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List Price: $24.98 | | Label: Reprise / Wea
Salesrank: 9618
Released: November 15, 2005 |
| Our Price: $9.50 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Bullet In A Bible (CD/DVD, Jewel Case) Track Listing:
1. American Idiot
2. Jesus of Suburbia
3. Holiday
4. Are We The Waiting
5. St. Jimmy
6. Longview
7. Hitchin' A Ride
8. Brain Stew
9. Basket Case
10. King for a Day/Shout
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends
12. Minority
13. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
14. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Editorial Review:
Featuring Green Day's first live DVD, the CD + DVD Bullet in a Bible captures the explosive band on the biggest tour in its career, in support of the Grammy-winning, quadruple-platinum, #1 charting American Idiot punk-rock epic. From two performances filmed in June 2005 before 65,000 fans, both in Milton Keynes in England, to the DVD's documentary segments following the band members around that city as they visit a war museum and various pubs, and share in-depth insights on the making and meaning of American Idiot, Green Day is #1 with a Bullet in a Bible. DVD: Video of the performance with documentary behind-the-scenes footage
Description of Bullet In A Bible (CD/DVD, Jewel Case):
If you're wondering how Green Day managed to become the biggest punk band in the world, take a look at Bullet in a Bible. Recorded at their June 2005 two-night run at Milton Keynes National Bowl in England, this combined CD/DVD sees these former bong-hitting Californian dropouts embracing political activism, pantomime hilarity, and all the fripperies of a rock opera-–and excelling at all three.
The first half is essentially a run-through of the group's 2004 album American Idiot, complete with anti-American rabble-rousing and a set of barbed insults tossed back at the "rednecks" across the pond. That out of the way, the band careen into a sort of greatest-hits set, with the likes of "Longview" and "Hitchin' a Ride" sharing space with a brass-laden "King for a Day" that sees Billie Joe Armstrong prancing around the stage in crown and ermine cape, singing snatches of Lulu's "Shout" and Eric Idle's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." Tremendously silly, but Green Day have managed to figure out how to play it like showmen without resorting to juvenile puerility or morphing into corporate yes-men, and that's a way harder trick than it looks. --Louis PattisonBullet In A Bible (CD/DVD, Jewel Case) Reviews:
A Spectacular Performance! 
2008-06-18 - I'm not an oldie Sweet Children fan, but I'm not an American Idiot newbie ether. I started listening to Green Day when I was ten, when I believe Warning came out. I than started storing and stashing all the Green Day Cds, from Dookie to Warning into my crappy cd player and playing the cds over and over again, memorizing the songs and singing them to my heart. Than I moved on, that is, till Green Day's American Idiot Album came out and hit stores with a BANG! I listened to the cd, found it nice and very catchy, like a lot of Green Day albums, but with a different new flavor. Green Day jumped past its Warning and Nimrod to a whole new level, and everybody in the world took notice.
As we all know, Green Day had evolved from being Sweet Children, punky little kids whom played at "86," and belonged to Lookout! Records and than went over to Reprise Records. The majority of punk bands turned their backs on Green Day, dubbing them as sell outs, ect... Green Day became popular with their first hit album, Dookie, which was phenomenal and than kicked out some new albums and slowly, bit by bit, went downhill out of the eyes of pop punk music fans till American Idiot boosted them into the spotlight they had achieved with Dookie again.
Bullet In A Bible is a nice CD to add to your Green Day collection. The live music is nice and crisp, and the live DVD concert in England was awesome. I particularly liked the interviews in-between each performance and laughed at all the brits being interviewed. They played songs from their newest album American Idiot, and than played some of there old treasures that brought back memories, particular the awesome Minority and Longview! My favorite would have to be Shout! which I play over and over again till you would I think I would be tired of it. Billie Joe Armstrong's voice and his performance on stage was great, they are really good at what they do, especially the hyper active, crazy Tre Cool on the drums and the mellow, cool Mike Dirnt on the base guitar and vocals. I think Green Day will go down in history as the greatest Pop Punk band, smashing out the silly duplicates of Blink 182 as well as the other Pop Punk bands that sprang up after Green Day to claim there "15 minutes," of fame.
So if you didn't get to go to their big concert in England, go to the store or order Bullet In A Bible! You won't be disappointed, I sure wasn't, and lets give Green Day a round of applause and cheer for their newest album that is coming out later this year!
Bullet in a Bible
2008-05-05 - If you are a GreenDay fan this is a must have. The DVD is excellent and the CD is the same as the DVD so you can carry it around on your Ipod.
I love the music and love watching the guys.
totally disappointing 
2008-03-28 - I think this will be the first one star review from a Green Day fan.
To me, Billy Joe ruined it. His crows interactions were limited to "I said HEY-OH!", "HEY!", clapping hands, and swaying arms. While they were cool once or twice every few songs, it felt like it happened many times PER song. His "Mick Jagger" persona really really turned me off. I even forgot I was watching Green Day a few times.
The MTV editing was annoying, but forgivable. The interviews and behind the scenes even though they were egocentric and annoying could have been put in an "Extras" section.
The sound was pretty nice. It was well mixed and sounded better than any live show I've ever seen them in.
All in all, while I respect Billy Joe, Mike, and Tre, their interviews/behind the scenes/ and all around performances were very sub par.
This would be perfect if it weren't for the editing... 
2007-09-13 - Everything about this show/cd/dvd is perfect except for one small (but very annoying detail). Like the reviewer below me stated, after every song on the dvd an interview is given...not that the interviews are bad, it just gets really annoying and completely ruins the concert as a whole. why, Why, WHY didn't they make it an option to watch the entire show as a whole!? =(
Oh well, other than that, this really is a great release. Great interviews with the band and it really is amazing how good this band is live. Like seriously, it's crazy. If you crank up your stereo to the max and shut your eyes you really feel like your at a green day show, complete with all the crowd "hey hey heys" and "hhhheeeeeeeee ooooohhhss".
Bottom line: poor editing but the amazing performances more than make up for it.
Electrifying
2007-07-02 - On the 'Bullet in a Bible' DVD, Billie Joe Armstrong says that some bands worry about how they would create intimacy in front of a crowd of 65,000, but said that for Green Day it was irrelevant as they weren't trying to create intimacy, they were trying to create an event. Ultimately that's what 'Bullet in a Bible' is, an event, a fantastic spectacle.
The band open with a spine tingling version of their newer hits with 'American Idiot' and 'Holiday' leading the line. They also show how well 'Jesus of Suburbia' works when performed live. After these songs, Green Day bring their newer, more uninitiated fans through some of the earlier Green Day catalogue, with quality performances of, among other songs, 'Longview', 'Basket Case' and 'Minority'. These performances should give an electrified jolt to all Green Day fans, new and old.
During the encore, Billy Joe brings the only moment of the before eschewed intimacy to the concert, with his closing rendition of 'Good Riddance'. This brings a beautiful close to another fantastic show by the boys from California.
