About“Holiday” is an anti-war anthem that criticizes America’s war on Iraq, while at the same time reflecting and building up American Idiot’s main character. The track continues the tale of Jesus of Suburbia as he leaves his suburban home and ventures into the city. The song itself is mostly an anti-war protest with some specific mentions against the Bush administration for returning the US to a Middle Eastern conflict. It urges the people to take a stand against war rather than ignore it. Regarding the album’s main story-arc, the lyrics show how Jesus of Suburbia has just left town and is living his life on the streets. Though he has fun at first, this life takes a toll on him and he tries to convince himself at times of why he left. The song’s ending fades into the following track, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”. This is reflected in both of their music videos, where “Holiday” ends with the band’s car breaking down while “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” starts with the band walking away from the same us a question about this songAsk a question *Why is this song important for Billie Joe?In an interview with Rolling Stone he stated That was a time when our country was moving into a war for fictitious reasons. A lot of it had to do with politics and oil. It felt like the country was beginning to come apart. I think the catalyst of where we’re at now, really, is with George W. Bush. So this song was just about trying to find your own voice and your own individuality and questioning everything that you see on television, in politics, school, family, and religion. I was jumping into character a little bit. I wanted something that sounded very nasty. I definitely wanted to do something that was provocative. So I was like, “Sieg Heil to the president Gasman,” invoking old Nazi Germany propaganda films, contrasted with the American branches of government. I was just kind of messing around and using the English language against itself. With the riff, I was messing around with chords in a different way and putting in some echo and delay on it, doing what I normally do and trying to come up with riffs. What have the artists said about the song?Billie Joe Armstrong told Q magazine May 2009 that sometimes he doesn’t know where he gets his songs from. For instance, when he found himself singing “Sieg Heil to the president gas man” on this number, he freaked himself out. He said “It was kind of like, Where the f— is this coming from? It was taking an ugly picture and painting it uglier. The thing that justifies it is that it was true.”Who produced “Holiday” by Green Day?When did Green Day release “Holiday”?Who wrote “Holiday” by Green Day?CreditsRecorded AtStudio 880, Ocean Way RecordingRelease DateSeptember 20, 2004Songs That Interpolate HolidayView Holiday samplesTags
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