21st Century BreakDown - The diferences between the DEMO and the Official version

[Ila Reto]

Raised in the barnyards of heroes and cons

"bygones"

as in, letting bygones be bygones. and now what the past generation has blown off, we're dealing with head-on.

[cmrnmrphy]

I love the original :whistling:

[Green Day Luigi]

I think you are all crazy for even listening to the demo. They didn't want us to. I'm kind of glad they changed it because that's what demos are meant for. I never listened to the demo, but they are meant as a rough draft. They aren't meant as something a fan should get hold of an take to heart and memorize. You shouldn't even be comparing which is better. You weren't even supposed to have the demo. Someone stole it from the band you love and gave it to you and then you disobeyed their wishes and listened to it greedily like you would die without it. I think the final is fantastic. I don't care about the demo. I don't care that I never heard it. The band didn't want me to hear it, so I don't want to hear it. I love what they gave me a lot.

This. I never heard the demo either because I waited until the album came out. I'm glad I never heard it, the official song is amazing, imo.

I completely agree with both of you. I've never heard the demo either and never will.

[Eirik]

the lyrics were so much better:

"im taking a loan on my sanity for the redemption of my soul

well i am upset from this tragedy and the 21st Century Fall"

exempt.

[Guest Shangri-La]

THAT LINE IS freaking genius! i mean its speaks the whole everything what is going wrong today!

Zoe ..where is this demo again?? I kind of got lost in the middle there somewhere...

whats yo email, woman?

"bygones"

as in, letting bygones be bygones. and now what the past generation has blown off, we're dealing with head-on.

I remember the debate about whether it was "bygones" or "barnyards"

Good times.

[Eirik]

I was on the "bygones" side.

[Guest Shangri-La]

i think we came to the conclusion that it was bygones

I honestly thought it was barnyards at first though. They both make sense.

[Lauren]

It's not backyards?

[Guest Shangri-La]

lol definitely not!

[Lauren]

Is that sarcasm?

I legit thought it was backyards...

[Guest Shangri-La]

it's definitely bygones.

[The Disappearing Boy]

bygones. no question.

[Juan]

The opening piano in the demo makes me want to actually LISTEN to it.

I always skip the intro in the album version. It's too long and boring and it's the same as See The Light!

Dude, that's the point

[The Breakdown]

its settled then, even though it didnt need to be.

bygones

[Darkirion]

And the finalization?

"A dream, america dream

I can't even sleep from ?????

A ???, america ????

Belive what you ??? from heroes and cons"

--

I really don't know it.

[Ila Reto]

exempt.

hah yea, thats how i say it

but wouldn't "upset" make more sense? just saying

although i do agree, "exempt" is what i hear too.

the piano part was cool, though. but a bit long.

actually, i think both beginnings are a bit long.

[thisisAB]

This

While I do like the album version, there are certain things about the demo that I enjoy more. For instance, the piano at the beginning, and how he says 'From Mexico to the Berlin Wall' instead of 'video games to the tower's fall'

Also the second part of the song, when the guitar speeds up, goes faster in the demo (I think, I haven't listened to it in a long while) and I liked it more.

That line reminds me too much "of from Anaheim to the Middle East" from Jesus of Suburbia (I Don't Care).

I heard the demo a few weeks after the album's release, so I could properly compare it to the album version and like the album version better. I'm really glad I didn't listen to it before, cause it would've ruined the album for me.

[Guest Shangri-La]

And the finalization?

"A dream, america dream

I can't even sleep from ?????

A ???, america ????

Belive what you ??? from heroes and cons"

--

I really don't know it.

Original:

Oh dream, American dream

I can't even sleep from rainstorms 'till dawn.

Oh bleed America, bleed

believe what you read from heroes and cons?

Album:

Oh dream America, dream

I can't even sleep from lights early dawn.

Oh scream America, scream

believe what you see from heroes and cons?

[Darkirion]

thx body!

^^

[JHyena86]

I just found my file of it and listened to the demo for the first time in months. I had forgotten how awsome that piano bit was.

[Metanoia]

honestly.....i liked the demo better..........

but the album version is amazing though

[Nzap]

I heard the demo a few weeks after the album's release, so I could properly compare it to the album version and like the album version better. I'm really glad I didn't listen to it before, cause it would've ruined the album for me.

This, and nothing to add.

[Juliette]

I like both, they're different. I think the final version works best for the album though.

[Darkirion]

Yeah Juliette. I Agree with U.

[.Brian]

The drums are different

.. and i love both versios

Original:

Oh dream, American dream

I can't even sleep from rainstorms 'till dawn.

Oh bleed America, bleed

believe what you read from heroes and cons?

Album:

Oh dream America, dream

I can't even sleep from lights early dawn.

Oh scream America, scream

believe what you see from heroes and cons?

I liked the original better.