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]
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?
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'
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.
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.
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.
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.