Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong heard Lynyrd Skynyrd's "That's How I Like It" on the radio and was horrified. How could anyone be proud of being a redneck? So, Armstrong weaved a story about "Jesus of Suburbia" into an entire album. "American Idiot" attacks the American government and propaganda. The song accuses citizens of being mind-numbed robots doing as they're told and consuming all they are spoon-fed by the government and media. Of course, a comparable and perhaps more compelling argument could be made about those that share Armstrong's point of view!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmEZs_Kcms
Monday, November 29, 2010
885. American Idiot by Green Day (2004)
Labels:
2000s,
2004,
George W Bush,
Green Day,
Iraq War,
Lynyrd Skynyrd,
The Media
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