"Have you tried to parse the lyrics to "Holiday" or "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" lately? This wasn't anti-imperialist dissent set to kick-ass. It was gaudy, way-too-impressionistic, self-congratulatory garbage warbled over lumbering AOR dressed in strings and conceptual malarkey."

courtesy of Pitchfork http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13045-21st-century-breakdown/

eh, discuss. i completely and vehemently disagree. i don't remember much strings on the album either.