• cybervseas@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    From Wikipedia:

    “Wake Me Up When September Ends” was written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong about his father, who died from esophageal cancer when Armstrong was 10 years old. Armstrong at one point dubbed the song the most autobiographical he had written to that point, considering it “therapeutic” but also difficult to perform.

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      1 year ago

      Also from Wikipedia:

      “Armstrong has expressed his displeasure with the memes and has joked about wanting to write a sequel song in response called ‘Shut the Fuck Up When October Comes’.”

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        1 year ago

        Yeah imagine performing a song about how hard it is to remember the anniversary of the most heartbreaking death of a loved one you’ve experienced, and then everybody makes a joke about reminding you of it for the next several decades.

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          Alt: imagine being a public figure famous music band and not have the internet not make jokes about your songs

          Not saying it can’t affect him and his past trauma, but like… not everyone knows or cares about your lore, famous rock star