they got mad
Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this about his father, who died of cancer on September 1st, 1982. At his father’s funeral, Billie cried, ran home and locked himself in his room. When his mother got home and knocked on the door to Billie’s room, Billie simply said, “Wake me up when September ends.”
So I’d be angry too if people kept this shit up every single year.
Seriously, there are more lyrics in the song other than “Wake me up when September ends.”
In the song, HE MENTIONS HIS FATHER’S DEATH. (“Like my father’s come to pass, 7 years has gone so fast” as an example, I believe he mentions it TWICE, though.)
As a songwriter myself, I know that it’s often times easier to get out pent up emotions by making music, lyrics, anything that can be used as a medium to get it all out. As a human, though, I know better than to focus on the negative.
What I’d imagine goes through Billie’s head every time someone makes a Tweet or Tumblr post or anything on social media about “[waking] up Green Day when September ends” would be more than anger. By some people being inconsiderate and not listening past the chorus and trying to make a joke out of a song that should be considered fairly serious, it might bring up resentment, sadness, and of course, anger. If you made that “Ok, September’s over, wake up now, Green Day xD” post ANYWHERE that Billie could have seen it, you kind of deserve getting a snarky reply like that.
