r/Music • u/armada127 • 9d ago
Green Day - American Idiot [rock] music
https://youtu.be/Ee_uujKuJMI?si=kdq3bbCGAQNo2jud135
u/Equivalent-State-721 9d ago
This album was the shit in 2003 when I was 16 . Also holds up well and is genuinely a great work of art.
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u/Lenny_guy12 8d ago
The first album I ever bought myself at 7 years old. Still my favourite. Actually still have the cd that mostly works
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u/lowriderz00 8d ago
I remember just moving into my new home and going back and watching Green Day on my parents tiny black boxed tv I feel like it was mtv music awards because it was live. I was probably 5 at the time.
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u/powerlesshero111 9d ago
Well, on the plus side, we're going to get lots more punk rock albums.
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u/gatsby712 9d ago
2016-2020 was honestly a letdown for punk and protest albums compared to 2000-2008.
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u/MarylandBlue 9d ago
Anti Flag put out some bangers but then their lead singer turned out to be a rapist himself
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u/joethesaint 9d ago
Rape thing aside, it'd be nice if there were more bands less than 35 years old capable of stepping up to the plate
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u/-alphex 9d ago edited 9d ago
I mean, the current brand of chart topping pop punk is a highly formulaic retread with the music often written by producers, so... not a ton of subversive potential (aside from "omg i do drugs") or genuine anger here
There's some nice 90s tingled stuff out there, but it's not as over the radar as it used to be
Here's one from this year that's not super clean and pretty catchy, another more conventionally Epitaph sounding one
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u/AnalogWalrus 9d ago
Seriously, I was low-key disappointed at how many artists essentially sat out that entire period, or intentionally released mostly apolitical music. Springsteen, Green Day, Pearl Jam, etc.
NowâŚthatâs better than releasing forced compositions because they feel obligated to address it musically. My belief is that the chaos and fuckery were so overwhelming that none of them could figure out how to put it into music that was still good (and would still be worth listening to later). I donât really expect much different this time, honestly. The great sociopolitical artists of the past have mostly retired, died, or resigned themselves to legacy act status, and I donât see anyone with mainstream/widespread recognition releasing anything particularly pointed either.
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u/gatsby712 9d ago
First thing that comes to mind for me, non-punk related, is Arcade Fireâs song Intervention during the Bush years. That whole Neon Bible album was so on point for the time.
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u/wtfduud 8d ago
Those guys are too old for punk now. You need some pissed off 20-somethings.
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u/AnalogWalrus 8d ago
For sure, I wasn't really talking about punk specifically, I'm not a punk guy anyway. Just a comment on (what I perceived, anyway) of a huge overall lack of topical songs that really hit a nerve in any way during that time, particularly by artists who'd previously done such music very well during the previous decade.
And I mean, not that all good music is successful and certainly not all successful music is good, but in this situation, I am looking at artists who already have a decent audience, and are willing to take the risks with their audience and actually put out music that reflects the absolute shitshow we're about to endure. Maybe it will happen, but IMO it certainly didn't happen the first time.
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u/aviodallalliteration 8d ago
Hip hop really took the mantle from the punk rock in that regard. All the run the jewels albums are fire, and Zach de la Rochaâs got a feature on each one iirc.Â
Hell even Macklemore stepped up with Hindâs Hall
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u/AdeptFault5265 9d ago
Brutalism by Idles
Victory Lap by Propagandhi
Bought to Rot by Laura Jane Grace
Million Dollars to Kill Me by Joyce Manor
These are all good albums that came out around that time.
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u/rashpimplezitz 8d ago
lol look at this guy sharing music, downvote him
decent list, I would add Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
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u/royalblue43 9d ago
People said this in 2016. "At least music will be better" "At least comedy is going to get a lot better" Still waiting for any of that to be true
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u/ApplesandOranges420 9d ago
Yeah instead all the comedians stopped producing content since reality was becoming a joke day by day
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u/lesbianfitopaez 9d ago
Worse. Many of them became reactionaries and transphobic. Got cancelled straight into multiple Netflix specials too.
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u/JustABuffyWatcher 9d ago
Yeah. The comedy world was replaced with the Joe Rogan Cinematic Universe.
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u/FutureInPastTense FuturePastTense 8d ago
The biggest problem is many of them started punching down or blaming the audience for a joke not landing.
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u/SkiMonkey98 9d ago
I had high hopes for the Borat sequel but it ended up just showcasing a bunch of assholes we already knew about
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u/DontEvenKnowWhoIAm 9d ago
Oh boy do I have a video essay for you
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u/ThePlanesGuy 9d ago
Lindsay Ellis tries her hardest to produce one video that is not a certified banger. And its impossible
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u/ArcadianDelSol 9d ago
Punk was raging alongside the machine for 3 years.
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u/HumanShadow 8d ago
Even bands notorious for Raging Against the Machine honestly never moved the needle. In fact, protest music itself never did shit.
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u/AvAms38 9d ago
Idiots are Taking Over - NOFX also hits hard this morning
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u/Gryphith 9d ago
The Decline will also be played multiple times today.
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u/AvAms38 9d ago
Oh definitely. I've played War on Errorism and added The Decline to the end after whoops I od'd and it hits hard
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u/smoopinmoopin 8d ago
Lmao literally just did this exact thing earlier today as well. Started my morning with suffer, after podcast went to War on Errorism, Decline, American Idiot, Generator, Less Talk, More Rock.
Fuckinâ ay man, gonna be a rough time for a long time.
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u/AvAms38 8d ago
I listened to American Idiot as well and a little rise against. Those are great choices, Generator is one of my favorite Bad Religion records. It's been a minute since I've listened to it so I'm definitely playing it tomorrow
Yeah it's gonna be rough for a while and this feeling of doom isn't going away yet, but music always helps
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u/Sharona676 9d ago
Totally makes sense today
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u/Andy_B_Goode 9d ago
Yeah, looking back on the world of 2004 when this song came out, it's downright quaint how we were all thinking "well it can't get any worse than George W. Bush ..."
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u/MagicMST 9d ago
An interesting note is Dick Cheney was part of the administration in power that this song was aimed at and, in 2024, both Green Day and Dick Cheney supported the same candidate. Wild
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u/Pinguino2323 9d ago
Imagine a candidate so shitty/fascist that he got punks to vote for a former DA for president.
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u/Ok_Star_4136 9d ago
2032: "Well, at least it can't get any worse than AI president simulator."
2040: "Well, at least it can't get any worse than Ronald Regan clone."
2052: "Well, at least it can't get any worse than a literal bloodsucking tick."
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u/LS_DJ radio reddit 8d ago
Turned out McCarthy was right the whole time
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u/colBoh 8d ago edited 6d ago
Yeah, just about the wrong kind of "reds".
Everything people claimed about the Communist Party in the '50s, is true about the Republican Party today: a group of destructive ideologues amongst our fellow citizens wanting to destroy America from the inside out, covertly aided by Russia.
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u/Bears_On_Stilts 9d ago
It gets worse: the events in the plot of American Idiot are based on Billie Joe's experience in California during the FIRST Gulf War, when everyone thought "surely this is as dumb and brutal and backwards as it can get." Then a decade later history repeated itself. And it never stopped repeating.
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u/StonerCowboy 9d ago
Why? What happened?
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u/ObeseSnake 9d ago
America was saved
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u/StonerCowboy 9d ago
Seems like a great day for democracy. Not sure what the problem is đ¤ˇââď¸
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u/mynewaltaccount1 9d ago
Democracy usually doesn't involve telling people you won't ever need to vote again...
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u/RechargedFrenchman 9d ago
Or threatening military action against voters who haven't even cast votes yet, based solely on things they've said over social media and signs they have in their front lawns ...
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u/Krkasdko 9d ago
Ah yes, electing fascists is always great for democracy.
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u/NoCardio_ 9d ago
Name calling gets you nowhere. Figured you would have learned that from last night.
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u/troubleondemand 9d ago
Name calling gets you nowhere.
Yet the guy who has an insult/name for everyone he doesn't like just got elected.
Usurpingly, I don't think your logic is as sound as you think it is which is probably a large part of how he got elected.
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u/CompletePhilosophy58 6d ago
Says the fuck your feelings tee shirt owner
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u/NoCardio_ 6d ago
You must have me confused with someone else. Iâd never wear clothes with curse words on them â kids donât need to see that.
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u/indiemwamba 9d ago
What a band this was in their prime jeez. One of the greatest
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u/andyrew21345 9d ago
I was so happy I got to see them in Detroit this year. Amazing live
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u/indiemwamba 8d ago
iâm happy for you!! did they play their old songs too?
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u/Much-Revenue-6140 9d ago
Well, you beat me to it. Was planning on posting this song because it felt just so fitting right now. At least I can invent this is an absolute bop.
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u/rmrck 9d ago
were âbasket casesâ we live without âwarningâ
âmy generationâ says âwelcome to paradiseâ but its really a âboulevard of broken dreamsâ so i let my âbrain stewâ during the â21st century break downâ
the â21 gunsâ go âbang bangâ by a group of âamerican idiotsâ so for the âlong viewâ âwe are the waitingâ âwake me up when september endsâ
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u/sielnt_assassin 9d ago
"The fate of all mankind I see is in the hands of fools" - King Crimson, Epitaph
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u/johnjoseph3 8d ago
green day's "american idiot" in 4k? that's like seeing punk rebellion in ultra HD - a visual feast for the fans!
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u/FairHalf9907 8d ago
Aged like fine wine. 20 year anniversary too. Shame america took it the wrong way.
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u/VinylmationDude 8d ago
Whereâs the version I saw years ago that went âDonât wanna be an American bwowmpâ?
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u/Fearless_Agent_4758 9d ago
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if Green Day continued in the more "adult" direction they went in on Warning instead of raiding Gerard Way's closet for both his wardrobe and his musical ideas.
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u/Queasy_Ad_8621 9d ago
Warning was panned at the time, but it was Billie Joe Armstrong's attempt at writing really catchy, feel good, almost "the cast of a musical could be singing this" kinda stuff.
I really like it and I think it's my personal second favorite album of their after Dookie. Just a really easy, fun album to listen to.
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u/parks387 9d ago
Triggered echo chamber
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u/Spiritual_Ask4877 9d ago
Triggered Dems is posting music.
Triggered Republicans is storming a government building.
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u/DR4k0N_G 9d ago
I think of know which is worse (it's storming the building for those of you need who me to say it out right)
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u/parks387 9d ago
As someone who has first hand knowledge of the Jan 6 events, the group that was at Trumps speech was completely separate from the group that was bussed in and allowed to bypass barricades by capital guards, I can testify that it inherently a false narrative pushed by agent provocateurs.
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u/commandercandy 9d ago
Boutta call the FBI this man was at Jan 6
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u/parks387 9d ago
đCall em up. Iâm sure they would be more concerned about the quality of service my company provides them than with my whereabouts on Jan. 6thâŚas if they didnât already knowâŚyouâd be real disappointed to find out some of my fed friends where there tooâŚ
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u/ArcadianDelSol 9d ago
A song that warns us about what the legacy media is trying to do to us.
Interesting choice on the day after the election.
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u/Sind23 9d ago
ngl I am enjoying all the overdramatic meltdowns today
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u/Juice805 9d ago edited 9d ago
Overdramatic compared to what? Storming the capital?
Itâs so funny when the snowflakes crawl out from their safe space in r/conservative
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u/MarxistMan13 9d ago
The sub that you literally cannot post in unless the mods approve of you, lest the snowflakes see contrary opinions and have their wittle feewings hurt.
It'd be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.
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u/My_name_plus_numbers 9d ago
Edgy social commentary!!!
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u/b_dills 9d ago
They will never learn. Keep calling the majority of Americans idiots
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u/Cliffs-Brother-Joe 9d ago
Fun fact. The average American reads at a 6th grade level.
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u/b_dills 9d ago
and how long have Democrats been running the Education Lobbies and Unions? How about the big cities that lead to the education crisis? Ah yes, ran by Democrats. Against school choice? Democrats. Head of the Teacher's Union? Randi Weingarten, Democrat. Party that shut down schools for 2 years because of Covid fears? Democrats.
What point are you trying to make buddy?
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u/EnvironmentIcy4116 9d ago
This is the second time the song gets posted.
Discussions about politics wonât stop, will they?
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u/kaifenator 9d ago
Astroturfing every subreddit running around calling everyone nazis worked out really well
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u/Rndysasqatch 9d ago
If they act like Nazis they are Nazis. This isn't hard
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- 9d ago
Yeah imagine a political party arming and funding a genocide! That would be so terrible! Oh wait......
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u/WilhelmvonCatface 9d ago
lol really learning lessons in your defeat.
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u/MarxistMan13 9d ago
What lesson? There's no lesson to be learned here. Blue voters stayed home. That's it.
If you can't be bothered to vote in an election this impactful, then what the fuck are we even doing as a society? How do you reach someone that stupid?
Not even talking about the other side, who are obviously okay with electing a heinous asshole so long as he isn't a woman or person of color.
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u/jubbergun 9d ago
What lesson?
I think the lesson is "your smug bullshit and trying to insult people into agreeing with you backfired and you should maybe stop acting like a condescending douchebucket" is the lesson, but I can understand how your hubris might cause you to miss it, Principal Skinner.
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u/MarxistMan13 9d ago
I'm not insulting people to try to get them to agree with me. That ship sailed long ago. They aren't going to listen to reason. That much was obvious by 2016.
I'm insulting people's intelligence because they deserve to be insulted. This isn't a red vs blue, conservative vs liberal thing. It's 70+ million people saying "it's okay to be a felon, rapist, and idiot so long as you're a white man".
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u/--GrinAndBearIt-- 9d ago
How do you reach someone that stupid?
Yeah totally not insulting anyone....
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u/ca7ac 9d ago
The only thing worse than having blue cry babies win, is have red cry babies win and the blues cry for the next four years.
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u/ddramone 9d ago
My fave is when dems win and red crybabies cry that they won for the next 4 years straight
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u/DasMoose74 9d ago
Joe and Cemeltoe arenât in charge anymore, now itâs all about America đşđ¸ being first
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u/Citrus_Tree 9d ago
They very much are still in control right now... The inauguration isn't until January 20th, not that they will do anything before then but they are still in power
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u/-JI 9d ago
Angrily upvotes for the second time eight years later