Green Day : American Idiot
By Tim Cashmere
Green Day have outlasted even
their biggest fan's predictions as they moved from what was
once straight forward commercial punk to diverse and creative
rock music and now the ultimate of seventies progressive rock
ideas, the concept album.
A concept album can die miserably or it can flourish and
tell a story that just couldn?t be contained in a single song.
Green Day with 'American Idiot' tell the story of a world
gone mad with paranoia and propaganda as instilled by the
same leaders who once believed
that Russia's communist propaganda was "bad".
As for Billie Joe's axemanship, the man can pull of a decent
solo now, a long way from the days of him barely knowing an
E chord if it were to kick him in the behind. As for the five
part pop punk epics 'Jesus of Suburbia' and 'Homecoming',
they seemed to have had a lesson in song structure as well.
It's Green Day sounding like Green Day, but it's a great
leap forward for their song writing skills. They have become
a dynamic, melodic and brilliant example of what pop punk
can be.
Track Listing
1. American Idiot
2. Jesus Of Suburbia
3. Holiday
4. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
5. Are We The Waiting
6. St. Jimmy
7. Give Me Novacaine
8. She's A Rebel
9. Extraordinary Girl
10. Letterbomb
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends
12. Homecoming
13. Whatsername
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