Album Rating: 1.0

The lyrics on this are complete shit. If they actually knew what they were talking about it would be better, but they're no Propagandhi.



Also, I used to be obsessed with American Idiot when I was like, 13 and listened to the radio (har har). I never picked up that it was a concept album. Green Day needs to stop thinking they are writing epikkk rock operas.

Album Rating: 1.5

it's



just



atrocious

it's

not

butter

Album Rating: 1.0

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butter



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believe it!

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funny

Album Rating: 4.0

"Also, I used to be obsessed with American Idiot when I was like, 13 and listened to the radio (har har). I never picked up that it was a concept album"



Don't take this the wrong way, but what on earth does that say about you?

My personal moment of glory was listening to The Black Parade and not realizing "Cancer" was about cancer for a while.

anyone who likes this is a fucking fuck

Album Rating: 2.0

did alligator just pwn someone

i never thought i'd live to see the day holy shit

Album Rating: 1.0

Don't take this the wrong way, but what on earth does that say about you?



Well. I was 13 once. I listened to the radio. I liked shitty bands. American Idiot isn't exactly a well written concept album. Is that what I was supposed to gather from that comment?

right but musicaddiction there are like 20 different recurring themes and elements in that album that should've raised a few red flags
i mean come on admit it you got pwned by alligator of all people

oh someguest obama is okay
i just wish he were blacker
and acted like it

Album Rating: 4.0

PanasonicYouth is right. I first heard the album when I was 13 too and the fact every couple of songs refer to 'Jesus of Suburbia' or 'Saint Jimmy' should of given you some indication some sort of story was being told...

fuck i heard it when i was like 10 and i knew immediately

Album Rating: 4.0

Exactly. It's not bloody difficult!

Album Rating: 1.0

All I know is that there is some story about a guy going to war or something. While I noticed themes of "fuck Bush fuck Bush fuck Bush!" I really didn't see any actual story unfolding throughout the album, which honestly pushed down some red flags.

Album Rating: 4.0

"All I know is that there is some story about a guy going to war or something."



LOL



It's about a teenager running away from home because he is sick of the world around him...

Album Rating: 1.0

Oh really? I'll have to listen to it again then.



The album's protagonist, Jesus of Suburbia, emerged out of Armstrong asking himself what sort of person the title of "American Idiot" referred to. Armstrong described the character as essentially an anti-hero, a powerless "everyman" desensitized by a "steady diet of soda pop and Ritalin".Jesus of Suburbia hates his town and those close to him, so he leaves for the city. As the album progresses the characters St. Jimmy and Whatsername are introduced. St. Jimmy is a punk rock freedom fighter. Whatsername, inspired by the Bikini Kill song "Rebel Girl", is a "Mother Revolution" figure that Armstrong described as "kind of St. Jimmy's nemesis in a lot of ways". Both characters illustrate the "rage vs. love" theme of the album, in that "you can go with the blind rebellion of self-destruction, where Saint Jimmy is. But there's a more love-driven side to that, which is following your beliefs and ethics. And that's where Jesus of Suburbia really wants to go", according to Armstrong. Near the end of the story, St. Jimmy apparently commits suicide. While the singer did not want to give away the details of the story's resolution, he said the intention is for the listener to ultimately realize that Jesus of Suburbia is really St. Jimmy, and Jimmy is "part of the main character that pretty much dies". In the album's final song, "Whatsername", Jesus of Suburbia loses his connection with Whatsername as well.



So this is what you gathered from listening to it?

Album Rating: 4.0

Yup.