 Genius Meanings
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Green Day – ¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)
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“¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)” serves as a reprise to 21st Century Breakdown’s fourth track, “¡Viva la Gloria!”. Billie Joe Armstrong discussed this in a 2009 interview with Q
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Green Day – ¡Viva la Gloria!
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Being the fourth song on the album, “¡Viva La Gloria!” is where the album’s story between the two protagonists Christian and Gloria truly kicks in.
Although “21st Century
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Green Day – Green Day: Rock Band Setlist
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The Fox Theater – Oakland / Set 1 / "Song of the Century" / "21st Century Breakdown" / "Last Night on Earth" / "¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)" / "Restless Heart Syndrome" / Set 2
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Green Day – Restless Heart Syndrome
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Singer and chief songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong told Q magazine May 2009 that the topic of this mid-tempo rocker is about prescription drug junkies. He explained:
It’s about
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Sol Bloom – The Streets of Cairo Interpolations
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See all of “The Streets of Cairo” by Sol Bloom’s interpolations
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Green Day – Before the Lobotomy
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The song’s title was inspired by a story from The San Francisco Chronicle about Howard Dully, who recalled how his stepmother forced him to have a transorbital lobotomy when he was
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Green Day – Last of the American Girls
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“Last of the American Girls” is about the increasing lack of American people willing to stand up for their ideals. The “last of the American girls” here refers both to Gloria—one
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Green Day – Peacemaker
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“Peacemaker” switches Green Day’s iconic punk sound to a fast-paced gypsy-rock tune that describes someone looking for vengeance.
Regarding the story of 21st Century Breakdown
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Green Day – 21 Guns
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“21 Guns”, the second single off 21st Century Breakdown, is a power ballad that questions war and shows a narrator looking for peace. When taken on its own out of the 21st Century
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Green Day – A Quick One, While He's Away
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“A Quick One While He’s Away” is a cover of a song which was originally performed by The Who. This is one of the bands that influenced Green Day through their childhood and this
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Green Day – That's All Right
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For the iTunes pre-order edition of 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day covered the iconic song “That’s All Right” by Elvis Presley.
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Green Day – Horseshoes and Handgrenades
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[Intro] / One, two, three, four / [Verse 1] / I'm not fuckin' around / I think I'm comin' out / All the deceivers and cheaters, I think we got a bleeder right now / Want you to
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Green Day – East Jesus Nowhere
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“East Jesus Nowhere” is the 8th track on 21st Century Breakdown, and is the first track of Act II: Charlatans and Saints.
The song was written by Billie Joe Armstrong after Mike
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Green Day – Murder City
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On several 21st Century Breakdown tracks, including this one, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sings higher than on previous albums. He told Billboard magazine:
Even on our harder
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Green Day – American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World
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“American Eulogy” is made up of two songs, “Mass Hysteria” and “Modern World.” Vocalist and chief songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong explained to Q magazine in May 2009:
It swirls
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Green Day – Song of the Century
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The opening track off of Green Day’s eighth studio album. A “radio” effect has been added to lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong’s vocals, making his voice sound like it’s being
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Green Day – Christian's Inferno
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Christian is one of two reoccurring characters that feature on 21st Century Breakdown. Whilst the activist Gloria, who is fighting to hold on to her youthful idealism, is a
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Green Day – Last Night on Earth
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Singer Billie Joe Armstrong explained to Q magazine May 2009 that “‘Christian’s Inferno’ is like a subway ride to hell and you kind of end up in outer space with this” song
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Green Day – Know Your Enemy
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The first official single from 21st Century Breakdown. A very politically charged song, reminiscent of “Holiday” from American Idiot, it discusses distrust of the system and how to
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Ph0ton – Confusion Vol. 7
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[SECTION I: Good Rid-Ants] / [Intro] / Fuck / [Verse 1] / Does she walk? Does she talk? Does she come complete? / My homeroom homeroom angel always fuck me from my seat / Everybody
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Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (Demo)
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[Part I] / [Verse 1] / Born into Nixon I was raised in hell / A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled / The last one born but the first one to run / My town was blinded by
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Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
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The title track of Green Day’s second rock opera, it presents the main theme of the album, namely how there’s been a “breakdown” in the first decade of the century. Frontman Billie
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Green Day – See the Light
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The closing track to 21st Century Breakdown, “See the Light” sees the narrator of this dramatic punk opera looking back on their experiences of rebellion and internal strife. At
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Green Day – Like a Rolling Stone
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During the 21st Century Breakdown era, Green Day covered the Bob Dylan classic “Like A Rolling Stone”. The song has an alternative punk twist to it but it wasn’t well received
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Green Day – The Static Age
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Allegedly, Bruce Springsteen was a major influence on Green Day frontman and chief songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong’s writing during the making of 21st Century Breakdown. Armstrong
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Green Day – Another State of Mind
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The cover of “Another State of Mind” by Social Distortion was included in the iTunes deluxe edition of 21st Century Breakdown as a bonus track alongside “A Quick One While He’s
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Sol Bloom – The Streets of Cairo
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[Verse 1] / I will sing you a song / And it won't be very long / 'Bout a maiden sweet / And she never would do wrong / [Pre-Chorus] / Everyone said she was pretty / She was not
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Santana (Ft. The Product G&B) – Maria Maria
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“Maria Maria” is a song by Santana featuring The Product G&B. The song was produced by Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis. Jean has revealed that the melody’s riff was inspired by the
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