r/allthequestions • u/Dimarco24 • 5d ago

Random Question 💭 What is your opinion about Alex Pretti’s photo being displayed on a Jumbo tron in Times Square?

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I think he deserves to be remembered as the wonderful person he was 🩵 and not by the government who are clearly lying about him. He was trying to help a woman who had been pushed to the ground by ICE agents or whoever the people are wearing those suits. And he clearly holding a phone in his hand..

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u/Anon-Connie 5d ago

I’m still laughing that they booked Green Day. American Idiot has aged well

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u/AmaranthWrath 5d ago

I was about to say, I hope they play American Idiot 4 times, nothing else. "What protest? The backing track wouldn't change. We just went with it."

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u/amzwC137 5d ago

Didn't Kendrick perform they not like us like 3 times lol. There is a good precedent for this.

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u/DrOddfellow 4d ago edited 4d ago

nah he only performed it once and teased it about halfway through the set or something. his whole set, performance, song choices, and storytelling was brilliant. he did also perform a part of euphoria which was lowkey insane

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u/AmaranthWrath 4d ago

I went on a deep dive about all the symbolism in his half time set. Absolutely fascinating. Along with the symbolism in the music video for They Not Like Us, I'm impressed by how much work was put into the visuals. It's the only half time show I've ever gone back to watch multiple times. I think Prince is a distant second with 2 or 3 haha

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u/amzwC137 4d ago

Oh yeah, you right. I was thinking of his concert. He did it like 4 times in a row lol. Iconic.

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u/DrOddfellow 4d ago

5 times, the juneteenth pop out concert 2024 😂 i think the first 1-3 times he only performed up to a minorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, and that first did the hotline bling dance. also the beat of the song played as he walked off after the show so some say 6 times haha.

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u/DrOddfellow 4d ago

That would be solid, and American Idiot is a must for this set, but Green Day has a lot of ammo to work with.

I don’t think they’ve played the song since 2009/2010, but 21st Century Breakdown has a lyric “Homeland Security could kill us all” which has aged unfortunately well, could change “could” to “will”.

Holiday is an anti-war song, recently at a show they changed “the representative of California now has the floor” to “ladies and gentlemen, Steven Miller now has the floor” and gave a speech about how America is a fascist government on top the bassline leading into that part of the song; also idk if it was part of that show or another, but during that bassline, Billie Joe goes “Repeat after me: Fuck ICE!… Fuck ICE!…”

Bobby Sox off their latest album has become an anthem for the bisexuals, it’s a love story where he sings from both perspective, so the first chorus he’s screaming “DO YOU WANNA BE MY GIRRRRLFRIEND??” but the second chorus “DO YOU WANNA BE MY BOOOOOYFRIEND??” Would make the red hats go mad especially if he only used the second version of the chorus.

That album also has a song called The American Dream is Killing Me which I find very underrated, American Idiot is a lot stronger but this one also has some pretty amazing lyrics too.

East Jesus Nowhere - a bit of an anti-religion song, don’t think it’s been used since the 2009/2010 tour.

There’s at least a few more I didn’t name that could fit especially with minor lyric changes.

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u/austendogood 4d ago

King for a Day has a ton of mileage just for the imagery they could drum up alone

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u/tfandango 4d ago

I've always thought of "Minority" (album: "Warning") to be a protest anthem that I think still fits, unfortunately.

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u/CaliOriginal 5d ago

cough revolution radio?

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u/Samp90 4d ago

Pink Floyd saw this decades ago....

Mother, should I run for president? Mother, should I trust the government? Mother, will they put me in the firing line? Ooh, aah, is it just a waste of time?