Posted by Atticus on August 25, 2005, at 8:08:46
In reply to Re: What are your top 3 music groups? » Atticus, posted by alexandra_k on August 24, 2005, at 16:06:11
Hi Alex,
You should really give Green Day's latest album, "American Idiot", a listen. I think it's the best thing they've ever done. The judges at the Grammys agreed -- it won Record of the Year. It's essentially a cycle of songs that traces the development of someone from early adolescence, when he asserts his desire to never become a jingoistic, Ritalin-tranked American idiot, to his middle age, when he's finally shrugged his shoulders in defeat and succumbed to the dominant popular culture. World-weary and worn down, the rebellious romanticism of his youth is replaced by a blase attitude about notions such as love. And the songs, especially "Holiday," my favorite, are really brilliant. The societal and governmental criticism are really Old Skool, angry punk. Ta. Atticus
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