American Idiot - Green Day Single Review
Single Review
A four year wait and finally the veteran punk trio return, and what a return they make. Loud, brash, and full of attitude, "American Idiot" is a scathing attack on their homeland, and more specifically it's obsession with the media.
"Don't want to be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media"
Of course, we aren't talking about a night sat in watching the latest episode of Friends, and Green Day's message is not to attack their fellow citizens, but a call out to their nation not to take everything with a pinch of salt, and to question what they hear.
The real sentiment addresses the issue of politicians obsession with propaganda and their use of this to spoon feed fear, lies and bribery through television, and who has not heard enough political broadcasts from Bush or Blair.
Mix their sentiment with infectious, driving, and powerful riffs, and drums to match and it's clear that Green Day mean business. This ferocious, angry and intelligent punk rock tune oozes aggression and most of all passion about what they believe, proving they have not lost the knack to show us what punk is really about.
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