Song of the Week: "Minority"
By Aska /Nov. 14, 2011 / Comments
This week's Song of the Week is live anthem Minority off Green Day's 6th album Warning, released in 2000. Minority was Warning's first single, released in October 2000, and spent 5 weeks in the number 1 spot on the Billboard Modern Rock charts. The song also featured on 2001's International Superhits! and 2005's live DVD/album, Bullet in a Bible. Most importantly, however, it's what GDA got its name from.
While Minority's lyrics very much fit in with Green Day's previous 'celebration of the outsider' lyrical content ("The song is about being an individual and how you have to drift through the darkness to find where you belong" - Billie), it also marks the point in Green Day's career where their song writing started to pick up more of a political influence. The song makes reference to the 'Moral Majority', which was an evangelical christian political lobby group that disbanded in the 1980s, and the American pledge of allegiance, which Billie "twisted upside down a bit". The incredibly catchy chorus of the song coupled with its upbeat, marching drumbeat and funky accordion make Minority a sort of anthem for the outcast, and what makes it such a live favourite - it's been a staple of Green Day's live show since Warning was released.
This week's video is an HD clip of the band performing Minority, from 2005's live DVD Bullet in a Bible.
Lyrics and a download of the song can be found here, and this is Minority's Song of the Week thread, where you'll find a greater song-analysis and some member-discussion. Feel free to stop by and post your opinion, or nominate next week's song.
While Minority's lyrics very much fit in with Green Day's previous 'celebration of the outsider' lyrical content ("The song is about being an individual and how you have to drift through the darkness to find where you belong" - Billie), it also marks the point in Green Day's career where their song writing started to pick up more of a political influence. The song makes reference to the 'Moral Majority', which was an evangelical christian political lobby group that disbanded in the 1980s, and the American pledge of allegiance, which Billie "twisted upside down a bit". The incredibly catchy chorus of the song coupled with its upbeat, marching drumbeat and funky accordion make Minority a sort of anthem for the outcast, and what makes it such a live favourite - it's been a staple of Green Day's live show since Warning was released.
This week's video is an HD clip of the band performing Minority, from 2005's live DVD Bullet in a Bible.
Lyrics and a download of the song can be found here, and this is Minority's Song of the Week thread, where you'll find a greater song-analysis and some member-discussion. Feel free to stop by and post your opinion, or nominate next week's song.
