Talk:Homecoming (Green Day song)

Musical Quotes
The beginning is a quote of "Jack and Diane" by J. C. Mellencamp. Part IV might be citing something from the "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

Threat?
HI !

I'm a lil disturbed about the article... what the hell makes you so sure that Saint Jimmy is the Alter Ego of Jesus?

Did Billie Joe tell it to you? If yes, congratulations i'll take it that way...

But if it isn't that way ( and I'm very sure it isn't) and you don't answer this article within 2 WEEKS i feel free to edit the article the way i think it's meant to be....

to be sure ... i'll post this one also on the other "AMERICAN IDIOT" single track articles


 * Stop making those stupid threats. They get f**k'n annoying. Weirdy 20:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Should we feel scared?--Greedy 19:29, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

From 'Homecoming':

"Jimmy died today, He blew his brains out into the bay, In the state of mind in my own private suicide"

Also, Jesus can be seen writing 'Saint Jimmy' on the wall in the Jesus of Suburbia video, probably to prove the one person theory once and for all. --Joewithajay 21:45, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Actually, yeah, Billie Joe said so in the VH1 Storytellers and it's implied throughout the entire album, from Jesus of Suburbia to Boulevard right to the end. 81.110.194.136 20:57, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I'd say Jos/St. Jimmy is schizophrenic, no? that, or the character could be coming-of-age or becoming a different person. OR! this character could be diminishing the 'bad' side of himself, ie St. Jimmy representing his 'rage' ...OR! the character could be saying bye-bye to both Jesus of Suburbia and St. Jimmy ie, "you're not the Jesus of Suburbia" in the song, Letterbomb. Rosham60 (talk) 10:54, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

"SHOPLIFTER"
Maybe the reason why Jimmy is "filling out paperwork" is explained in the unreleased track SHOPLIFTER, by Green Day...--Greedy 00:59, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Look at the lyrics:


 * ''Shoplifter, you'll never learn/When you commit the crime
 * Shoplifter, you're getting burned/And now you gotta do the time

St. Jimmy is the alter ego of Jesus
Look here: "Jimmy died today, He blew his brains out into the bay, In the state of mind in my own private suicide"

MY OWN PRIVATE SUICIDE, the lyrics said. Weirdy 20:58, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Mike Dirnt does sing "Nobody Likes You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE49vyNjcxE

Not on the album. Anyone with a working pair of ears can hear that's Billie Joe on the album. --Guess Who 09:36, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Not to me, sounds somewhat different to Billie Joe's voice. Dirnt did write "Nobody Likes You" and it would be fitting because Tré also sings on the song too. Rosham60 (talk) 10:57, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Citations and infobox
I filled out the infobox as best as I could. However, could people who know more about Green Day (and have been participating in this article) provide citations for some of the interpretational material within the article? Also, the tone of discourse on this talk page is fairly harsh; please remember to be civil. Remember, we're all trying to make Wikipedia as good as possible, and people who have contributed are valuable editors in their own right. Captainktainer 09:38, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Factual Error
In the introduction to this article, the drummer is named as Mike Dirnt and the bassist is named as Tre' Cool (which is an error on it's own: It should be Tré Cool). These names are incorrect, and need to be swapped around.

Mike Dirnt and "Nobody Likes You"
He does sing "Nobody Likes You" on the album and live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNO1H-BVLx4&search=Homecoming%20live That performance sounds very similar to the one on the album, and if you listen closely on the slbum, you can tell there is a difference in singing between "Nobody Likes You" and the other sections in the song. Listen to that performance and then listen to the song off the album. You will be able to tell Mike Dirnt sings "Nobody Likes You". Orfen 01:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Concept of Song
This song continues with the storyline of the album. I believe that St. Jimmy is the part of Jesus of Suburbia/Jimmy that basicly dies, and is forgotten. "Jesus Filling Out Paperwork Now," could be St. Jimmy's papers, as Jimmy himself is still alive. They desribe the last few encounters and experiences of his journey, and he heads back home to Jingle Town. In Whatsername, he discovers what he remembered is gone, and is desolate.Jokanokorf2 (talk) 16:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC) Jokanokorf2