1. Nuclear Family – This
song is a great album opener. This song strongly reminds me of Letterbomb from
American Idiot. I love the lyric “Gonna ride the world like a merry-go-round.”
It basically speaks to me and says that you just have to ride through life and
do your best. I also love the countdown at the end. This song basically
foreshadows how the whole album and I love it.
2. Stay The Night – Reminds
me of Pop Rocks and Coke and Whatsername. “I wanna break your heart until it
makes your stomach turn.” That is so brilliant and I love it. It is a big
“screw you” to someone who might have broken your heart. Then it ends with a
nice note and says “Stay the night. I don’t wanna say goodbye.”
3. Carpe Diem – This song
reminds me of several different songs from Green Day’s past. Walking
Contradiction, 21st Century Breakdown, Jesus Of Suburbia, and Before
The Lobotomy. I love the lyric that asks the question “Aren’t we all too young
to die?”
4. Let Yourself Go – This
song is the most punk rock song I have heard in a long time. I want to yell the
lyrics to every close-minded person I have ever met in my life. “Small minds
tend to think alike” is the truest statement about where I live and I love that
I can relate to this song as much as I do. I also love the scream at the end.
5. Kill The DJ – I love the
chorus. It is one of my favorite songs on this album. The tune to it is one of
those that gets stuck in my head frequently and I just want to dance to it.
6. Fell For You – The first
time I heard this song, I hated it. But the more I listened to it, the more I
grew to love it. The lyrics are so sweet. “I had a dream that I kissed your lips and
it felt so true. Then I woke up as a nervous wreck and I fell for you. I'll
spend the night living in denial making paper planes just for a while. I'll
crash into you, crash into you. Did you crash in my imagination too?” If
someone sang that one part to me, I would melt.
7. Loss Of Control – When the song says, “We're all crazy, you're
all crazy now.
Well we're so crazy, you've all gone insane” it reminds me of Letterbomb from American Idiot.
Well we're so crazy, you've all gone insane” it reminds me of Letterbomb from American Idiot.
8. Troublemaker – For some odd reason this song reminds me of Last
Of The American Girls from 21st Century Breakdown. The song is so
random and a little A.D.D. “ Wanna be a Troublemaker. Hey! I like your BMW.”
That part makes me chuckle every time. I love when he says “I wouldn't say I'm
straight 'cause I'm bent out of shape.” That is just a lyric of epic
proportions.
9. Angel Blue – This is probably one of the most fun, but sad
songs on this album. It sounds like a teenager wrote it because of the content
of the lyrics. “You're just a fucking kid and no one ever gives you a break.
You want a señorita
and now your heart is gonna break.” It could send a message to send kids away from falling in love because they will just get hurt. At least Billie-Joe has our best interest. ;)
and now your heart is gonna break.” It could send a message to send kids away from falling in love because they will just get hurt. At least Billie-Joe has our best interest. ;)
10. Sweet 16 – The first time I heard this song, I almost cried
because it is just so sweet (haha pun intended). “You will always be my sweet
16” is so heart warming.
11. Rusty James – This song sounds a lot like Nuclear Family. “And
all the losers can't even win for
losing.” That lyric is so great. The song sounds like it could be about new
bands coming into the scene and how Green Day has been here longer than these
new bands. It also reminds me of Letterbomb from American Idiot.
12. Oh Love – This song is probably my least favorite on this
album. I heard before the album came out and I thought it was just ok. Luckily,
the rest of the songs are not like this one. Even though I do not like this
song, I love the Who reference. “Oh Love, won’t you reign on me tonight?” This
is definitely influenced by the Who and that is what made this song cool.
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