Broadway Idiot Trailer [Transcription] lyrics
by Green Day
["Boulevard of Broken Dreams" plays in the background]
[Billie Joe Armstrong]
I just wanted to get the hell out of my town
I wanted to leave with reckless abandon
I didn't care where I'd end up
As long as I saw as much as humanly possible
I never thought I'd end up doing Broadway
["Too Much Too Soon" plays in the background]
[Billie Joe Armstrong]
How loud are you gonna go?
[Director]
The plan would be as loud as it's tolerable
[Tré Cool]
Yeah
[Director]
My heart was in my throat because
What if this doesn't work for them?
[Billie Joe Armstrong]
My fear was that it was just going to be sort of absurd and not relatable and corny
["Jesus of Suburbia (Broadway)" plays in the background]
[Stage Director]
What we'll be trying to do is to get more coverage, in here
[Billie Joe Armstrong]
Do you feel like it's too fast?
[Director]
The subtext is puke could be coming out at the television set with George Bush in front of you
[Stage Director]
My thing is stories and working on emotional responses
It sounds really... I was going to say 'wanky' but that's not a good word to use is it?
["21 Guns (Broadway)" plays in the background]
[Director]
A little bit more of a drop
[Billie Joe Armstrong]
Go!
[Whatsername]
Yeah!
[Director]
I've got notes baby
[Billie Joe Armstrong]
We were able to create a dialogue I think I've been waiting to have my entire life. And it didn't happen in rock & roll music, it happened in theatre. That's the thing that blindsided me.
That was f*cking sick
[Coordinator]
Welcome to the [?]tipsy road[?] ceremony for the opening night on Broadway of American Idiot!
[Billie Joe Armstrong]
It is really strange to see Donald Trump
I was like "what the f*ck are you doing here? really?"
[Tré Cool]
This is the holy play
[Director]
Let's not make it too intense
We're gonna run this whole sequence
By the time I suggested he'd be in the show, I saw a little light behind his eyes flicker of excitement. He said "Oh my god, are you serious about this? I'm sh*tting"