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All teen and kid reviews for American Idiot
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The american suburbs in musical form
This album, though it has some language, is good. It describes what happens in a typical suburb that parents don't know about. So if you want to know whats going on wit your kid, I suggest listening to it, especially if your child is a high schooler
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They're going to find out eventually...
This is one of the best Green Day albums ever. I've been listening to it since it came out (I was 10) and have always loved it. Yes, they swear and mention suicide, drugs, etc. but these are facts of life - if you shelter your kids from this then they'll grow up being naiive and have no idea about what lies out there, then get into trouble when they have no idea what's going on.
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Great Album
Ok so like most Green Day fans I like the older albums better than the new ones, but that's just my opinion. I still think this is an awesome album and Holiday and Whatsername are definetly great songs. Violence: I don't know what you mean by a bloody grenade being violent, I mean really how much more over-protective could you be. Language: I mean sure there's language but I don't think Green Day's music would be enjoyable without it. Messages: Although St Jimmy is a drug dealer and a lot of the album is about dealing with drugs, that's his problem not your kids. I do think you should be older to really understand the ideas in this album. So all you over-protective parents, let your kid buy it.
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With parent supervision, even young kids can listen to this heavy rock, providing they hopefully don't interpret the themes. Green day has good tunes in this album, but the lyrics aren't exactly child friendly. Best preserved for teens.
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Great album
12+ really? I'm not prude, but the majority of 12 year old's would never get this album or what it's about. Nobody under the age of 14 even has a chance of getting the full message out of a political album, I bet few of them could even understand what the message of the cover is.
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Kid, 12 years old
May 15, 2011
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Amazing.
Well to be honest with you I get really annoyed when children other then me listen to this, because they suddenly get the feeling they are "totally bada$s." They probably don't know what 'Mary Jane' is or what a fa*got is. Well other then that this album is AMA-ZING! It has the almost perfect balance of everything an album needs. A couple of F**k's and S**t's but thats pretty good. My favorite songs on it are 'Jesus of Suburbia, Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and Longview'. Buy it for any mature young rocker!
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Great Band
This is my favorite Green Day album, and it talks about important stuff like the government. All kids in Junior High should be able to listen to this, and if younger kids' parents are okay with it then they should listen to it too.
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12+
Good album. All else i can say about it is, yes there is much foul language. But honestly, if your kid is 12+ whats the point of shielding cussing from them? When i was in jr high, most kids said every cuss word you could possibly think of so they're going to hear it anyways.
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Depends on your views and values
The language is strong and there are still the drug references. Some images may be disturbing and messages are mature. The messages are good to people who have the same views of the band.
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Kid, 8 years old
February 23, 2011
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this album is an instant classic
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Perfect for teenagers, not so much for tweens.
First of all, this is an awesome album and if you dont like it, everyone else does because they made it to a musical. Alright, now the content. They say the f-word alot in the song American Idiot, and the picture shows a guy holding a bloody grenade. But thats the only innapropriate things. The best songs are definitly American Idiot and Wake me up when September Ends.
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Teens only!
A great, but very edgy album. SO many uses of the f**k it is pretty unbelievable. Other swears are used sometimes in an offensive way, such as, "Kill all the f*gs that don't beleive!". Add this with heavy drug use and violence, and you get a cocktail thats not for tweens.
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LOVELOVELOVELOVE :)
there is some cursing (f**k, sh*t, d*mn, hell, b*astard, etc.) many references to marijuana, and a reference to cocaine. one character in the album is drug dealer & has violent imagery used to describe him. however, this character turns out to be an antagonist and eventually commits suicide ("blew his brains out into the bay"). teenage rebellion themes, "question authority" attitude, etc. the title track can be percieved as offensive by some if it is misinterpreted (use of the word f*ggot, etc.) but overall, the messages are generally positive if correctly interpreted, making for a really great album.
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Very good and thoughtful...lots of rebellion
Swearing galore! Multiple and sometimes liberal uses of words such as "f--k", "s--t", "f--got", "hell", "b--ch", etc. (especially the F bombs).
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good green day.
It is a great CD but it says the word fagit witch mat be rude to gay people...
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FINE!
i started listening to green day and blik 182 at age 7 it was fine i got old not to sing hte songs or swear and I listened
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Kid, 12 years old
November 27, 2011
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Don't bother
I'm just going to pretend this album never happened. Very, very disappointing
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awesome album
8 uses of f--k, s--t, h--l. small amount of sexual content. mostly about the government though. tells a good story. my favorite band ever
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One of my Favorite CDs
Language is the only big issue. Great music from a great band. Don't miss this.
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