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timepiececlockLately I've been listening to American Idiot.
I like this more than anything I've liked from Green Day since Dookie.
I love the fact that it feels like an album, a well thought out collection of songs with linked themes and motifs and it all fits together in a specific order. A lot of times CDs end up just being a collection of whatever songs they have out at the same time. I like it, though, when albums have that kind of cohesive togetherness. It's not the kind of one where I want to break it up and keep only a few favorite songs.
Given the political introspective nature of all of American Idiot, I can't help but wonder if "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is talking about the long shadow of 9/11. Has this been talked about by the band anywhere?
I like this more than anything I've liked from Green Day since Dookie.
I love the fact that it feels like an album, a well thought out collection of songs with linked themes and motifs and it all fits together in a specific order. A lot of times CDs end up just being a collection of whatever songs they have out at the same time. I like it, though, when albums have that kind of cohesive togetherness. It's not the kind of one where I want to break it up and keep only a few favorite songs.
Given the political introspective nature of all of American Idiot, I can't help but wonder if "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is talking about the long shadow of 9/11. Has this been talked about by the band anywhere?
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Date: 2005-05-01 08:16 pm (UTC)