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i'll bash your fucking head in.

Warning is a fantastic album with some amazing songs - the title track, Misery, Castaway and Macy's Day Parade are all top notch. It has its letdowns (Waiting) but then so does Breakdown (hello Christian's Inferno). That said, Breakdown is clearly superior in terms of arrangements and vocals. I'd say the two albums are on a par lyrically and Warning is better in terms of bass and drums. So they're pretty evenly matched ultimately, but Breakdown feels like a more epic experience as a whole while Warning has some great standout tracks. I wish they'd taken the acoustic-punk vibe further.

I love it! It's one of the most generally fun angry songs they've done.

Horseshoes and Handgrenades?

So? If I bumped into a dude who turned out to be the lead singer of Rise Against, I would tweet about it, even though I don't know who the lead singer of Rise Against is.

? Oh hell yes Not hard 21st is hands down better than the Trilogy

^ think it's hard to compare 3 albums to one album. Especially when Nimrod is far superior to every other album ever made on Reprise

I have to disagree. On both albums there are some standout political tracks 21cb: American Eulogy, 21CB, EJN. (And to lesser extents 21 Guns and KYE). Warning: Warning, Minority (And to lesser extents Macy's Day Parade and Fashion Victim) And on both albums you could argue one or two other songs have political themes. Regardless, I think 21CB wins in the political realm because the themes are more prevalent throughout the album. Whereas Warning had a few tracks. And for as good as Minority is, American Eulogy, EJN and 21CB (song) outweigh it. Warning (song) is a weaker song but has some good ideas/lyrics. The big 3 on 21CB hit hard, using vicious yet poetic language.

Waiting is so great, but Deadbeat Holiday or Castaway is my favourite song on that album.

Warning is a better social/political album than 21st Century Breakdown.

I'll be her proxy when we meet on Saturday. "I've been waiting a long time/to bash Tomnomnom's head/I'm desperate to slay him with a maaaaaaaaaul..."

I know, right? The outro of RHS coupled with the intro of H&H is probably the best one-two punch they've ever done.

Everyone else here seems to hate that one, which is why I didn't mention it.

East Jesus Nowhere? Viva la Gloria!? Viva la Gloria?? Peacemaker? American Eulogy? The Static Age? Before the Lobotomy?

I hope Billie doesn't write a song about Ferguson

I will never understand why people bitch on the trilogy I actually quite like it

I don't know why but waiting is just so great to me for some reason, probably is the lyrics.

I agree. That said, I've always thought the political aspect of Breakdown has been blown out of proportion. I mean sure, it has references to politics (the title track, Know Your Enemy, American Eulogy) but on the whole I always thought it was just lazy journalism to call it a political album and just made it easier to market as a follow up to American Idiot.

I know this has probably been said before, but I love the trilogy/every song.

It's never weird to listen to Nimrod.

I designed a crossbow a while ago, it might be easier. Lighter, and you won't need to be close up (or use a stool, depending on who's wielding it).

Yeah, the transition between them is just fantastic. It's like a build-up and release of pressure - you get the intense stress and pain of RHS, and then it all flies in your face in the glorious explosion of H&H.

GDC is not a country. It's an Internet wasteland.

I remember when the first Troublemaker recording came out, and everyone thought the song was written by Tre I'd actually take 21 Guns over Amy, but 21 Guns is equal to The Forgotten.

Murder City would be a closer example, it was written about the BART riots where some guy got shot

Anyway

You live in Canada m8

It definitely is, which is why I wondered if it was still him drumming I was thrown by the whole damn thing tbh

Naw

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I fail to see how that's awesome. It reads like a bad pun on the inside of a greeting card. Billie has done light-years better.

Original, please?