Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

[Arya Stark]

I just listened to "Know Your Enemy" while I was waiting to get my hair done. I've never heard such a repetitive song. It would have been so much better if they didn't have the same melody for the verse and the chorus. I was utterly disgusted...

[music_phantom13]

Originally Posted by lieasleep

listen to dookie, then stop because thats the only really good thing this band has ever done. this album is REAL boring.

Yeah I mean Green Day was good through Dookie, but I find it really sad that no one knows about they're older stuff. Is anyone alive other than me aware that Green Day used to be really good, back when they started? They've been around for 20 years, and released some great albums - 39/Smooth and Kerplunk. After this came Dookie, which is decent, but signaled their coming demise. Or one would think, if they were to listen to the music. Instead, they went from playing some good alternative punk stuff to playing **** and rocketed into stardom. Really quite depressing if you ask me. I hate that so many people talk **** about them without listening to their first 2 albums. I also hate that most of the people that like them are stupid little kids/teenagers that like their new stuff, which doesn't deserve a single sale. I like to go up to people with Green Day shirts/clothing/whatever other stuff they have and ask them about Kerplunk and 39/Smooth. Sadly, I have yet to find a single person that has heard of these albums . But that's the music industry isn't it? Good thing I have music banter to rant about these things and talk to people that have an actual sensible taste of music, or at least even think about what they like and why they like it.

[TheCunningStunt]

I loved Dookie and American Idiot. This one is brilliant as well, I really like the band and I think the new album is good.

[GuitarMan]

This album really did nothing for me. I don't outright hate it, it's just mediocre in general. The only song that really stood out for me was 21 Guns almost exclusively due to the vocals. The rest just sounded like bland pop-punk just like American Idiot.

I'll have to go review my cd collection as it's been a while since I've listened to anything Green Day other than Dookie (still my favorite album), but I remember liking Kerplunk. I also remember being thoroughly disappointed when Insomniac came out and it's been all downhill from there.

[JJJ567]

I haven't bothered listening to the whole thing. It sounds way too overblown. I'm probably the minority (no pun, haha) in that I actually enjoyed American Idiot, but I really didn't want them to try to outdo it like they obviously tried to do with this album.

Also, Insomniac is a good album. I can't understand why it's so unappreciated.

[AshleighJane]

i downloaded the album and to me i think it is pitiful compared to the old green day.. i seriously was about to cry when i heard it
that sad part is i love green day... but they should not have made a comeback

[Antonio]

Originally Posted by music_phantom13

Yeah I mean Green Day was good through Dookie, but I find it really sad that no one knows about they're older stuff. Is anyone alive other than me aware that Green Day used to be really good, back when they started? They've been around for 20 years, and released some great albums - 39/Smooth and Kerplunk. After this came Dookie, which is decent, but signaled their coming demise. Or one would think, if they were to listen to the music. Instead, they went from playing some good alternative punk stuff to playing **** and rocketed into stardom. Really quite depressing if you ask me. I hate that so many people talk **** about them without listening to their first 2 albums. I also hate that most of the people that like them are stupid little kids/teenagers that like their new stuff, which doesn't deserve a single sale. I like to go up to people with Green Day shirts/clothing/whatever other stuff they have and ask them about Kerplunk and 39/Smooth. Sadly, I have yet to find a single person that has heard of these albums . But that's the music industry isn't it? Good thing I have music banter to rant about these things and talk to people that have an actual sensible taste of music, or at least even think about what they like and why they like it.

i agree that more people need to listen to 39/Smooth and Kerplunk, but i see all their albums as well done. tbh, i think Dookie is the least impressive of their work, i say Nimrod is where they really hit the mark. hell, even Warning had some really good moments, despite being a little more stripped down than their usual sound.

i don't think Green Day sold out or got worse as they went on, i just see it as them evolving and trying new things. yeah, that's gonna turn some people off of their sound, but hell, it's their music.

[FaSho]

Yeah the whole "Dookie was great, but the only worthy green day album" is getting tiresome. Nimrod was much better, as was Kerplunk, and unliek most peopel I really liked warning. I would rank them like this:
1.Nimrod
2.Kerplunk
3.Warning
4.Dookie
5.American Idiot
6.1,039 blahblahblah

I didn't include 21st because I really have yet to listen to it enough to make a decision.

[Raust]

I bought it a week ago. I thought it to be very good. Not as good as there previous, but a very good effort.

[moonlight]

I really enjoyed listening to it, which is why I listen to music I guess.