Anji Basket Case Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 12th, 2006 at 09:44am
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: 102 Gender: Female Posts: 3281
September 12th, 2006 at 11:21am
I have a feeling this will be locked...
watch me fade Idiot Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 936
September 12th, 2006 at 11:37am
david bowie's was called buddha of suburbia not jesus
lyrical_mess Falling In Love With The Board Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
September 12th, 2006 at 01:11pm
You know what? This is related, but I once saw an old country album called American Fool. Coincidence?
Anji Basket Case Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 12th, 2006 at 01:28pm
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: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 12th, 2006 at 01:29pm
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: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 936
September 12th, 2006 at 02:12pm
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: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
September 12th, 2006 at 11:33pm
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!
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: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 936
September 13th, 2006 at 12:33pm
oh hey there.
Anji Basket Case Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
September 20th, 2006 at 01:04pm
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: - Gender: - Posts: 2102
September 20th, 2006 at 04:59pm
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: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
September 22nd, 2006 at 02:27pm
+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.
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 
