- Oku kungurhulumente waseMelika kunye noluntu ngexesha leMfazwe yase-Iraq. Iqala ngokunika ingxelo ngendlela amawaka aseMelika aswelekileyo kunye neIraq angenagama ngayo kubemi baseMelika abaqhelekileyo. Ingoma iveza ingqumbo kwinkanuko yenkampani kunye nenkohliso ebandakanyekayo kumzamo 'wokwakha', kwaye ibonisa indlela umlingisi ophakathi aqonda ngayo ukuba imali yemfazwe eyabandakanyekayo inamandla ngakumbi kunanini na. Ikwabonisa isigqebelo sokuba iphiko lasekunene lamaKristu liziva lilungile ngokwenkolo kule mfazwe: 'Ndingayifumana enye u-'Ameni'? Kukho iflegi esongelwe kumanqaku abantu. '
- Oku kulandela ibali elikwi-albhamu. UYesu wase-Suburbia usandula ukushiya idolophu kwaye uphila ubomi bakhe ezitalatweni ('Yiva isandi semvula ewayo ...'). Uthetha ngokuvakalayo kwaye wenza ilize, kodwa kubonakala ngathi uthetha ngokwakhe ekukholelweni ukuba ukubaleka yeyona nto ilungileyo anokuyenza, echaza izizathu zakhe zokungoneliseki kuye. Uziva eyedwa, kwaye ethintelwe eluntwini, kodwa kubonakala ngathi uziva nokuzithemba ngakumbi kunye nolonwabo endleleni. NguYesu wase-Suburbia ekhwaza kwaye evakalisa iinkolelo zakhe ezifileyo kwihlabathi. Njengokukhwaza emoyeni ophakathi.
- Ukuya 'Ngeholide' kukuya eholideyini. Ke oku ngokusisiseko kufana nokubaleka, ukubaleka. Oku kusikhokelela eBoulevard Of Broken Dreams
USalinda-Portland, ME, ngaphezulu kwe-2 - Oku kuhlala kuthathelwa ingqalelo njengengoma echasene neMelika, kodwa ngoSuku loGreen Imbumbulu Kwibhayibhile I-DVD, u-Armstrong uthi, 'Le ngoma ayichasene neMelika, ukulwa kwayo.'
UNathan-Willow Intwasahlobo, NC - UBillie Joe Armstrong uxelele Q uMeyi 2009 ngamanye amaxesha akazazi ukuba iingoma zakhe uzifumana phi. Umzekelo, xa wazifumana ecula 'uSieg Heil kumongameli wegesi' kule nombolo, wazikhulula. Uthe, 'Kwakunjengokufana, Ivelaphi f --- isuka phi le? Kwakuthatha umfanekiso ombi kwaye upeyintiwe ngokungathandekiyo. Into egwebayo kukuba ibiyinyani. '
- Ngelixa ingoma kukumba kwii-ajenda ezilondolozayo, ayizisusi ngokupheleleyo inkululeko. U-Armstrong uxelele i-MTV: 'Ndilwa imfazwe, ke ngoko uninzi lwe [albhamu] inento yokwenza naloo nto, kwaye kukho amacala awohlukileyo nayo. Njengaye, kukho umgca omnye ololuhlobo lokungqubana kunye nenkululeko encinci, nalapho isithi, 'Yivani isigubu siphuphuma ixesha / Omnye umqhankqalazi uwele umgca / Ukufumana imali kwelinye icala.
Uyaqhubeka. 'Le ngoma [' Iholide '] imalunga nale mishmash yabantu abanazo zonke ezi zimvo zingavumiyo, kwaye beshiya [izigqibo] kulowo mntu ume embindini edidekile kwaye edakumbile.' - Ividiyo yomculo yenye yeendlela ezininzi uSamuel Bayer ayalele uSuku oluGreen. ' Iboulevard yamaphupha ophukile ,' ' Ndivuse xa uSeptemba ephela kunye ne 'American Idiot.'