Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown

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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    ive listened about two times. pretty good stuff i have to say, much to my chagrin.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Turned the tv on this morning and they were playing 21 Guns video.
    It is a live video, awesome stuff.
    I missed half of it, dammit!
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  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Bought the new album on an impulse, and while a lot of the choruses are still samey and generic, there are quite a few good songs on it.
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I think it's a brilliant album. I loved AI but this one is a lot better imo.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • bigeye21
    bigeye21 Posts: 981
    Saw the tour opener last night in Seattle and Green Day absolutely delivered! Awesome show and worth seeing if they are in your neck of the woods.

    Seattle Times review: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/m ... day04.html
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Im going to see them later this year

    I've given this record a few listens and there are some catchy songs in it, digging it a bit.
  • Tuolumne Mama
    Tuolumne Mama Posts: 1,210
    I agree with Cropduster's comments. Dookie remains my favorite mainly due to that time of life. This album has some awesome songs that grow on me with each listen. Will be seeing them in 2 weeks and was impressed with their presales and fantastic seats we got thru my son's membership only since 2005. Been kicking it in and out of here since postcards but keep getting lost with each new forum. Not bitching about 10 and know other old timers this has happened. Just sayin GD has fewer club scalpers at shows.
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    bigeye21 wrote:
    Saw the tour opener last night in Seattle and Green Day absolutely delivered! Awesome show and worth seeing if they are in your neck of the woods.

    Seattle Times review: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/m ... day04.html

    Awesome review. I see them in a couple of weeks, I can't wait. Can't say I read too many reviews that called it a let down.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Still listening to it once in awhile....taking my son and 2 nephews next Friday.
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Gloria and 21st century breakdown at stand out tracks.
  • peacegirl
    peacegirl Posts: 841
    I'm very excited to see them next Tuesday!!
  • blacknapkins
    blacknapkins Posts: 2,177
    Me, too!
    "Information is not knowledge.
    Knowledge is not wisdom.
    Wisdom is not truth.
    Truth is not beauty.
    Beauty is not love.
    Love is not music.
    Music is the best."
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  • Ryan_WFC
    Ryan_WFC Posts: 1,353
    Me three. They blew my mind in NYC in May.
    "They said ... timing was everything
    made him ... want to be everywhere
    there's a ... lot to be said for nowhere."
  • Darka
    Darka Posts: 16
    Bit late
    At first i wasnt too much of a fan of it, but after listening to it a few times.
    Good album, definatly one of the years highlights, glad i picked it up
    They are coming here but unable to go see them
  • Ok
    Ok Posts: 2,146
    Agree with most of the comments posted here. have been only a casual fan, but damn it if 21st century isn't a gem of an album. too many good songs to list.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i've been listening to it for while now and it's ok....american idiot part 2....of the 2, ai is better
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I think it's better as a whole and if I read the words than if I just hear a song here or there. Their music can be so much the same that I have mixed feelings about it. However, I like that they try to make the albums like one long story.

    I'd like to see them live because maybe they are better that way. :geek:
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I don't remember if i posted in this thread..lol..

    I love this album. I might like it more then AI. The songs were great live too. I love Green Day :)
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Watched them perform last night on SNL. Was not impressed. I thought both songs were pretty dreadful.

    I kind of liked American Idiot, but I don't think I feel like wading through "American Idiot 2."

    I miss when these guys played three-chord songs about jacking off. They seem so humorless now.

    Yeah, well, some bands get famous and suddenly think they got a brain transplant out of that deal that bestowed all this ingenious wisdom to them.

    I loved the American Idiot album, but man, if I hear 21 Guns again I am going to take 21 Guns and shoot meself.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Gonzo1977 wrote:
    Don't get me wrong, I like political punk as much as anyone.
    The Clash and The Dead Kennedys were awesome at it, and did it the way it should have been done.

    However...I BELIEVED THEM

    I don't believe Green Day.
    This music is not coming from an honest place.
    It sounds forced and generic. They're preaching to the choir here with these sentiments.
    This change of style is not artistic...It's just nothing more than a lame ass cash grab

    I'm happy with growth and all. I encourage it and love it when a band trys something new.
    But for Christ Sake...grow honestly and do it with some fucking class.

    A good song is a good song (and AI is full of GREAT songs, I don't know anything about this new one other than 21 Guns, which OMGZZZZZZZZZ, shoot me), but.....

    The irony of all of this is that the members of Green Day all probably go vote Republican while in the privacy of the voting booth so that they can keep more of their earnings from the huge sales of American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown.
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