written by pearlbeforeswine on 29/08/2010
A good, solid album by the creative Green Day. Green Day took the path of American Idiot and into their new musical vision and left the teenage punk scene that first brought the infamous title "sell-outs" upon them. It's a good album with good arrangements. But there's something I can't help but point out something that I very much hate in music and musicians - generic/plagiarism. In their new hit songs "21 Guns" it is evident they sampled a tune from the 60's hit song "San Francisco" performed by Scott McKenzie. I'm not one for recycled tunes and melodies...or subtle plagiarism for that matter.