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Best of 2003!

TheDreamerAtNoon | USA | 11/15/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just purchased the re-release from the Network on Reprise...now obviously, you must be living under a rock not to realize that 3 of the members of this band are Green Day. If not, here's the line up:

Billie Joe Armstrong = Fink

Mike Dirnt = Van Gough

Tre Cool = The Snoo



Two other bandmates "Z" and "Captain Underpants" are supposedly members of Devo. Regardless if you enjoy Green Day's music or not, this cd is complete different than what you would expect from the guys. IT ROCKS! Very 80s!



1. Joe Robot 8/10 - Very Devo lol Lyrics: "It has a beginning. It has an end. It's a beautiful story, but it's pretend."

2. Transistors Gone Wild 9/10 - Lyrics: "My brain is melting and it smells like a volcano"

3. Reto 7/10 - Starts off with a drum intro and sounds very similar to Devo in my opinion. Lyrics: "...Knowing where we're going. Where do we go?..."

4. Supermodel Robots 10/10 - Lyrics: "...Not quite a femme bot, but almost an alien..."

5. Money Money 2020 10/10 - My favourite song on the album! Lyrics: "...International, interracial, confrontational inter-rival...money money 2020..."

6. Spike 7/10 - Song narrated by Billie Joe "Fink" about a guy named Spike who is calling a dealer because he needs a fix. Very funny!

7. Love And Money 7/10 - very short song only 1:22 Lyrics: "...On a take at the zoo, on the make sniffing zoo. On the bind, in your mind. Run away, you're okay. Then you crack..."

8. Right Hand-A-Rama 6/10 - very funny lyrics! Lyrics: "...I don't know why, I don't know why, it sure feels good most every time...Pamela and her five sisters are giving me a mad case of nasty blisters..."

9. Roshambo 10/10 - interesting song with a combination of vocals, breathing, and groans even lol in the background. Lyrics: "...I don't believe I search the truth. I don't believe in everything I read. I don't believe in promises. All I really believe in is you..."

10. Hungry Hungry Models 10/10 - This sounds like Tre Cool singing, very funny song...the theme reminds me of "Fashion Victim" from "Warning".

11. Spastic Society 7/10

12. X-Ray Hamburger 8/10 - interesting mix of Billie Joe's vocals and a girl speaking in the background. Lyrics: "X-ray hamburger is you"

13. Teenagers From Mars 8/10* - Lyrics: "...We need no introduction to mass destruction...teenagers from mars and we don't care..."

14. Hammer Of The Gods 9/10* - Lyrics: "Do you feel? Do you lie?v You're a ten inside your heart, turning life into art...projecting you into a god..."



*Bonus tracks

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The Future of Rock and Roll

Alexa S | Washington, DC | 06/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Green Day this, Devo that--it doesn't matter who these mysterious musicians are under their masks, Money Money 2020 combines 70's punk and 80's new wave with something entirely of its own to create a flawless album. The lyrics are filled with pop culture references and social commentary, and the tone of the songs varies from the fun ("Supermodel Robots", "Right-Hand-A-Rama") to the bizarre ("Spastic Society", "Transistors Gone Wild"). But it's not without its moment of bare honesty in "Roshambo", the closest thing the Network come to having a tender love song. Money Money 2020 is not out of place in a rave, a mosh pit, a headset or your basement, and these songs are so catchy that once you finally pull yourself away from putting the album on repeat, you'll be singing the words all day. For any fan of punk (or its pop-punk cousin), new wave, or electronica--or, even better, all of the above--Money Money 2020 is a must have."

Great Combination of Devo & Green Day

Fredrick S. Ganzi MD | Holland, MI USA | 09/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a wonderful blend of two great bands. It is as if Green Day has infused its young blood into the members of Devo, and the result is an album that captures the energy & feel of Devo's earlier efforts ("Q: Are we not men?", "Duty now for the future", and "Devo Live: The Mongoloid Years"). If you are a Green Day fan and you love this album, I think you would also love the above mentioned Devo albums."