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Billie Joe Armstrong is a criminally underrated lyricist. To me, he should be mentioned as one of the greatest writers in rock history. A ton of great lines include cognitive dissonance and contradicting ideas. The passage, “The freedom to obey,” is a very powerful and poignant idea. What a world class talent he is.
underrated. Dude, they're one of the biggest rock bands in the world, sell out shows globally, have won numerous awards and made millions of dollars doing their music. I don't see how this is true?
@@robertgroen2197 I totally understand that Green Day has gotten praise and accolades both commercially and critically. I was honing in specifically on Armstrong’s lyrics. I think he often gets overshadowed by Petty, Springsteen, Daltrey and others. To me, he should absolutely should be mentioned in the pantheon of rock lyricists, and I just don’t think most people rate him that high.
You were right they were recording something but not rly green day. A new album by thier side project The Network. It's an amazing political new wave album, I heavily recommend you check it out.
I loved their lockdown covers (would have totally bought it.) Reminded me how much I'd missed having a good greenday album drop. (Wasn't a fan of the last one.) I hope they do make us something.
This song will always rule. I'm very happy that Green Day existed, because their songs will surely influence a lot of future generations to come. Catchy melodies, heavy deep strong meaningful lyrics, fun band members that have gone through a lot and yet they're still together making great music and never forgot who Green Day is. It's just wholesome.
I think the album was an absolutely misunderstood and underrated masterpiece, their best in my opinion. Just from the lyric point of view, I mean what can you say to lines like "I was made of poison and blood, condemnation is what I understood" - sooooo genious
@@woods009 its on american eulogy, and there's nothing wrong with n word, don't be a stupid snowflake... they didn't mean it in any harmful way.....american eulogy is their best political song
This song, this band, some of the best stuff to ever hit my ears, I remember hearing minority for the first time and my god their music never gets old, Billie's voice and guitar, Mike's Bass and backing vocals and Trè's drumming skills make up some of the most talented and energetic musicians to date ♥️🎵
I am 59, I have been a Green Day fan since 2000. I personally find this album their best, and this song awesome. I hope they keep going just like the Rolling Stones, doing their own geriatric tour. More power to you guys.
dude... chills every time the switch-up happens- then that whole upbeat section just gets my head banging i absolutely love the energy in this song and im proud to be a mega fan of green day. GREEN DAY IS AMAZING!!!
***** I've gotta say American Idiot followed by Dookie then 21st Century Breakdown then Nimrod followed by Tre then Uno then Warning then Kerplunk then Insomniac then 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours then Dos.
This is probably my favorite record. The buildup to its release was amazing and the whole album blew me away. Peak vocals, beautiful story, very personal characters and themes, and it was executed perfectly. I want this album playing on repeat when I’m in Hospice.
Green Day and especially 21st Century Breakdown is my best way to deal with these fucked up news, im sick of war, im sick of innocent people dying, and im sick of not being able to do anything about it. All I can do is wish for the well being of the people in Ukraine, stay strong everyone.
Most of all free Palestine, free Iraq, free Afghanistan, Free Siria, Free all the Arabic Countries with war against the devil countries., Free The Wide World also.
"They" made you think you cannot do nothing you can. but by "you" you need to read "us" - only then you will see that to do something you need to convince others to join you in whatever your idea is, because alone we cannot do anything
Green Day alluded to the 2008 recession, "we're in the decline" right at 2:08 also when the music video shows a fat cat businessman sliding uncontrollably downward literally underneath text that reads "market decline"
The video for this song marked my adolescence, I watched it a lot on MTV, at that time I was envious of rock, but after I started to like flashbacks, I put rock back in my life, but I confess, if I had known that electronic music was so undervalued in Brazil, maybe I would have valued it at that time
I used to love this song melody when I was a teen. Now grown up being a simple young man in todays society with more understanding of the contexts, this song is way to real and its quite terrifying.
I've heard that some fans think this album was when the band sold out, but I think it's a great album. Yeah, it's very different sounding than their old stuff, but bands need to evolve or they become stale.
They did kind of sell out during 2000 but the albums after warning are fucking awesome!!! I think they didnt want to become mediocre pink band, so they changed their style. For me Green day became sellout with ¡UNO! ¡DOS! and ¡TRÉ! (still good albums but very mainstream)
S-DEW Amy in Dos and The Forgotten on Tre are great but I agree then in 2016 Revolution Radio they came back because it was about them becoming older and I felt that good album
@@joker-man8978 I don't care about rev. Radio. Just doesnt appeal to me, maybe cuz im 15. Maybe just cuz it's kinda meh, but I prefer it over the newest album.
maybe for those who couldn't watch this from their country its maybe the video or song was banned by their own local gov. so they wouldn't listen to this to very cruel truth about corruption. Also welcome to the *21st Century Breakdown*
Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled The last one born and the first one to run, My town was blind from refinery sun My generation is zero I never made it as a working class hero 21st century breakdown I once was lost but never was found I think I'm losing what's left of my mind To the 20th century deadline I was made of poison and blood Condemnation is what I understood Video games of the Tower's fall Homeland security could kill us all My generation is zero I never made it as a working class hero 21st century breakdown I once was lost but never was found I think I'm losing what's left of my mind To the 20th century deadline We are the class of the class of thirteen Born in the era of humility We are the desperate in the decline Raised by the bastards of 1969 My name is no one, your long lost son Born on the fourth of July Raised in the era of heroes and cons That left me for dead or alive I am a nation, a worker of pride My debt to the status quo The scars on my hands there a means to an end Is all that I have to show I swallowed my pride and choked on my faith I've given my heart and my soul I've broken my fingers and I've lied through my teeth The pillar of damage control I've been to the edge And I've thrown the bouquet of flowers left over the grave I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time And waiting for Judgment Day I praise liberty The freedom to obey Is the song that strangles me Well don't cross the line Oh, dream, America, dream I can't even sleep From the light's early dawn Oh, scream, America, scream Believe what you see From heroes and cons
My shoes were filled with a birth before Camelot before Kennedy half-dollars were made of silver as a fuck-off joke to the idiot and his brother who thought they could bring on a second American revolution and were ritually sacrificed when I had barely become aware of my existence in time and space and my mother was weeping. Trump is a wild-card. Glad I stuck around for the rest of the show. Damaged as I became, with the lurking PTSD the controllers so love.
Im' 64 years old a big fan of Greenday...this album is awesome! And with new album they are still knocking it out the park! Well done lads! Looking forward to a few more new albums in the future...thank you.
Dion Silva : May i give you a good advice? Try to speak english...so more people could understand what you want to say. I also try to speak english, even though i'm from germany ;)
@@darkdeceptionkillsthelight9653 not everybody learns the English language buddy I'm from UK but have family all over this bloody thing we call earth hahahahahahahhahahahha
That kid who said "hey!" is gonna see this video on TH-cam in a few years and he's gonna let everyone know in the comment section that that's him and no one will believe him.
Probably my favourite GD song. Everything is prefect, the different parts, chorus, lyrics, right choice of instrument, and structure. It is the best intro to a GD album they have ever made as it sets the tone of the album. It’s perfect, I’ll never forget when I first listen to the song. I could you not, my jaw drop when I heard the chorus. It was so good. This album is amazing, and imo this song is GD’s most underrated
I felt so hardcore, listening to this song in my room back when I was 11 years old. All of my friends listened to Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber but I was a big fan of Green Day
@@realWoolf759 i mean, yeah, he has fringe, and black straight hair, but it's all, nothing else from emo hairstyle wasn't taken and classic emo looks different
Last night I was at your concert in Milano, and I was just one of the 80.000 enthusiastically hopping and screaming... Your songs have the flavour of sun and rebellious freedom☀️ you are still f*****g alive, indeed!
It's an established fact that Green Day are a better, more ambitious group than Blink 182. This song is a perfect example: the themes, and emotions explored here are timeless. They are as valid now as they were in 2009 and they will be just as valid 10, 20, 50 years from now. The song writing is just so damn incredible, this band's legacy will live forever.
It’s impressive that this 11 year old song talk about the problems of the world that use to have back then but it’s applicable to today’s problems if you analyze it, nothing has change at all...
Green day has the balls of steel for talking the truth against government or society! No other bands in this generation can make a song about social topic!
THE LAST ONE BORN AND THE FIRST ONE TO RUN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 21st Century Breakdown is the best song in its own album and it’s not even close. Minority may be the best sound ever produced by any source in the known universe, but this song genuinely has the most badass and satisfying lyrics of all time. this is like Jesus of Suburbia, but better. Especially in the first part of the song, the lyrics are super kickass and flow amazingly, with awesome phrases such as “i was made of poison and blood” which implies that Billie Joe isn’t actually a human; rather an unbound entity with the ability to create the most beautiful and complex musical melodies in existence. Green day is my life
Tenía 15 años cuando salió este video y lo veia todos los días en los 10 más pedidos de MTV y de Much Music. Que época. Tengo 29 ahora y sigo siendo la misma, pero más deprimida y más rota.
Bvb fans are the wrose at that I hate it so much Andy isn't Bvb Andy,Ashley, Jinxx,Jake and CC are BVB and Billie isn't Green Day, Billie,Mike ,Tray and Jason's Green Day and Garred Way isn't MCR so are the other members of MCR and James Hetfield isn't Metallica James,Kirk, Rob,Lars,Dave,Cliff,Jason are either are or wore Metallica
Interesting facts about the song: The first verse is basically Billie talking about his childhood in Rodeo, CA The kid that's shown is supposed to be 10 year old Billie
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BAD WORD
Billie Joe Armstrong is a criminally underrated lyricist. To me, he should be mentioned as one of the greatest writers in rock history. A ton of great lines include cognitive dissonance and contradicting ideas. The passage, “The freedom to obey,” is a very powerful and poignant idea. What a world class talent he is.
Totally true.
underrated. Dude, they're one of the biggest rock bands in the world, sell out shows globally, have won numerous awards and made millions of dollars doing their music. I don't see how this is true?
@@robertgroen2197 I totally understand that Green Day has gotten praise and accolades both commercially and critically. I was honing in specifically on Armstrong’s lyrics. I think he often gets overshadowed by Petty, Springsteen, Daltrey and others. To me, he should absolutely should be mentioned in the pantheon of rock lyricists, and I just don’t think most people rate him that high.
@@chadjones6074 fair enough mate
Absoluty yes!!!!
"Oh scream, America Scream. Believe What You See From Heroes and Cons"
Goddamn that's the perfect line for today
Just remembered about this song. Used to listen to it A LOT as a pre teen lol love it
❤tem meu respeito
Yo tambien la escuchaba bastante cuando estaba en la academia junto a 21 Guns, se me olvidaron estos temazos
Same here.
Same here...😢 time flies...
God I was 17 almost 18 when this came out. 🫠
Unpopular opinion: this is hands down the best Green Day song.
Excellent album. Love this song❤
It's unfortunate that your opinion is unpopular... because you're so damn right
It’s one of them for sure
I was having a boring day, until I remembered that Green Day exists.
Green day: makes you remember that they exist
wow
Can’t forget
hoooo me pasa lo mismo u.u
Me too 🙏🤘🏻🎸
The fire....it rises
GreenDay is not just a band.. it's an emotion.
@Tiff You're welcome in the Church of Green Day, God's Favorite Band.
i'd like to meet the priests then lol
@legendary lukim The St. Jimmy is a figment of
@RockySandman your father's rage and your mother's love
@@rockysandman5489 a figment of your father’s rage and your mother’s love You make me the Idiot America!
These guys are pushing 50 years old but they still have the sound of rebellious youth. I love it.
Just like Red Hot Chili Peppers !
true trueee
tbf this album came out when BIllie was 37 I believe. So not quite 50
Billie Mike and Tré were 37 when this came out
Dude facts. Love these guys. Back then and now. Never will stop.
I wouldn't be surprised if Green Day releases another rock opera album in 2022. They are probably in an Oakland studio recording it now.
Hopefully we all need it lol
You were right they were recording something but not rly green day. A new album by thier side project The Network. It's an amazing political new wave album, I heavily recommend you check it out.
I hope you are right!! that would be so cool.
I loved their lockdown covers (would have totally bought it.) Reminded me how much I'd missed having a good greenday album drop. (Wasn't a fan of the last one.) I hope they do make us something.
2024 #saviors
Drums are *AWESOME* on this song
+maxredbin Drums are AWESOME in every single Green Day song :)
+Fer Derca true
Tré Cool is so great.
*I KNOW THE DRUMS AND TRE' IS GOOD ON EVERY SONG, BUT ESPECIALLY ON THIS ONE....OK*
hahaha yessssssss lml
Another anthem for this century........
3:48 i loveee that part
I could not understand why it never charted... This song is a gem.
Yeah...!!!
Criminally underrated. But since when did the general public have good taste?
@@willzsportscards since.....
well that information dont exist
The time it came out, 2007, was probably the reason. At that time pop and rap were most prominent, not punk.
@@Neucod55 You are close This came out in 2009.
Was it just me who got the shivers near the end where they revealed Billie's face from all the animations?
Same!
Bab's Uvala Who? ME TOO
Me
Same
Lmao 😂
This song will always rule. I'm very happy that Green Day existed, because their songs will surely influence a lot of future generations to come. Catchy melodies, heavy deep strong meaningful lyrics, fun band members that have gone through a lot and yet they're still together making great music and never forgot who Green Day is. It's just wholesome.
I think the album was an absolutely misunderstood and underrated masterpiece, their best in my opinion. Just from the lyric point of view, I mean what can you say to lines like "I was made of poison and blood, condemnation is what I understood" - sooooo genious
Definitely my favourite Green day album
Literally every album and song has deep lyrics its green day, imo their old albums like 39 smooth and kerplunk are the most underrated
@@woods009 when was that?
@@woods009it’s Green Day
@@woods009 its on american eulogy, and there's nothing wrong with n word, don't be a stupid snowflake... they didn't mean it in any harmful way.....american eulogy is their best political song
The fact this is still relevant is astounding
Yeh
For me it's depressing - still an amazing song though
American idiot os still relevant too....and as of 2024 that song and album is 20 years old
This song, this band, some of the best stuff to ever hit my ears, I remember hearing minority for the first time and my god their music never gets old, Billie's voice and guitar, Mike's Bass and backing vocals and Trè's drumming skills make up some of the most talented and energetic musicians to date ♥️🎵
Me too brother
Plus there activists and good really good messages for there songs. I’m new to this band but they seem pretty cool
I am 59, I have been a Green Day fan since 2000. I personally find this album their best, and this song awesome. I hope they keep going just like the Rolling Stones, doing their own geriatric tour. More power to you guys.
dude... chills every time the switch-up happens- then that whole upbeat section just gets my head banging i absolutely love the energy in this song and im proud to be a mega fan of green day. GREEN DAY IS AMAZING!!!
why is nobody talking about the quality of the video? this is probably one of the most well-made music videos ive seen
Ikr?!
No doubt about it.. i'd never be tired of listen & watch this master peace of music video
green day has some of the best music videos ever made. my favorite is jesus of suburbia
yep, in motiongraphics and animations this is a masterpiece
That transition from 2D effect to regular video at the end is so smooth!
Everyone is saying this album was horrible, but it's my favorite of theirs. I think it's great
No American idiot is their best
Mack Peed NO dookie is definately the best. Then maybe american idiot or nimrod...
I also really like nimrod. That might be their best
***** I've gotta say American Idiot followed by Dookie then 21st Century Breakdown then Nimrod followed by Tre then Uno then Warning then Kerplunk then Insomniac then 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours then Dos.
I gotta say my least favorite is either insomniac or dos. I do like walking contradiction though....
This is probably my favorite record. The buildup to its release was amazing and the whole album blew me away. Peak vocals, beautiful story, very personal characters and themes, and it was executed perfectly. I want this album playing on repeat when I’m in Hospice.
Hi I recommend a song & video here on youtube called 'Where I Come From' By Robert Nix
It's the perfect song to start and end a day
I know right!!
Terminar o dia
Green Day and especially 21st Century Breakdown is my best way to deal with these fucked up news, im sick of war, im sick of innocent people dying, and im sick of not being able to do anything about it. All I can do is wish for the well being of the people in Ukraine, stay strong everyone.
you're right, that you say is good.. thanx, it really relaxes
Most of all free Palestine, free Iraq, free Afghanistan, Free Siria, Free all the Arabic Countries with war against the devil countries., Free The Wide World also.
"They" made you think you cannot do nothing
you can.
but by "you" you need to read "us" - only then you will see that to do something you need to convince others to join you in whatever your idea is, because alone we cannot do anything
Do you know what does the bible say about end times of the world??
so u are useless.
better shut up and know ur place
I was having a mental breakdown today and remembered that this existed
You were having a...
21st Century Breakdown.
@@leyd1642 bruh 😂💀
Thats literally did the same thing. Idk either btw.....
Didnt ask
21st century break down
Green Day alluded to the 2008 recession, "we're in the decline" right at 2:08 also when the music video shows a fat cat businessman sliding uncontrollably downward literally underneath text that reads "market decline"
The video for this song marked my adolescence, I watched it a lot on MTV, at that time I was envious of rock, but after I started to like flashbacks, I put rock back in my life, but I confess, if I had known that electronic music was so undervalued in Brazil, maybe I would have valued it at that time
From 3:47 to the end: my favourite musical part of all time. It's so beautiful, it makes me shivers.
I used to love this song melody when I was a teen. Now grown up being a simple young man in todays society with more understanding of the contexts, this song is way to real and its quite terrifying.
I don't like it, I wanna be 13 playing Fall Out and then going to this show again. 😭😭😂 PLS MAKE IT STOP
2004: "Dont wanna be American idiot"
2009: "Oh Dream, American dream"
Jaja I love you green day ♡
2020 car commercial
Than The Drummer omg
@@th6n JAJAJAJ
jaja (you need high iq)
2024: "The American dream is killing me"
I've heard that some fans think this album was when the band sold out, but I think it's a great album. Yeah, it's very different sounding than their old stuff, but bands need to evolve or they become stale.
This is my favorite album idk why😂
@@joker-man8978 green day never sold out but they've been a lot different since Warning /American Idiot
They did kind of sell out during 2000 but the albums after warning are fucking awesome!!! I think they didnt want to become mediocre pink band, so they changed their style. For me Green day became sellout with ¡UNO! ¡DOS! and ¡TRÉ! (still good albums but very mainstream)
S-DEW Amy in Dos and The Forgotten on Tre are great but I agree then in 2016 Revolution Radio they came back because it was about them becoming older and I felt that good album
@@joker-man8978 I don't care about rev. Radio. Just doesnt appeal to me, maybe cuz im 15. Maybe just cuz it's kinda meh, but I prefer it over the newest album.
Billie Joe Armstrong is the Benjamin Button of rock stars. In the 90's he looked 20. In 2004, he looked 18. Now he looks 16.
I vampire or illuminate confirmed jk huge fan of green day only 11
+Water Electrical The Fabulous Killjoy hello fellow whovian
+John Freeman u got it right bro :D avril is not the only vampire haha!
It's all the weed he smoked in the 90's
John Freeman wtf the age important is.The music is the important thing this questions u make makes 21 century breakdown😳😝
i’m just saying, they’re right. politics would be solved if the presidential candidates just kissed
Frrr😭😭😭🤣
He’s got such a nostalgic singing voice & he ages well over the years.
Yep I've heard green day when I was born
I love the style of this music video so much
"Unavailable in your country???"
Awww come on man, what has my country ever done to you :'(
What country are you in
I'm in Vietnam bro
use proxy or vpn, dude
Downlode the proxytube plugin for chrome
maybe for those who couldn't watch this from their country its maybe the video or song was banned by their own local gov. so they wouldn't listen to this to very cruel truth about corruption.
Also welcome to the *21st Century Breakdown*
If you're listening to this in 2020, then good because it fits the times
Yes 😂
Finely someone understands 🤛🏻
Can't agree more with you
Yep
😷🤒🤮
Happy 15th anniversary to one of Green Day’s most underrated albums
its the second most popular album what do you mean Underated?
the entire second half of this song is perfection
WHY DOES THIS ONLY HAVE 17 MILLION VIEWS?!
+HyFox Actually an incredible video
L0kitheliar i know right
+HyFox 18 Million now
+HyFox Now 18 ; )
17millones Theron greenheart Night
3:52 until the end is my favorite. It's so.. I dunno, romantic. Green Day really is incredible.
Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
The last one born and the first one to run,
My town was blind from refinery sun
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working class hero
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline
I was made of poison and blood
Condemnation is what I understood
Video games of the Tower's fall
Homeland security could kill us all
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working class hero
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline
We are the class of the class of thirteen
Born in the era of humility
We are the desperate in the decline
Raised by the bastards of 1969
My name is no one, your long lost son
Born on the fourth of July
Raised in the era of heroes and cons
That left me for dead or alive
I am a nation, a worker of pride
My debt to the status quo
The scars on my hands there a means to an end
Is all that I have to show
I swallowed my pride and choked on my faith
I've given my heart and my soul
I've broken my fingers and I've lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control
I've been to the edge
And I've thrown the bouquet of flowers left over the grave
I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time
And waiting for Judgment Day
I praise liberty
The freedom to obey
Is the song that strangles me
Well don't cross the line
Oh, dream, America, dream
I can't even sleep
From the light's early dawn
Oh, scream, America, scream
Believe what you see
From heroes and cons
My shoes were filled with a birth before Camelot before Kennedy half-dollars were made of silver as a fuck-off joke to the idiot and his brother who thought they could bring on a second American revolution and were ritually sacrificed when I had barely become aware of my existence in time and space and my mother was weeping.
Trump is a wild-card. Glad I stuck around for the rest of the show. Damaged as I became, with the lurking PTSD the controllers so love.
SecondComingTwice da faq?
Do you think he wanted to say "from the dawn's early light" to mock their national anthem but wanted to make it rhyme?
Fucking amazing lyrics, so much truth
Thanks! XD
Im' 64 years old a big fan of Greenday...this album is awesome! And with new album they are still knocking it out the park! Well done lads! Looking forward to a few more new albums in the future...thank you.
i’m 73 and can’t get enough of them!
this album was underated
How can you tell? It literally wins a Grammy Award.
@@cheetahmen1310 unique
@@jericlauresta2527 it’s not as much spoken about though
Yep
U knew
Man... I really love this song!
Canal Do Alpaca : and i love ALL of Green Day's songs
Dion Silva : May i give you a good advice? Try to speak english...so more people could understand what you want to say. I also try to speak english, even though i'm from germany ;)
It's a debut, ehh, I'd scratch the guy's ass and kiss emm' in the face :)
Canal Do Alpaca especially when alternative vibe at the end kicks in... That's my absolute favorite
@@darkdeceptionkillsthelight9653 not everybody learns the English language buddy I'm from UK but have family all over this bloody thing we call earth hahahahahahahhahahahha
Fact:Green Day never make bad songs.
Nightlife?
what about nightlife?
The guy mentioned bad Green Day songs so I gave him one
+James Fergusson Dos from the trilogy was utter shit and half of tre.
Matthew McCooey Uno was decent
It's been 15 years since I saw it on MTV and now its year ender of 2024. Time flies so fast
IMO, this is one of the best albums ever created.
yEs
Agreed
Brody Reyno I prefer radio revolution
Pedro Z wot
nimrod. What means "wot"?
That kid who said "hey!" is gonna see this video on TH-cam in a few years and he's gonna let everyone know in the comment section that that's him and no one will believe him.
These lyrics are just... ❤👌😗
I literally see you everywhere!!!
I listen to Green Day every day and it's great!
Probably my favourite GD song. Everything is prefect, the different parts, chorus, lyrics, right choice of instrument, and structure. It is the best intro to a GD album they have ever made as it sets the tone of the album. It’s perfect, I’ll never forget when I first listen to the song. I could you not, my jaw drop when I heard the chorus. It was so good. This album is amazing, and imo this song is GD’s most underrated
Nobody:
CoronaVirus:21st Century Breakdown
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Chernobyl on fire
can i screenshot this?
@angels forever Illuminati doesn't exist.
What the??😂😂😂
My mom bought me this album when it came out. I am the class of '13. This song speaks to me. Listening in 2022 you're a real one
People who say green day suck just suck. This album was brilliant and the lyrics are very telling. An absolute banger. So much talent here.
I do love from minute 4:00 till the end. It inspires something epic and special that it is difficult to express just with words.
JanUllrich02 yeah! It's sooo nice I think
“My name is No One, the long lost son. Born on the 4th of July.”
For some reason this lyric sticks with me the most, especially in recent times.
The part at 3:00 up to the end is one of the best moments in the history of music
"praise liberty, the freedom to obey"...my goodness this line is beautiful.
Everybody else: aging normally
Billie Joe Armstrong: I'm aging, just backwards
Me:Searching 21st Century breakdown
TH-cam: 21st Century Girl BTS
Me:Am I joke to you?
That's not how that meme works, bud, but solid effort.
@@GoddoDoggo I'm not gayyyyyy
@@GoddoDoggo you aren't how the meme works
lmao it doesn’t even pop up
That’s a joke right there it sucks how they handle good songs nowadays it sucks all good music is mostly dead
This song is actually quite great, one of my favorites by Green Day, just like the album it belongs to is great :3
Green Day sure do like the number 21
oh fuck its true
its 20 first cuntury fox and twenty one pilots lol
21 Guns
21+21=42.Green Day is the meaning of life confirmed.
Alpha 707 I believe what you mean is Green Day is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Git gud kid lol
We're LITERALLY having a 21st Century Breakdown. No jokes
and waiting for judgement day, just like he said
yes
Awesome!!! Just a monument of punk-rock ;)
Don't you mean "Awesome as fuck"? 😉
+Ben Brady inappropriate puns 101
OMG you are so so so so right
LOL
This song will never go out of style it will always be heard I love it
I love this band
❤❤❤❤❤
The best green day video in my opinion I love the song as well
Nuclear Family animated, gotta love that too.
I feel good riddance is good it's fun to play on guitar follow me on Instagram@ethangildea
Nikad ne bih od balkanca ocekivao politicku korektnost ali eto izgleda da i mi idemo u picku materinu
if u like this song u should listen to "when i come around"
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I LOVE THIS SONG
Easily the best Green Day music video.
Imagine traveling to 2009 to experience this work of art up close again 🤩
I felt so hardcore, listening to this song in my room back when I was 11 years old. All of my friends listened to Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber but I was a big fan of Green Day
This was Billie’s *REAL* emo phase, despite being almost 40.
His hair isn't emo at all
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It is tho
@@realWoolf759 i mean, yeah, he has fringe, and black straight hair, but it's all, nothing else from emo hairstyle wasn't taken and classic emo looks different
@@НейтральныйМаппер-з2м he also had eyeliner on
@@НейтральныйМаппер-з2м clothes are also emo
"My generation is zero, I never made it as a working class hero"
Hits hard
Last night I was at your concert in Milano, and I was just one of the 80.000 enthusiastically hopping and screaming... Your songs have the flavour of sun and rebellious freedom☀️ you are still f*****g alive, indeed!
I like how the criminal couple are recurring characters in the videos, really adds a bit of a story.
well they are the main characters of the rock opera
True. I still love it.
It's an established fact that Green Day are a better, more ambitious group than Blink 182. This song is a perfect example: the themes, and emotions explored here are timeless. They are as valid now as they were in 2009 and they will be just as valid 10, 20, 50 years from now. The song writing is just so damn incredible, this band's legacy will live forever.
"Established fact" = "opinion"
@@diegobrando2750 Blink 182 is basically boy bands with guitars lmao
Underrated song.
Very much..
I could not agree more
DeluxeWarlock underrated album
love these guys!
It’s impressive that this 11 year old song talk about the problems of the world that use to have back then but it’s applicable to today’s problems if you analyze it, nothing has change at all...
This wasn't an album. It was a warning. It was a prophecy. And we didn't heed.
Green day has the balls of steel for talking the truth against government or society! No other bands in this generation can make a song about social topic!
Umm hello? MUSE anyone? 😂
THE LAST ONE BORN AND THE FIRST ONE TO RUN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
21st Century Breakdown is the best song in its own album and it’s not even close. Minority may be the best sound ever produced by any source in the known universe, but this song genuinely has the most badass and satisfying lyrics of all time. this is like Jesus of Suburbia, but better. Especially in the first part of the song, the lyrics are super kickass and flow amazingly, with awesome phrases such as “i was made of poison and blood” which implies that Billie Joe isn’t actually a human; rather an unbound entity with the ability to create the most beautiful and complex musical melodies in existence. Green day is my life
I actually wish one day the two parties can hold hands and solve problems together.
Same
and then make out platonically
and then make out passionately
@@JimmyFallonUwU that'd be so hot
This is in my opinion, the most underrated Green Day song. I really liked the 'first half' of the song, and the last 30 seconds the most.
I love this part! 1:50
This is without a doubt one of the best songs I have ever heard in my life.
Tenía 15 años cuando salió este video y lo veia todos los días en los 10 más pedidos de MTV y de Much Music. Que época. Tengo 29 ahora y sigo siendo la misma, pero más deprimida y más rota.
animo extraña,a veces florecemos de formas espontaneas.
@@nicolasmartinez4655 Gracias 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Stay strong through the darkness day there is a son that shines
2:26 those vocals, I love when artists do shit like this with their vocals
I hate it when I'm talking to a "fan" of a band but their like it's all on the lead singer as if it's a solo career
Trevor Yeo Well...yeah, if he's writing all the music. Although I'm not really sure they're very transparent with who does what.
Yus I feel you but it depends who wrote the songs
Or those annoying black veil brides fans that talk too much about how hot Andy looks
Bvb fans are the wrose at that I hate it so much Andy isn't Bvb Andy,Ashley, Jinxx,Jake and CC are BVB and Billie isn't Green Day, Billie,Mike ,Tray and Jason's Green Day and Garred Way isn't MCR so are the other members of MCR and James Hetfield isn't Metallica James,Kirk, Rob,Lars,Dave,Cliff,Jason are either are or wore Metallica
*were
This Song Has A Deep Meaning and Advance In This Century We Lived
4:12 This part sounds so incredible, I can’t get over it
Their most underrated album, sadly.
By far my favorite album!
So is 1039/Smoothed Slappy Out Hours and Insomniac.
My favorites are American Idiot and Dookie. Nimrod was pretty awesome as well.
Liam Walsh Nimrod is epic.
Soheilus It is. I like all their stuff. I didn't really like Redundant, though. I think that was on Nimrod.
We will die one day, but our comments will be here for ever. And the song will be here for ever too.
Hmm
Damn
Interesting facts about the song:
The first verse is basically Billie talking about his childhood in Rodeo, CA
The kid that's shown is supposed to be 10 year old Billie
Not just a song but one of the greatest art pieces of the 21st century
GreenDay : (2.25--2.30) " Born on The Fourth of Julllly ".
Me : Still listening to this and today is the Fourth of July 2020.
I'm not the only one !!!
Okey
It's 2019 and I'm 14 since I'm 6 I'm listening to you Guys 😢 you the best you make my childhood Rock! Love you Guys 😢💖
the goosebumps when color arives on the video ending...BRRRRRR