If the talk of how it's a concept album, and the whispered ponderings regarding Progressive Punk have got you a bit worried, then chill out, man, and relax. You ain't gonna think you put on Yes by accident or no shit. And some of it might fly the hell over your head sometimes. Sometimes something hits you that's so astounding, it takes another couple listens to grasp the following couple minutes. This is the kinda record the detractors never imagined Green Day were capable of, and the kinda thing we all knew they were gonna give us one day.
When Homecoming breaks into some rock n' roll complete with saxophone and Jerry Lee Lewis piano, before spinning around on itself and turning into doo-wop punk, the only concern a fella has any right to be feeling is something along the lines of, "How can they ever follow this?" The next thought will probably be something along the lines of "I can never love another fucking album."
Consistently inventive, tunes you could break a leg on, never a solitary note wasted… I've never been more jealous of 14 year olds.
Thanks folks.
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Article comments
1 - Tim Hall
Progressive punk? Who remembers The Damned's "Curtain Call"?
2 - Mark Edward Manning
Duke, thanks for the link, very decent of you. I'll have to return the favor with you someday.
Now then, you're right that there's nothing shocking about a punk band making a political statement - even the Ramones did that - but Green Day is engaging in the foulest, most dangerous area of politics, undermining and questioning the fight against terror, insinuating that whatever disgust and fighting spirit and patriotism that people felt in the aftershocks of Sept. 11 are no longer valid and that the President is a more of a terrorist than Osama. Billie Joe doesn't quite sing as much, but the point is made.
I expected better of these guys, and what a cheap way to revive one's career and get the respect of glue-sniffing 14-year-olds back.
3 - jonny
green where good but american idiot didnt do it for me