Green Day
US rock band Green Day was created in California by two musicians, Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstrong, in 1987. The band is currently composed of the above-named artists as well as German-American musician...
Tagged: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Figurative Language in Popular Songs
Figurative language – i.e. the usage of similes, metaphors, allusions, personifications and hyperboles – is arguably the greatest tool at a songwriter’s disposal outside of words themselves. That’s because practically every song you hear, no...
Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” Lyrics Meaning
To begin with, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” is a song about loneliness. It has been interpreted in various ways, including macrocosmically to point to the grand idea of the loss of the American Dream. But its...
