{"product_id":"american-idiot-vinyl-lp","title":"American Idiot [Vinyl]","description":"Rock opera and punk are usually two mutually exclusive musical styles. Then again, Green Day has never followed any rock rulebook, so it's not entirely surprising that the trio crafted a punk-rock opera that takes the Bush administration and its policies to task. It doesn't get any more pointed than a couplet from the frenetic title cut that states, \"I'm not a part of a redneck agenda\/Now everybody do the propaganda!\"\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Under the guidance of any other group of agitated punks, the results of such an undertaking could easily become didactic. But with creative spearhead Billie Joe Armstrong at the helm, AMERICAN IDIOT is melodically driven, with the kind of intellectual bent that allows for a pair of mini-operas, \"Jesus of Suburbia\" and \"Homecoming.\" Trimmed with a light sprinkling of piano and a big guitar sound occasionally reminiscent of Mott the Hoople, the former skewers the hypocrisy that can pervade small-town life. The latter is equally effective, as clever time changes and sonic flourishes (glockenspiel, doo-wop harmonies, honking saxophone) serve as an intriguing counterpoint to the band's hook-laced riffs.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 American Idiot\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 Jesus of Suburbia: Jesus of Suburbia\/City of the Damned\/I Don't Care\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3 Holiday\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 Boulevard of Broken Dreams\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5 Are We the Waiting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6 St. Jimmy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7 Give Me Novacaine\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8 She's a Rebel\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9 Extraordinary Girl\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10 Letter Bomb\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11 Wake Me Up When September Ends\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12 Homecoming: The Death of St. Jimmy\/East 12th St.\/Nobody Likes You\/Rock\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13 Whatsername\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026lt;ul\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/ul\u0026gt;","brand":"Green Day","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62532245094730,"sku":"093624979890","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/2549\/5626\/files\/Green-Day---American-Idiot-Vinyl-1664531147.jpg?v=1782367261","url":"https:\/\/goldenspiraluk.com\/products\/american-idiot-vinyl-lp","provider":"Golden Spiral Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}