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| From | Sam Smith <samsmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Re: American Idiot |
| Date | Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:12:29 -0500 |
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Mark Eichelberger wrote:
>The AMG review is a very interesting take on American Idiot. I also heard
>threads of the Who, particularly, "A Quick One While He's Away" sprinkled
>throughout the extended tracks. This is just a great album and it
>might...just might... be the best album I have heard this year.
>
>
I'm kinda thinking the same thing, although there are a lot of CDs on my
wish list that I haven't heard yet.
>And Sam, I think you are correct in your assessment that they are one of the
>best bands in the world. I would like to add that they may also be one of
>the most underrated bands in the world. Since they are a Punk-Pop band, I
>don't think they are taken too seriously, or worse, they are lumped
>together with lesser Punk-Pop bands like Sum 41 or Blink 182. And the
>hard-core punks see them as sellouts.
>
My favorite GD moment was a concert they played in Denver a few years
back, where Billie Joe announced that "we're not a punk band - we're a
melodic California pop band." A point I have made any number of times is
that a punk who talks about selling out is someone who doesn't
understand the whole point of punk.
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You may have success in life, but then just think of it -
what kind of life was it? What good was it - you've
never done the thing you wanted to do in all your life.
I always tell my students, go where your body and
soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay
with it, and don't let anyone throw you off.
- Joseph Campbell
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