Anji Basket Case Age: 20 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 12th, 2006 at 03:44pm
As many of you may or may not know about David Bowie's 'Buddha of Suburbia', I was wondering if there was some sort of connection. Did Green Day take the title from David Bowie? They are big fans...
And if not, where did they get the title from, and why?
[edit from Kurtni: you can discuss any references Green Day makes in any of their music, not just Jesus Of Suburbia]
Verbatim. King For A Couple Of Days Age: 89 Gender: Female Posts: 3281
September 12th, 2006 at 05:21pm
I have a feeling this will be locked...
watch me fade Idiot Age: 20 Gender: Female Posts: 936
September 12th, 2006 at 05:37pm
david bowie's was called buddha of suburbia not jesus
lyrical_mess Falling In Love With The Board Age: 18 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
September 12th, 2006 at 07:11pm
You know what? This is related, but I once saw an old country album called American Fool. Coincidence?
Anji Basket Case Age: 20 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 12th, 2006 at 07:28pm
Hazel:
david bowie's was called buddha of suburbia not jesus
Oh crap. Yeah, I know. I messed it up. I'll change that now...
Hehe, before, I was listening to Ziggy Stardust, and I wrote Ziggy Stardust of Suburbia! Yeah, and then I wrote Jesus, instead of Buddha!
Anji Basket Case Age: 20 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 12th, 2006 at 07:29pm
heart like a hand grenade:
I have a feeling this will be locked...
Why? It's a perfectly good question. I want to know the answer. I mean, Jesus of Suburbia isn't the most creative title somebody could come up with is it?
watch me fade Idiot Age: 20 Gender: Female Posts: 936
September 12th, 2006 at 08:12pm
lol. i think they did take it off of David Bowie but i dunno. they might of had jesus of suburbia as some of the lyrics and they though 'hey that is kinda like david bowwie's song'
lyrical_mess Falling In Love With The Board Age: 18 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
September 13th, 2006 at 05:33am
American Fool...Buddha of Suburbia...this is all too much to take in. Who lives in Oakland? Whoever does has been assigned with the duty of asking them!
Anyway I don't think so, not like ... you know, it was an kinda influence maybe but they came up with it by them selfes though
But I don't know..
greenday6 Falling In Love With The Board Age: 23 Gender: Female Posts: 7850
September 13th, 2006 at 06:26pm
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a some kind of connection or ripoff. Like Prosthetic Head, is a song name that they stole from a band called Eyeball.
watch me fade Idiot Age: 20 Gender: Female Posts: 936
September 13th, 2006 at 06:33pm
oh hey there.
Anji Basket Case Age: 20 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 20th, 2006 at 07:04pm
greenday6:
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a some kind of connection or ripoff. Like Prosthetic Head, is a song name that they stole from a band called Eyeball.
Penguins suck!
Maiku's Kind Ghost King For A Couple Of Days Age: 20 Gender: Female Posts: 2102
September 20th, 2006 at 10:59pm
since were going off on random connetions here,
Bad Religion came out with Recipe for Hate on Setember 21st, 1993 and there's a song on that album called "American Jesus". American Idiot came out on Setember 21st, 2004 and OBV there's a song called "Jesus of Suburbia" on it. interesting similarities no?
Well, because you guys are talking about other things, I wont lock this for needing to be in the Q and A, But Im going to change the title of the thread.
lyrical_mess Falling In Love With The Board Age: 18 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
September 22nd, 2006 at 08:27pm
+Maiku-San+:
since were going off on random connetions here,
Bad Religion came out with Recipe for Hate on Setember 21st, 1993 and there's a song on that album called "American Jesus". American Idiot came out on Setember 21st, 2004 and OBV there's a song called "Jesus of Suburbia" on it. interesting similarities no?
...I know of three men who haven't been very original with the titles of their latest album.
...what does OBV mean? Anyway, back on topic, I think this is like a case of Opal Mehta. They've absorbed so much stuff that they ended up including some of it. By the way, American Fool is by John Cougar Mellencamp and was released in 1982.
On it, there's a song called "Jack and Diane", which Amazon describes as a poignant slice of life from a small town somewhere in middle America. Jesus of Suburbia is about a guy who lives in a suburb/small town in America and it's JOS' point of view about life in his town.
This is interesting.
greenday6 Falling In Love With The Board Age: 23 Gender: Female Posts: 7850
September 23rd, 2006 at 05:00am
lyrical_gaah52:
...what does OBV mean?
Obviously?
lyrical_mess Falling In Love With The Board Age: 18 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
September 27th, 2006 at 01:39pm
Oh. hehe. Anyway, there's a lot of interesting similarities. I think we can find more if we root through a lot of older music.
wake the dead. This Board Is My Home Age: 22 Gender: Female Posts: 30440
September 27th, 2006 at 01:52pm
So when the smoke clears here I am, your reject all-American.
It's a perfectly good question. I want to know the answer. I mean, Jesus of Suburbia isn't the most creative title somebody could come up with is it?
I don't think so, not like ... you know, it was an kinda influence maybe but they came up with it by them selfes though 
