| When it comes to punk ballads there are not all that | | | | Boulevard of Broken Dreams is an eerily touching song |
| many out there. Punk is a hard and driven form of | | | | about alienation and our society's disconnect. Most of |
| music that prohibits it from being well-suited to | | | | us do not even realize what insular and separate lives |
| conveying softer emotions - that is, it has been, until | | | | we lead until we need someone on whom we can |
| now. Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams is | | | | rely for help. The lyrics of this pessimistic song can |
| another undeniable hit from a trio that has consistently | | | | easily be interpreted in a number of ways, but the one |
| shown that despite their punk roots, they are versatile | | | | thing that no one can argue with is that the song |
| musicians who can produce more down-beat music | | | | speaks to every person's loneliness and sense of |
| while still keeping their sharp edge. | | | | isolation. Boulevard of Broken Dreams is also a song |
| Green Day is decidedly the world's premier punk band | | | | about the paths we follow and where they lead - |
| at the moment and rightfully so. There album American | | | | sometimes to places that we may have never |
| Idiot which was released in 2004 cemented the band | | | | imagined for ourselves. |
| as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. It | | | | The video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams starts off |
| showed a nice maturing of the band's sound, image | | | | where the video for Holiday ends. It is a nice |
| and content. Although they have managed to retain | | | | segue-way that emphasizes the themes of |
| their youthful exuberance and sarcastic sense of | | | | disconnection and alienation. The viewer is taken from |
| humour they have proven themselves capable of | | | | a frivolous and burlesque romp through the pleasure |
| writing songs that are not only poignant but musically | | | | palaces of the urban landscape where debauchery |
| rich as well. | | | | reigns every night to a lonely and dusty street where |
| Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams is a clear | | | | few people connect even though they stand right next |
| example of the significant growth that the band has | | | | to each other. |
| shown since they first hit the mainstream scene with | | | | With the album American Idiot Green Day has |
| Dookie. Since then this prolific and always entertaining | | | | cemented their name as a band for the ages. They |
| band have released five records including a new live | | | | have gone from a band of fun but brash music to a |
| album which hit stores earlier this year. They have | | | | collection of songs that are hard to take lightly. A trio |
| certainly withstood the test of time by not flaming out | | | | of tough and talented musicians who have shown as |
| in a blaze of glory or simply becoming another in a long | | | | sensitive a side as a punk band is allowed to show |
| string of one-hit-wonders. These original punks | | | | without losing face or credibility and with Boulevard of |
| understood that with age should also come some | | | | Broken Dreams they have achieved a great song that |
| form of wisdom - and have they ever delivered! | | | | will speak to generations to come. |