Village Voice Gives Green Day One of the Best Reviews Ever Written
Well, it pretty much seems that way.
Mordechai Shinefield of the Village Voice deep-praises Green Day in the newest Voice this week, as if the trio were rock music’s second coming. As it is hard to top American Idiot, Green Day’s newest album, 21st Century Breakdown, is described like this (just a sample, mind you):
“We’re dealing with possibly the greatest rock album of the past decade.”
And, after comparing it to Brecht and Beckett,— and, of course, a little U2 — Shinefield ends the album review with:
“It’s practically fucking Milton.”
I’m sure it may be as “dystopian, prophetic, and extraordinary” as the writer claims but…Milton?
Who knows, maybe in hundreds of years they will be teaching college seminars on Green Day, too. No textbooks, just some vinyl for the syllabus.
May 13, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Interesting. Green Day’s album was trashed on NME.com today.
May 14, 2009 at 4:08 pm
NME has probably had it with Billy Jo’s fake British accent! Somebody should show the Village Voice article to that jerk from the Killers.