Talk:Longview (song)

"with Billie Joe Armstrong looking like he hasn't showered in a month."

Isn't that more of an opinion? I don't think that's appropriate for an encyclopedia.

• Well...it's an opinion that I share. He really does look like it. But I see how that's kind of POV. It really should be changed, but I don't feel like it right now. If it's important enough to someone else than they can do it. Tigger89 22:58, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

I actually must say I agree. He does look like that, but, that is more like an opinion or just random fancruft. Weirdy 09:47, 5 May 2006 (UTC).

"New Rose"

If there are no objections, i'm going to remove the statement that this song is much like The Damned's song "New Rose." Yes, they both feature drum lead-ins and fast guitars, but so do OH so many songs. (Kinda like saying they sound like Guns 'N' Roses because both bands use drums, bass, and guitar) It's a pointless statement, as apart from those two common features, the two songs sound nothing alike.

I'll wait a day or two to see if anyone has a reason for me not to deleat it.

Cheers—Preceding unsigned comment added by Arturo VI (talk • contribs) 01:03, 4 April 2006

I agree with you.--Zingazin 01:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Longview title attribution and association

The band Green Day took a trip to Longview, Washington. In the town of Longview, Washington, there is said to be nothing to do, and the townspeople just sit down on chairs in their houses and talk. With nothing to do, the band was basically bored to death, which provoked them to write the song and name it after the town Longview, Washington.

Is it me, or does this seem incrediblely redundant? Longview, Washington is mentioned 3 times, when one would suffice.

Moreover, what's the source? Andersem 09:47, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I believe there's an excerpt in the biography by Mark Spitz, Nobody Likes You; Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day which talks about Longview at length, but I may be mistaken. Catherine.chapman17 (talk) 14:41, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

The song was named Longview after the town in Washington state, Billie said so himself on Twitter, it's a verified account so it IS him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.96.91 (talk) 18:49, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

please source.Catherine.chapman17 (talk) 14:43, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Now, I'm by no means a green day expert, but I thought it was longview, texas, not longview, washington, that they had visited that inspired this song. -WhiteUnggoy

There are lots of Longviews, even two in Canada; lets just stick with Washington for now. Altenhofen (talk) 22:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catherine.chapman17 (talk • contribs)

Origin account

At the risk of sounding like a fanboy...

"Mike Dirnt has stated that the famous bass line to this song was written while he was high, and what remains on the album is what Billie Joe and he could recall in the morning."

Greenday played this song live as early as late 1992; I realize that the quoted material is a semi-official account, but its veracity is suspect. If the song was recorded in 1993 and Dirnt claims it was written the night before recording, then something is amiss. user:smallwhitelight

I think that sentence means that they probably just played it in the morning again, the portions they could remember. Dannysjgdf (talk) 05:04, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Black Sabbath Drum Riff

Any one notice that the opening drum riff sounds a lot like one from black sabbath, sabbath bloody sabbath

Yes, I just landed here after searching the same thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.73.100.49 (talk) 19:46, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Totally sound the same.copy 186.32.68.73 (talk) 14:22, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Multiple tracks on a single?

Longview is a single, but there is a track listing. How can a single have multiple tracks? Peter Chastain (talk) 21:25, 30 July 2009 (UTC) Actually, some singles are like EPs - they have two to eight songs. Longview has four. That's why.

Agreed, but the article is listed specifically as a song. Should the title instead reflect the EP? Or should the contents perhaps be more geared to the song "longview" itself (as there's a bit of context and media value to the song itself, as compared to the EP altogether), and a separate EP page be made? My main frustration is that it exists in both the song and album columns in the List of Songs Recorded by Green Day article. Catherine.chapman17 (talk) 14:37, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Genre

Longview is not alternative rock! Someone is always changing the genre! This page should be semi-protected...--188.26.49.213 (talk) 12:38, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

@PM800 why are you reverting my changes? Long View is not alternative rock. It has no alternative rock at all in it. It's the typical punk rock/pop punk song, simple guitar, powerful drums, "happy"-sounding bass. Green Day haven′t reached Alternative Rock at that time yet --Revilal90 (talk) 08:34, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Music Video

Excuse me, but what happened to the music video section? Y'know, the one on every article that has a music video? I know this page used to have one, too, because that's the only reason I noticed the writing on the Twister board. 24.255.38.190 (talk) 23:57, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

My edit was valid, why was it reverted?

Why was my edit reverted? It's not like I vandalised the page or anything. My edit was totally valid. I fixed some important things, so why was it reverted? --Blaguymonkey (talk) 10:18, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

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Hello wikipedians, just letting you know that the talk sections that seemed to be confused re: which Longview and why Longview, geographically have been compiled (so sections Texas? and Song Idea are now in the section Longview Title Attribution and Association). Please refer to that section for future debate and discussion regarding cities named Longview. Catherine.chapman17 (talk) 14:51, 7 November 2017 (UTC)