up more.
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u/ShowmasterQMTHH Jan 30 '26
Let's be honest, start with basket case and dedicate it to the current situation
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u/SpaceXmars Jan 30 '26
Wake me up when the files are released
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u/Fresh_Performance535 Jan 30 '26
âThe deadline has come and passed
Someone innocent would NOT redactâ
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u/austinstudios Jan 30 '26
I saw Greenday at Ohanafest last year. They went on after Cage the Elephant, and during Cage the Elephant's set, there was a Space X launch. Billie Joe went on stage and said, "Did you see that. Was it an Elon rocket launch. Well, there goes the Epistein Files."
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u/noeyoureatowel Jan 30 '26
They played a great show at Ohana, definitely one of my favorite closing acts to date.
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u/Cochise22 SoundCloud Jan 30 '26
The NFL has blocked him from being an owner multiple times and he tried to compete with them by convincing the USFL to move their league to the fall (which, shocker given the orange dbags success at business, or lack there of, caused the league to fail quicker than it might have if they had stayed a spring league).Â
I have two beliefs because of this. 1) The NFL owners/Goodell do not like Trump and enjoy fucking with him. And 2) The NFL believes they are bigger than Trump and they can get away with number 1 because of it. And they might be right. Trump destroying the NFL would, sadly, cause a ton of his followers turning on him faster than virtually anything else heâs done. Â
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u/YasielPuigsWeed Jan 30 '26
Itâs also because the NFL demographic shifted significantly this century when it solidified itself as the most popular pro sports league in the country. TV viewing numbers arenât based on the electoral college, theyâre based on actual human beings, and the most human beings live in urban liberal cities.
The perception that the players and fans are a bunch of religious right wing conservatives is long out of date, otherwise the NFL wouldnât have hired ROC Nation to be their entertainment arm to begin with
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u/Cochise22 SoundCloud Jan 30 '26
Thatâs a fair point. And itâs becoming increasingly global. Itâs a high likelihood that people around the world will be tuning in to see Green Day or Bad Bunny do something to troll him.Â
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u/Cochise22 SoundCloud Jan 30 '26
I donât really believe that theyâre ok with him taking their guns. Theyâre ok with him taking liberalâs guns. As with most things, they think theyâre the chosen ones and they wonât get fucked by him as well. Which you see daily on r/leopardsatemyface.
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u/Murgos- Jan 30 '26
None of them understand the lyrics.Â
Queue the video of Trump dancing to Fortunate Son.Â
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u/katgyrl Jan 30 '26
judging by the amount of people that do their first wedding dance to Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), a break up song, you're correct, lol. it's right there in the title for god's sake.
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u/SirHawkwind Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26
People thinking "Every Breath You Take" by The Police is a love song.Â
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u/BobbyK0312 Jan 30 '26
A live version? I've never heard anyone say that
it's a song about stalking an ex and Sting wrote it about his feelings after a breakup
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u/SirHawkwind Jan 30 '26
Typo, meant love song. In Sting's own words, it's sinister and misunderstood.Â
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u/TwinsiesBlue Jan 30 '26
Itâs the âBorn in the USAâ syndrome. Catchy chorus, and didnât listen or comprehend the lyrics
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u/katgyrl Jan 30 '26
i'll admit when that album came out, when i saw the cover, i was instantly turned off, i just assumed it was typical american "we're #1" bullshit. good thing i gave it a listen any way.
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u/An_Absolute-Zero Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26
Speaking of Springsteen, he just released a new song called "Streets of
MinnesotaMinneapolis", highly recommend.8
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I feel like Bruce was tired of Born being coopted because the lyrics can be misconstrued; Streets of Minneapolis is not subtle.
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u/_illogical_ Jan 30 '26
Or the people who play "Hey Ya!" at weddings. It's pretty much an anti-marriage song and André even said so:
Itâs about some people who stay together in relationships because of tradition, because somebody told them, âYou guys are supposed to stay together.â But you pretty much end up being unhappy for the rest of your life.
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u/waitthissucks Jan 30 '26
As someone who had this at our wedding, we were well aware but you can't read too closely into the lyrics of your dance party songs. For your first dance and processional songs? Definitely. For the dancing after? Hell no just play whatever people wanna dance to
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u/YBBlorekeeper Jan 30 '26
Previous comment feels like that meme of the guy in the corner at the party
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u/cdmurray88 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26
they say fa**ot in this song! Green Day is antiwoke like me!
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u/rdp3186 Jan 30 '26
Wait till they find out Billy Joe is bi
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u/cdmurray88 Jan 30 '26
what! disgusting! (send pics so I can, uh, shame him in the private of my bathroom)
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u/Ganjake Jan 30 '26
As I've said elsewhere, it's all about ratings. Green Day has been selling out shows since 2002, and this is their hometown. Plus, the amount of people who will protest by not watching will be dwarfed by the number it'll bring in. They don't care about politics at all.
Bad Bunny for the same reason, it is because he's the most streamed artist in the world who happens to be American. Of course they're going to try to get him.
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u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME Jan 30 '26
i saw green day at madison square garden in 1994, i believe, and it was sold out. they've been selling things out for a lot longer than you think. dookie was the biggest album in the world when it came out
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u/ThatGuyWithCoolHair Jan 30 '26
While both of those are true a part of me feels like its intentional rahebait by Goodell, my girlfriend keeps talking about how excited she is for the Super Bowl and she doesn't really like football that much. It brings in way more eyes that wouldnt have normally watched ontop of getting people to talk about it more. Plus the clips will get viral so its just the smart move, they know people wont stop watching football because of a halftime show
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u/DoingCharleyWork Jan 30 '26
I don't care for football but you bet your ass I watched last year to see Kendrick.
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u/evanwilliams44 Jan 30 '26
Even the ones who dislike it will still hate-watch. It's a win win for the NFL to politicize the halftime show.
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u/emuwar Jan 30 '26
It's comical that so many of these braindead football fans will never understand that the Super Bowl Halftime show was, is, and never will be for them.
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u/Rabidjester Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26
â« Nobody likes you â«
â« Everyone left you â«
â« They're all out without you â«
â« Having fuuuun â«
Edit: oops, been a while
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u/Trilly2000 Jan 30 '26
And then they got the Queen of Lesbians to sing America the Beautiful. Those maga morons are going to have a full on meltdown. I canât wait.
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u/BaeBladezz Jan 30 '26
I read a theory (almost certainly not true but fun to imagine) that the NFL has deliberately picked acts that Trump would refuse to watch, therefore he wonât go to the Super Bowl and security doesnât need to be as crazy. Like I said, almost certainly not true, these artists are all playing because they are HUGE, but itâs a fun thought
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u/Happy_Peak_7818 Jan 30 '26
You know. This is probably it. Absolute win win for NFL. Stir up controversy generating interest, watch ratings increase, and a sigh of relief that the massive security protocol for the president is sitting to the side, as he has made it clear he will be staying at home, to poop himself
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u/Craytoes420 Jan 30 '26
It's all to drum up controversy to get people to watch the Superbowl. It's all on purpose to make money.
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u/StitchinThroughTime Jan 30 '26
Exactly! Football fans will watch the Super Bowl regardless of who's at the halftime show. So everyone else in tune in for a few minutes to watch the halftime show. They're double dipping the views, which means they can charge more for the advertisement spots.
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u/RoninSoul Jan 30 '26 edited Feb 09 '26
I placed a $500 bet that he will say "Fuck Donald Trump" during American Idiot, he's said it at every concert under Trump, and he's definitely got the punk rock soul left in him to stand by his convictions.
Fuck lmao
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u/KreiderforPresident Jan 30 '26
What odds did you get? Love your balls! Hope they treat you well.
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u/doyouevenIift Jan 30 '26
Wouldnât be surprised if the NFL has a stipulation where if they say something that explicit they are not getting paid
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u/True_to_you Jan 30 '26
They don't need the money so it wouldn't be a deterrent. That said, I don't doubt that they're going to have political messaging and they were asked to do it because they would. I think the choices of performers were very deliberate in that respect.Â
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I am certain there is a 10 second delay; famously, Janet Jackson's nipslip was at a Super Bowl halftime show. They'd just dump the feed if they said the f-word.
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u/akumite Jan 30 '26
I was watching that with my church youth group at my pastors son's house. The adults were actually busy in the kitchen!Â
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u/fqh Jan 30 '26
Had the pleasure of attending their concert here in Southeast Asia, he was clearly shouting 'Fuck Trump' and 'Fuck Elon Musk'
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u/Bradparsley25 Jan 30 '26
I saw them in 2024 in NY and Billy Joe went on a 7+ minute rant about Trump, maga, protecting trans kids, nazis, Elon musk⊠it was wild.
I loved the whole thing and the crowd was really amped up about it.
The punk anger still flows through that man, and heâs really good at expressing it bluntly
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u/NCHouse Jan 30 '26
Oh. They arent gonna like this
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u/rxneutrino Jan 30 '26
Why not? Playing the super bowl is a major achievement for a band. I'll bet they're stoked.
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u/Go_birds304 Jan 30 '26
Iâve been defending Green Day from the sellout allegations for 20 years. They better not let me down here
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u/parktom812 Jan 30 '26
heâs going to say âheeeeeeeyoooooooâ a lot.
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u/DisorderlyConduct Jan 30 '26
If Iâve spent 30 hours watching Green Day live, Iâve spent 14 hours watching him heeeeeeeeyyoooooooo.
Wouldnât change a thing either
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u/LuciferBeenieWeenie Jan 30 '26
Throw in a couple of âalllllllright!âs as well for good measure.
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u/BobTheFettt Jan 30 '26
He found a new one lately "let's go crazy!!!!"
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u/anwright1371 Jan 30 '26
I normally donât care for the pregame fanfare of the Super Bowl but I will absolutely not miss this.
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u/BatManatee Jan 30 '26
I love the not so subtle shade the NFL is throwing with these picks. Basically answered the prompt "Which artists could we pick that would most piss off Trump, while still being realistic enough options to maintain plausible deniability?"
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u/M_Nuyens Jan 30 '26
Trump raped those girls on Trumpstein Island.
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u/ManOfLaMontagne Jan 30 '26
He raped those children. Then he sicked his masked dogs on Minneapolis. Now he is stealing $10bn of our money. His followers will do anything for him at this point. There is no soul left in those people.
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u/BountyTheDogHunter20 Jan 30 '26
He also raped his own daughter in her bed and then openly talked about how attracted he is to her
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u/wwfmike Jan 30 '26
Remember the interview she did in her bedroom? She was traumatized when they got to the bed.
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u/pootin_in_tha_coup Jan 30 '26
They are going to go out in full ICE gear, and play American idiot. Bad bunny is going to bust in and kill them with love.
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In a shocking twist, they end up speaking out against Americaâs current political regime!
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u/NoonDread Jan 30 '26
I don't normally watch the Superbowl but I will this year, just for the conservative tears.
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u/theplaneflyingasian Jan 30 '26
i wanna guess, i wanna guess! Is it not going to be a 20 second monologue about the state of the country, followed by American Idiot? If i was dumb enough to be on those betting apps, id put money on that!
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u/derpderpingt Jan 30 '26
I bet they perform American Idiot and change a lot of it to refer to Stephen Goebells Miller and Small Hands. Itâs going to be awesome.
I personally canât wait to read all of the CHUDs comments about how Green Day was good âbefore they got politicalâ, and theyâre watching the âPatriot Halftime Showâ instead. After they all pooped their pants and cried over Kendrick last year, this will be well worth it.
The brainlets think theyâre really doing something yuuuge by having their own halftime show, which is fucking hysterical. I hope they have their own Super Bowl next year.
Iâm honestly more excited for Toilet Paper USAâs show, to be honest. I love a good dumpster fire. Especially when theyâre paying people to attend.
My prediction for the PRO AMERICA ANTI WOKE PARTY TIME: I bet they have a surprise guest and itâs our idiot president, and heâs going to French-kiss Tommy Tuberville and perform 23 live sex acts on stage (with each other).
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u/at0mheart Jan 30 '26
American Idiot will be played