Even though I co-hosted arguably the most popular rock show in WVOF 88.5 FM history for two years (which means that we got about 12 listeners a week), I still can not define my musical taste. I feel like other people have a better grasp on the type of music I like than I do. Time and time again, people tell me to listen to songs that they think I would enjoy, and more often than not they are right.
If there's one thing that I do know about my musical taste it's that I like the band Green Day. I mean, any band with an album named Dookie is good in my book. I own 4 Green Day albums, including the most recent, 21st Century Breakdown. It's been playing in my car non stop for the past 2 weeks. The album has a great title track, a fake ass ballad (They're a punk band, ballads are virtually out of the question), and a ready made Guitar Hero III song. For a more professional analysis, here's the Rolling Stone Review.
It's hard to imagine, but the CD gets even better. After watching their appearance on the Colbert Report, I learned that the band was having a little tiff with Walmart. Apparently Walmart wanted the band to make an edited version of the album because of curse words and suggestive language, and they said no. I love that Green Day took a stand against the world's number one retailer. Instead of caving to sell more records, they maintained their artistic integrity and as fate would have it, they still have the top selling album in the country.
Here is one of their most explicit songs:
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