Either way, whenever theres a public vote (usually screened on channel 4) Green day never come within the top 50. The only way this would happen is if all the voters were 14 years old. There will always be bands like The Beatles, U2 and the Stones who will always be at the top of the list. Do I like them? Not really, but that doesnt make them any less talented.
The fact that Green day have finally gone out on a whim and made a 'political' album doesn't make them good. If that were the case then RATM would piss all over them, and early punk bands like the Subhumans and Crass would actually be classed as musical - something they really aren't. If Green day happen to make consistantly good albums then I'll relent and admit their talent, but American Idiot is the first "decent" album they've done in the last decade so I refuse to give them credit. Being political is neither here nor there, its just old hat.