Green Day's breakdown.

I heard the leaked demo for the song 21st Century Breakdown sometime a month or two ago, and deleted it straight after I listened because it is single-handedly the worst Green Day song I've ever heard. I listened to it again today just to see if maybe I'd warm to it, but no, again I was sorely disappointed. I don't know what the fuck they're playing at. American Idiot was definitely different to their earlier stuff, but I actually really enjoyed most of it. I had heard the inevitable rumours that they were 'returning to their old sound' for the forthcoming album (which happens with every band) and I was really hoping it was true, because Green Day were the second band I ever loved, after blink-182. Nimrod is still one of my favourite albums and to me it's their best.
But this song just doesn't sound like them at all. It sounds like a mash up of American Idiot (it even has some of the same progressions) and Queen. I have no interest in Queen and I'd rather not listen to them, so to hear one of the first bands I liked digress (some fanboys are saying 'evolve'. Bullshit.) to this kind of sound is depressing. Why do good bands always give in to the pressures of popularity? It's times like this that I'm kinda glad that some of the best bands had only one or two albums, before they could have a chance to turn shit. Operation Ivy come to mind. My favourite band Daggermouth only have two albums and I'm kinda 50/50 on whether I want them to release a third, fearing it could be bad. It's why I'm also not sure about blink-182's reunion. I'm not that hopeful.

Bands should realise that they have Best Before dates. I cannot think of one band who has released more than three or at a push, four decent albums. But that's just me.

Green Day will never returned to their previous, better sound, so they just give up the fucking ghost.