I was 12 at the time, and one day I was watching music videos on TV with my siblings. One of the videos that came on was Green Day's "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams". I had previously seen the video for "American Idiot" and to me I thought the band looked super annoying in the video. But once I saw the video for "Boulevard", my opinions changed because that was when I looked at Billie Joe Armstrong.
And I fell in love.
Fast forward 20 years later, I am now in my early thirties but I still have a huge crush on Billie Joe. My love for him remains strong after all these years.
I remember my mom telling me that she was unsure about me having a crush on Billie at the time, because she thought it was unacceptable for a pre-teen girl to have a crush on a guy who swears in songs and sings about explicit topics ("Longview" for example). But despite this, she didn't stop me from getting the posters from the teen magazines, watching music videos and interviews, and hearing the songs on the radio. Plus she would always get me pictures and merchandise for birthdays and Christmases.
When I was 19 and 20, my aunt would tell me a few times to get over Billie Joe because, in her own words, I was grown up. I didn't want to let him go (and still don't), because there's just something about him and I can't explain how much Billie means to me. To me he's the most handsome man in the world, and even at almost 53 he looks like he hasn't aged. He still looks the same, although honestly I miss how his singing voice used to sound on American Idiot.
I guess that's pretty much it, but I have a feeling I will continue to love Billie Joe throughout the rest of my life. Like I said, I can't imagine my life without him. <3
