Green Day goes political

>Green Day goes political

Name a single political line from this album aside from the bridge of Holiday.

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their right wing politics were pretty blatant
>kill all the fags that don't agree

>fuck America

Yeah I never understood it either. The only lyrics were about the characters doing their non-political stuff

the characters are doing non-political stuff simply to represent the state of the nation at the time the album was made

>aside from the bridge of Holiday
are you fucking dumb?

no i disregarded it.
I said right wing politics and they are clearly left, it was a joke
are you dumb?

that's not what that line is

Ah you're right, sorry

>the subliminal mind, fuck America

Sorry for fucking that one up
(dipshit)

The whole of the title track is political, aside from that and holiday, all we get are hints from the characters.

The track American Idiot is all political

Who cares? Punk rock has always been political.

What lines specifically refer to the government in any form?

American Idiot is pretty political (even with its 3rd grade level lyrics)

Jesus Suburbia has a few lines about the state of decay of the 00's USA

She is Rebel is basically She 2.0 (guys fall in love with a girl and she talk stuff about politics)

And generally there's a couple of lines here and there.


BTW Green Day best political commentary actually came in the album before American Idiot, which is Warning. Songs like Fashion Victim, Misery, Warning, Minority and Macy's Day Parade are waaaay better in terms of lyrics than any American Idiot song and actually mean something instead of American Idiot "oh boi this bush guy sure suck yall"

Actually I guess there's a mention of propaganda. Still not much for an album known for being political.

>a few lines
>a couple of lines here and there
Be more specific.

>be more specific

>Letterbomb
Where have all the riots gone?
As the city's motto gets pulverized
What's in love is now in debt
On your birth certificate
So strike the fucking match to light this fuse

>Jesus of Suburbia
Everyone is so full of shit
Born and raised by hypocrites
Hearts recycled but never saved
From the cradle to the grave
We are the kids of war and peace
From Anaheim to the Middle East
We are the stories and disciples of
The Jesus of Suburbia

>St. Jimmy
Raised in the city under a halo of lights
The product of war and fear that we've been victimized
(best line of the album)

>Homecoming
Here they come marching down the street
Like a desperation murmur of a heart beat
Coming back from the edge of town
Underneath their feet
The time has come
And it's going nowhere
Nobody ever said that life was fair, now
Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear
In the summer heat
The world is spinning around and around
Out of control again
From the 7-11 to the fear of breaking down
So send my love a letterbomb
And visit me in hell
We're the ones going

Also the B-Sides Governator and Favorite Son are centered around Arnold and Bush respectively

And the album political reputation was more because of what Billie Joe was saying at the time than the songs


By the way I just realized you made me defend American Idiot. Gr8 b8 user

um
>NO TRUMP
>NO KKK
>NO FASCIST USA
are u dumb or something

those don't count

are you dumb? Do you actually want people to spoonfeed you on why an anti-war album called "American Idiot" with a hand holding a heart shaped grenade on the cover is considered political? What the fuck is the point of this thread?

Listening to Jesus of Suburbia right now, damm what a great song

fuck you then and...
>the album political reputation was more because of what Billie Joe was saying at the time than the songs

>Bush gets re-elected
>Green Day released American Idiot

The best political song from Green Day is Walking in Contradiction

I forgot about the war stuff in I Don't Care. That makes three instances.

The rest aren't really about government or government affairs.

I know about Governator/Favorite Son, wasn't counting those. Although Favorite Son wasn't a B-side initially, it was for Rock Against Bush 2.

not me btw

>Raised in the city under a halo of lights
>The product of war and fear that we've been victimized

>Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear
>In the summer heat
>The world is spinning around and around
>Out of control again

those are pretty anti-war

I don't think I'm being too strict in saying those are too vague of references considering that this album is basically entirely characterized for its "political message" which, like you said, comes mostly from the way Billie Joe was talking at the time as well as its title (the eponymous track being about the media rather than any form of government).

relevant song btw youtube.com/watch?v=qRHmvZFg-JQ

Yes, they are pretty vague. But (I THINK) that was, since most of the songs are from a point a view of a high school drop out. Nice Green Day song by the way.

off topic, but this is probably the closest that Green Day ever got to psychedelic rock, such a shame that the re-recording took that psychedelic through the window:
youtube.com/watch?v=OmvJb2RwSeg

*that was intentional
sorry I'm little bit dyslexic

its an arena rock call to arms type thing. It's message is pretty generic really- the media is evil and corrupting american's beliefs. It's so generic that it's now flipped over and applies to today's liberal media moreso. And if you aren't american you won't get it/ care for the message much. This thread was a dumb question, american idiot is riddled up and down with political statements (faggot america, redneck agenda, subliminal mind fuck, etc) so definitely saged.

Its like they're planning to make some serious bucks all along

>Its like they're planning to make some serious bucks all along
They were already writing political songs in Warning though

They've had weirder stylistic departures even since the very beginning with Rest.