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New Green Day single. American Idiot. Radio rip.


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http://www.greenday.co.uk/AmericanIdiot/americanidiotradio1.mp3

I haven't heard it yet, just downloading. Heard some 10 second clips a few days ago, sounds promising :)

UPDATE:

Here is a better version of American Idiiot: http://67.18.64.148/%7Egreenday/american_idiot.mp3

And here is another track off the album, the track is "Favourite Son": http://67.18.64.148/%7Egreenday/favorite_son.mp3

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Then again Greenday to a certain extent have had Politically driven songs like Minority etc there is more there should be a nice mix

Fit? Isn't minority about not conforming and being in the ..... minority .... and berly-alternative?

As for this tune' date=' aye - it's prety mental, i'll definately be purchasing this album - kinda surfy and poppy, but you can tell it's destined for the radio. I like the band -> drum/singing bits, just another decent song, catchy song. As for political, i hope the whole album's not overly 'fuck bush' as they've done pretty well up 'till now without in-yer-face political punk. If it is, i think i won't be as impressed as it just seems to be a onther mainstream band suddenly hitting the political concept.... bandwaggon?

And [b']CHEers for the link :p

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Zane Lowe played it twice in a row last night on his Radio 1 show, it's fookin' great.

I think the last two GD albums had proven that they are certainly no bandwagon-jumperoners, they do their own thing. Billie Joe has ALWAYS been political but has never really chosen to sing about it. In the K! interview recently he was talking about that but I cannae mind off the top of my head what exactly he was going on about. I do remember him saying that being directly political like RATM wasn't his thing though.

But no matter what the subject of the songs are, it's still a great tune and as one of the biggest bands on the planet, of course it's gonna be on the radio. I shall be singing along every time :up:

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as if you thought I couldn't provide you with anything better...

Here is a better version of American Idiiot: http://67.18.64.148/%7Egreenday/american_idiot.mp3

And here is another track off the album, the track is "Favourite Son": http://67.18.64.148/%7Egreenday/favorite_son.mp3

American Idiot Lyrics

Don't wanna be an american idiot

Don't wanna a nation and other new media

And can you hear the sounds of hysteria

The subliminal mind fuck america

Welcome to a new kind of tension

All across the alienation

Everything isn't meant to be ok

Television dreams of tomorrow

We're not the ones that are meant to follow

Plenty of emptyiness to argue

Well maybe, I'm the fuckhead america

I'm not a part of a red neck agenda

Now everybody kill the propaganda

And sing along to the age of paranoia

Don't wanna be an american idiot

One nation controlled by the media

Information, nation hysteria

It's going out to idiot america

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good stuff, but about green day being political. i'd say that warning is a bit political, i mean listen to the lyrics "is the cop or am i the one's that's really dangerous" and "question everything or shut up and be a victim of authority"

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I've heard people calling Warning a political album, but I find it hard to agree with that. Warning is more about, the more obvious links, of not following everything you're told to do.

Minority could easily be mistaken for a political song, but the lyrics are actually about getting people to not to follow the norm and to be a have a bit more of their own identity. This same themes is present on the whole album, even through to sexual preference in Blood Sex and Booze.

American Idiot is Green Day's first 'full frontal' political album.

Stephen - as for the connection to Ruby Soho, I'm not really hearing it..I've tried listening to Ruby Soho a few times to make the connection but can't..Ah well :)

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