Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Sunday Song Lyric:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_20-2009_09_26.shtml#1253451851
The evolution of [1]Green Day is quite remarkable. They were basically
a punk revival band when I saw them in concert some fifteen years ago.
I liked their stuff, but I would never have thought them capable of
producing work like 2004's [2]American Idiot and this year's [3]21st
Century Breakdown. These two albums are particularly remarkable at a
time when it seems most major, commercially successful artists have
little interest in producing albums, that is a record that works as a
coherent whole, and is more than a collection of potential singles
interspersed with filler.
American Idiot is easily one of my favorite albums released in the
past five years (though I think I'll pass on [4]the musical). I
haven't reached a final judgment on 21st Century Breakdown, but it's
also quite good. The title track begins:
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
The last one born and the first one to run
My town was blind from refinery sun
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working class hero
21st Century Breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th Century Deadline
Here are the [5]full lyrics, and a [6]live performance.
References
1. http://www.greenday.com/site/homepage.php
2. http://www.amazon.com/American-Idiot-Green-Day/dp/B0002OERI0
3.
http://www.amazon.com/21st-Century-Breakdown-Green-Day/dp/B001SAQVDQ/ref=ntt_mus_ep_wlb_dpt
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idiot_(musical)
5. http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858771329/
6.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98gzh_green-day-21st-century-breakdown-hd_music
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