Heart Like a Hand Grenade Page #4

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Not like a.. let's not turn into

Robert Johnson or something.

-Right, right.

I gotta learn how to play slide.

-You know! -I'll figure it out.

OH YEAH! [LAUGHTER]

-It's good!

Do I smell something?..

Oh it's the fretboard.. smokey!

Alright, now what?

Let's listen to Novacaine.

Maybe we should have Mike stay

for one second,

grab Mike, tell him to stay, I

wanna listen to Novacaine.

# Take away the sensation

inside #

# Bittersweet migraine

in my head #

# It's like a throbbing

toothache of the mind #

# I can't take this feeling

anymore #

# Drain the pressure from the

swelling #

# This sensation's overwhelming #

# Give me a long kiss goodnight #

# And everything will be

alright #

# Tell me that I won't feel a

thing #

# So give me Novacaine #

-Hmm.. -What do you think?

-I love it.

Listen to it one more time.

# Drain the pressure from the

swelling #

# This sensation's overwhelming #

Rest on your laurels, you'll

never go anywhere,

like I always wanna.. I always

wanna be doing something.

I feel like I would be wasting

my time otherwise,

I find interest in what I do.

If you're fortunate in life

you'll enjoy what you do

and hopefully it's what you do

best.

And whether that's band

practice, or studio,

or soundcheck or whatever it is,

my life basically revolves

around music.

Everyone else? Well, you come

next.

You come second, and I'm sorry

about that,

but the people in our lives,

they understand that we run an

alternative lifestyle,

we have for a long time, and

we're

blessed to have them with us.

Again.

That's how you get your f***in..

your f***in' mojo in your

f***in' bass.

When it cuts you, you f***in'

rub it into the fretboard.

Trinkets, one of the other

benefits of fatherhood.

Trinkets, then you get art and

all this stuff,

kids give you art and you're

like

"It's not very good, but I'll

hang it up anyway I guess"

"Oh yeah, that's right, you're

f***in' 4"

# Oh I come from Alabama with a

banjo on my knee #

Oh, wrong culture.

-Dude, open this f***er!

-There it is, ok?

Here, why don't we put it here.

-For inspiration. -Best

traditional gospel album 2003

Go Tell It on the Mountain!

The Blind Boys of Alabama, hey

that's cool!

I want this to.. Best Rock

Album of the year.

When I signed Green Day, there

were 10 people on the A&R staff,

ok?

10 f***in' people. How many

people..

and I was low man on the totem

pole,

how many of those people wanted

me to sign Green Day?

-Probably 9 -4.

-Only 4? -So that's pretty high

actually, so..

-Only half -That's what you're

saying, right?

No, what I'm saying is that

nobody really knows, it's hard.

It seems obvious to sign Green

Day now, but back then..

-Well if 40% of the whole A&R

staff said

a band should be signed, isn't

that a good sign?

Cause everybody's guessing,

right? You know?

I'm just trying to tell you how

f***in' hard..

like, it's not obvious who to

sign, and what to do,

and where to put your money if

you're a record company.

-Like for you to sign Green Day

would it have to be

a democracy? Did you have to

have votes?

No, thank God. But I'm telling

you

that's how it works though,

sometimes.

The great thing is this band

that

I was just trying to sign..

Here's how cuts work both ways.

I had support from my bosses

when I was trying to

sign Green Day and the Goo Goo

Dolls,

the Goo Goo Dolls by the way

only had 2 people

that wanted me to sign them, me

and my direct boss,

Michael Austin, everybody else

thought I was signing

"The poor man's Replacements"

that's was the quote!

"Why do you wanna sign the poor

man's Replacements?"

How about the quote for Green

Day.

"Um punk music was never really

that big,

"it didn't sell that many

records,

"why do you wanna sign a punk

band?"

How about that f***in..

-So what'd you say?

I said "This is f***in' cool"

That's what I said.

I said "This is cool" and you

know what,

I also said this, I said "I

think there's probably

"about 100,000 kids that'll get

this it'll be worth it."

"It's a small business deal,

but it'll be worth it."

# In olden days a glimpse of

stocking #

# Was looked on as something

shocking #

# Now everyone knows,

anything goes #

# Good authors too who once

knew better words #

# Now only use four letter

words #

# Writing prose, anything goes #

# The world has gone mad today #

# And good's bad today #

# And black's white today #

# And day's night today #

# And most guys today #

# That women prize today #

# Are just silly gigolos #

# So though I'm not a great

romancer #

# I know that you're bound to

answer #

# When I propose #

# Anything goes #

# If driving fast cars you like #

# If low bars you like #

# If old hymns you like #

# If bare limbs you like #

# If Mae West you like #

# Or me undressed you like #

# Well, nobody will oppose #

Adrian tried to get me a

college degree

because of my travels and

everything.

And they said "Hell no"

[LAUGHTER]

They tried to get me a, what do

you call it?

Like a doctorate in like music,

or I have no idea.

-Did you graduate from high

school? -Me?

-Yeah.. me neither.

That's probably why you didn't

get the college doctorate.

I guess there's some

stipulation.

We left for tour the day after

Mike graduated from high school.

-Really? -Yep, talk about a

waste of 6 months

We should've left 6 months

earlier.

Whassup!?

[PLAYS MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC]

[PERSIAN ACCENT]

# My fair lady #

You all know the words!

I wrote it, goddammit in the

public domain.

That's my name is Public Domain,

don't you understand?!

It really f***ed me.

-What's that? -Let's try it

again from the same spot.

1,2,3!

# She's an Extraordinary girl #

# In an ordinary world #

# And she can't seem to get

away #

# He lacks the courage in his

mind #

# Like a child left behind #

# Like a pet left in the rain #

# She's all alone again #

# Wiping the tears from her

eyes #

# Some days he feels like dying #

# She gets so sick of crying #

[WIND NOISES]

You know I think for a lot of

people

when they're younger, you know,

it's like people are so driven

on these

certain Freudian impulses or

whatever.

So especially young males,

where they lash out

and it becomes something that's

about

their parents, or their fathers,

or something like that.

I think ultimately when you

become a man

you sort of have to face those

dangers

a little bit more, I mean you

don't

have to get rid of the danger,

but I think

what the exciting thing about

getting older

is that for the first time,

you're confronting that danger

and that's kind what the album's

really kinda turning into.

Alright, ready?

# Words get trapped in my mind #

# Sorry I don't take the time

to feel the way I do #

# 'Cause the first day you came

into my life #

# My time ticks around you #

# But then I need your voice #

# As the key to unlock #

# All the love that's trapped

in me #

# So tell me when it's time #

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