10 Years Of
American Idiot
American Idiot will always be the album that’s most special
to me. I remember the day I got my first copy, it was the deluxe edition, the
one that included the dvd. I loved it so much. I still have that copy 10 years
on although it has been played ALOT! I did know Green Day before American Idiot
was released, I thought they were awesome however this album made me want to
listen to more music, so I have this album to thank for discovering other
amazing bands and most importantly getting me to fall completely in love with
Green Day. American Idiot practically saved me from myself, it helped me
through my darkest days and pulled me out of them. I find everything about it
so inspirational, the lyrics, the music, just everything. American Idiot is
still the album I turn to when I have a bad day, I don’t think that’ll be
changing any time soon.
Track by track:
American
Idiot: The title
track and probably Green Day’s most well known song. This song is full of
energy and a great way to start the album. It’s an awesome song to jam to
playing guitar. American Idiot is almost always in Green Day’s live set and
goes down well every single time, the wall of death takes place during this
song, which is super cool to see.
Favourite part: ‘’It’s calling out to idiot
America........booooooom’’ J
Jesus Of
Suburbia: This song
is one of my favourite all time songs. The 9 minute masterpiece just has
everything you’d want in a song. JOS is a mini rock opera, it tells a story in
5 different parts. This song has helped me through some tough times as well as
being played throughout good times.
Favourite part: From 00:00 to 9:08 J
Holiday: Holiday is a very catchy song. The video for it is amazing,
it’s one of my favourite videos. It shows the members of Green Day playing
multiple characters on a night out. Rather funny. Holiday’s end leads on to the
next song Boulevard Of Broken Dreams.
Favourite part: The guitar, bass and drums. J
Boulevard
Of Broken Dreams: Again this is another of my all time favourite tunes.
Ever since I heard this song in 2004 I was hooked. Even 10 years on it’s still
special to me. It was the first song I ever learnt to play on drums, soon to be
followed by learning it on guitar. It is a very powerful rock ballad and
hearing it being played live is something I will never forget.
Favourite part: All of the lyrics. J
Are We The
Waiting: I feel this song prepares you, in a way, for the next song
St. Jimmy. Personally I prefer the live versions of this song than the album
version.
Favourite part: ‘’ Starry nights city lights coming down over me,
Skyscrapers and stargazers in my head, Are we we are, are we we are the waiting
unknown, this dirty town was burning down in my dreams, lost and found city
bound in my dreams’’ J
St. Jimmy: Again this is another
song which is totally insane performed live. St. Jimmy is probably my favourite
character in the whole story. This song is pure punk rock. It’s a fast paced,
in your face kinda song. Billie Joe played St. Jimmy for a little run when
American Idiot was running as a stage production, he knows this character, he
created this character, he is this character.
Favourite
part: ‘’It’s comedy and tragedy, It’s St. Jimmy and that’s my name, and don’t
you wear it out’’ J
Give Me Novocaine: This song starts out with just a simple drum
beat, followed by an acoustic guitar, followed by Billie Joe’s soothing voice.
For me this is one of my favourite tracks for Billie’s voice. I seem to listen
to this song and feel instantly calmer, strange given what it’s about.
Favourite
part: The vocalsJ
She’s a Rebel: This is another energetic
song and was one of the tracks not to be released as a single. In the musical
it has a pretty cool tie in with Last Of The American Girls, a song released 5
years after American Idiot.
Favourite
part: The drums J
Extraordinary Girl: Truth be told, it took
me a while to get into this song. I don’t know why because I love it now.
Favourite
part: ‘’She's all alone again, Wiping the tears from her eyes, Some days he
feels like dying, She gets so sick of crying’’ J
Letterbomb: Guess what? It’s another
one of my favourites. I never thought i’d get to her this song being played
live and it finally happened last year at Emirates Stadium. Such an awesome
song. The AI cast version is equally as awesome too, it’s sung by a woman, the
character ‘’Whatsername’’.
Favourite
part: ‘’It’s not over till you’re underground’’ J
Wake Me Up When
Septembers Ends: This is the most emotional song on the track and perhaps that
Green Day have ever done. Although it ties in with the whole concept of the
album, this song is very personal to Billie and is about his father passing
away. The instruments compliment the lyrics fantastically. It is a powerful
song without you even realising. It’s hard seeing this song played live, the
emotion that goes into it from not only Billie but Mike and Tre too is
incredible.
Favourite
part: The solo J
Homecoming: As if one 9+ minute song wasn’t
enough here is another mini rock opera. Along with the lead singer, Billie Joe,
having his part to sing, Mike and Tre both sing a little solo bit each. They
all wrote their parts separately which is pretty cool how they all managed to
fit together in the end.
Favourite
part: ‘’You taught me how to live’’ It describes how i feel towards Green Day J
Whatsername: Awesome way to end an
awesome album. This song always reminds me of the stage version of American
Idiot. I found it so powerful on the stage production.
Favourite
part: ‘’Regrets are useless’’
Grumpy gig Kat outtttt!
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