"Jesus Of Suburbia," Green Day

[tozion]

Jesus of Suburbia
GREEN DAY
Producer(s): Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Genre: ROCK
Label: Reprise (CD promo)

Courting overexposure, Green Day releases yet another single from its Grammy Award-winning "American Idiot." "Jesus of Suburbia" is cleverly written and introspective, with lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, "on a steady diet of soda pop and Ritalin," leading us through a smooth musical journey traversing a variety of styles. At nine minutes long and in five parts, "Jesus" is clearly an update of the early Who rock opera "A Quick One While He's Away," nearly identical in structure and length, adapted to suit a younger audience. The song is arguably the best track on the album and no doubt it will chart high, but let's hope the trio rewards fans by promoting something new soon enough. —Kristina Tunzi

[Sunny Scorpio]

I don't necessarily agree with this review completely.

I'm glad they praised the track musically and lyrically and it obviously is the best track on the album, but I don't necessarily think it's a track tailor-made for a "younger audience". In fact, I think it's their most progressive single ever, the single most likely to win the interest of some older rock fans as well.

And what does Kristina mean by "let's hope the trio rewards fans by promoting something new soon enough." Last time I checked, "American Idiot" has been out for barely over a year and is still selling strong on the charts. Besides that, I happen to believe fans couldn't be further rewarded than having an epic song like this actually get released for airplay. a quality song over nine minutes (6 1/2 minutes in some stations)

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[Punchanello]

The video is very good, but I don't enjoy it thought. I stopped watching it as soon as the kid started cutting himself.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

With the #37 debut of the single "Jesus of Suburbia" on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, Billboard says that Green Day has become only the third act in history to score with five singles from the same album more than once on the airplay chart. The lead single "American Idiot" peaked at #1, as did "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" and "Holiday." "Wake Me Up When September Ends" went to #2. Green Day last performed this feat with the 1994 album Dookie, which yielded the hits "Longview," "Basket Case," "Welcome To Paradise," "When I Come Around" and "She." The other two acts that have scored with five singles from the same album more than once are R.E.M. with Automatic For The People and Monster, and Linkin Park with Hybrid Theory and Meteora.

[tozion]

Is this really an official release? I never saw it go for adds. I'm assuming it's just some kind of segue between singles for Alternative radio (while pop finishes up with "Wake Me Up When September Ends") where they made a video and radio is playing it because of that but they're not actually going to ship it to radio officially.

[kingLUKE22]

The video was good, but I agree that I didn't really enjoy it. Maybe enjoying it isn't really the point...

[agon666]

Still steady in the top 40... not bad for a 9 minute song!

[I Am Me]

I love this song.

[tozion]

This impressively has a +98 bullet while most of the other bullets at Alternative are way down.

[tozion]

Top 30 with a triple digit bullet. Third greatest gainer.