"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
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Topic: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Subject: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 11:16pm
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Regarding Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", the database states the following:
(dj copies of this 45 ran (4:20) and are a "clean" version). First, Pat, were DJ copies of this song pressed as 45s, or only as CD singles? Second, I have the song on the 2006 Grammy Nominees CD (Grammy Recordings/Sony-BMG Strategic Marketing Group 74277) and it appears to be the clean version. The "F-word", which is fully intact on the uncensored CD and single version at the 1:47 mark, plays in reverse to mask the swear word at the same point on the Grammy Nominees disc. Therefore, it would be helpful to note in the database which CDs contain the clean version. Taking a look at the I-Tunes retail download website, I see "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was released as a stand-alone single in its uncensored form with the "F-word" intact, but I don't see a clean commercial single or album version. Was one ever released for either? |
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 11:35pm
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I have a promo CD of this with no catalog number. It's on a CD-R with black lettering printed on a plain silver top. It has two tracks:
1. Pop Edit (3:33 - printed & actual) 2. Clean Edit (4:21 - printed & actual) It sounds like the "Clean Edit" is the one mentioned above, as it reverses the "f" word. The "Pop Edit" shortens the song, but also it mutes the "f" word rather than reversing it. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 11:40pm
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Excellent info, Aaron, my friend. Thanks!
Now, has anyone come across a censored commercial single or album version? |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 11:42am
Green Day-"Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" (PRO-CDR-101456) 1-Clean Edit (listed 4:20; actual 4:21) But it's also very good to know about the existance of that other 3:33 promo CD single "Pop Edit" version as well, Aaron - many thanks! |
aaronk wrote:Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 6:44pm
| I know it's difficult to get ahold of the "pop edit" promo but I do believe this version appears on an issue of "promo only." Basically the f word is muted and the guitar section at the end is very short. I think there are versions out there that run the length of the LP but mute the f word and there are versions that replace the f word with "nuffed" up. Can anyone verify this? And what about a version that cuts out the guitar part in the beginning and starts cold with the vocals?? |
Posted By: TimNeely
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 11:55am
I've got a regular promo CD single of this (PRO-CDR-101480) that matches the above, except that the listed time for the "Pop/Clean Edit" is 3:34 and the "Clean Album Version" is 4:20. There were no commercial releases of this song in the U.S. as a single except on download sites, and there were no U.S. 45s; Pat seems to use "45 version" as shorthand for "single version," regardless of whether there is a real 45 (one of the things that bothers me about the printed version of his book). |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 07 August 2021 at 3:51pm
| Is there a radio edit (i.e., 3:33) of "Boulevard..." that is explicit? If not, has anyone here created one by taking the word from the explicit album version? (I've been listening to the song a fair amount lately - and I find the edits/silent vocals/bleeps jarring. I'm also not a fan of a melody being interrupted (missing a note) when a clean version like this is created. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 07 August 2021 at 5:01pm
No edit exists in Explicit for the song, sorry Gordon. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: AaronsAmazing
Date Posted: 04 November 2024 at 10:28pm
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Does anyone know if there's an album-length clean version similar to the
"Pop Edit" out there? I think I heard a version like that on my local station today, and I'm wondering if it was an official edit or not. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 05 November 2024 at 8:51am
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The "Clean Edit" is 4:21 and also mutes the "f" word. Is that what you're looking for? ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: AaronsAmazing
Date Posted: 05 November 2024 at 1:34pm
If it's this version, then no: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=uphaXAKeZH4 The version I heard on the radio sounded like "What's f- up", not "What's nuffed up" like the above video. Could anyone check the "clean" CD release of the American Idiot album to see if it's different to the promo CD? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 05 November 2024 at 2:20pm
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The file on my hard drive labeled "Clean Edit" does not match the YouTube video. It comes from TM Century, which presumably pulled it from the promo CD, and as I mentioned, the "f" word vocal is muted (not reversed). I have the original promo CD, but it's not accessible at the moment. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: chendagam
Date Posted: 19 January 2025 at 9:02pm
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My "Clean Edit" from my promo cd (not in front of me at
the moment but have a rip on my hard drive) does not must the word. My version has the "nuffed up" reference and runs 4:21. I have the following marked in my collection on discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/3815834-Green-Day- Boulevard-Of-Broken-Dreams |