Song: 21 Guns
Album: 21st Century Breakdown
Artist: Green Day
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Sweet Mary and Joseph, we thought we'd never make it through. The final winner of our 11-day Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest is:
ButterMochi: @Rhapsody Tired of the whole punk scene, GD begins touring with Michael Buble, playing smooth jazz and standards. Moms everywhere swoon.
Congratulations Mr./Ms. Mochi. You win an Rhapsody ibiza. TGIF everyone. We're gonna go get drunk now.
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
The Task: Well, well, well, 21st Century Breakdown is available across the universe, Green Day's on every magazine cover around, and they're about to start a huge arena tour coming to a town near you. We do believe our work here is done (though feel free to come back for bonus tracks!). For the final day of the Rhapsody Green Day Super-Awesome Twitter Contest, we ask you to Tweet us your answer to this: How can Green Day top themselves? Where do they go from here? Another rock opera? Retirement? Lobbying the U.N. for African debt relief? Tell us what the future holds for this pretty gosh darn special band. After all, you know them best.
*For those of you just joining us,
here's the skinny on the contest: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific
Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a
clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via
Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to
use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody.
(Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the
player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1
p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks.
Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via
our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning
Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment. Unfortunately,
only US residents are eligible. Sorry!
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Ten days! The Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest has rounded the bend and is heading for home. Tomorrow is the day when the rest of the world gets to hear Green Day's new LP, 21st Century Breakdown, but for a while we've been lucky to have it all for ourselves. Truthfully, part of us is a little sad to share it with the world, but if you love something, you do indeed have to set it free. We digress! Let's get on with dispensing today's spoils.
We wanted to know who you would cast in the lead roles of Christian and Gloria -- the main characters from 21st Century Breakdown. We asked you to tweet us your creative and witty answers to Rhapsody's Twitter feed in order to win today's big prize, a Logitech Squeezebox Boom. (These things are rad. In fact, Wellington, the really friendly guy who delivers the coffee to the Rhapsody office was eying the one that plays tunes in the office kitchen this morning. No kidding. If he followed us on Twitter maybe he could have won this. I feel bad now realizing that I forgot to tell him that at the time. Shucks.)
The winner, asajjad2, offered this bit of advice for the casting call:
def not 2 lame movie stars. They wouldnt do justice. Gloria=bay area greenday lovin activist like me chris=street kid from Oakland
We love punks. We love activists! And (even though they hassle us for change on the way home from work every day) we love the street kids of Oakland. So, congratulations, asajjad2! You are today's champion. Tomorrow is the final day of the Twitter contest and your last chance to win! Good luck to all!
Oh me oh my, the way the days go by... We're less than 24 hours away from the official wide release of Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, which means you've got less than 24 hours to be the first one on your block to hear the album, 'cause we've got it for you RIGHT NOW. Now, lest you think our Green Day mania ends there, check back beginning tomorrow and through the coming weeks, as we'll be posting exclusive Green Day bonus tracks. So while our contest may finally reach its conclusion tomorrow (THANK CHRIST!), you'll still be welcome here at Rhapsody Green Day Central. Just please wipe your feet before you come in.
The Prize: A Logitech Squeezebox Boom
The Task: With American Idiot soon to become a Broadway musical (google it), it's only a matter of time before 21st Century Breakdown becomes its own feature-length film. Who would you cast in the lead roles of Christian and Gloria? Tweet us your creative and witty answers for a chance at today's riches. Go!
*For those of you just joining us, here's the skinny on the contest: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody. (Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks. Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment. Unfortunately, only US residents are eligible. Sorry!
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Anyone who has been here more than once knows the drill by now: everyday we've been giving away loot to people who follow the Rhapsody Twitter feed in celebration of the Rhapsody premiere of Green Day's new record, 21st Century Breakdown. So far there have been lewd suggestions, role play and even some poetry (yikes!). Today, we were looking for three musical acts -- alive or dead, active or defunct -- that, alongside Green Day, would make for the ultimate four-band dream bill. You sent in your tweets, and we picked the most creative contestant and gave them a . Yes, it really is that easy. Today we picked a bill that we'd love to see ourselves, sent in by csteib:
4-act rockoOpera w/ Decembrists' Hazards of Love, MCR's Black Parade, and The Who's Tommy - Green Day headlines with 21st C.
Congrats! Stay tuned to Rhapsody on Twitter for more free stuff, more Green Day and more pictures of euphoric winners who resemble the ones deep inside of us.
We'll shamefully admit it: we fell sleep at the switch! The finish line of the Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest is so close we can almost smell it (a brackish, slightly malted odor of a dude in a mosh pit with just a hint of Joop!). Yet, with the impending release of 21st Century Breakdown (a record we happen to be premiering, thankyouverymuch), we neglected to post the day's contest winner. For shame! Forgive us, lads, giving away all this stuff has been quite a slog. Really. We dream about it.
Yesterday, your mission involved a bit of a physical challenge. We asked you to Twitpic us a photo of yourself impersonating Billie Joe Armstrong.
The best shot took home a Philips GoGear Spark (2GB) Digital Audio Player. The prize went to jrnelson (pictured right). He might not be a carbon copy of Green Day's front man, but dang, his picture cracked us up. Congratulations sir! We have three days left of giveaways, so be sure to hit us up on Twitter, and enter to win cool stuff.
Yup, still doing the contest. Let's just get on with it, shall we?
The Prize: A Logitech Squeezebox Boom
The Task: With critical acclaim already mounting and commercial success no doubt just around the corner (though don't forget -- you can stream the thing RIGHT NOW on Rhapsody, two days before its wide release), 21st Century Breakdown pretty much secures Green Day's place as one of the most significant bands of the decade. For today's contest, Tweet us three musical acts -- alive or dead, active or defunct -- that, alongside Green Day, would make for the ultimate four-band dream bill. Creativity and a good rational are a must. Oh, and you can't say U2 'cause that already happened. Go!
*For those of you just joining us, here's the skinny on the contest: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody. (Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks. Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment. Unfortunately, only US residents are eligible. Sorry!
In preparation for Rhapsody's big premiere of one of 2009's most anticipated releases, I studied up on Green Day more than I ever crammed for any test, final or fate-deciding exam. I ran through their bio, pored over their every move and had their entire catalog on repeat for about a month straight. We were honored to premiere the Bay Area punks' new album, 21st Century Breakdown, but through all the celebratory hoo-ha, I -- a big fan of the trio myself -- couldn't help wondering why anyone should still care about Green Day.I was first struck with the Green Day bug at age 13 when I saw the video for "Basket Case" on MTV and quickly traded in my Ace of Base CD (yeah, I totally saw "the sign") for Dookie. It was a monumental album for my suburban teenage self and it subsequently led me to bands like the Clash, the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. But I admit I lost some of my lust for the trio after Dookie -- besides a few singles here and there, the band never quite caught my attention again in the same way. Even my feelings toward American Idiot's big-boned conceptual rock didn't initially measure up to my first foray into Green Day's early material.
But going back through their catalog, I started to appreciate their significance more and more. I realized not just why I clutched Dookie so close to my heart in 1994, but why I still do: Green Day spin modern life into tunes that articulate the thoughts and frustrations piling up in the heads of American adolescents, when they "feel locked up in a world that's been planned out for them," when they "sit around watching the phone, and no one's calling," when they're simply "burned out and growing bored." Of course, it's no secret that this was Green Day's appeal 15 years ago. What's amazing is that, two decades later, they're as good at it as they've ever been.
According to some historians, it is believed that original Athenian marathoner Pheidippides nearly died around Mile 22 before summoning his inner reserve of strength and pressing on, completing the 26.2 mile journey from Marathon to Athens and delivering his message of a Persian defeat at the battle of Marathon. Then he died.
And so we arrive, huffing and puffing but filled with resolve, at day eight of the Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest. As usual, we continue to mix things up.
The Prize: A Philips GoGear Spark (2GB) Digital Audio Player
The Task: Twitpic us a photo of yourself impersonating Billie Joe Armstrong. Use make-up if you want, or just make a funny face. Heck, send us a pic of your granny if she looks adequately punk rock. Our favorite shot wins the booty. Go!
*For those of you just joining us, here's the skinny on the contest: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody. (Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks. Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment. Unfortunately, only US residents are eligible. Sorry!
Day seven! The Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest is one week old! Happy birthday little guy! Our little-giveaway-that-could continues to celebrate Rhapsody's premiere of the band's new release 21st Century Breakdown, and has now outlasted the lifespan of pine weevils, a number of species of winged male ant and the collective interest in the artistic oeuvre of Asher Roth. Today, malcontent with just one question, we put up a 10-question quiz. and the first person to send all the answers back to our Twitter account won a A Logitech Squeezebox Boom. A big, huge congratulations goes out to SourPatchGrrrl who was the quickest tweet to get them all right and will take home the prize. You too might win if you follow us on Twitter, as more Green Day goodies are coming.
Holy smokes! Are we still doing this contest thing in conjunction with our super awesome premiere of Green Day's (very well received) new album 21st Century Breakdown? It appears so. And since anything worth doing is worth doing Bigger and Better than you did it last time, we decided to make today's contest an entire quiz!The Prize: A Logitech Squeezebox Boom
The Task: Answer the questions in the following quiz and Tweet them to us (example: "1-A, 2-B, 3-C..." etc.). The first Tweeter to send us all the right answers wins! Go!
1.) A song cycle-as-panorama depicting the American landscape during the Bush administration's reign, Green Day's American Idiot mainly told its story through the eyes of a single character, who went by many names. Which of these is actually one of those names:
A. Krazy Karl the Kaiser of Kmart
B. The Son of Rage and Love
C. Steve, the Prozac-Addled Gas Station Attendant with Turrets
D. Ashton Kutcher
2.) Sorry, girls: Billie Joe is married. But he still knows from heartbreak. A former girlfriend inspired several songs on 1994's Dookie; in one he asks if she is feeling like what?
A. A cross-eyed punk that's in a funk
B. An American idiot
C. A burned-out broad in love with a fraud
D. A social tool without a use
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And lo, on the the sixth day of The Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest, the Lord looked down from his heavenly seat upon the contestants who were following Rhapsody's Twitter feed and His voice rolled like thunder as he said, "Today the favored one will have gifts showered upon his house, more specifically his home theater system, and very specifically a Rhapsody-enabled TiVo ® HD DVR, a year's subscription to TiVo ® AND a year's subscription to Rhapsody."
Today's prize was big. We asked you to tweet us your book-report on the story told by Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown in 140 characters. The response of our winner, AlexanderF, offered a succinct snapshot of the record:
@rhapsody When society embraces nihilism, what's a punk to do? Pillory the praying. Participate or perish. Gloria/Christian's picket fence.
Congratulations, Alexander. May you long enjoy your sweet-ass gift.
We're taking the weekend off from giving away stuff via our Twitter account (because, let's face it, Twitter is really the most fun when you are at work killing time), but on Monday we will return with more gifts, more contest questions and more fun.
Breakdown Touchdown! Green Day's album is officially live in Rhapsody! And since you can listen to it RIGHT NOW, why not make today's Twitter contest about the album!?
The Prize: We're going completely all-out today. Today's prize is a Rhapsody-enabled TiVo ® HD DVR. PLUS a year's subscription to TiVo ®. PLUS a year's subscription to Rhapsody. Take that, Price is Right!
The Task: 21st Century Breakdown is a concept album. It tells a story. Tweet us your book-report on that story in 140 characters. The most delectable description wins the booty. You've got till 1 p.m. Go! Oh, and since we're all about making your life easy here at Rhapsody, we've stuck the album right in your face. What are you waiting for -- hit Play!
Song: Know Your Enemy
Album: Know Your Enemy
Artist: Green Day
Get Green Day's new single "Know Your Enemy" -- free! And while you're at it, check out Rhapsody's premiere of <i>21st Century Breakdown</i> ... now! Plus, get info on our nifty Green Day contest, plus playlists and more here.
The sun is now setting on day five of the Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest and we've finally worked through the pain and have hit our stride. At this point, we give away sparkling technological gadgets with the devil-may-care disregard of a billionaire tossing pennies in the fountain. Today's prize is a Phillips MP3 player that's so cute we just kind of want to pinch its cheeks. Today's task was to watch the new Rhapsody commercial featuring Green Day and name some of the 51 references to the band, from nods to albums and songs to tidbits from the band's history. The winner, by our count was Jrnelson, but Jmelson, being a noble and chivalrous contestant, forfeited the prize to shesarebel16, who, upon recount, had more correct answers. (What a gem, this guy!) Congrats to our winner, and good luck. Rhapsody premieres Green Day's new record, 21st Century Breakdown tomorrow, and we'll continue to give away stuff via our Twitter account. 
Song: Hitchin' a Ride
Album: Nimrod.
Artist: Green Day
Get "Hitchin' a Ride" -- free! It's just one more day until Rhapsody's premiere (on May 8th) of 21st Century Breakdown. Get info on our nifty Green Day contest, plus playlists and more here.
Well what do we have here!? Is this the brand spanking new Rhapsody commercial all about our big premiere tomorrow? Why, we do believe it is. Let's use it for today's Super Awesome Twitter Contest:
The Prize: A Philips GoGear Spark (2GB) Digital Audio Player
The Task: This here ad features 51 (!!) references to Green Day, from nods to albums and songs to tidbits from the band's history. Can you spot them all? You've got till 1 p.m. PT to tweet us as many as you can find. Go!
*For those of you just joining us, here's the skinny on the contest: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody. (Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks. Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment. Unfortunately, only US residents are eligible. Sorry!
Song: Tired of Waiting For You
Album: Shenanigans
Artist: Green Day
Get Green Day's primo cover of the Kinks' "Tired of Waiting For You" -- free! It's Green Day mania here at Rhapsody as we count down the days to our premiere, on May 8th, of 21st Century Breakdown, with contests, playlists and more! Get all the info here.
Green Day 101: Class is in session. We've got a good way to wean you off the boys just for a second ... because a true Green Day fan needs to know the band's origins. What sort of tunes give Billie Joe the fuzzies inside? What does Mike crank up to get him pumped up? What inspires Tre to rip up the skins day in and day out? It's been said that when Billie Joe first heard the Sex Pistols, that was it ... he had found his calling. Green Day have also found inspiration in the Clash, Husker Du, Operation Ivy, not to mention classic rock kings like the Who and Queen (major influences on 21st Century Breakdown). Get inside their heads a bit with our Green Day influence sampler and dive into our radio station dedicated to the mayhem, the inebriation, the vexation, the anarchy, the beauty that is PUNK.
PLAY RHAPSODY'S PUNK STATION
Bonus Quiz! Is this building: a) the secret hair salon where Billie Joe gets his hair professionally cut to look perfectly messed up; b) the dairy distributor where Mike Dirnt buys the eggs for his world famous six-egg "heartstopper"; c) the nondescript sweatshop that produces Tre Cool's custom drum sticks; or d) hallowed hall 924 Gilman, where Green Day got their start. This is not today's official question, nor is it very difficult, so don't go out of your way or anything. Today's official question is...
The Prize: A Logitech Squeezebox Boom.
The Task: "Last of the American Girls" is a song off Green Day's new album, 21st Century Breakdown (ya know, the album we're premiering on May 8th, cough cough). Describe the contents of this titular female's purse. Tweet all 140 of your brilliant characters to @Rhapsody. You've got till 1 p.m. PT.
*For those of you just joining us, here's the skinny on the contest: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody. (Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks. Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment. Unfortunately, only US residents are eligible. Sorry!
Hail! Hail! Hail to the victor! Let's raise a glass to toast the winner of the today's Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest. The mission was to suggest a situation in which Green Day's "(Good Riddance) Time of Your Life" would sound best -- no proms or high school graduations allowed. Today's prize? A Logitech Squeezebox Boom, a techy little wi-fi enabled countertop player which will enable the melodious strains of Green Day and the other eight million tracks in Rhapsody to resound through the heavens (or at least your kitchen).Our bushel of suggestions inspired vigorous debate amongst Rhapsody's panel of judges. They included scenarios with chocolate sauce, purloined Grammys and, curiously, a pervy bachelor and some strippers. (Um, helloooo? Ever heard of Motley Crue? We digress...)
Without further ado, the victor inspired a big "awww" moment with her touching little Tweet. And the winner is....(cue drum roll):
PrettyDemented@Rhapsody the 1 place I wanna hear Good Riddance is coming from my nieces bedroom so i know theyve got great taste in music like their aunty
See, isn't that cute? We're giving away all kinds of plunder to celebrate our premiere of Green Day's new record, so follow us on Twitter and get in on the action. Now that you know we're a bunch of softies, winning will get way easier.
This image has nothing to do with Green Day, though clearly it has something to do with the phrase "time of your life" -- look at this dude! -- which works for us (see below) because we need to take a little break from all the Green Day photos.
Howdy! It's day three of our twitter contest! Man, this is getting sort of exhausting already and we still have two more weeks of free stuff to give away. Must. Press. On.
The Prize: A Logitech Squeezebox Boom.
The Task: Excluding proms and high school graduations, what event would you most want to hear "(Good Riddance) Time of Your Life" at? Please be creative, and include as many details as you can fit in 140 characters, which, remember now, you must tweet to us @Rhapsody.
For those of you just joining us, here's the skinny on the contest: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody. (Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks. Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment.
Earlier today, we began our second week of breathless Green Day coverage with another contest. They're so freakin' easy to win and the prizes are so freakin' rad that we're considering calling up our sketchy uncle in Hoboken, explaining the whole Twitter thing to him and splitting the plunder. (JK, boss...JK)
The mission of today's contest was to post a Green Day-centric singles ad (assuming that there are Green Day fans out there who are of legal age to post a singles ad), and even though we were a bit disheartened with the lack of BBW come-ons, we did get some juicy stuff. The winner, XPunkPrincessX, won this dope little Philips GoGear Spark digital audio player, with the following: XPunkPrincessX: @Rhapsody Son of rage & love looking to share soda pop & Ritalin with hot religious chick on my crucifix so our two hearts can beat as one.
Some of the most lovable losers were:
jrnelson: @Rhapsody Single M seeking a rebellious rock n roll girlfriend who dreams and differs from the hollow lies of the President gasman. Call JOS
ButterMochi: @Rhapsody I'm the son of faith and love looking for my whatshername. We can hang out at the 7-11, smoke MJ and hold hands. Coffee?
localinsomniac: @rhapsody Single M, both personalities like novocaine. Angel face, taste for suicidal..stepdad and I don't get along. Might forget your name
JohnMikulski: @Rhapsody Son of rage and love looking for same. Likes walking empty streets and swimming in the East Bay. Idiots need not reply.
DorothyMcQ: @rhapsody estranged son of Rage and Love (swm, d/d/s) seeks an extraordinary girl with whom to explore Jingletown's underbelly, more...?
To get in on our Green Day giveaways, keep your eyes glued to this-here space or follow Rhapsody's Twitter.
If you haven't yet noticed, we are pretty pumped for our May 8 premiere of Green Day's upcoming new album, 21st Century Breakdown. We nearly had our own breakdown when we found out that today is officially Greenery Day in Japan. Coincidence? Perhaps, it was reason enough to put together this list of some of the Berkeley boys' best, from 1991's 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours to new single "Know Your Enemy." Enjoy.
Song: American Idiot
Album: American Idiot
Artist: Green Day
Get "American Idiot" -- free! Why? Because it's Green Day mania here at Rhapsody as we count down the days to our premiere, on May 8th, of 21st Century Breakdown.
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Hola! Happy Monday! It's time for another installment of the Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest. Let's dive in, shall we?
The Prize: TBD. It's Monday and we're still waking up. It's gonna be some gadget, we just haven't figured out what yet. Rest assured it'll be sweet.
The Task: You are the Jesus of Suburbia and you're hard up for a date. In the 140 characters allotted you by Twitter -- that's how you enter this thing, see, by tweeeting @Rhapsody (see below) -- what is the singles profile you would post to attract Mr. or Ms. Right? You've got three hours to send us something brilliant. Go!
For those of you just joining us, here's the skinny on the contest: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody. (Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks. Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment.
Song: Welcome to Paradise
Album: Dookie
Artist: Green Day
"Welcome to Paradise" -- it's free! Green Day mania begins as we count the days to our exclusive premiere, on May 8th, of 21st Century Breakdown. Get the skinny, including info on our nifty Green Day contest, right here.
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"Hi, I'm Kanye West. I love Green Day, Twitter and Kanye West. Holla!"As promised, we now present to you...
The Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest
It works like this: Every weekday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, from now until Friday, May 15, we'll post a clue/question/request/harangue that contestants must reply to via Twitter. This means you need a Twitter account, you need to know how to use it, and you need to send your reply to @Rhapsody. (Please do not ask us why you need these things -- do not hate the player hate the game!) Replies must be received between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT -- don't be late! We get hungry and need to take lunch breaks. Correct/appropriate/hilarious Tweets will then be randomly selected via our top secret formula. The human responsible for each day's winning Tweet will receive some high-class stereo equipment. Which brings us to...
Today's Super Awesome Twitter Contest Thingy:
The prize: A Philips GoGear Spark (2GB) Digital Audio Player
The task: We like Green Day's Dookie. Considering you've read this far, perhaps you do to. To win today's gadget, Tweet us a Haiku (syllables: 5-7-5) about what makes Dookie great.
Check back on Monday at 10 a.m. for another clue, and to see if you won!
Has it really been 20 years? Has it been two decades since the first kids heaved themselves from small stages in Berkeley, Calif., to the sounds of Billie Joe Armstrong -- roughly 16 at the time -- screaming his spiky-haired head off? Has it been 15 years since breakout album Dookie, 10-plus since "the time of [our] lives," five since American Idiot, one of this decade's loudest and proudest arena rock opera protest albums (soon to be a Broadway musical!)!?!? And considering it's been that long, is it remotely feasible that Green Day -- arguably this country's best band (yeah, we said it) -- is just now hitting their stride? And considering all of that, could it possibly be true that Rhapsody -- yes, this Rhapsody -- will be streaming the band's new album, 21st Century Breakdown, a week before its wide release!?
Because this, we dare say, is an exciting development.
So yeah, you read that right: 21st Century Breakdown, right here on Rhapsody, beginning Friday, May 8th. We're pretty jazzed. How jazzed are we? We find the extent to which we are jazzed difficult to express. How about we just give some stuff away instead?
Announcing The Rhapsody Green Day Super Awesome Twitter Contest!
Each day, from Friday, May 1st, until Friday, May 15th, we will give away a piece of Rhapsody gear made by one of our Partners In Consumer Electronics Manufacturing: Philips, Tivo, etc. To enter the contest, you will have to Tweet us (@rhapsody -- 21st Century Breakdown indeed!). Details will be unveiled tomorrow at 10 a.m. Do promptly check back at that time. It's a recession, and you could use all the free stuff you can get your hands on.
Additionally, for the next week, we'll be giving away a free Green Day song each day. That's pretty cool, no?
On top of this, upon the album's actual worldwide release on May 15, you can purchase or stream it at Rhapsody with exclusive bonus material, which we'll be releasing bit by bit over the subsequent weeks.
As if all of this weren't enough, you can stay tuned to this here URL -- blog.rhapsody.com/green-day -- for all kinds of mind boggling Green Day curios, including quizzes, photo galleries, and more. It's a dangblasted smorgasbord of Green Day up in here. Please oh please won't you join us.
I admit it. My first big rock star crush was on Billie Joe Armstrong. So when I miraculously snatched a pair of Green Day tickets for a surprise show on Tuesday night, the butterflies, the sweating, the breaking out…all those mystifying feelings and weird hormonal reactions of being a 13-year-old girl came rushing back.
The trio (with entourage) decided, last minute, to throw a show at San Francisco's the Independent, and the venue quickly obliged, because, well, this is Green Day we're talking about. The Independent holds 374 people (said a random security guard at door), and those lucky enough to get inside got to witness their Bay Area heroes showcase songs from their upcoming May release, take requests from the audience ("F.O.D.," "J.A.R." (what's with the acronym songs, people?)), perform a fist-pumping rendition of "Shout" with a little bit of "Stand By Me" tossed in, and play songs off every album from 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours to American Idiot. And they sounded pretty damn good doing it. Catch my review of the show, including details about songs from their new album, after the jump.
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