Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams [Video]
It appears that in an unfortunate event, the car that Green Day have been driving in has broken down – though judging by the state of disrepair (a situation that’s hardly going to be helped by kicking the door...
It appears that in an unfortunate event, the car that Green Day have been driving in has broken down – though judging by the state of disrepair (a situation that’s hardly going to be helped by kicking the door in) that the automobile is in, this should not come as any surprise to them. Nevertheless, they seem to look world weary and almost as if they are suffering from a hangover, or perhaps a terminal illness. We then enjoy a number of shots with some lovely tumbleweed and a very moody looking Green Day in; it is clear that all is not well.
It would appear that Green Day have gotten very lost indeed, and perhaps in a foolish dare from the night before (where clearly judging by how they are dressed they have enjoyed a very lavish and luxurious club – those aren’t exactly the clothes you wear to Creation) have driven through the American desert in a car that just isn’t up to it. This unfortunate turn in events has made them look a bit on the grumpy side really, and whilst understandable they surely can only blame themselves for this turn of events.
They are however presented a lifeline with a shack, wherein hopefully they can find some shelter from the apparently bad weather (even though this is the American desert, where one would have assumed it is always scorching?). It appears that they have entered a very deserted area indeed, what with all the rusting mailboxes (or just an area of people who don’t particularly care much for their mailboxes, which is a tragedy as often they give off a key first impression – someone with a cow shaped mailbox for instance just isn’t going to give off as great an impression as someone with something a bit more contemporary, such as a mailbox in the shape of a heart), and the breeze surrounding them punctuates this. To be honest, despite their grumpy tones, the weather looks as though it could actually be quite pleasant – not too hot, not too cold, epic surroundings, and so on and so forth.
All through the middle of this, a large bird appears to be looking at them. This is all the bird has to do with the plot it seems, and is a travesty for by far he has been the most entertaining thing about this piece.
It finally appears by now though that after their long walk they have found some sort of shelter! However, rather than get some good, hard earned rest and enjoy whatever morsels of food they can find, they instead find a load of instruments that appear to be in pristine order (quite surprising given the lack of storage facilities at the said shack and the fact they didn’t appear to be carrying any with them). Soon after finding this shelter it appears as though we have moved forward in time as they have finally found some sort of civilisation! It is an admittedly quiet road but they should just be grateful for the newfound lease of life that civilisation can give. They also walk past a number of perfectly still people placed in bizarre positions; why? I would like to know what the odds on an entire crowd staying perfectly still are, because this quite frankly is an incredible development and, along with the bird, the true measure of just how exciting this video is.
This excitement is then punctuated when people actually show signs of MOVEMENT! And whilst everyone now seems to be bigger than Green Day (showing some inner complexes about feeling smaller than everyone else perhaps?), at least they are moving and as such showing signs of good health.
This then leads into Green Day playing their instruments (which aren’t actually plugged into anything) with bizarre and almost pained looks on their faces, ones which show that perhaps plastic surgery is something that really should be considered if this is what they’re looking like on stage. Shortly after this the video is descended into just watching Green Day walk. On an empty pavement. At night. Its hardly Limp Bizkit – Take A Look Around in the excitement stakes, one has to admit.
The video finishes with shots of the band playing cut with shots of Billy Joe Armsrong, er, saluting. And Mike Dirnt nearly – just nearly – falling over. Can you feel the testosterone?
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