Slammin with Green Day and various artists

Artist: Lucamaleonte. Last Night on Earth.

artdesigncafé | music + art room | Published 01 October 2009
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R.J.: This song and image are not for me... it seems like a high school makeout song!

D.M.: Oh no! Here I am in my early 20s quite liking both the "makeout" song—and the image! I’m a big fan of black and white photography, so I’m already biased, even though it’s quite an obvious image choice. I guess the song isn’t political which is what we’ve come to expect from GD, but I like it as a chill out song. So many heavy rock songs are angry so this is a nice change.

L.R.: It’s the sort of song one would see in “Skins” or some other coming-of-age television series or teen romance comedy-drama. U2’s own Last Night on Earth song is a better treading of the territory of why we’re blinded by the daily ritualistic spectacle of consuming, eating, and drinking the fantasy. The visions of our own idiosyncratic fantasies don’t correspond to the norms and dominant ideological blocks of our societies and communities. So, we navigate the narrow channel precariously, being content with images almost too subtle for many of us to discern.

Guest reviewer Delfina: I really like the simplicity of this image. Hands held together could be mawkish, but they aren’t here, because of the small details that make the image contemporary. These could be my hands or your hands. I appreciate the watchband. The music makes this song for me: it could be a love song like many others but the soulful singing and the slow, mournful music carries it through. It may be that I’m a sucker for Billie Joe’s voice, but I find it moving.

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