American Idiot was named one of the top 50 records of the decade by NPR's All Songs Considered, it also won a Grammy and is the most critically acclaimed Green Day record so far. If you are heading to the store to get this record, you should also pick up their first major label release Dookie. It is fun to see how much the band has matured between these two efforts; they were 19 when Dookie came out and had been playing together since they were 14. American Idiot is an amazing record and "Wake Me Up..." is one of the best songs of the decade. Their anger and disgust with the Bush administration is channeled into 13 songs that taken together form a rock opera on the order of The Who's Tommy or Quadrophenia.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Green Day - American Idiot
American Idiot was named one of the top 50 records of the decade by NPR's All Songs Considered, it also won a Grammy and is the most critically acclaimed Green Day record so far. If you are heading to the store to get this record, you should also pick up their first major label release Dookie. It is fun to see how much the band has matured between these two efforts; they were 19 when Dookie came out and had been playing together since they were 14. American Idiot is an amazing record and "Wake Me Up..." is one of the best songs of the decade. Their anger and disgust with the Bush administration is channeled into 13 songs that taken together form a rock opera on the order of The Who's Tommy or Quadrophenia.
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