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