Álbum 21st Century Breakdown de Green Day - Canciones

21st Century Breakdown

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El octavo álbum de estudio de Green Day es este trabajo titulado "21st Century Breakdown", un álbum lanzado el 15 de mayo de 2009 bajo el sello Reprise Records y que contó con la colaboración del productor estadounidense Butch Vig, también conocido por haber sido coproductor y baterista de la banda Garbage y por haber producido el álbum "Nevermind" de Nirvana (1991).

Los temas para el álbum comenzaron a tomar forma en 2006, tras una larga gira que ofrecieron en 2005 para promocionar su álbum "American Idiot". Durante todo 2006 y gran parte de 2007, Armstrong afirmó haber escrito cerca de 45 canciones nuevas. Hasta enero de 2008 no se encerrarían en los estudios de grabación para dar forma definitiva al que sería el nuevo álbum de Green Day.

"21st Century Breakdown" se conforma como una ópera rock, al estilo de su anterior álbum "American Idiot", publicado en 2004. El vocalista de Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, lo calificó como "una imagen del mundo en que vivimos, mientras tratamos de dar sentido a la manipulación egoísta que nos rodea". Se atreve con temas como la religión, el gobierno, los medios de comunicación o cualquier forma de autoridad.

Green Day obtuvo un rotundo éxito con este álbum, alcanzando el primer puesto en la lista estadounidense Billboard 200, al igual que en Reino Unido y en numerosos países. El álbum consiguió imponerse en la gala de los Grammy de 2010 en la categoría de Mejor Álbum de Rock. Los registros de ventas superan el millón de copias en Estados Unidos y los cuatro millones en todo el mundo.

Se lanzaron cinco sencillos de este álbum "21st Century Breakdown". El primero de ellos, "Know Your Enemy" (16 de abril de 2009), es una canción protesta con alto contenido político.

El vídeo fue dirigido por Matthew Cullen, estrenándose en la MTV el 24 de abril de 2009. En el mismo, la banda se presenta de noche en un escenario en un campo rodeado por una alambrada de púas. Las imágenes de la banda se ven entremezcladas también con tomas de cámaras de circuito cerrado de TV con visión nocturna que rodean el campo, así como de imágenes desde los helicópteros que patrullan el área con reflectores luminosos.

El segundo sencillo, "21 Guns", fue lanzado el 25 de mayo de 2009 y aborda el tema del patriotismo (21 es el número de salvas de cañón que se disparan en Estados Unidos en honor de los héroes caídos). Supone un himno contra la guerra que fue bien recibido por la crítica, alcanzando el puesto 55 en la lista Billboard Hot 100. También ha sido utilizada en el cine, como por ejemplo en la película "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".

El vídeo, dirigido por el realizador estadounidense Marc Webb, fue grabado en Los Ángeles. En el mismo podemos ver a una pareja que acaba de atracar un banco y es perseguida por la policía hasta un piso, donde les cae una lluvia de balas a través de las ventanas. Al final del vídeo, como suele ser habitual en los videoclips de Green Day, aparecen imágenes de destrucción.

"East Jesus Nowhere" es el tercer sencillo de "21st Century Breakdown". Se publicó el 19 de octubre de 2009 y el título hace referencia a una frase de la película de 2007 "Juno", una comedia con tintes dramáticos.

"East Jesus Nowhere", escrita por Billie Joe Armstrong, arremete contra los fundamentalismos religiosos. En el vídeo lanzado en septiembre de 2009, se muestran imágenes de conciertos en vivo de la banda.

"21st Century Breakdown", el tema que da título al álbum, se estrenó el 21 de diciembre de 2009 y está basada en la vida personal de su autor, el vocalista de la banda, Billie Joe Armstrong. El vídeo dirigido por Marc Webb y estrenado el 19 de octubre de 2009 en MTV, está realizado como si fuera una animación de estilo graffiti.

"Last of the American Girls" es el quinto y último sencillo del álbum "21st Century Breakdown". Lanzado el 22 de marzo de 2010, es una canción de amor sobre una chica con fuertes creencias y supuestamente fue escrita por Billie Joe haciendo referencia a su esposa, Adrienne. El vídeo intercala imágenes de la banda actuando en un desierto con escenas en las que aparece el personaje de Gloria (interpretado por Lisa Stelly), quien ya hacía acto de presencia en el vídeo de "21 Guns".


Listado de canciones del álbum 21st Century Breakdown

  1. Song of the CenturyVer letra

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    letra de Song of the Century

    Sing us a song of the century
    That's louder than bombs
    And eternity
    The era of static and contraband
    That's leading us into the promised land
    Tell us a story that's by candlelight
    Waging a war and losing the fight
    They're playing the song of the century
    Of panic and promise and prosperity
    Tell me a story into that goodnight
    Sing us a song for me

  2. 21st Century BreakdownVer letra

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    letra de 21st Century Breakdown

    Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell
    A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
    The last one born and the first one to run,
    My town was blind from refinery sun
    My generation is zero
    I never made it as a working class hero
    21st century breakdown
    I once was lost but never was found
    I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
    To the 20th century deadline
    I was made of poison and blood
    Condemnation is what I understood
    Video games of the Tower's fall
    Homeland security could kill us all
    My generation is zero
    I never made it as a working class hero
    21st century breakdown
    I once was lost but never was found
    I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
    To the 20th century deadline
    We are the class of the class of thirteen
    Born in the era of humility
    We are the desperate in the decline
    Raised by the bastards of 1969
    My name is no one, your long lost son
    Born on the fourth of July
    Raised in the era of heroes and cons
    That left me for dead or alive
    I am a nation, a worker of pride
    My debt to the status quo
    The scars on my hands there a means to an end
    Is all that I have to show
    I swallowed my pride and choked on my faith
    I've given my heart and my soul
    I've broken my fingers and I've lied through my teeth
    The pillar of damage control
    I've been to the edge
    And I've thrown the bouquet of flowers left over the grave
    I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time
    And waiting for Judgment Day
    I praise liberty
    The freedom to obey
    Is the song that strangles me
    Well don't cross the line
    Oh, dream, America, dream
    I can't even sleep
    From the light's early dawn
    Oh, scream, America, scream
    Believe what you see
    From heroes and cons

  3. Know Your EnemyVer letra

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    letra de Know Your Enemy

    Do you know the enemy?
    Do you know your enemy?
    Well, gotta know the enemy
    Do you know the enemy?
    Do you know your enemy?
    Well, gotta know the enemy
    Do you know the enemy?
    Do you know your enemy?
    Well, gotta know the enemy
    Violence is an energy
    Against the enemy
    Violence is an energy
    Bringing on the fury
    The choir infantry
    Revolt against the honor to obey
    Overthrow the effigy
    The vast majority
    While burning down the foreman of control
    Silence is an enemy
    Against your urgency
    So rally up the demons of your soul
    Do you know the enemy?
    Do you know your enemy?
    Well, gotta know the enemy
    Do you know the enemy?
    Do you know your enemy?
    Well, gotta know the enemy
    The insurgency will rise
    When the blood's been sacrificed
    Don't be blinded by the lies
    In your eyes
    Violence is an energy
    From here to eternity
    Violence is an energy
    Silence is an enemy
    So gimme gimme revolution
    Do you know the enemy?
    Do you know your enemy?
    Well, gotta know the enemy
    Do you know the enemy?
    Do you know your enemy?
    Well, gotta know the enemy
    Overthrow the effigy
    The vast majority
    We're burning down the foreman of control
    Silence is an enemy
    Against your urgency
    So rally up the demons of your soul

  4. ¡Viva la Gloria!
  5. Before the LobotomyVer letra

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    letra de Before the Lobotomy

    Dreaming
    I was only dreaming
    Of another place and time
    Where my family's from.
    Singing
    I can hear them singing.
    When the rain had washed away
    All these scattered dreams
    Dying
    Everyone's reminding
    Hearts are washed in misery
    Drenched in gasoline
    Laughter
    There is no more laughter
    Songs of yesterday
    Now live in the underground
    Life before the lobotomy
    Christian sang the eulogy
    Sign my love a lost memory
    From the end of the century
    Well, it's enough to make you sick
    To cast a stone and throw a brick
    When the sky is falling down
    It burned your dreams into the ground
    Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
    We are normal and self-controlled
    Remember to learn to forget
    Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes
    Well I'm not stoned
    I'm just fucked up
    I got so high I can't stand up
    I'm not cursed 'cause I've been blessed
    I'm not in love 'cause I'm a mess
    Like refugees
    We're lost like refugees
    Like refugees
    We're lost like refugees
    The brutality of reality
    Is the freedom that keeps me from
    Dreaming
    I was only dreaming
    Of another place and time
    Where my family's from.
    Singing
    I can hear them singing.
    When the rain had washed away
    All these scattered dreams
    Dying
    Everyone's reminding
    Hearts are washed in misery
    Drenched in gasoline
    Laughter
    There is no more laughter
    Songs of yesterday
    Now live in the underground

  6. Christian´s Inferno
  7. Last Night on EarthVer letra

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    letra de Last Night on Earth

    I text a postcard, sent to you
    Did it go through?
    Sending all my love to you
    You are the moonlight of my life every night
    Giving all my love to you
    My beating heart belongs to you
    I walked for miles 'til I found you
    I'm here to honor you
    If I lose everything in the fire
    I'm sending all my love to you
    With every breath that I am worth
    Here on Earth
    I'm sending all my love to you
    So if you dare to second guess
    You can rest assure
    That all my love's for you
    My beating heart belongs to you
    I walked for miles 'til l found you
    I'm here to honor you
    If I lose everything in the fire
    I'm sending all my love to you
    My beating heart belongs to you
    I walked for miles 'til I found you
    I'm here to honor you
    If I lose everything in the fire
    Did I ever make it through

  8. East Jesus NowhereVer letra

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    letra de East Jesus Nowhere

    Raise your hands now to testify
    Your confession will be crucified
    You're a sacrificial suicide
    Like a dog that's been sodomized
    Stand up! All the white boys
    Sit down! And the black girls
    You're the soldiers of the new world
    Put your faith in a miracle
    And it's non-denominational
    Join the choir we will be singing
    In the church of wishful thinking
    A fire burns today
    Of blasphemy and genocide
    The sirens of decay
    Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
    Oh bless me Lord for I have sinned
    It's been a lifetime since I last confessed
    I threw my crutches in "the river of a shadow of doubt"
    And I'll be dressed up in my Sunday best
    Say a prayer for the family
    Drop a coin for humanity
    Ain't this uniform so flattering?
    I never asked you a god damned thing
    A fire burns today
    Of blasphemy and genocide
    The sirens of decay
    Will infiltrate the faith fanatics
    Don't test me
    Second guess me
    Protest me
    You will disappear
    I want to know who's allowed to breed
    All the dogs who never learned to read
    Missionary politicians
    And the cops of a new religion
    A fire burns today
    Of blasphemy and genocide
    The sirens of decay
    Will infiltrate the inside
    Yeah

  9. PeacemakerVer letra

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    letra de Peacemaker

    Well, I've got a fever
    A non-believer
    I'm in a state of grace
    For I am the seizer
    I'm gonna seize the day
    Well, call of the banshee, hey hey
    Hey hey hey hey hey
    As God as my witness
    The infidels are gonna pay
    Well, call the assassin
    The orgasm
    A spasm of love and hate
    For what will divide us?
    The righteous and the meek
    Well, call of the wild, hey hey
    Hey hey hey hey hey
    Death to the girl at the end of the serenade
    Vendetta, sweet vendetta
    This Beretta of the night
    This fire and the desire
    Shots ringing out on a holy parasite
    I am a killjoy from Detroit
    I drink from a well of rage
    I feed off the weakness with all my love
    Call up at the captain, hey hey
    Hey hey hey hey hey
    Death to the lover that you were dreaming of
    This is a stand-off
    A Molotov cocktail
    On the house
    You thought I was a write-off
    You better think again
    Call the peacemaker, hey hey
    Hey hey hey hey hey
    I'm gonna send you back to the place where it all began
    Vendetta, sweet vendetta
    This Beretta of the night
    This fire and the desire
    Shots ringing out on a holy parasite
    Well now the caretaker's the undertaker
    Now I'm gonna go out and get the peacemaker
    This is the Neo St. Valentine's massacre
    Well call up the Gaza, hey hey
    Hey hey hey hey hey
    Death to the ones at the end of the serenade
    Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
    Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
    Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade

  10. Last of the American GirlsVer letra

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    letra de Last of the American Girls

    She puts her makeup on
    Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland
    She's got her little book of conspiracies
    Right in her hand
    She is paranoid like
    Endangered species headed into extinction
    She is one of a kind
    She's the last of the American girls
    She wears her overcoat
    For the coming of the nuclear winter
    She is riding her bike
    Like a fugitive of critical mass
    She's on a hunger strike
    For the ones who won't make it for dinner
    She makes enough to survive
    For a holiday of working class
    She's a runaway of the establishment incorporated.
    She won't cooperate
    She's the last of the American girls
    She plays her vinyl records
    Singing songs on the eve of destruction
    She's a sucker for
    All the criminals breaking the laws
    She will come in first
    For the end of western civilization
    She's an endless war
    She's a hero for a lost cause
    Like a hurricane
    In the heart of the devastation
    She's a natural disaster
    She's the last of the American girls
    She puts her makeup on
    Like graffiti on the walls of the heartland
    She's got her little book of conspiracies
    Right in her hand
    She will come in first
    For the end of western civilization
    She's a natural disaster
    She's the last of the American girls

  11. Murder CityVer letra

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    letra de Murder City

    Desperate
    But not hopeless
    I feel so useless
    In the murder city
    Desperate
    But not helpless
    The clock strikes midnight
    In the murder city
    I'm wide awake
    After the riot
    This demonstration
    Of our anguish
    This empty laughter
    Has no reason
    Like a bottle
    Of your favorite poison
    We are the last call
    And it's too pathetic
    Desperate
    But not hopeless
    I feel so useless
    In the murder city
    Desperate
    But not helpless
    The clock strikes midnight
    In the murder city
    Christian's crying
    In the bathroom
    And I just want to
    Bum a cigarette
    We've come so far,
    We've been so wasted
    It's written
    All over our faces
    We are the last call
    And it's too pathetic
    Desperate
    But not hopeless
    I feel so useless
    In the murder city
    Desperate
    But not helpless
    The clock strikes midnight
    In the murder city
    Desperate
    But not hopeless
    I feel so useless
    In the murder city
    Desperate
    But not helpless
    The clock strikes midnight
    In the.

  12. ¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)
  13. Restless Heart SyndromeVer letra

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    letra de Restless Heart Syndrome

    I've got a really bad disease
    It's got me begging
    On my hands and knees
    So take me to the emergency
    Cause something seems to be missing
    Somebody take the pain away
    It's like an ulcer bleeding in my brain
    Send me to the pharmacy
    So I can lose my memory
    I'm elated
    Medicated
    Lord knows I tried to find a way to run away
    I think they found another cure
    For broken hearts and feeling insecure
    You'd be surprised what I endure
    What make you feel self-assure?
    I need to find a place to hide
    You never know what could be
    Waiting outside
    The accidents you could find
    It's like some kind of suicide
    So what ails you is what impales you
    I feel like I've been crucified to be satisfied
    I'm a victim of my symptom
    I am my own worst enemy
    You're a victim of your symptom
    You are your own worst enemy
    Know your enemy
    I'm elated
    Medicated
    I am my own worst enemy
    So what ails you is what impales you
    You are your own worst enemy
    You're a victim of the system
    You are your own worst enemy
    You're a victim of the system
    You are your own worst enemy

  14. Horseshoes and HandgrenadesVer letra

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    letra de Horseshoes and Handgrenades

    I'm not fucking around
    I think I'm coming out
    All the deceivers and cheaters
    I think we've got a bleeder right now
    Want you to slap me around
    Want you to knock me out
    Well, you missed me, kissed me
    Now you better kick me down
    Maybe you're the runner-up
    But the first one to lose the race
    Almost only really counts in
    Horseshoes and hand grenades
    I'm gonna burn it all down
    I'm gonna rip it out
    Well, everything you employ
    Was meant for me to destroy
    To the ground now
    So don't you fuck me around
    Because I'll shoot you down
    I'm gonna drink, fight, and fuck
    And pushing my luck
    All the time now
    Maybe you're the runner-up
    But the first one to lose the race
    Almost only really counts in
    Horseshoes and hand grenades
    Demolition, self-destruction
    What to annihilate
    The age-old contradiction
    Demolition, self-destruction
    What to annihilate
    The old age
    I'm not fucking around
    I think I'm coming out
    All the deceivers and cheaters
    I think we've got a bleeder right now
    I'm not fucking around
    G-L-O-R-I-A

  15. The Static Age
  16. 21 GunsVer letra

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    letra de 21 Guns

    Do you know what's worth fighting for,
    When it's not worth dying for?
    Does it take your breath away
    And you feel yourself suffocating?
    Does the pain weigh out the pride?
    And you look for a place to hide?
    Did someone break your heart inside?
    You're in ruins
    One, twenty one guns
    Lay down your arms
    Give up the fight
    One, twenty one guns
    Throw up your arms into the sky,
    You and I
    When you're at the end of the road
    And you lost all sense of control
    And your thoughts have taken their toll
    When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
    Your faith walks on broken glass
    And the hangover doesn't pass
    Nothing's ever built to last
    You're in ruins
    One, twenty one guns
    Lay down your arms
    Give up the fight
    One, twenty one guns
    Throw up your arms into the sky,
    You and I
    Did you try to live on your own
    When you burned down the house and home?
    Did you stand too close to the fire?
    Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
    When it's time to live and let die
    And you can't get another try
    Something inside this heart has died
    You're in ruins
    One, twenty one guns
    Lay down your arms
    Give up the fight
    One, twenty one guns
    Throw up your arms into the sky,
    One, twenty one guns
    Lay down your arms
    Give up the fight
    One, twenty one guns
    Throw up your arms into the sky,
    You and I

  17. American EulogyVer letra

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    letra de American Eulogy

    American Eulogy : Mass Hysteria


    Sing us a song of the century

    That sings like American eulogy

    The dawn of my love and conspiracy

    Of forgotten hope and the class of 13

    Tell me a story into that goodnight

    Sing us a song for Me


    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria


    Red alert is the color of panic

    Elevated to the point of static

    Beating into the heart of the fanatics

    And the neighborhood's a loaded gun

    Idle thought leads to full-throttle screaming

    And the welfare is asphyxiating

    Mass confusion is all the new rage

    And it's creating a feeding ground

    For the bottom feeders of hysteria




    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria


    True sounds of maniacal laughter

    And the deaf-muste is misleading the choir

    The punch line is a natural disaster

    And it's sung by the unemployed

    Fight fire with a riot

    The class war is hanging ona wire

    because the martyr is a compulsive liar

    When he said

    "It's just a bunch of niggers throwing gas into the hysteria"


    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria

    Mass Hysteria


    There's a disturbance on the oceanside

    They tapped into the reserve

    The static response is so unclear now

    Mayday this is not a test!

    As the neighborhood burns, American is falling

    Vigilantes warning you

    Calling Christian and Gloria





    ==== American Eulogy : Modern World ====


    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world


    I'm the class of 13

    in the era of dissent

    A hostage of the soul

    On a strike to pay the rent

    The last of the rebels

    Without a common ground

    I'm gonna light a fire

    Into the underground


    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world


    I am a nation

    Without bureaucratic ties

    Deny the allegation as it's written


    I want to take a ride to the great divide

    Beyond the "Up to date"

    And then neo-gentrified

    The high definition for the low resident

    Where the valve of your mind

    Is not held in contempt

    I can hear the sound of

    A beating heart

    That beelds beyond a system

    That's falling apart

    Without money to burn

    On a minimum wage

    'Cause i don't give a shit

    About the modern age


    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    Mass Hysteria

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    Mass Hysteria

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    Mass Hysteria

    I don't want to live in the modern world

    Mass Hysteria

  18. See the Light

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  1. luistorresluisin: excelente disco me parece una gran banda

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