Green Day - American IdiotMusic

[Silverzone]

There are more songs on the album, To get the full meaning of the song read this part of The single:

"Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alien nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Well that's enough to argue"

"I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia."

and this part from Holiday:

"The representative from California has the floor

Seek out to the president gasbag
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel tower
and criticize the government
Bang bang goes the broken glass man
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Triumph by fires, sinning buyers
I found a way that's meant for me
Check out
Check out the end of holiday

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

This is our lives on holiday"


It has a few songs that kinda criticise the government. and thats only 2 songs. The title is basically criticising the government, not the people.

 

[eliseracer]

Oh, so this is a propaganda CD? That's not cool. Why didn't they just call it "Bush the Idiot" or was Green Day too scared to call it that and rather slip the message in sublimely?

Hah you entertain me. How about actually listen to the album before saying anything about it. Or, for that matter, actaully knowing what Greenday does before criticizing them?!?!

You haven't heard the album. They weren't too scared to do so, they probably weren't allowed. Either way, the album is not an anti-Bush album. There are many anti-govermental slogans in it, barely any of them subliminal. The album's theme pokes at governments, religion and soceity, and with the spare anti-war anthem to go along. Not only was it a very well written album, it is completely out of the ordinary, not the regular verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge 2 chord punk song. Gruitar World gave the album 5 stars (out of 5).

They helped one of the Rock Against Bush albums (Favorite Son). That's not subliminal either.

Yes, I own the album, yes, I own every other Greenday release, have heard them live. You took the title of the album, and slapped such a huge prejudice on it. Not cool. Not to mention letting political opinions get in your way of listening to good music.
How about next time, listen and read before saying anything.

And dude ^ where did you get those lyrics? They are incorect.

 

[Coleio]

Why don't we all go out an buy Dookie instead

 

[Fruit Twist]

Well to that patriotic prick i gotta say ur an idiot, lil' bush lover. How much Pro-american propaganda their is its unbelievable ur jus gettin spoon fed it

Anyway back onto the topic in hand.The album is mint and my fav song of it is probley Boulevard of broken dreams. Fav greenday song is Brain Stew i think

 

[donbenni]

Don't blaim you for bringing this thread back, it is a pretty decent album.

As one of the only two albums i bought in this last year (the other was RHCP-HydePark), i was pretty impressed by this. The only other GD album i've properly listened to was Dookie. I like the way this album has a continuous theme all the way through, reminded me of Grace Land (like i said i don't get albums very often ).

Fav songs (according to iTunes and Audio Scrobbler) are in this order:

1. Holiday, Boulevard and September
2. St. Jimmy, She's A Rebel and Whatsername

Although i do like Jesus and Homecoming, for their mixed-up-ness.

 

[Silverzone]

I still listen to this album regurally. (except for BLvd. heard it too many times.) It still holds up too. really great album.

 

[animateria]

Yeah still great... Have this and Nimrod in my car... Anyways... I've been wondering... The whole album seems like one long story... Does anyone have a clue.... The characters that seem to come out in several songs are Jesus of Suburbia , Whatshername, and St. Jimmy.... There is a tie in with all the songs but I'm not to keen on what it is...

 

[livemusic]

Best Green Day album since Dookie!

 

[PS]

I think it's too bland. Not enough variety in the overall scheme of the music. I found it to be somewhat plain in the way they did it, although I wouldn't mind reading through the lyrics. I don't think it deserved my $20 though.