The punk masterpiece also gives Britain time to prove they don't have any concept of time whatsoever. Green Day acknowledges the respect that song deserves, and it's hard to work a song all about loud and fast to be fodder for faux masturbation. Arguably Billie Joe's best song ever (kinda sucks when you peak at album 3), Basket Case is a classic not to be bogged down. Unfortunately, Green Day only resolve to do that in one other song, the still-paranoia inducing Basket Case. Other than Billie Joe's annoying habit of slipping city names into songs (It was actually rather funny trying to hear him slip "New Jersey" into the line "From Anaheim To The Middle East"), Jesus Of Suburbia lacks the jackass antics that drag down so many songs of Bullet In A Bible. They absolutely nail the only true classic off of American Idiot, Jesus Of Suburbia because there are no Billie Joe dey-oh's, no chatting up the audience, just straight music. Green Day's best work comes when Billie Joe cuts the bull*** and just goes for it. This sets Green Day apart from imitators like Sum 41 and Blink 182, whose songs just get annoying after a few listens. But, Green Day seems to fix this problem by the time Longview comes around, and Green Day's live musical ability really gets pretty top-notch. My only beef is that is the first three tracks, the uncharismatic Jason White's guitar is turned up light-years over Billie Joe's, leading to solos where the entire bottom drops out. While Billie does occasionally play the wrong notes, due to the jumping and running, it's forgettable. Through the running around and screwing with the audience, Billie Joe maintains his voice, sounding even better doing the gutting chorus of Boulevard Of Broken Dreams then his rants during American Idiot. How many bands out there do you know who have great songs on their album, but when they perform live, they sound like crap? With Green Day, this is not the case. When looking past the irritating stalling, however, one finds excellent quality music, an attest to Green Day's musical talent. And does anyone really need a 4 minute band introduction, when "Jaded" will suit just fine? I don't think so. Classics of American culture, like Hitchin' A Ride and Minority are ruined because of Billie toying with the crowd. The DVD includes all of Green Day's schmaltzy songs. When seeing them in person, Billie cuts the crap and plays his songs. Now granted, this is mildly amusing when actually being there, but on the DVD it gets annoying and gives people wrong ideas about Green Day. For example, vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong at one point or another: puts his hand down his pants, humps the stage, moons the audience, gets the crowd to cheer with a mere flick of his e string, and about 10 out of 14 songs include Billie getting the crowd to dey-oh with him. The problem with Green Day's live performance is that it includes a shitload of schmaltz and stalling. In short, Bullet In A Bible is a fans-only release from Green Day, including many favorites and a documentary with usually useless but sometimes hilarious insights into what makes the biggest rock band in the world tick. I have seen them live, and they drove the crowd nuts with punk classics like Jaded and She, but unfortunately these songs are cut to make room for the documentary portion of the DVD. Bullet In A Bible is just another tool to push Green Day's best-selling album ever, American Idiot. Unfortunately, the DVD does not include some of their best songs they played, instead focusing on the new hits that the world is sick of.
Riding the monumental success of American Idiot, Green Day accurately got it into their heads that people will buy a live album of theirs. Green Day plays Milton Keynes, 65,000 people show up two days in a row Green Day rocks them like it's 1999. The background of Bullet In a Bible is pretty well known.
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