Best Cinematography and Best Direction for Green Day’s “21 Guns” Music Video

The music video of Green Day’s song “21 Guns” from the album “21st Century Breakdown” won the Best Cinematography and Best Direction awards at MTV’s 2009 Video Music Awards. The music video was directed by Marc Webb, with cinematography by Jonathan Sela.

Green Day song for pullout of US troops

Here’s my favorite punk band Green Day performing “21 Guns”at Abbey Road studios, UK. The song, which has that anti-war feel and troops pullout theme, is from their latest album “21st Century Breakdown”.

If you would look closely at the props at the studio, you can see a full view of the artwork used for the album’s cover. Yup, I’m referring to the passionately kissing couple.

Lyrics of the song after the jump.

21st Century Breakdown: Green Day’s critique of the world

Green Day’s newest album “21st Century Breakdown” is already out in stores since yesterday, May 15. The album contains 18 tracks which still follow the rock opera style of their 2004 album “American Idiot.”