Girl's Not Grey

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"Girl's Not Grey"
"Girl's Not Grey" cover
Single by AFI
from the album Sing the Sorrow
Released 2003
Format CD
Recorded 2002
Genre Alternative Rock
Length 03:10
Label DreamWorks
AFI singles chronology
The Days of the Phoenix (2000) Girl's Not Grey (2003) The Leaving Song Pt. II (2003)

Girl's Not Grey is a single by AFI released in 2003. It is regarded as the song that gave the band widespread North American attention[citation needed] and it was their most popular song until "Miss Murder" and still is in the UK.[citation needed] Its video won an MTV Video Music Award for Best MTV2 Video in 2003.[citation needed] You can find the lyrics here [1]

[edit] Video

The video begins with the band playing in an alley. From the alley, a cloud of mist rises. As the band continues to play, a girl with a blue bob haircut walks down the street. She then sees an odd-looking, pink, plush toy-like rabbit look around the corner at her. It then waddles down the alley and literally walks into Jade Puget and disappears. The girl follows the rabbit through the alley and into Puget. The girl and rabbit wind up in a strange world where everything is pink and all the trees have flowers in bloom. Strangely, the girl's appearance changes from real-world to animé-like(though still live action) and the rabbit turns blue. The girl looks forward through very tall grass and spots the rabbit waving to her. The girl continues to follow the rabbit until the rabbit shows the girl a cliff and then winds up standing on it. The girl is devastated to see that she is separated from the rabbit. As she turns her back on the rabbit on the cliff, a swirling mass of flower petals begins to encircle her, causing her pain. As she struggles desperately to free herself from the petals, the band plays on, and soon she disappears into the whirlwind of petals, not even leaving a trace of her existence there. The band is back in the alley and a flurry of petals come flying out of Davey Havok's chest as the song ends.

There is also an alternate video. In the video each member of the band is covered entirely in black paint, and they are playing the song in the alley. There are no signs of the girl, rabbit, or the alternate world.[citation needed]

[edit] Track listing

Girl's Not Grey CD 1

  1. Girls Not Grey
  2. Hanging Garden (Non LP Version)
  3. Synthesthesia (Demo Version)

Girls Not Grey (Video)

Girl's Not Grey CD 2

  1. Girls Not Grey
  2. Reivers Music (Early Version)
  3. Now The World (Alternate Early Version)
  4. Girls Not Grey - Prelude (Video)

[edit] Other versions

Girl's Not Grey UK 7"

  1. Girl's Not Grey – 03:10
  2. The Hanging Garden (live at BBC) – 03:45

Girl's Not Grey Europe

  1. Girl's Not Grey – 03:10
  2. This Celluloid Dream (Demo) – 04:18
  3. Synesthesia (Demo) – 04:35
  4. Girl's Not Grey (Final) Clip – 03:11

Girl's Not Grey Germany

  1. Girl's Not Grey – 03:10
  2. This Celluloid Dream (Demo) – 04:18

Girl's Not Grey UK CD 1

  1. Girl's Not Grey - 03:10
  2. The Hanging Garden (live at BBC) - 03:45
  3. Synesthesia (Demo) - 04:35
  4. Girl's Not Grey (Final) Clip - 03:11

Girl's Not Grey UK CD 2

  1. Girl's Not Grey - 03:10
  2. Reiver's Music (336 Sessions) - 03:23
  3. Now The World (336 Sessions) - 04:01
  4. Girl's Not Grey (Prelude) Clip - 03:11
AFI
Davey Havok | Jade Puget | Hunter Burgan | Adam Carson
Mark Stopholese | Vic Chalker | Geoff Kresge
Discography
Albums and EPs: Dork | Behind the Times | Eddie Picnic's All Wet | This Is Berkeley, Not West Bay | AFI/Heckle Split | Bombing the Bay | Fly in the Ointment | Answer That and Stay Fashionable | Very Proud of Ya | Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes | A Fire Inside EP | Black Sails in the Sunset | Black Sails EP | All Hallow's EP | The Art of Drowning |The Days of the Phoenix EP | 336 | Sing the Sorrow | Decemberunderground
Singles: He Who Laughs Last | Third Season | Totalimmortal | The Days of the Phoenix | Girl's Not Grey | The Leaving Song Pt. 2 | Silver and Cold | Miss Murder | Love Like Winter | The Missing Frame
DVDs: Clandestine | I Heard a Voice
Related articles
Tiger Army | Despair Faction | Horrorpops | Loose Change | Dexter Holland | Nitro Records | Redemption 87 | Son Of Sam | Blaqk Audio
Categories: AFI | AFI Songs | AFI Albums
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