I agree that The Jesus of Suburbia is much better. The songs just tie together much better. I blame "Rock N Roll Girlfriend" (sorry Tre) because it obviously interupts the denouement of Billie-Joe's epic.
It's a shame because "The Death of St. Jimmy" is an incredible climax for the album. Like a good saint, Jimmy makes a good martyr. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.
I understand the reintroduction of Jesus thereafter, too (filling out paperwork, the life of a quiet, very ignorable boy) now that his alter-ego is dead, who crashed and burned because of love. He's back to being stuck where he was going to get stuck if he hadn't fought for himself (and he still wants out).
"Nobody Likes You" is important as well, ESPECIALLY at the beginning of Letterbomb, where Whatsername breaks up with Jimmy. It's the anthem of the album, which is conceded by returning to the town he left in "We're Coming Home Again".
Really, he only had two choices: be the quiet boy everyone loves and ignores (Jesus), or be the punk who does what he wants and everyone hates (Jimmy). Either way you end up alone.
I don't think Rock N Roll Girlfriend really interrupts it, I think it's meant to be a dream sequence. In "Nobody Likes You" he's falling asleep, Rock N Roll girlfriend is Jesus dreaming of what life was supposed to be like in his mind, instead of the way it's turning out.
I don't think Rock N Roll Girlfriend really interrupts it, I think it's meant to be a dream sequence. In "Nobody Likes You" he's falling asleep, Rock N Roll girlfriend is Jesus dreaming of what life was supposed to be like in his mind, instead of the way it's turning out.
"Really, he only had two choices: be the quiet boy everyone loves and ignores (Jesus), or be the punk who does what he wants and everyone hates (Jimmy). Either way you end up alone." - The best way to describe JoS's dilemma.
"Really, he only had two choices: be the quiet boy everyone loves and ignores (Jesus), or be the punk who does what he wants and everyone hates (Jimmy). Either way you end up alone." - The best way to describe JoS's dilemma.
I like the part but i can easily see what you mean. In the context of the broadway show however it is great. Each section of the song is someone else's perspective at the end, showing how they turned out. I'm pretty sure that's what it was because I saw the show over a year ago.
I like the part but i can easily see what you mean. In the context of the broadway show however it is great. Each section of the song is someone else's perspective at the end, showing how they turned out. I'm pretty sure that's what it was because I saw the show over a year ago.
I agree that The Jesus of Suburbia is much better. The songs just tie together much better. I blame "Rock N Roll Girlfriend" (sorry Tre) because it obviously interupts the denouement of Billie-Joe's epic.
It's a shame because "The Death of St. Jimmy" is an incredible climax for the album. Like a good saint, Jimmy makes a good martyr. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.
I understand the reintroduction of Jesus thereafter, too (filling out paperwork, the life of a quiet, very ignorable boy) now that his alter-ego is dead, who crashed and burned because of love. He's back to being stuck where he was going to get stuck if he hadn't fought for himself (and he still wants out).
"Nobody Likes You" is important as well, ESPECIALLY at the beginning of Letterbomb, where Whatsername breaks up with Jimmy. It's the anthem of the album, which is conceded by returning to the town he left in "We're Coming Home Again".
Really, he only had two choices: be the quiet boy everyone loves and ignores (Jesus), or be the punk who does what he wants and everyone hates (Jimmy). Either way you end up alone.
And that's why I love this album...
..."Rock N Roll Girlfriend" aside.
I think you're totally right.
I think you're totally right.
I don't think Rock N Roll Girlfriend really interrupts it, I think it's meant to be a dream sequence. In "Nobody Likes You" he's falling asleep, Rock N Roll girlfriend is Jesus dreaming of what life was supposed to be like in his mind, instead of the way it's turning out.
I don't think Rock N Roll Girlfriend really interrupts it, I think it's meant to be a dream sequence. In "Nobody Likes You" he's falling asleep, Rock N Roll girlfriend is Jesus dreaming of what life was supposed to be like in his mind, instead of the way it's turning out.
Exactly.
Exactly.
"Really, he only had two choices: be the quiet boy everyone loves and ignores (Jesus), or be the punk who does what he wants and everyone hates (Jimmy). Either way you end up alone." - The best way to describe JoS's dilemma.
"Really, he only had two choices: be the quiet boy everyone loves and ignores (Jesus), or be the punk who does what he wants and everyone hates (Jimmy). Either way you end up alone." - The best way to describe JoS's dilemma.
I like the part but i can easily see what you mean. In the context of the broadway show however it is great. Each section of the song is someone else's perspective at the end, showing how they turned out. I'm pretty sure that's what it was because I saw the show over a year ago.
I like the part but i can easily see what you mean. In the context of the broadway show however it is great. Each section of the song is someone else's perspective at the end, showing how they turned out. I'm pretty sure that's what it was because I saw the show over a year ago.