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“Longview” is the first major-label single released by punkrock band Green Day, from their hit 1994 album, Dookie. The song was the band’s first #1 on the Modern Rock chart, in a career that contained many chart-toppers on this chart. 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, and no life. 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 on acid, and what remains on the album is what he and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong could recall in the morning.

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“It’s about boredom, masturbation and smoking dope.” - Billie Joe Armstrong

“I guess it was just living in the suburbs in a sort of shit 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.
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  • Dookie
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  • 2005-01-15: Boeblingen, Germany
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  • International Superhits!
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  • International Superhits
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  • DeathNoteAddict

    Probably one of my favorites from them <3

    Friday evening

  • unknown0_0

    good song

    Monday morning

  • DeathNoteAddict

    "I'm so damn bored I'm going blind, and lonliness has to suffice..."

    last month

  • MarkoFraser

    fuckin wish green day were still this good

    last month

  • Neon_Spadezzz

    nostalgia ;)

    March 2012

  • IntroVertedMind

    nostalgic <3 [2]

    March 2012

  • star2777

    :-]

    February 2012

  • ryotego

    " Bite my lip and close my eyes. Take me away to paradise. I'm so damn bored I'm going blind. And I smell like shit ! " [3]

    February 2012

  • jbbassomatic

    " Bite my lip and close my eyes. Take me away to paradise. I'm so damn bored I'm going blind. And I smell like shit ! "[2]

    February 2012

  • Cissek

    dat bassline

    January 2012

  • dannyboy182

    Fuck yes

    December 2011

  • gleeh0rt0n

    this song is about jerking it... lmao

    December 2011

  • Bolshevized

    Smoking my inspiration! One of the better lyrics out there.

    November 2011

  • Lswis

    YES THIS FINALLY!!

    October 2011

  • PROnikx

    отличная музыка!

    October 2011

  • AndrewRipley

    Back when Green Day was actually good...

    September 2011

  • grossy2

    What a great album! Too bad I despise them so...

    September 2011

  • RulezForAnarchy

    this song never gets old

    August 2011

  • SpecialKKay

    nostalgic <3

    August 2011

  • dominoodancing

    I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind and I smell like shit. <3

    August 2011
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