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Nothing beats Method of Destruction's song Anally Inflicted Death Sentence (AIDS). Nothing in the mainstream can approach it with regards to shock value, in title or lyrics.
I just looked up the lyrics. This should be a chart topper. It's definately a message that should be main-streamed!
I don't know why the OP thinks conservatives would care one way or the other what Green Day has to say. They a catering to the left winger radicals anyway.
Green Day is a punk rock that is mostly popular with punk kids who are rebellious. It is not all that mainstream, and I would contend that a large amount of those listening to it don't care much about politics.
So if the Dookie crew wants to rant about politics, I say go for it. If their fans are fine with it, that is fine. If their fans get mad about it, that is their price to pay. It is the price some have paid in the past and some have not, all depends on who the majority of their listeners are.
Can anyone tell me why Green Day was spared of any denouncement by the right-wing for their political views presented on American Idiot?
Because, quite simply, they and their lyrics and their "spectacular smash sucess" are totally irrelevant to all but a small minority of pierced inked skate kids who are just discovering their intellect, and who buy that sort of music with mommy's credit card.
Green Day is a punk rock that is mostly popular with punk kids who are rebellious. It is not all that mainstream, and I would contend that a large amount of those listening to it don't care much about politics.
On the contrary, American Idiot sold 14 million copies, and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. It was enormously popular with people, I would say, aged 14-30. Green Day performed the album's controversial title track at the Grammy Awards in 2005.
They've sold 65 million records worldwide. That beats out, say, Toby Keith, by a rather wide margin. Yet I wouldn't be silly enough to pretend Toby is "not all that mainstream."
Perceptions of what's "mainstream" are almost always subjective. It depends on the stream one is swimming in.
I don't know why the OP thinks conservatives would care one way or the other what Green Day has to say. They a catering to the left winger radicals anyway.
Kids tend to make decisions based on their favorite pop-star's opinion. Facts and figures mean nothing to them. It's all about popularity.
Bruce, Madonna, and the Dixie Chicks were criticized for their political views because their primary audience is adults (i.e. people over the age of 30).
On the other hand, Green Day weren't criticized for American Idiot because they were singing mainly for those of the disaffected youth (i.e. teens and 20-somethings).
I am sure the right like and admire Green Day and their success and using Capitalism. Bush was horrible and unpopular and people agreed with Green Day which is why they were very successful.
I KNOW the conservatives feel great about Green Day!
Because, quite simply, they and their lyrics and their "spectacular smash sucess" are totally irrelevant to all but a small minority of pierced inked skate kids who are just discovering their intellect, and who buy that sort of music with mommy's credit card.
get real, get a life and get a clue
have a green dookey day
On the contrary, there are many Green Day fans out there who first listened to them in the early 90s are and now 40. We buy their records with our own cash we earned from the careers we cultivated after graduating college.
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silly pop music, nothing more
