21 Guns is the cannon salute of navy. Original mean is battle ship shot their all cannon ball in ths sky in order to show have no fight.
US uses it when President dies, retires and assumes.
Billie Joe Armstrong, the vocal of Green Day says, "This song expresses someone that's fallen" and that expresses anti-war and President of Retiring of President Bush and Birth of President Obama.
And interestingly, this song has a relationship the title of their 8th album, "21 Century breakdown".
Stuff said, "This song is about surrendering to chaos, it's around you. Not giving up, It's like embrace in it. "
WORK CITED
http://coolcuts.blog6.fc2.com/blog-entry-1746.html
http://yaplog.jp/asbury/archive/100
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Guns_%28song%29
I didn't know that Green Day is a political band.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Yasuka!