Well, as a massive Green Day fan myself, My review may be slightly biased, but bear with me. Ok, so following up the grand-slam known as American Idiot, Green Day gives us another album with a similar message. The basic idea is that society is not as perfect as some think, and that we all need to wake up and smell the burnt rubber, or somwthing ruffer then a flower. In the end, the album has you thinking, but in a more positive way. As I have dail up, and bought the album from Rhapsody, I got to experiance each song individually, one song per day. This helped me et the message of the album better. For the language, it is used in good taste, and you almost always find yourself thinking of these words as well placed adjectives. In fact, the song Horseshoes and Handgrenades is the only song I think you may want to keep from younger ears. The song 21 guns is not violent, and actualy a buetiful song, so good I got a 64 year old woman to ask me to play it. (wow, right?) In the end, this is a great album, it makes you think, and I must say, from a band who started out singing about mansterbation and smoking drugs, this is a masterpeice. Unless your child is living under a rock, there is nothing I can think anyone would find greatly offensive. (Well, I guess if you can't stop and laugh at the dogma of organized religion, East Jesus Nowhere may not be your new ringtone.) So, I may have said this before, but everything checks out, and if your kid asks anything, just answer them honestly. After all, Honesty is a virtue.

I have been listening to Green Day since I was about 6, when Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) had begun another extended tour on the radio. I was too young to listen to American Idiot when it was released, but now, I can safely say I adore every track on the album. I was able to rediscover my love for Green Day (I also enjoyed Basket Case when I was about 9) when 21st Century Breakdown was released last year. As with any artist, the repetitive, catchy singles are overplayed to the point of being painful on the radio, and therefore it was easy for some to dismiss the Berkeley punks latest masterpiece as noise pollution. I am here to tell you are wrong! :) Sure, the rock opera portion of the album is a little overlooked (or just too easy to overlook) in the context of the entire album, but even without the contiuous plot reminder that was clearly displayed in American Idiot, Christian and Gloria are still present on the album, with tracks such as !Viva la Gloria!; Christian's Inferno, and Gloria's name becoming a taunting, snarling refrain towards the end of the highly explicit Horseshoes and Handgrenades. But the messages are still there. American Idiot was so successful in its anti-Bush-policy/save us from ourselves crusade mainly because before Green Day released American Idiot in 2004, most had thought the little band-that-could was done for. Not so. :) As this is the dawn of a new administration (whether you like America's leader at this time or not, remember, that isn't relevant now!), there isn't too much of a buck-the-system feel. Rather, Green Day took the streets, bringing back the cries for an end to all wars, head-banging ballads about back-wood corrupt Christian churches, and a potential Best Rock Song of the Year (Grammy Awards; 21 Guns, one of the best songs on the album, and one of the worst offenders are far as overplaying goes). All in all, there are still three-chord power songs, explicit content (one reference to an orgasm, used in a literate way, and the now-standard Green Day f***, god-****, s***; and the occasional hell, though the last one is a reference to lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong's birth place-Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell. A welfare child where the teamsters dwell. Last one born, and the first one to run. My town was blind from refinery sun... All in all, the lyrics are consistently fantastic, with lots of sly references and analogies thrown in for good measure. Mix it all together, and what do you get? Quite possibly the Best Rock Album of the Year. What can I say? They have my vote. :)

as you can tell by my username, everyone should be allowed to listen to it

Amazing album, best of the year. Many concerns include explicit profanity, such as f---, s---, da--, and offensive religous explanations in every song. Also has intense drug references in three songs, and violent ideas in about 3/4 of the songs. Perfect for teens, mature 10-12.

I love Green Day along with some of my friends, but one of my friends doesn't like them because she thinks they curse to much. I will admit, some of their songs can be dirty and offensive, but none the less they still rock! Billie Joe Armstrong is a music lyrics genius, Tre Cool is the best drummer in the world and the band just wouldn't be without Mike Dirnt. GREEN DAY!!!!!!!

I got this CD for my 12th birthday, and now I'm almost 13. I a huge green day fan. Yes, there is some swearing, a few song r a little violent, and there r references to drug and alcohol,And some material may be offensive to some religions, but know that there is only a little. If u look beyond that stuff, they have some pretty good messages. I wouldn't let kids under 11 or 12 listen to it. But don't be over protective. If ur kid is 12+ let them listen to it. They probably know all the stuff in it anyways. Also, if the kid is older, they will het the stuff they r saying. Little kids just listen to the tune, lol.

Everything about this is positive! It's about resilience, about accepting others, and about being yourself in a field of clones! If you listen to the lyrics carefully, you will find that Green Day are really wise musical geniuses. And what's with people saying 21 Guns is violent? It's about accepting your fate, not 'giving up' (I assume people mean this as in suicide??), and it's about accepting things as they are.

Good messages for the future. A lot of drugs/drinking but band has a great sound. The lyrics are overshadowed by the catchy tunes and loud sound. And honestly? The language is just backing up the bands powerful views of the band.

OKay, I'm one of Green Day's biggest fans. Sure, I'm not aloud to use the language they use. But listen to what the messages are conveying. In 21 guns, the song if about not giving up, but accepting the world, and being ending up with people you care about. It's not about violence! The members of Green Day are actually great role models, teaching the values of being yourself and living your life.