I revisited Green Day's American Idiot the other day and I forgot how much I like it. I can say with no apprehension that it's a good album in the story it tells and how it tells it. Back when the album first came out, I was less kind to it, but mostly because I was too easily swayed by other's opinions.
Back in high school I was totally a follower. I liked what I liked sure, but I also was totally into whatever my friends liked. This went double for a few specific girls, but it was true in regards to my male friends as well. No one in my social circle were huge fans of Green Day to begin with, and when the new album came out I liked it, but came to "dislike" it once I found that my friends didn't really care for it. This happened with a lot of stuff from those days, and I have to wonder what I would be into now if I didn't put so much stock into my friend's opinions.
These days I try to keep an open mind, and when a friend weighs in on something, I try not to hold that to whatever that something is. So I can say I like American Idiot (I'm not a big fan of the videos that accompany them aside from the Holiday video), the Smashing Pumpkins had some Metal in them, and I am completely justified in liking whatever the hell I want.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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