Comments on: Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review

By: john

john — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:43:56 +0000

I’ve been wondering who is the american idiot, but now i know who they are. all those americans who thinks 21 century breakdown does not deserve to be on the list of all the green day albums is the american idiot, so for those people who will negatively comment me back don’t bother because i will hunt you down and kick your ass….

By: will

will — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:33:19 +0000

i think i might get abused for this but i think it should go

1) american idiot

2) 21cb

3) nimrod

4)dookie

5) the rest of their albums

its not that i dont like the others because i like alll of green days music. im 15 and i first REALLY started getting into green day when my sister bought bullent in a bible. i like all their stuff but some of it i pefere to others. ive noticed that newer fans pefere american idiot to dookie and there are alot of people who seem to only ever talk about dookie and also seem to hate their new stuff and tbh i think all those people should go fuck themselfs. bands change. get over it. if you love dookie then listen to dookie and stop complainigh about how you dont like their new stuff. just make sure you let everyone know your are or were a green day fan. anyway i love this album because its very melodic and comfortable. it feels like green day to me. i do pefere american idiot to this but i geuss thats because american idiot was more like the sort of album i would sing along to outloud in an exam or play along to with out realising. some very good songs on here my fav would parts would be:

restles heart syndrome (outro) just amazing

21st century breakdown (instrumental and after)

east jesus nowhere (all of it)

american eulogy (part 2. modern world)

and 21 guns (brfoe it got Ridiculously over played) so yea, its a good album if you like american idiot more than others.
just my opinion

By: oldrocker

oldrocker — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Having grown up with the Beatles, etc., I was stunned when I heard AI, realizing I had stumbled on a group just as amazing. Since then I have bought all their albums(found I knew them from when my kids were young), and listened to them over and over. Love them all, and think Nimrod and Warning are incredibly underrated. I am hard put to say whether AI or 21st CB is better, but probably for the same reason other’s can’t get over Dookie. Sort of like my heart is still slammed when I hear the early Beatles — yet their later work shows real maturity and development. To reiterate, same for Green Day.
That said, I think this band is the best rock and roll band out there today, and right up there with the Beatles.
As for selling out, these people live by their beliefs more than any band I have every watched. Top ticket price is $50(rounded up), and they put on an unbelieveable show. Best shows I have ever seen, and that includes the Who, and too many others to mention.
Oh, and I also like most of the bands mentioned here. BTW, Bad Religion badly needs a better producer. The singer’s voice is lost to the other instruments. Too bad.

By: Melina

Melina — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:30:12 +0000

Jesus Fucking Christ.
The issue isn’t about how the lead singer’s name is spelled.
You sound like a bunch of morons, reviewing like 12 year olds.

I personally find this record to be very innovative, seeing as how everyone thought they were going to plummet.
I am delighted.It’s not as in your face as American Idiot was, but I mean that in a good way.
They learned how to attack a situation going on in their lives, and write about it in a beautiful way.
Viva La Gloria and Restless Heart Syndrome are perfect examples of how the band has grown and evolved. It happens. Get over it. Anyone who says that they changed and says it’s for the worse, don’t get your panties in a twist. You have changed. I have changed. You either mature, or you work backwards.
And as for Billie’s voice, it has become more melodic. He sings with more debt than he has on past albums(Dookie etc). Even the band members themselves said they thought, that in order to get that raunchy, punk sound, they had to sing, well like The Ramones, and that it didn’t matter if their audience couldn’t understand a word they were saying.
I want to hear what they’re saying, don’t you?
I’m always interested in what music this band is coming out with because they always surprise me, yet I knew that it would wow me anyway.
Not many bands can do that nowadays. It doesn’t matter if the band explodes, just as long as they keep it together, because there are people who will continue to follow the band.
Have you noticed that many bands today, sound the same?
You HAVE to at least give them credit for sounding different.

By: Thanoshld

Thanoshld — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:44:16 +0000

Well i was eagerly waiting for GD’s next album when as soon as it was announced and ‘preordable’ i bought it.And when it finally was in my hands i put it into cdplayer to finally hear it.And what i found out, or better heard was far away from my expectetions.The songs some times were just common tunes,sometimes boring and sometimes just bad.Heck, i even FastForwarded some songs cause i couldn’t hear them trough!That is indeed a bad sign.At least for me.

I absolutely LOVE Green Day and i am a fan of theirs many years now, having melt down theis cd’s in my cdplayer.American idiot was their last perfect album for me, not this.It sure has some great songs( Viva La Gloria, it just rocks the hell out of me ) but i am really dissapointed from the other ones.I trully hope they will make another one matching their glory and my expectetions.And just to quote some comments from here that i tottaly agree with:

I hate to say it, but the more I listen to this album the less I like it…
… the rest of 21st sounds like a version of something I’ve heard somewhere else many times before…
…but all-in-all 21st Century Breakdown was just boring. The majority songs felt rehashed or just plain uninteresting, there was not much musically going on (”Know Your Enemy” seriously grates on me. The song is ten seconds repeated. And repeated. And repeated)…

By: Dobby

Dobby — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:15:50 +0000

21st century breakdown is there best album ever to me . they have grown up and they are trying to save the world with there music

American idiot was like a punch in the face that showed us the the world is going down hill fast and living in fear and hysteria will get us nowhere and 21st CB keeps that in mind but also tells us how to live in a world full of death fear and genocide thats what 21 CB is the best it talks about real problems not just drugs and sex

By: João

João — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:11:18 +0000

You fools.

1. Insomniac
2. 1,039/ Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
3. 21st Century Breakdown
4. American Idiot
5. Nimrod
6. Warning
7. Kerplunk!

Honestly, it’s hard for me to give this thing a list.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:32:13 +0000

Those who have JUST started liking GD after American Idiot and still like 21CB, you should think about that. Do you even know their older songs? Maybe you only started liking them because of American Idiot. Basically, that makes you a normal pop punk/alternative rock fan and not the sort of pop punk – punk rock GD 90s fan..

P.S. 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours was awesome. If you haven’t listened to the songs on their older albums as much as you’ve listened to American Idiot or 21CB, don’t judge it yet..

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:54:33 +0000

21st Century Breakdown goes down as my favorite album of all time. As an actual member of the Class of ‘13, I love this album. There is not a single track I do not love. This is not a sell out. American Idiot is a great album, and almost impossible to top. And yet Green Day did it. Dookie, one of the greatest albums ever made, was beat. Green Day has done it again. Great job.

1. 21st Century Breakdown
2. Dookie
3. American Idiot
4. Nimrod
5. Warning
6. Shenanigans
7. Kerplunk
8. Insomniac
9. 1039

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:04:40 +0000

I’ll admit that the first time i heard 21st Century Breakdown I was disappointed. But after I listened to it a few times it grew on me. I personal love the album.

1. Dookie
2. Kerplunk
3. 1039
4. Nimrod
5. 21st Century Breakdown
6. American Idiot
7. Insomniac
8. Warning (Though I would actually put the song Warning as one of my favorite Green Day songs)