Green Day Essays

  • Book Review: Green Day 'Dookie'

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    and Roll Professor Patterson April 18th, 2014 Green Day “Dookie” The Rock album I have chosen is “Dookie” by Green Day. This album was released in February 1st, 1994 by Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California or Reprise Records in New York. Green Day's band members include Billie Joe Armstrong (Guitar and Vocalist), Tre Cool (Drums), Mike Dirnt (Bass), Jason White (Guitar), and Al Sobrante (Drums.) The main composers of this album was the band Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt as the

  • Battle of the Bands

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    obsessions would be Green day. After a couple of years went by, I changed to Blink 182 and it has been so ever since. The other day I was thinking about how big of a transformation it really was. To an average person, these two bands have very little in common besides the obvious number of band members and the general genre. Although Green day and Blink 182 has different career inclinations, fans, and personalities, they are both very serious about their music. Green day started way back in 1989

  • 21st Century Breakdown of American Idiots

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    I was first introduced to the band Green Day when I listened to their song “Good Riddance” on their album Warning when it was released in 1997. I continued to listen to Green Day’s music throughout my teenage years after they released their next two albums, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown. When I was young I enjoyed Green Day’s music because it was fun to listen and sing along with, but as I grew older and actually started interpreting the lyrics of their songs I realized that there was

  • Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl Song

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    that time the song’s legend and popularity have grown to unprecedented heights. Many artists have redone the song, some with a similar music style to Morrison (like Jimmy Buffet), and others of a completely different genre like the punk rock band Green Day. In my essay I will argue that the stylistic differences between the two songs are not a barrier. Rather, in combination with the similarities associating with cover songs, they form a bridge between two genres. In this case, it is achieved by expanding

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    Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, drummer Tré Cool and guitarist and backing vocalist Jason White. Green Day is one of the worlds best-selling groups of all time, selling over 75 million albums worldwide. They are best knowen for their realease of the song "American Idiot" on September 20th 2004 which can be found on their "American Idiot" Album. American Idiot quickly

  • Welcome to Life

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    Welcome to Life "Dear mother, can you hear me whining? (Green Day)" When something was difficult what did you do, especially when you were a young child? You whined. That was the way you got people to pay attention to you. You hoped that this way they could make life better for you. Complaining to your mother will make everything better. That is the logic that many young children are taught. Life is different as you reach different stages and becomes more difficult each time you reach a new

  • Song Analysis Of The Song 'Jesus Of Suburbia'

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    After the band green day released their album “dookie” in 1994 green day was near the top of their career. It was some time since their last album 10 years later they released their album American idiot to respond of their outlook of post 9/11 america political tension and threats of terrorism were at a all time high so they timed the release of their album at a perfect time when people were distrusting in the government. The main part of the album is the song “jesus of suburbia” where it tells

  • How the Ramones Influenced Rock and Roll

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    How the Ramones Influenced Rock and Roll Joey Romone stated, “There is nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be. I mean, everybody’s just emulated us, and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations,” (Brainyquote). This proves that the Ramones has had a huge impact on rock. The Romones are the most influential rock band in the 20th century because they sparked the Punk rock bomb in the UK and The United States, they initiated many notorious trends in the punk rock industry

  • Jesus Of Suburbia Analysis

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    Jesus Of Suburbia Green Day At the start of my eight grade year I was very nervous because I had lost a lot of good friends over the summer. I didn't have a lot of people that liked me or even wanted to be friends with me. This song is my eighth grade story. “ I'm the son of rage and love”/”The Jesus Of suburbia” (Billy) These two lines are what stand out to me the most in almost the entire song. The first two lines of the entire song, they have a strong meaning. “Jesus of suburbia” is

  • Analysis Of American Idiot

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    people sexual preference. The next song that talks about Billie’s political view is the song called “Governator”. This song talks about the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The reason for writing this song was due to the fact that Green Day was not happy with how the voting for Governor went. They thought people only voted for Arnold because he was a famous actor and not because of his political views. They say that he is like the role he plays in Terminator, a brainless killing machine

  • Persuasive Essay: Why I Want To Join The Fitness Community

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    Have you ever been a part of something that’s bigger than yourself? It’s an amazing feeling to be involved with a cohesive group of people that share the same commonalities as you and push you to be the best person that you can be. It’s also a great feeling to improve your health and look fantastic. So why wouldn’t you join the fitness community to make your life better? It’s so easy to be like everyone else out there and fall to the Conformity (p. 65). Not everyone can discipline themselves to

  • Similarities And Differences Between Saturno And Jack In Lord Of The Flies

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    Although Saturno and Jack are placed in different situations they end both end up showing what they hidden characteristics they had all along. For Jack it is his wanting for power, and for Saturno it is that he was just like the other men Maria had been with. It is because of these situations both characters show this hidden characteristic dramatically. Jack was a regular good intentioned kid when he arrived on the island. He thought like the other boys that “until the grown-ups come to fetch us

  • Caregroup Case Study

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    the network. The researcher left the software up and running in its initial configuration. The software hadn’t been tested for the environment and began copying data in large volumes from other computers. By the afternoon of November 13, 2002 (the day of the collapse) the software was moving large terabytes of data across the network. Although the large data transfers monopolized the services on the local network, the main network components still functioned properly. The impact of the knowledge

  • Backstreet Boys Archetypes

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    Boy bands were a staple in the 1990’s, but a common question emerges when it comes to choosing the best one: Backstreet Boys or Nsync? Boy bands are remembered for their iconic dance moves, lyrics, looks, and overall archetypes. Considering the criteria, Backstreet Boys is clearly the number one boy band of all time. Members of the band have specific roles, or archetypes. Backstreet Boys has every one of those archetypes, and has shaped them for future bands. Nick Carter is the ‘Teenage Heartthrob’

  • Analysis Of Green Days By The River

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    The purpose of this concept map is to examine the developmental processes in Shellie (Shell) the protagonist from Green Days by the River by Michael Anthony. The concept map explores how developmental concepts, philosophies and/or theories are related to Shell. It examines how Shell’s environment contribute to his development and how innate factors affected who he has become. To begin, a concept map is an organized tool for representing knowledge. It includes concepts and the relationships between

  • American Idiot Green Day Satire

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    American Idiot, arguably Green Day’s most famous album, is one of the best example of and the most well-known musical protest of George W Bush. The album marked a milestone for Green Day, the benchmark where they became a political band. In the earlier albums, Armstrong wrote about anxiety, relationships, panic attacks, etc., looking inwards as a muse. However, in American Idiot, Armstrong does a complete 180, writing about politics and the “alienation and anger he felt during the presidency of George

  • When I Was A Green Pillow Short Story

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    pink pillow, dreaming about being bought, laid next to a navy green pillow, who had been returned multiple times and longed to stay in the store forever. The navy green pillow wanted to protect her companion from the shoppers, as that is how she lost her entire family, to them; they all got chosen one by one leaving only the navy green pillow. As a shopper walked by, scrutinizing the pillows, the pink pillow begged the green pillow to let her go and leave this store. "Do you not want to

  • A Critical Analysis Of Monet's Piece Of Art

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    blues and greens are used. These hues are considered cool colors and make me imagine a soft breeze coming off of the water. Monet does use some grey within his painting, which decreases the colors intensity but it portrays the clouds reflecting on the water and the realistic look of the houses in the back of the painting. Derain’s painting is more subjective I believe. Subjective color is colors that the artist chooses and not exactly

  • Color Imagery In The Great Gatsby

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    Jordan, Nick, Gatsby, and Tom all drive into the city on a very hot day. Daisy and Gatsby take Tom’s blue car, while Nick, Tom and Jordan take Gatsby’s yellow car. Due to the hot weather, everyone is heated and more ill-tempered. When everyone is settled, Daisy later cries out her love for Gatsby to Tom. Tom

  • The Tommyknockers and Nuclear Energy

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    The Tommyknockers and Nuclear Energy The Tommyknockers, a book seemingly about an alien ship buried in a small town in Maine that affects the townspeople, has a much deeper message about humans and our usage of nuclear energy. There is much evidence to confirm that King as strong views on nuclear power and is trying to convey them in the book. King’s book about himself, On Writing, includes a reference to nuclear war in a passage about his early life. “I was born in 1947 and we didn’t get our first