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Greenday - Time After Time
Elemeno Pea:
The part that really bothers me about American Idiot is the line:
"I don't want be part of the Redneck Agenda"
I find it interesting that a politcally conscience punk song would use the degregating term for poor people living in rural regions and label them as the enemy. Since when was it politically correct to ridicule people for being weathered by hard work? I mean do long days in fields that give you sunburns on your neck make you part of what's keeping the system down? Who's the real American Idiot?
Kai:
It's because Green Day can't seem to move past the "omg I called you a redneck lollerskates" phase and into actual political statements. or something.
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Dead Kennedys 4 LIEF!!!!11one
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Not An Addict ---Then what are they? Because they sure as hell aren't punk. Or rock. You could make a case for Sum 41 fitting in the latter, but Blink-182 are still strictly in the pop mold.
--- End quote ---
Blink-182 jumped on the new-new-wave bandwagon before there was a new-new-wave bandwagon; blink-182 is definitely post-punk more than anything else.
Not An Addict:
I thought "post-punk" referred to music that came after, y'know, punk. In the '70s. Post-punk doesn't exist anymore.
And I thought "new-new-wave" was the stuff Franz Ferdinand, Electric Six, the Killers, the Bravery, etc. were doing. Blink-182 don't sound anything like them.
--- Quote from: Elemeno Pea ---I find it interesting that a politcally conscience punk song would use the degregating term for poor people living in rural regions and label them as the enemy. Since when was it politically correct to ridicule people for being weathered by hard work?
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Because the term "redneck" no longer simply denotes someone who does hard rural labor. A redneck, according to the modern social definition, is also someone who is closed-minded, racist, homophobic, and a Bible-thumper. That's the connotation Green Day were referencing.
movielife_girl:
Ok, if you're GOING to hate Green Day that's cool I mean to each his own I suppose but don't try and slam them with "pop-punk" "better before 98" bullshit. American Idiot is a solid album from beginning to end, actually one of the better albums I've heard in the past 365 days. Yea, it's all about personal preference though.
Oh, and time after time? hah yeahhh Cyndi!!
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