Green Day – Coming Clean

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  General Comment:Guys, it's about BJA being bisexual.
  For those of you saying that he can't be bi 'cause he's with a woman, you don't get it. Just because you're bi doesn't mean you have to be with someone of the same sex. It means you are attracted to both the same sex and the opposite sex. Jeez, it's not that complicated. I've understood since I was ten.

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    No such thing as bi. We are all orientated one way or another, not both. All bi means is that one is willing to not follow God's teachings and is willing to have sex outside conventional norms. The stigma once attached to bisexuality has gone by the way side. Family and God and morals have declined (I am just as guilty), so now everything is up for grabs. Soon sex with 1st cousins, siblings, sex with multiple people at one time, etc will all be commonplace. Just wondering what people will need for a thrill once bisexuality and the others are no longer outside the norm. How will they get their thrill? Really, though, who cares. Once sex is reduced to recreation (as it's already been done) it's nothing important. It's just a release of semen; a kiss that means little, a notch on the bedpost, and a boost to the human ego. The vast majroity of people who claim to be "bi" are gay, but afraid to admit their status for whatever reasons. Many others are simply lonely and therefore not very selective. As for gay, straight, or bi, who cares. What one does in the bedroom is between him; his hopefully consenting partner, and God.

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  General Comment:When I first heard this song I thought it was about drugs and that BJA wrote the song when he was thinking about the amount of stuff that he has taken and thinking about is it actually a good idea and should he grow out of it and come clean???, I also thought it could be about his parents finding out about the drugs he takes/took and then coming clean to them about it, and how angry they were and about how they don't understand what its like to be young.
  
  However the actual meaning about his sexuality makes much more sense, lol.

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  General Comment:if u found out what it takes to be a man that cant be gay

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    Mean people suck. You suck with regard to that comment. Who someone sleeps with does not make him a 'man" or less of a man. The song could be about a young man who gets a young girl pregnant, and he must tell his parents and take responsibility for the life he created. I'm not sure what it's about, but I have gay male friends who are wondeful MEN.

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  General Comment:( thought it was somehow about breaking your virginity but I come in doubt when I read the title coming clean

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  Translation:This song is about Billie Joe talking about his bisexuality.
  
  
  spinner.com/2010/03/25/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-bisexual/
  
  ^ he says so himself that he is bi.

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  General Comment:I'm pretty sure it's about coming out as bisexual; he's talking about how being a man is fessing up to who you are, even if other's don't understand (I've found out what it takes to be a man/mom and dad will never understand)

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    Dude, look at the other comments before commenting. Seriously.

    Flag AgentFloridaon October 23, 2011  
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  General Comment:How about everyone continues commenting with the same exact interpretation? Because, really, we don't get it yet.

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    did you know that it's about billy joel being bisexual?

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    NO WAY. Why didn't anyone say anything?!

    Flag AgentFloridaon September 02, 2011  
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  My Interpretation:Um, it's actually about Bille Joe being bi, he said it himself.

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  General Comment:this song is about the lead singer billie joe letting it out he is bisexual.

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  General Comment:No idea why I'm replying to an old topic, but this song is about Billie Joe coming to terms with his bisexuality. I have the article to prove it, and Billie quotes"I think I've always been bisexual." To everyone who says he isn't, or that it's just a phase, it isn't. Why would Billie lie about being bi? As for "but he loves Adrienne, he can't be bi! hes with a girl" Not all bisexual people fall in love with someone of the same sex, it just means they like the same sex. Billie can still be bi and be in love with Adie.
  
  To the biphobic/homophobic fans of Green Day: you guys aren't true fans if you can't tolerate them, or their sexual prefences. Green Day are in no means homophobic(which people have claimed to say) especially since an opening band for a concert was once Pansy Division,and Billie saw fans flipping the band off, in which Billie said he was appalled by the homophobic fans.
  
  As for the song: I love it. It's a song I feel I can relate too, and I think it's amazing. It's definatly one of my favorite songs.

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