Green Day - American Idiot - [HQ]

Title: American Idiot
Album: American Idiot

Lyrics:

Don't want to 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.

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 want to 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.

[dyr]

back in 2004 Every hot topic on the planet earth was filled with this album cover. necklaces, sweat bands, t shirts you name it.

[religionfueledwarmachine]

If you're sitting there, listening to this song and suddenly wonder to yourself about how the lyrics are "Still Relevant" with today, then congratulations, you have just made the realization that nothing has changed since this song came out and probably never will.

[dragoninthewest]

"One Nation controlled by the media" - Billie Joe Armstrong, it's quite prophetic

[liquidice]

"one nation controlled by the media" so fucking true.

[kybamclane]

It's nice to not have to sit through the radio version.

"The subliminal mind TFFT America"

[TotallyToonsTV]

A friend played this to me when I was 10. Still listening to Green Day now in University with this as my favourite. Just goes to show how good music stays with you doesn't it? :)

[DeviemTwen]

This song’s lyrics still hold up to this day.

That’s not a good sign.

[peakapex]

Wasn't this song the inspiration for the Jonny test theme song?

[micah_robbins]

Get in, we’re hating on the government

[salti]

This song just keeps being so relevant, it's crazy!

[jujubear]

This is one of those albums where I liked every song in the whole thing. Every single one. And I still know all the lyrics by heart even today.
The me from many, many years ago had a blast just playing this everyday and never got tired of any of it. And I still feel the same way!

[aliciaschroeder]

I listened to one song and they are aleady one of my favorite bands

[manuelorozco]

Green Day’s New Years Eve performance sent me here! 20 years later, still a bop. This was when Punk was Punk!

[deathboy]

Want to feel old? American Idiot by Green Day is turning 20 years old in 2024 just let that sink in 👵🏻

[liljohn]

This really takes me back to middle school!
Get in, we’re hating on the government
Get in, we’re hating on the government

[antoliimayra]

It's scary how relevant this song still is.

[Cyrix]

I will never forget the time that my music teacher in 5th grade was trying to show us how to make parodies and was showing us Canadian Idiot vs American Idiot and he accidentally played the first verse of the explicit version while trying to play the clean version.

[CherryFrog]

This really takes me back to middle school!

[surrealisea]

This is one of the songs that made me love green day

[kellian]

hopefully one day this song won't be relavent.