American Edit
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The mash-up album American Edit, whose creators took the shared alias Dean Gray, pays tribute to the acclaimed Green Day album American Idiot, and was similarly acclaimed as a landmark release in its own genre.
As an internet-only release with no intent of commercial gain, Dean Gray asked for fans who enjoyed the album to donate to charities that Green Day have been known to support. Nevertheless, only 10 days after its November 18, 2005 release, the American Edit website was shut down, reportedly after receiving a cease & desist order from Green Day's label, Warner Records. (The website returned online soon after, without the music.)
Dean Gray Tuesday
As a protest against the shutdown, Portland-based fan Noisehead organized "Dean Gray Tuesday" (an intended evocation of 2004's Grey Tuesday). On December 13, 2005, the album was hosted on a number of participating websites as torrents, direct MP3 downloads or ZIP archives. Video clips of "Dr. Who on Holiday", "American Jesus"[1] and "Boulevard of Broken Songs" were also made available. The shutdown and protest contributed to international press coverage beyond the music industry.
Track listing
- "American Jesus" - 8:40
- "American Edit"
- "Jesus' Tears"
- "Summer of the Damned"
- "Suburban Ring"
- "It's Like That"
- Samples - Green Day, "American Idiot"
- Samples - Green Day, "Jesus of Suburbia"
- Samples - Speech by George W. Bush
- Samples - Smokey Robinson, "The Tears of a Clown"
- Samples - Bryan Adams, "Summer of '69"
- Samples - Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire"
- Samples - Speech by J.F.K ("Ask what your country can do for you")
- Samples - "George Bush Don't Like Black People" by The Legendary KO, a parody of Kanye West's, "Gold Digger" based on his comments about George W. Bush.
- Samples - Jermaine Dupri, "It's Like That Y'all"
- "Dr. Who on Holiday" - 4:57
- Samples - Speech by George W. Bush
- Samples - Speech by The Daleks
- Samples - Green Day, "Holiday"
- Samples - The Timelords, "Doctorin' the Tardis"
- Samples - Gary Glitter, "Rock and Roll (Part 2)"
- "Boulevard of Broken Songs" - 4:42
- Samples - Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- Samples - Green Day, "American Idiot"
- Samples - Aerosmith, "Dream On"
- Samples - Oasis, "Wonderwall"
- Samples - Travis, "Writing to Reach You"
- Samples - Additional vocals by Missy Elliot (from Madonna's "American Life (Missy Elliott Remix")
- "The Bad Homecoming" - 3:25
- Samples - Green Day, "Homecoming"
- Samples - Green Day, "Are We the Waiting"
- Samples - U2, "Bad"
- Samples - U2, "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
- "St. Jimmy the Prankster" - 2:22
- Samples - Green Day, "St. Jimmy"
- Samples - The Offspring, "Original Prankster"
- Samples - Bill Hicks, Monologue, (Dominion Theater, London, November, 1992)
- Samples - Bryan Ferry, "Let's Stick Together"
- "Novocaine Rhapsody" - 4:18
- Samples - Green Day, "Give Me Novacaine"
- Samples - Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Samples - U2, "Bullet the Blue Sky"
- "Impossible Rebel" - 2:05
- Samples - Green Day, "She’s a Rebel"
- Samples - Theme song to Mission Impossible
- Samples - The Sex Pistols, "God Save The Queen"
- Samples - Speech by George W. Bush
- Samples - Dire Straits, "Money for Nothing"
- Samples - Deep Purple, "Smoke on the Water" (riff)
- "Ashanti's Letterbomb" - 4:32
- Samples - Green Day , "Letterbomb"
- Samples - Ashanti, "Only You"
- Samples - Buffalo Springfield, "For What It's Worth"
- Samples - The Who, "Who Are You?"
- "Greenday Massacre" - 3:43
- Samples - Green Day, "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
- Samples - The Eagles, "Lying Eyes"
- Samples - The Beatles, "A Day in the Life"
- Samples - Depeche Mode, "Just Can't Get Enough"
- Samples - Talking Heads, "Road to Nowhere"
- Samples - The Beatles, "Blackbird"
- Samples - Additional vocals by Nelly (from "Over and Over" f/ Tim McGraw)
- "Whatsername (Susanna Hoffs)" - 3:28
- Samples - Green Day, "Whatsername"
- Samples - The Bangles, "Manic Monday"
- "Boulevard of Broken Songs (Dance Mix '05)" - 6:18
- Samples - Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- Samples - Oasis, "Wonderwall"
- Samples - Aerosmith, "Dream On"
- Samples - Travis, "Writing to Reach You"