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Artist: Green Day
Track: American Idiot

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Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
Hey can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information Age of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot America

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
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Genius Meanings
Green Day – American Idiot
Starting off the album with a bang, “American Idiot” is a scathing takedown of American culture in the years following 9/11. Released as the first single from the album, it has
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“Holiday” is an anti-war anthem that criticizes America’s war on Iraq, while at the same time reflecting and building up American Idiot’s main character. The track continues the
Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia
“American Idiot” introduced the concept of an post 9/11 America in Green Day’s eyes, and this song present’s the album’s main character Jesus of Suburbia. Jesus of Suburbia is a
Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends
“Wake Me Up When September Ends” is the only song on American Idiot that has no direct connection to the album’s story arc. Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this
Green Day – American Idiot (Radio Edit)
[Verse 1] / Don't wanna be an American idiot / Don't want a nation under the new media / And can you hear the sound of hysteria? / The subliminal mind (bleep) America / [Chorus
Green Day – Basket Case
“Basket Case” spent five weeks at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming arguably Green Day’s signature song of the pre-American Idiot days. It’s about Billie Joe
Green Day – She's a Rebel
“She’s a Rebel” introduces a new character in the American Idiot story arc: Whatsername. Here, Jesus of Suburbia meets this free-spirited, rebellious woman who he falls in love
Green Day (Ft. Christina Sajous, The Company, John Gallagher Jr., Mary Faber, Michael Esper, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Stark Sands & Tony Vincent) – American Idiot (Broadway)
The youths in this musical are frustrated with their less-than-satisfactory suburban lives in Jingletown, U.S.A. They’re angry with the media that’s been shoved down their throats
Green Day – American Idiot - Live at Milton Keynes National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England, 6/18/05
[Verse 1] / Don't wanna be an American idiot / Don't want a nation under the new mania / And can you hear the sound of hysteria? / The subliminal mind-fuck America (Alright!) / [
"Weird Al" Yankovic – Canadian Idiot
A take off on Green Day’s “American Idiot,” both songs make fun of Americans. Weird Al sings about the stereotypical Canadian, and makes fun of how Americans view them—too nice, a
Green Day – American Idiot(Live At Montreal,QC)
[Verse 1: Crowd] / Don't wanna be an American idiot / Don't want a nation under the new media / And can you hear the sound of hysteria? / The subliminal mind-fuck America / [Chorus
5 Seconds of Summer – American Idiot
5 Seconds of Summer covered “American Idiot” originally by Green Day for Kerrang’s compilation album Kerrang! Does Green Day’s American Idiot, an album containing various bands
Green Day – Whatsername
Jesus, after being home and living in normality, still regrets losing Whatsername. It’s been so long, he can’t even remember her name. He wonders what happened to her. All he has
Green Day – Give Me Novacaine
“Give Me Novacaine” is about Jesus of Suburbia wanting to take drugs to relieve stress from his life and asking for reassurance from his alter ego St. Jimmy. The instrumentality
Green Day – American Idiot (Live In Japan)
A live version of “American Idiot” recorded live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan on March 19, 2005. This was release on the second disc of the deluxe edition of the Japanese
Green Day – St. Jimmy
“St. Jimmy” abruptly cuts the previous song “Are We the Waiting”; it shows how Jesus of Suburbia has officially gone off the deep end. In his loneliness, Jesus of Suburbia now
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SongMeanings Interpretations
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They're both described as rebels ("She's a Rebel" from American Idiot, and from this song "she's a rebel's forgotten son/an export of the revolution,"). "And no ...
Green Day - Holiday Lyrics
So this song is one of the songs of "American Idiot" that is ABSOLUTELY CLEAR of what it's about. Since Billie have said it himself. (The other song is of ...
Green Day - Basket Case Lyrics
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I'm really looking forward to the new album. Slighty new direction again, with emphesis on American Idiot. Old stuff is still the best. Green Day still showing ...
Green Day - Whatsername Lyrics
To start, the main character's name is JIMMY, and he has 2 aliases: Jesus of Suburbia and St. Jimmy. 1.) American Idiot: I'm not sure how this song fits into ...
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She puts her makeup on. Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland. She's got her little book of conspiracies. Right in her hand. She is paranoid like
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WE HAVE A WINNER !!!! The best song off American Idiot. It is just 9 1/2 minutes of pure musical genuis.
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Formed in East Bay, California in 1987 and still going strong today, Green Day is one of the biggest punk rock acts in the world. Along with other punk bands in California such as