I used to think like you did about American Idiot because of the title. I completely changed my mind when I finally heard it and listened to the lyrics. It's not about what you probably think it is. Give it a try. "Don't wanna be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media. Information age of hysteria. It's calling out to idiot America".

@24CiViC

17 күн бұрын

Yes, it’s deeper than the title suggests …and if you can’t look yourself in the mirror… This is a great Nation, but it’s okay to admit that as a great Nation we also stumble.

@heathen-heart

16 күн бұрын

and BP is clearly part of that Idiot America.

i'm a patriot and a vet-American Idiot is a great song. maybe you should check out the lyrics before you condemn.

@FaceYourInnerFear

17 күн бұрын

well he can be real dumb at times

@isabeljimenez6067

17 күн бұрын

@@MichaelHenryMusic yeah, the right side

@fatboy1271

17 күн бұрын

My best friend saw the American Idiot musical and I thought he'd hate it, but he said it was one of the best shows he'd ever seen! I really need to go and listen to it... 🤘🤘

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

14 күн бұрын

Same here, brother!

Do you really believe a patriot is someone who never criticizes or says a negative thing about the behavior of fellow citizens? You can love your country but still think critically regarding human activity (including one's own), be it in gov't/politics, business, legal system, religion, education, sports/entertainment, media or just the individual, couple or family down the street. You have to be able to separate the two. I enjoy your reactions & you seem like a thoughtful, caring person. I hope you'll give this more reflection. Listening to "American Idiot" would not make you a disloyal American. Peace.

@wordygirlandco

17 күн бұрын

Well said!

@Britton_Thompson

17 күн бұрын

In theory, you are correct, but in practice, you're wrong. Your argument simply doesn't apply here. Billy Joe Armstrong is just an attack dog working on behalf of the activist Left, whose 'criticisms' are excessively one sided, very uninformed, and absurdly hyperbolic. You're trying to pitch Billy Joe Armstrong as a strong principled American patriot who's courageously speaking out because no one else would in an effort to better his country. Nothing could be further from the truth. This man is a pacifist and an avowed anarcho-Marxist who *only has bad things to say* about his country for ideological reasons, not strong ethical/moral reasons. He actually doesn't know much American history, nor is he aware of the contemporary Western philosophies the founders were inspired by when establishing the United States in the 1780s-90s. In order to be a patriot, you have to demonstrate a love of- and offer yourself in service to -your nation. Billy Joe does neither. He's just another myopic, uninformed, radicalized, deranged progressive who believes America is always the villain no matter what. You can't be a patriot if you only have bad things to say about your country.

@charityhubert8319

17 күн бұрын

I agree dont judge the song on the title listen to the lyric of american idoit.

@louismarzullo1190

17 күн бұрын

​@@wordygirlandcoThank you

@aleksandergolembka8659

17 күн бұрын

Americans just don't know what patriotic even means

American Idiot is a great song. I really don't get how anyone could be offended by it or really think it's anti-american. Also, in my opinion, the album as a whole is an absolute masterpiece. 🤟

@FaceYourInnerFear

17 күн бұрын

BP can be dumb AF, that is how.

If i remember rightly, the video was filmed in black & white, then the colours were added in. You HAVE to listen to American Idiot. Not just the title track, but the whole album. Blind allegiance is not patriotism.

Never judge book by it's cover BP "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 mindfuck America"

💚Green Day is a great first listen. It hooks you and you want to hear all of their work. American Idiot is not anti American. It is a protest song about the media and its hold over so many peoples' minds.

Some artists used to criticize the government; now they criticize people who criticize the government.

@karenmandeville7116

17 күн бұрын

it's a distubing trend, isn't it?

@Cchan53

17 күн бұрын

So true!

@justinwilder3514

11 күн бұрын

And it’s crazy how they’ve aligned themselves to the problems they called out back in the day too

Miss those days when MTV was a music channel ☮️🤩

@barbarjinx3802

17 күн бұрын

Huh? MTV stands for Mommy’s Teen Vagina

@Clasteau

17 күн бұрын

And Paramount has DELETED all the stuff from MTV. All of it. Every bit of history. Gone.

@I.D.A-sw

17 күн бұрын

@@Clasteau WAF did they do that for? Or you just trolling me now🤣

@PurpleCinnamon-Land-Of-Misfits

17 күн бұрын

In Canada we had Much Music and they were just as good as MTV for us Canadians until tv as a whole decided to longer play music videos and just repeat the same shows a million times over❕❗

@Clasteau

17 күн бұрын

@@I.D.A-sw wasn't making them money, I guess.

Jesus of Suburbia is my favourite song by them. Just amazing!

@thelolmighty

12 күн бұрын

I loved this album when it came out when I was a freshman in high school, and as I listened to it over and over and understood the lyrics better, it only grew on me even more.

My 33 y/o daughter has been OBSESSED with GREEN DAY for years!! I accidentally introduced her to St. Jimmy early on and then had to endure hours, days, months, and years, of very LOUD Green Day!! 😂It's all good. I love Green Day too!! 🟢💚🟢

@stlcardinalsfan4655

17 күн бұрын

The new album Saviors is pretty good. Very good redemption album from Father of All. Father of All was my least favorite from them by far.

@VickiCampbell-1216

17 күн бұрын

Thank you. When I see her again, I'll have to ask my daughter if she's heard of their new album Saviors. It's been a while since I've had the pleasure of hearing Green Day. My daughter is going to her first Green Day concert pretty soon, too.

American Idiot goes hard bro. Has a Combat vet thats been all around the world. It hits. trust me.

@budphone

17 күн бұрын

American idiot, and the whole album is actually quite deep, great lyrics from the time/context when it was released.. Fantastic song musically too. Patriotism is cool and all that BP, but you should be open to perspective. Your missing out on this one.

@xTheLostLegendx

17 күн бұрын

lol i think i know why due to some censor words 🤣🤣🤣

Pop music goes in waves, and obviously punk was not new when Green Day started or became big... but this 90's blend of pop punk was new, and there was nothing on the radio like this at the time. Green Day, The Offspring, Rancid, etc. gave birth to all of those late 90's early 2000's pop punk bands, like Blink 182, that dominated MTV and the radio. Green Day was very influential in their own right, and are one of the few old school bands still around and helping to carry the banner for rock music today amidst a pop scene that has generally moved away from actual rock& roll, loud guitars, etc. But it will come back someday... rock & roll will never die.

Dookie was actually one of the very first CD's i bought as a teen. Such an epic album. you should for sure check out longview or welcome to paradise from that album. thanks for the amazing reaction 🤘

@charityhubert8319

17 күн бұрын

I got my dookie album though Columbia house 😂

This is my all time favorite Green Day song❕❗ But I can't have you hating on American Idiot like that, it became a whole musical❕❗

I'm a metalhead, raised in the 80's. Started with Metallica in 85 when I was 14. Listen to slayer, Exodus, Pantera, and I still liked Greenday when they hit the scene. There just good, how can you not like there sound.

I miss the MTV days! I think you are only a year older than me, so that was my time frame too. The 90s had the best music...the most variety. And I love seeing these reactions. It's like stepping into a time machine back to the best time in music.

@Cchan53

17 күн бұрын

MTV was still around in the 90's?

Bro… it doesn’t matter if you like it because of nostalgia or if you just like it. If you like it, you like it. And what’s not to like about Green Day? Phenomenal band. Phenomenal messages. Phenomenal beats. Phenomenal riffs. Green Day is magnificent. Just enjoy! 🤘🏼❤️😁

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Minority, Holiday. All worth checking out, oh and definitely check out Sum 41! 😊

I'm gonna see them with my kids end of the year! Can't wait! Punk 🤘 !

There was a short period of time when punk rock popped up as popular again…… it’s always been in the underground. But there’s a ton of bands and great music from that era.

I remember this song from one party in 90`s. I said this is never gonna go old. Personally at that time not the fan of this kind of music. Now its been almost 30 years, still sound great, great song.

Late teens to early twenties is when most people lock in their musical tastes. Those are the years you love to listen to.

All are welcome? I’m a California hippie from the 60’s. I love your reactions!

Cool story. In 1992 my buddies had a band in High School. They had a weekend gig at a place called "The Nite Owl" in Pensacola FL. Well they actually opened for Greenday before they were a well known band. I was like, "Who the hell is Greenday?" 😂 If my young 16 year old self only knew what an amazing band they would eventually become. Ahhhh memories. Great Reactions and keep up the great work!

All jokes aside, among the best Green Day videos is probably the audience singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody, waiting for the band.

@Cchan53

17 күн бұрын

That's because Queen is an ICONIC band as so many of my generation! Who doesn't know rmthat song? Not everyone knows this one though...big difference.

I feel blessed! I grew up with all kinds of music! My Aunt showed me Motown. My mom showed me 60's and 70's. My dad showed me country and I grew up in the 80's. I love music! I listen to rap and R&B as well. My favorite band is Slipknot. My favorite Male singer is Steve Perry and my favorite Female singer Whitney Houston.

@mlbw1966

17 күн бұрын

We don't share the favs.... but it sounds like we grew up I the ultra universe..lol My Daddy and GrPa Country Heehaw on family tv every week lol Mother was 50s 60s dancing in living room... My sister, born in 1962 opened the living room and my Mother to 70s I graduated in 1984.... you describe my wonderful loved childhood of music...jamming in the car or living room. Thank goodness my mother wasn't that Soap Opera mother. She, we never watched daytime TV . Mother called evil drama tv, soap opera was the evil, we listened to music!! I never understood the DAYS of Our Lives girls in high school, out of my lifestyle, world lol ...Music Dance Laugh Love Cry Childhood memories. REWIND RELIVE PLEASE

@user-wq7bk2gi7l

17 күн бұрын

@@mlbw1966 I would go back any day! It was a better time with better people!

@mlbw1966

17 күн бұрын

@@user-wq7bk2gi7l So True!! Today's world is frightening. I used to get out and walk, Mall shopping and just a social person. It's too scary to go anywhere, especially solo. REWIND REPEAT MY CHILDHOOD PLEASE. HAVE A GREAT DAY DARLIN USER 😘 XX

@Cchan53

17 күн бұрын

I second that!​@@user-wq7bk2gi7l

Loved this ❤️ its the fast pace that lifts me up when I'm feeling a little flat. Peace Out ✌️

Billie Joe has said that he wrote American Idiiot partially because he didn't want to become one. It isn't slamming others, he's just singing about something that 20 years later is even worse than it was. I hope you do react to American Idiiot. It's a great song and he's got a great message there. I love your reactions and I hope you'll do that one with an open mind.

🎶 Another turning point, a fork stuck in the rooooooooad. Time grabs you by thwrist, directs you where to gooooooooo...🎶

you should check out what a Green Day crowd did with , Queen Bohemian Rhapsody

Saw them live...great show!

Dude!! I just realised watching thus with you! This is the start of "im the real shady"!! He was paying homage to this! I have seen this video hundreds of times and loved this song and the band since 94 or 95 and only just made the connection😮😅. Great. Reaction mate!! 😁😎👌

Obe of my favorites of them is "jesus of suburbia". A real masterpiece

One of those videos I’d wait for to come on MTV!!! Whaaaat WHATTTT!!!!

Was my favorite band for a good 25 years. This brings me back. Great video.

I think you are correct about how preferences are often influenced by familiarity although this effect likely varies from person to person. Congrats on the 300k subs!

i am a VET and i love American Idiot. that song slaps!

I love this song, when my depression starts to take over, this & songs like Rodney Atkins “If You’re Going Through Hell” give a huge boost. I think you would definitely appreciate this Rodney Atkins song’s lyrics. I just quoted it to my Stepson on FB when he felt like he was sinking a bit.

@mamakat114

4 күн бұрын

Oh & Lit’s “My Own Worst Enemy”

Congrats on 300k!!

Green Day just incredible. I am still waiting to get your to react to Violent Femmes. They are another Punk/folk group.

YAY i **LUV** that ya will do things that you may have or have already heard before just cuz ya feel like it! THAT totally **ROCKS!!!** Thank YOU **BP**

I love your channel so much but I have grown to hate that Thin Lizzy song at the beginning that I have love for 50 years and now I can't stand it LOL keep up the good reactions brother. Just me being a troll love your channel.

I am a Brazilian Guy and I really like your reactions!!!

Love your channel. I grow up with Hank Williams, Metallica, and Green Day well SPM too but I stopped after I found out what he did

Green Day is one of those bands that people from all genres(except maybe some gospel only people) respected.

Green Day rocks! Loved your reaction.

I met my young best friend. He was two years older than me and his bigger bothers introduced me to Slipknot. I was barely 6 or 7 years old when I first heard them. That have no belonging here tho for this kinda conversation. I grew into EVERYTHING. Everything that was talking to my ear. Guitar, drums, base, solos and even singing. I am raised on "heavy" music. But then again I could sit in my dads old car when he drove me to school singing green day song? Green day is EFFING amazing. No questions asked.

this is a surprise wtf lol my fav band

I used to hang out at a bar & grill where Billie Joe’s mom was a waitress and Billie Joe was a little kid hanging out and waiting for his mom to get off work

I Love playing this on my drums 🥁💪

The lead singer's speaking voice sounds nothing like what you'd expect. It's pretty cool

They are on tour in America right now, amazing live show!

@EmMysteryVlogs

17 күн бұрын

*North America. Please stop being self centered you are not alone in the continent

I was like "Why does he want an Ox? Ox tail food maybe?" lmao ohhhh "aux"...hahahahha

This is still my favorite song of theirs 💪

The Woodstock live of this was great. The mud battle they had as this played. When September ends is a great song and the video focuses on the times (early Iraq war.)

I can never turn the station when this comes on. Definitely a banger!! One of my favorites by them.

The video was shot in black and white and they added the color in after, which is probably why it pops so much.

Bastille (a UK band) did an excellent cover of this (in my opinion). You should check out some of their stuff.

what a throwback to the 90's!!

Fire from the Gods - Excuse me please ✌🏻💚🤘🏻 it’s the only way to fly!

Greenday was absolutely huge in the early 90s. Do yourself a favor and check out "She" which is a fantastic pop-punk track.

Green day just made me happy

This song's 30th anniversary is coming up. August 1st.

A similar video but very different song is "Afternoons and Coffee Spoons " by Crash Test Dummies.

This man is the reason I’ve had a sea-foam green strat covered in stickers since around 04. So about 20 years now.

one of my favorite bands please do Greenday brutal love

I hate and love the fact I have never seen these guys in concert. I was supposed to see them cause they played one of my friends 17th birthday party but I got grounded. Years later I used to go meet a friend of mine at a Punk Co-op and like 12-15 times while waiting for her to get ready these guys would come by cause they had friends who lived there too! Never seen them live but I played them all on the Sega Genesis that was there! And let me tell you, Billy Joe is not a good looser lol!

The video looks so cool bc they filmed it in black and white and then added the colors, or something like that. For the video of Nirvana's “Heart Shaped Box” they did something similar, it looks awesome and the song is great too! You should check it out.

My fav song of theirs is When I Come Around

Dude they put on 1 best shows going !

Awesome video.

You could go with Weird Al Yankovic's "Canadian Idiot"

I grew up on country western music old stuff like hank williams Sr, jim Reeves, Marty Robbins. I went full rock and roll. But as I get older I listen to rock but appreciate old country songs.

Try The Living End similar punk style from Australia. You have probably never heard of them but I am sure you will enjoy.

Your channel your rules bro.

Makes me think of that anthrax video you watched.... but this is a banger

Have you ever thought of doing a reaction to the Broadway show American Idiot! Its AMAZING!

Come on BP While you’re vibing on a rock kinda journey. You NEED to react to Shinedown now we’re getting this rock funky. Shinedown are a US band spanning 21 years now. You’ll know there stuff once you play it. They covered simple man in the 90’s and in my opinion Brent’s vocals are insane 👌🏻. This song is a banger though still on my car playlist 🙌🏻 xxx

Love how a 3 man group can make a wall of sound. ZZ Topp. Small Town Titans. The Warning. Good stuff.

You need to check out an Aussie Band - The Living End -- Prisoner of Society ---- (Live in 2005) kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqacmbyDlbXKo6g.htmlsi=-tcdvfyziv-jZYdq -- E Boogie/Second Solution (Live 2003) kzread.info/dash/bejne/haBnz69qc9ncn5M.htmlsi=KKDJzxBVPEz3xyPW -- Roll On -- 10:15 Saturday Morning (it's a CURE cover) There's other songs and please leave anymore in the comments - but this is a good start - but start with "Prisoner of Society." The Living End (apparently) when they toured with Green Day in Australia, helped to influence the song by Green Day called "Hitch a Ride" -which is another banger of a song by GD as well.

This is one of the best bands to come out of the 90's. The DOOKIE album was incredible. Hard to believe this album was released in 1994. Where does that time go? "American Idiot" is an amazing song and clearly you don't have the understanding of its meaning.

I had a time in my youth wgen i listened to Songs like that .

I'm still mad that they didn't get a Grammy until "American Idiot", when "Dookie" and "Nimrod" were far superior albums

Your daughters will introduce you to new music when they get to be ten y.o. or so! My oldest son was in elementary school in 1989 or 1990 when I noticed one of his classmates wearing a "Green Day" t-shirt. I had no idea and thought it had something to do with ecology! A few short years later, my sons' music was what I listened to much of the time: Blink-182, Sum 41, Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Counting Crows... "You Get What You Give" is my favorite song from that era. (Gotta admit I dislike parts of the video, though.) I thought it was incredibly innovative and fresh-sounding music. I still love the early '60s girl groups and the Motown I grew up on. Love all kinds of music - Big Band, pop standards, jazz (especially jazz.) 🙂

Ya this is my son's music he lessoned to all these rapper,he like this band he is different remember one time my son was watching him on TV performing on show I watched it he was spitting in the air and touching in his mouth while that was gross lol but for some reason I like this song, he really feels this way some times, he's struggles with mental issues

wow, i never heard this edited version before.

I like the Mode are you trying to talk emotions in your brain. Its cool because emotions and sensations are not things rational . Sorry for my bad english

Hope you Had The Time of Your Life is a great one from last episode of Seinfeld series.

🎵 .. I enjoy watching your reactions Black Pegasus , especially to songs that you missed during your youth. You give songs a chance , and I like that. What is surprising about you is your ego. In this video , you say that you believe it is great that Americans have different viewpoints. You drop in political points here and there, which I think is fine. I am not that political of a person. But , in a previous reaction ( .. I believe it was Cult Of Personality ..) you said that young protestors are wrong. You act like thousands, or hundreds of thousands of young minds are wrong and YOU are right. These young minds are pressing for equal rights , or the end to wars and killing of innocent people , or for voting rights or for efforts to help save our planet .. or other things. I think if it were not for previous protestors here in America , that you would not have the freedoms you have, or this platform that you have to reach many. You are very likable , but at times you are very judgemental. I know you don't care about my opinion, you are a successful , prideful man. I don't cry when you stop a video in a guitar solo. It is easy to listen to it again. Have a great day.

Great trip down memory lane. I was almost 10 years into punk rock when Green Day exploded onto the pop culture scene with the album Dookie. I loved the production, the sing a long choruses and energy of that album. As for American Idiot, the songs are amazing. I loved that it was a concept album where one song connects to the other. It was even turned into a musical that ended up on Broadway. In addition, as the music fan I know you are I think it would be a disservice to not listen to the whole album once. That being said, at the very least I would love to see you react to the music video, the song that is the Opus called Jesus of Suburbia. The video is close to 12 mins long with all kinds of musical twists and turns. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mI56z8OGks67dJc.htmlsi=2l_WjHC9whGQlJ2h

Oh man this was PEAK..

WELL U were Probably to YOUNG! 🤣 I was BLASTING down the "BACK- Roads" at, Twice the Speed Limit "Listening to DOOKIE" 😉 "American Idiot" came Next! and THAT, Went HARDER! Yes, That's the Timeline!

Ref to the movie 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' when the guy threw the water cooler thru the window.

If you'd like to check out an interesting version of this, DJ Cummerbund mashed it up on the track "BasketFlies".

I wish you listened to their new songs too, for example Dilemma

And 50 Cent In Da Club. Still a BANGER!

They increased the saturation of color for this video. The contrast is increased a bit too. This was a popular look in videos at the time.

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This song is about billies (the lead singer) battle with bipolar disorder.

@zoeadams2635

17 күн бұрын

Billie doesn't have bipolar. But yes it's about his struggles with mental health issues. He has a panic disorder.

@MetalRocksMe.

17 күн бұрын

@@zoeadams2635 I stand corrected.

@squarebarrel

17 күн бұрын

@@zoeadams2635while questioning his own bi-sexuality.