Talk:St. Jimmy
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Refactoring discussion
An anonymous poster asked: I'm a lil disturbed about the article... what the hell makes you so sure that Saint Jimmy is the Alter Ego of Jesus?
Someone else (also anonymous replied: I'm not a big Green Day fan and don't own this CD but after some research I would say it is a commonly accepted fact that S. Jimmy = Jesus of Suburbia but if you want to add a note saying the exact identity of St. Jimmy is unclear and disputed feel free. Metamagician3000 13:14, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
In the Jesus of Suburbia MTV, "Tales of Another Broken Home" JOS cut his hand with a razor and wrote down "St. Jimmy" in the Bathroom stall.
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[edit] Billie Joe & St.Jimmy/J.O.S.
have you ever noticed when Billie Joe Armstrong talks about eather of these characters it seems very personal, i don't know im wondering if eather of these characters (not saying their two people not saying their ore)are based on billie joe mike and tre or on someone they knew in the pasti've been wondering for while. if you listen to the song hashinka off of nimrod it kinda has some simalarties to Whatsername on American Idiot.
[edit] 2nd Paragraph
Annonamous user with the IP 67.66.219.252 wrote a uncited, un-grammar checked, and in general badly written second spoiler paragraph. It claimed the band (Green Day) had said that St. Jimmy is in fact not JOS' alter ego. I deleted it, because it was not encyclopedic at all, and mostly because it had no citation. Also, Green Day rarely talks about the story aspect of American Idiot, leaving all interpretation up to the listeners, and them explaining how they feel about the story seemed uncharacteristic. So, because of this and the fact that it had no citation, I just deleted it. If 67.66.219.252 would like to re-write it and put it back with citation, they are welcome to. --Trogdor077 22:03, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] James Dean
Where the hell are the sources for this? ive never heard anything like this anywhere... itss not even mentioned in any of the other american idiot albums... TommyStardust 15:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
- I have no idea where this comes from. I've removed it from the page for now, but will paste it below in case we can get some sources. Ajcham 14:37, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] James Dean interpretation
There are rumors that this song and the character of "St. Jimmy" in general represent 50's star James Dean. Believers point out the following correlations:
- St. Jimmy shares the same first name as Dean
- Boulevard Of Broken Dreams is a well-known print by Gottfried Helnwein depicting 1950s icons Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Elvis Presley and Dean in an all-night diner. (The print is based on the 1942 painting Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.)
- The lyrics of St. Jimmy describe teenage angst and rebellion against conservative social norms, similar to the contemporary persona of Dean.
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- And I'm here to represent / That needle in the vein of the establishment
- A teenage assassin executing some fun
- I'm the patron saint of the denial / With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
