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

[-Billiejoezee-]

Demo wins it.

If someone wouldn't have leaked it we would probably have the demo right now.

[Smoothed Out]

I like it, but I think the recorded version was the best choice

[Morgan7]

Butch Vig can kiss my ***. I love everything about the demo so much more than the studio version, especially the "last one born/first one to die" part and the opening piano.

They took out the best line of the entire song! "I'm taking a loan on my sanity for the redemtion of my soul" <pure genius if you ask me.

That was one of my favorite lines in the album(yeah, it's not technically on the album). I love the studio version but I love the demo a lot more because of the lyrics.

[Jimmy Strummer]

the beginning in the offical version is the same riff used in see the light

That's the point. Recalling parts from earlier tracks has been a neat trick in rock albums since The Who's "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia." It makes the album more theatrical and interesting. Yes, the piano riff is cool, it's very Springsteen, but the record already has the Springsteen-esque beginning of "Viva La Gloria!" in there. The rehashing of the 21CB intro in See The Light gives the end of the album a more reflective quality rather than "here's the last song."

[Ila Reto]

Butch Vig can kiss my ass. I love everything about the demo so much more than the studio version, especially the "last one born/first one to die" part and the opening piano.

They took out the best line of the entire song! "I'm taking a loan on my sanity for the redemtion of my soul" <pure genius if you ask me.

i thought that it was still "first one to run" on the demo?

and i agree, that line being omitted was the dealbreaker for me, i can appreciate the album version, but will never like it now.

i also liked the line:

"there is a war that's inside my head that questions the results and lies,

while breaking my back till im damn-near well dead, when enough ain't enough to survive"

[Guest Shangri-La]

i thought that it was still "first one to run" on the demo?

and i agree, that line being omitted was the dealbreaker for me, i can appreciate the album version, but will never like it now.

i also liked the line:

"there is a war that's inside my head that questions the results and lies,

while breaking my back till im damn-near well dead, when enough ain't enough to survive"

that's what i meant!

That was one of my favorite lines in the album(yeah, it's not technically on the album). I love the studio version but I love the demo a lot more because of the lyrics.

lol. did you really censor "ass"??

[ad0lfpiffler]

having purchased the album months ago is there a legal way to obtain the demo for this (and anything else from the album)?

i'm curious to hear it after so much praise

[Emmalee]

That's the point. Recalling parts from earlier tracks has been a neat trick in rock albums since The Who's "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia." It makes the album more theatrical and interesting. Yes, the piano riff is cool, it's very Springsteen, but the record already has the Springsteen-esque beginning of "Viva La Gloria!" in there. The rehashing of the 21CB intro in See The Light gives the end of the album a more reflective quality rather than "here's the last song."

Exactly what I thought! I love that little repeated bit and always thought it added depth =)

[Guest Shangri-La]

having purchased the album months ago is there a legal way to obtain the demo for this (and anything else from the album)?

i'm curious to hear it after so much praise

nope, and it was the only song that leaked. most people around here have it from when it leaked in february.

[ad0lfpiffler]

nope, and it was the only song that leaked. most people around here have it from when it leaked in february.

thanks

[saintcarlos]

I redid the video with the demo audio, seems like when i saved it the audio got out of sync, and then on the upload even more!

oh well, heres the link.

[JoeMcHugh]

i think the demo is great it has the epicness of american idiot and the rawness of kerplunk but thats just my opinion

Great way of describing it

Both are great but i side with the demo version.

[Guest Shangri-La]

I redid the video with the demo audio, seems like when i saved it the audio got out of sync, and then on the upload even more!

oh well, heres the link.

ehh.. you know you can't post that here, right?

[Freeny]

I like the album version a lot better. I didn't like the piano intro at all, so I'm happy they got rid of it.

I also like the "videogames of the towers fall"-line so much better than the original line. It's one of my favorite lines. (:

Haha, I'm listening to the demo right now. It's a lot more different than I remembered XD

[Eirik]

ehh.. you know you can't post that here, right?

I'm not 100 percent sure about how the rules are now that the album is out, but I think I'm gonna take the link away just in case.

[Kaddi.]

In the beginning, I prefered the demo... but the final version has grown on me and now I actually think it's better.

I still think the line "From Mexico to the Berlin Wall" was great, but all the other lyrics they changed are better now than they were before, so it's okay. Plus, the final version is much more powerful than the demo and the end is way better.

So yeah, I prefer the final version.

[Ila Reto]

we can't post links to download the song, right?

what about youtube links?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFPNg3UtrNo&NR=1

^they got they lyrics wrong though, it's "bygones" not barnyards lol

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