Well in fairness this was back in 2005 before all the woke ideology and liberals were supposed to be the rebels, and conservatives were the conformists. Bush presidency, people conforming to all the rules from 9/11. Times have changed
Not defending Green Day just saying consider the time when it was written.
Exactly! *uck you all do what you tell me!
NOFX went liberal. Offspring kicked their drummer out cause he didn’t want the vaxx. Foo fighters went full retard. Most of them all went to crap.
RATM wanted you to stand up and fight everything in the system...but not the jab when it came time to take it, oh heavens no, now you must trust the government.
This reads a bit different after waking up and learning some of the comms. Aliens are foreign agents and this has them controlling the nation via the TV.
But there's a new age of tension and paranoia. What's that? Some sort of awareness? An awakening perhaps?
Concept album, this song is just part of the album story. All songs on that album are about “The Jesus of Surburbia” —a lower-middle-class American anti-hero
Well in fairness this was back in 2005 before all the woke ideology and liberals were supposed to be the rebels, and conservatives were the conformists. Bush presidency, people conforming to all the rules from 9/11. Times have changed Not defending Green Day just saying consider the time when it was written.
I remember when punk rock was punk rock. Now most of the punk rock bands follow the government’s agenda.
Rage Against the Machine is now Rage for the Machine - bizarro world.
Exactly! *uck you all do what you tell me! NOFX went liberal. Offspring kicked their drummer out cause he didn’t want the vaxx. Foo fighters went full retard. Most of them all went to crap.
RATM wanted you to stand up and fight everything in the system...but not the jab when it came time to take it, oh heavens no, now you must trust the government.
This reads a bit different after waking up and learning some of the comms. Aliens are foreign agents and this has them controlling the nation via the TV.
But there's a new age of tension and paranoia. What's that? Some sort of awareness? An awakening perhaps?
Agree, the lyrics resonate at a different level when read by a Based Pede. But lead singer is still a commie
Agreed
Not the ones (life) meant to follow (inception towards death)...
Concept album, this song is just part of the album story. All songs on that album are about “The Jesus of Surburbia” —a lower-middle-class American anti-hero
I also hate gwbush