the song logveiw by green day what is the song about?

Question

the song logveiw by green day what is the song about because i really dont understand what hes talking about so please answer if you know

Answer 1

"Longview" is the first major-label single released by pop-punk band Green Day, from their hit 1994 album, Dookie. The music video for this song received intense airplay on MTV, which is largely credited for breaking Green Day into mainstream popularity. The lyrics describe intense boredom and are about a day spent sitting around the house, doing absolutely nothing of importance, masturbating until it is no longer fun, having no job, no life, and doing drugs. The song captured the attention of many youth at the time with its overt allusions to masturbation. Bassist Mike Dirnt has stated that the famous bass line intro to this song was written one night while he was high, and what remains on the album is what he and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong could recall in the morning. With the verses featuring the signature bassline and tribal tom-tom drumbeat culminating into the melodic yet destructive chorus, the song echoes the '60s classic, "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" by The Animals.

In 1995, Green Day was nominated for Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance for "Longview".

This song can also be found on their 2001 greatest hits collection International Superhits and a live performance can be found on the Bullet in a Bible DVD

"It's about boredom, masturbation and smoking dope." - Billie Joe Armstrong

"I guess it was just living in the suburbs in a sort of **** town where you can't even pull in a good radio station. I was living in Rodeo, California, about 20 minutes outside of Oakland. There was nothing to do there, and it was a real boring place. " - Billie Joe Armstrong in an interview in Guitar Legends magazine, May 2005.

"When Billie gave me a shuffle beat for Longview, I was flying on acid so hard. I was laying up against the wall with my bass lying on my lap. It just came to me. I said, "Bill, check this out. Isn't this the wackiest thing you've ever heard?" Later, it took me a long time to be able to play it, but it made sense when I was on drugs." - Mike Dirnt in Rolling Stone magazine, 1995.

It is said that the name of a song came about after the band took a trip to Longview, Washington where they first played this song. - according to Jim Baltutis, their press agent for the concert.

Answer 2

This song is about being bored and pretty much hating life because it's the same thing every day with nothing to do. "It's about boredom and masturbation and smoking dope." - Billie Joe

Answer 3

how can you not understand it hes bored out of his mind with nothing to do and he's going crazy... it is one of the easiest songs to understand. He wants to get away but can't.

Answer 4

it's about masturbation, and just sitting at home doing absolutely nothing but that

Answer 5

it's about boredom when you're unemployed, it's summer and u just sit all day rubbin' it