Green Day should appear on Letterman one more time before Dave retires. I've always wanted them to have a sit down interview on the show and have Tre go berserk.
letterman was such a badass having them on when bush was on the show. i hear bush really liked this song lol he didn't get a piece of the song was about him LOL
***** Jonas Brothers, One Direction, shit like THAT is bubblegum pop. Green Day sound very different. Green Day, by definition are pop punk, their music having the sound of punk rock and alternative rock.
In 2004, when I was 9, I heard a song called Boulevard of Broken Dreams on the radio - the first Green Day song I ever heard. That was a major turning point in my life, it was the first step on a very long musical journey. 10 years later, I've heard every one of their songs at least a dozen times and seen them play a 3 hour set from the pit area. They've honestly changed my life and influenced me in many, many ways. I love old Green Day songs, but this is the Green Day I grew up with, and it will forever be my favourite.
I always loved when they were on Letterman. It was so cool seeing an older guy vibe with a punk band I loved. He was like their dad, and it was absolutely great.
We ALL will find ourselves in Dave's place (I am 60). Some of the newest music, we may not connect to. But Green Day offers a clear connection to the melodic and intricate music of the Beatles and other 60s bands. Continuity is important. But so is innovation, whether "the olds" like it or not.
It's actually a Gibson Les Paul Junior, which was a student friendly "affordable" guitar (I still can't afford it tho). It has only one pickup, but still has its iconic sound, don't let the low specs and its simplicity fool you.
Ali Rafiei lol i know the guitar. It's a simple sound, its just an LPJ through a couple marshall heads but, it just proves you don't need to be complicated to sound big.
To sum up some of the negative jealous comments... Green Day does not lip sync. They are actually one of the last remaining true rock n roll bands that are simply "that good live". I've seen Green Day 11 times and they are one of those bands that honestly sound BETTER live. That mega phone effect you hear was done by Billie using a "filter" button switch with his foot as you see him back away from the mic. It simply changes the EQ from the mixing board to give it that high frequency sound to make it like the album. It can also be done in the mix after they play to be added to the TV broadcast. If anyone says they lip sync, or its fake, trust those who are actual musicians like myself when we say thats its a true authentic performance. Whether you like or hate Green Day, American Idiot changed the lives of thousands of people. Its one of those albums you will hear in 30 years that simply never gets old.
Coz they dont add loads of other random ass instruments and effects to the studio version aside from a tambourine here and there but that is all down to Tre. I admire green day for that even bands like Bon Jovi or Ac/dc can't recreate their recorded songs live.
@@nonyobuisness7796Well too be fair, Jon Bon Jovi blew out his vocal chords really early on in his career. Even in the 90s his voice completely changed, but their performances in the 80s were top notch and sounded arguably better than the studio. Billy does also have the advantage of significantly easier vocals to do.
The guitarist in pink is Jason. He was a touring member of Green Day starting the late 1990's, early 2000s. He became a full member of Green Day in 2012, probably around the recording or release of Uno, Doa, and Tre.
Life is just full of mysteries. I was a kid in high school when this song came out and i watched this exact live and even downloaded it. Little do i know that now i own that bass mike is using 😂
American Idiot was probably one of the biggest unforeseen musical artist comebacks of all time. Green Day fucking stormed back into mainstream popularity. It had kind of seemed like they were fizzling out when they never really gained any popularity during the pop punk boom of the late 90's/early 2000's when other bands like Blink were huge. But then the emo era combined with the anti-Bush movement really seemed to create a space where Green Day fit perfectly without having to really change their core sound too much.
And now fast forward a dozen years to 2017 and it still sounds exactly the same if not even better. Billie Joe's voice refuses to age. Saw them live in Detroit earlier this year and they just refuse to give up, Awesome As F**K performance, fucking awesome band!
This is actually the first song i heard from them back in the 2004 when it came out on TV. Ever since then i've been listening to them. Comming back to this video, makes me feel like a god.
omg green day is life itself, ive been listening to them since I was little and hearing them again and again everyday just makes me remember the good old days, thats why green day is the best!
This performance is so great, the American Idiot era was the best. It was like the energy they had in the Dookie era mixed with this political sense that worked so well. I miss this Green Day so much, but still a great band and will always love them.
Did anyone notice how Billie's voice went from normal to sounding like he's talking on a megaphone at 3:10? Where Billie says "Information Age of hysteria" then the part with "it's calling out to idiot America" sounds like he's speaking into a megaphone.. I dunno if anyone else noticed. Such a great performance, love this band so much.
+Patriot_Fighter I can do that on my microphone, however mines a cheap one. I lean back from the microphone, go to a talking voice, and put my thumb across the microphone.
Everyone who voted for a political party is what he should be singing about. There is no difference between the two. Both are sellouts to lobbyists and the bureaucracy of the U.S. Obama blows ass and continued Bush's legacy down to a T.
Good for him. I have liked Green Day’s sound since high school when they first came out. I also vote Republican. You’ll find the majority of conservatives can get past someone’s political leanings in the name of enjoying art and entertainment. You see, while bitchy liberals are boycotting people they disagree with, conservatives are able to appreciate the artistry and actually, you know, buy things.
I'd like to know if I understand Letterman well . He said something like how they(green day) sliped to pass secret service. Sorry but english is not my mother's tongue. Thanks.
kudos to David Letterman for letting Green Day perform this song unedited. Even though they bleeped out fuck, they let the listeners get the full effect f the song.
Let's settle this Green Day fight once and for all! After their early days of Dookie, Insomniac, etc. they had American Idiot which was actually NOT pop-punk, but alternative rock, yes, ROCK. They have even said that being in a band doesn't always mean you have to do the same genre, most people don't like that. The fact of the matter is that they grew from their original punk roots to something better. Now you go and buy yourself copies of their 3 newest albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tre! and tell me that they "aren't punk". Because this is coming from someone who basically grew up with Green Day. I am made fun of for liking it. And I dont care because I know what Green Day really is and will always will be no matter what. Punk.
Who gives a shit really.... It's great music from a great band period. most of the sad sacks bitching about "punk and not punk" are people who sit in their parents basement with fuck all better to do and sure as hell aren't in a band out there doing it for real. Great music is just that... don't matter what genre man.
When did anyone ever get to define punk? That's what pisses me off about the people who bitch; who says they get to decide? Genres don't matter. The first band I ever saw live was The Damned in a skanky shithole pub back room, yet because i like GD I somehow "don't know what punk is" according to fucking 25-yr-olds? They evolved, still playing unpolished, hardcore punk that no longer reflects their lives in their forties would be dishonest. Punk isn't a single ound, its been encapsulated in every geberation since the garage bands of the early 60s (check out "Primitive" by The Groupies,,or the original "Good Times") and its about attitude and honesty. This is as anti establishment as any classic punk track and that's what matters. Oh dear, ami ranting again? +brysonsheldon That was a long and ranty way of saying "agreed!"
There is obviously something wrong with all of them. They're too freakin awesome to be human! haha I love what Tré does at the end of all of these shows.
They're single handedly keeping rock and roll alive and there's something wrong with their drummer. That's all you need to know. Spot on Mr. Letterman, spot on.
ilikepie201 Use youtube search. Look up "Green Day Letterman", and view their other performances. Hes done dumb shit almost every one, and thats why letterman says that.
amazing what this band is worth millions and millions. welcome to California. They were not are silly they perfomed. All an amazing business. Hope the they can still hear something
rockinrodney5000 Yes he did, and it caused him to mess up the next measure slightly. It's hard to hear and he recovers well, but it's definitely there.
ThatshowI Roll In the original song, it's been edited in equalizer, for the voice to have a crunchy effects like in the telephone. But it's amazing how Billie managed to do that in live performance! Without edits!
"Theres something wrong with the drummer." I think thats a bit of an understatement Dave
The tone was amazing here.
the bass was too loud tho.
+Canadiana O No It wasn't. it compliments the guitar perfectly fine
yeah it was like the official music video
It's more than likely just the Dookie "Pete" amp tbh.
Alpha_iguana yes i agree
That man never ages
Zarrie Malik Soooo true
43 still pimpin
+bgsgbja no he still looks pretty young
+GarthGarth FTW He looks like he aged maybe 2-3 years even though its been over 10, or at least he does to me.
the only thing what is changing is his hair
Green Day should appear on Letterman one more time before Dave retires. I've always wanted them to have a sit down interview on the show and have Tre go berserk.
David C Too late... ;__________;
hope so. tre would still go beserk
2 times or did they do boulevard b4
It’s too late
he umm.. did retire
letterman was such a badass having them on when bush was on the show. i hear bush really liked this song lol he didn't get a piece of the song was about him LOL
Lol what part
John Kerry was on the show, not Bush.
oNegLeEk it wasn't about him. green day keeps saying that dude.
EJ it was only partially about Bush, this song is still extremely relevant to this day. If you look at the current president.
Big green day fan for years but we don't get the letterman show in Scotland or the UK, would love to have seen them on the same show with Bush
"They're single handedly keeping rock n' roll alive" ?
......you're alright in my book Letterman.
***** ......I disagree with your first statement, but yeah Foo Fighters and Rise Against are good.
***** Jonas Brothers, One Direction, shit like THAT is bubblegum pop. Green Day sound very different. Green Day, by definition are pop punk, their music having the sound of punk rock and alternative rock.
rockinrodney5000 I'm sorry, but where the fuck does pop get into the talk?!
Hæmoride jørgen Did you even read the WHOLE comment chain?
rockinrodney5000 *insert didn't read lol-meme*
In 2004, when I was 9, I heard a song called Boulevard of Broken Dreams on the radio - the first Green Day song I ever heard. That was a major turning point in my life, it was the first step on a very long musical journey. 10 years later, I've heard every one of their songs at least a dozen times and seen them play a 3 hour set from the pit area. They've honestly changed my life and influenced me in many, many ways. I love old Green Day songs, but this is the Green Day I grew up with, and it will forever be my favourite.
Boulevard is my favourite song and I can relate with that
Me too, they were my first concert at 10 in 2005. American Idiot is one of the best albums of this century so far.
Yo también tenía 9 en 2004, pero los conocí en 2009 :3
Si tan solo no hubiera nacido en latinoamericaaaaaa jaja xD
Cool story
There were so many amazingly well written songs on American Idiot. Hell Jesus of Suburbia is like 10 awesome songs in one
I always loved when they were on Letterman. It was so cool seeing an older guy vibe with a punk band I loved. He was like their dad, and it was absolutely great.
They hugged in their wokeness after
We ALL will find ourselves in Dave's place (I am 60). Some of the newest music, we may not connect to. But Green Day offers a clear connection to the melodic and intricate music of the Beatles and other 60s bands. Continuity is important. But so is innovation, whether "the olds" like it or not.
Punk has always been woke@@Vegasprimetime
Keeping rock n roll alive and educating the younger generation about how messed up society and our government is. Love it.
That's some good ass sounding guitar.
It's actually a Gibson Les Paul Junior, which was a student friendly "affordable" guitar (I still can't afford it tho). It has only one pickup, but still has its iconic sound, don't let the low specs and its simplicity fool you.
Ali Rafiei lol i know the guitar. It's a simple sound, its just an LPJ through a couple marshall heads but, it just proves you don't need to be complicated to sound big.
DarkestofTimes
I know right?
P90 equipped Gibson LP Junior + Marshall stacks. Green Day really nailed the rock n roll tone!
You can get them for like $150. I bought a used one on offerup for 50 bucks. Great guitar. The neck is stupid smooth.
It's amazing how much this song was not only of its time -- but also incredibly prescient.
To sum up some of the negative jealous comments...
Green Day does not lip sync. They are actually one of the last remaining true rock n roll bands that are simply "that good live". I've seen Green Day 11 times and they are one of those bands that honestly sound BETTER live. That mega phone effect you hear was done by Billie using a "filter" button switch with his foot as you see him back away from the mic. It simply changes the EQ from the mixing board to give it that high frequency sound to make it like the album. It can also be done in the mix after they play to be added to the TV broadcast. If anyone says they lip sync, or its fake, trust those who are actual musicians like myself when we say thats its a true authentic performance. Whether you like or hate Green Day, American Idiot changed the lives of thousands of people. Its one of those albums you will hear in 30 years that simply never gets old.
i feel like they could have miked up the drums better. Do you hear that?
Anybody else die when he said "There's something wrong with their drummer"
me
MEEEEE
i did!!
"Something wrong with the drummer" doesn't even begin to describe Tré cool
Yep I did
"And there's something wrong with their drummer.. *Trè's insane look face* That's all you need to know" lol one of the best of Green Day's moments. :)
Billie's guitar is so beautiful
It's a Gibson Les Paul Junior
They're one of Gibson's cheapest guitars, not cheapest but still in the list.
+Ali Rafiei he also has a signature Gibson Les Paul Junior I bought one just cause of Billie Haha
Ali Rafiei that may be true but all of the LP jr's that he uses before his signature model came out were vintage and were made in the 50s
One of the few bands/singers who can sound like their song without autotune
RUSH is one of the other few.
Muse too
definitely muse!
MancRanger Muse used autotune on Undisclosed Desires from The Resistance and Reapers from Drones, but it was NEEDED there
Martin Durisin MCR
Not my favorite GD song but man.... they had killer sound that night..
the thing is you can easly tell it is live, but fuck they are one of the best for making it sound like its from the CD
Coz they dont add loads of other random ass instruments and effects to the studio version aside from a tambourine here and there but that is all down to Tre. I admire green day for that even bands like Bon Jovi or Ac/dc can't recreate their recorded songs live.
@@nonyobuisness7796Well too be fair, Jon Bon Jovi blew out his vocal chords really early on in his career. Even in the 90s his voice completely changed, but their performances in the 80s were top notch and sounded arguably better than the studio. Billy does also have the advantage of significantly easier vocals to do.
2:56 jason:"shit i left the stove on..."
Tre’s gonna be mad that I burned his food
this energy on stage you cannot find it in any other band for sure.easy and spectacular.
"There's something wrong with their drummer"
Camera: *goes to Tre Cool*
Tre Cool: *Proudly shows off his weirdness*
there's something wrong with their drummer, that's all you need to know xD
*rolling on the floor*
"see? theres something wrong with him."
Seriously, how could anyone dislike this?! A band that sounds so good live!
The ones who dislike them are right-wingers because they're too dumb to realize the song is about them specifically.
That guitar tone. Its the best.
Love it at 3:12 when Mike realizes he forgot his background vocals
Hahaha
The guitarist in pink is Jason. He was a touring member of Green Day starting the late 1990's, early 2000s. He became a full member of Green Day in 2012, probably around the recording or release of Uno, Doa, and Tre.
Life is just full of mysteries. I was a kid in high school when this song came out and i watched this exact live and even downloaded it. Little do i know that now i own that bass mike is using 😂
Wow!
2004 likes, the year it came out!!! :)
American Idiot was probably one of the biggest unforeseen musical artist comebacks of all time. Green Day fucking stormed back into mainstream popularity. It had kind of seemed like they were fizzling out when they never really gained any popularity during the pop punk boom of the late 90's/early 2000's when other bands like Blink were huge. But then the emo era combined with the anti-Bush movement really seemed to create a space where Green Day fit perfectly without having to really change their core sound too much.
Those harmonies in the first chorus hit like a gut punch in the best way.
11 YEARS AGO.
+Ashley Morgan 12 years ago *
+Ready For War that dude wrote the comment on 2015...
RatDatWarriorZ yeah but now its 12 years if you dont get it dont comment
u stoopid boi
Julius are you sure that you aren't the "stoopid" one considering you can't even spell the actual word right? That's what I thought.
And now fast forward a dozen years to 2017 and it still sounds exactly the same if not even better. Billie Joe's voice refuses to age.
Saw them live in Detroit earlier this year and they just refuse to give up, Awesome As F**K performance, fucking awesome band!
Damn, this live version was so good that UA-cam thought it was the studio version 😂
still an amazing song and always will be i have nothing but positive things to say green day7 have blown me away
10 years ago
GREG ROARY 😂😂😂😂
It's already closer to 20 than 10!
16 years ago bro
This is actually the first song i heard from them back in the 2004 when it came out on TV. Ever since then i've been listening to them. Comming back to this video, makes me feel like a god.
His voice sounds SO GOOD HERE
Ikr
thats a proper fucking guitar tone ladies and gentlemen.
omg green day is life itself, ive been listening to them since I was little and hearing them again and again everyday just makes me remember the good old days, thats why green day is the best!
they're back again ! so happy.
THINK SANs what's your fav album
Every album is my favorite
I really enjoy all of them, the latest album is also super awsome
pleasants blast of sounds
the drummer is so cool he uses French language -tre' cool
nah nah naaah, you're wrong... the 'É' is a Hungarian letter.
+Zsolt Takács pacsi, tesó! :D
+Karpatiangirl 35 hali hali :D
+Zsolt Takács e with that accent mark is actually Spanish, the other way, like è, is French. It's not a letter, it's a letter with an accent mark
+Magic Matt that is a letter, and it's Hungarian... It's in our ABC... it's: a á b c d e é ..... etc. it's ours, not those frech fuckers
Everyone should listen to these lyrics omg I completely agree
This performance is so great, the American Idiot era was the best. It was like the energy they had in the Dookie era mixed with this political sense that worked so well. I miss this Green Day so much, but still a great band and will always love them.
Very good powerful song
Tre's rack tom sounds like a fucking cannon
that's probably because it's the size of a floor tom lmao
Welcome back for the 10000000th time.
Lol i dont think tre has actually shaken hands with david, hes been busy with his post performance shenanigans
Lol their first appearance he shook his hand and then sprinted off the stage
I feel like that was a inside joke.
Yep, good for them
Tre's face looks really cool when Letterman say "There's something wrong with their drummer"
they keep rock alive and make as happy
The only band that sounds damn amazing live!
+Canadiana O Totally.
Canadiana O Musr
Dude I've seen u on so many green day vids that so cool
You should check out Muse
Muse too
What a damn live cover. No miming nothing but awesomeness haha. I miss playing this
Did anyone notice how Billie's voice went from normal to sounding like he's talking on a megaphone at 3:10? Where Billie says "Information Age of hysteria" then the part with "it's calling out to idiot America" sounds like he's speaking into a megaphone.. I dunno if anyone else noticed. Such a great performance, love this band so much.
It's funny how this was live on TV the same day American Idiot was released.
It's an effect on the album
Oh it must've been a effect they added into the performance.
+Patriot_Fighter I can do that on my microphone, however mines a cheap one. I lean back from the microphone, go to a talking voice, and put my thumb across the microphone.
Oh alright I've always wondered howBillie did that in this performance thanks.
Props to Jason ... luckiest man alive and he knows it
Everyone that voted for George W. Bush. He's singing about you.
Everyone who voted for a political party is what he should be singing about. There is no difference between the two. Both are sellouts to lobbyists and the bureaucracy of the U.S. Obama blows ass and continued Bush's legacy down to a T.
Opticillusion160 YUP
@@Opticillusion160 Nah that was Holiday, this one in particular was for Bush
Good for him. I have liked Green Day’s sound since high school when they first came out. I also vote Republican. You’ll find the majority of conservatives can get past someone’s political leanings in the name of enjoying art and entertainment. You see, while bitchy liberals are boycotting people they disagree with, conservatives are able to appreciate the artistry and actually, you know, buy things.
@@whoopdiddydo this song is written about you
I wish I could see them life, it would be so awesome!
There is something wrong with there drummer LOL
their*
Crazy drummer
Stay in school.
*****
Haha the hypocrisy
damn, theyre so amazing live!
Definitely one of their best performances of this song. (besides Bullet In A Bible)
I love this song!!!
There is something wrong with the drummer.That is all you need to know
they were so good live at boston mass in 2009 so good!!
I'd like to know if I understand Letterman well . He said something like how they(green day) sliped to pass secret service. Sorry but english is not my mother's tongue. Thanks.
He was saying of how GD managed to slip back secret society, especially with a song + album like this.
Igor Zvodar that same night he had then president bush on that's what he meaning by that
kudos to David Letterman for letting Green Day perform this song unedited. Even though they bleeped out fuck, they let the listeners get the full effect f the song.
Let's settle this Green Day fight once and for all! After their early days of Dookie, Insomniac, etc. they had American Idiot which was actually NOT pop-punk, but alternative rock, yes, ROCK. They have even said that being in a band doesn't always mean you have to do the same genre, most people don't like that. The fact of the matter is that they grew from their original punk roots to something better. Now you go and buy yourself copies of their 3 newest albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tre! and tell me that they "aren't punk". Because this is coming from someone who basically grew up with Green Day. I am made fun of for liking it. And I dont care because I know what Green Day really is and will always will be no matter what. Punk.
Im glad someone is saying something nice about them
Who gives a shit really.... It's great music from a great band period. most of the sad sacks bitching about "punk and not punk" are people who sit in their parents basement with fuck all better to do and sure as hell aren't in a band out there doing it for real. Great music is just that... don't matter what genre man.
When did anyone ever get to define punk? That's what pisses me off about the people who bitch; who says they get to decide? Genres don't matter. The first band I ever saw live was The Damned in a skanky shithole pub back room, yet because i like GD I somehow "don't know what punk is" according to fucking 25-yr-olds? They evolved, still playing unpolished, hardcore punk that no longer reflects their lives in their forties would be dishonest. Punk isn't a single ound, its been encapsulated in every geberation since the garage bands of the early 60s (check out "Primitive" by The Groupies,,or the original "Good Times") and its about attitude and honesty. This is as anti establishment as any classic punk track and that's what matters. Oh dear, ami ranting again? +brysonsheldon That was a long and ranty way of saying "agreed!"
they sound the same live, i'm so happy
There is obviously something wrong with all of them. They're too freakin awesome to be human! haha I love what Tré does at the end of all of these shows.
"And there is something wrong with their drummer."
You're damn right.
Every time Green Day are on Letterman, Tre does something weird lmao. It goes as far back as 1994. 😅
they made it so accurate that youtube had to copyright claims it. Bruh
Why do they bleep the so called "explicit content"? modern music sure doesn't.
They're single handedly keeping rock and roll alive and there's something wrong with their drummer. That's all you need to know. Spot on Mr. Letterman, spot on.
So there's a couple of naughty words - Precede the video with a disclaimer and keep it real.
AWESOME!!!
Relevant song nowadays too
Awesome live version
"There's something wrong with their drummer". ;D
I have to agree with Dave. Rockn Roll lives on with Green Day.
What was the drummer reading after the song ended?
***** probably porn
Don't you dare call him the drummer, it's TRÉ for you, ok?
Ali Rafiei The drummer has a weird name
***** hahaha i love his name tho. Tre Cool sounds so badass!
Letterman haz alwayz been a great supporter of Green Day so i give him a big thumbz up :)
3:09 hey how u doin i love art
It's amazing how Letterman has seen them grow up :D
Subliminal mine*pop* America!
they been around for 18 years but people still like them even the new song St Jimmy
MURIKA!
I love the raw loud sound of the guitars
Whats wrong with Tre? hes... fine....?
hes a coke head or something
patstanks no he's just having a good time
ilikepie201 Use youtube search. Look up "Green Day Letterman", and view their other performances. Hes done dumb shit almost every one, and thats why letterman says that.
amazing what this band is worth millions and millions. welcome to California. They were not are silly they perfomed. All an amazing business. Hope the they can still hear something
the song is way heavier here
Julio Cesar Ike
IKR
It's cool the way Jason always waves before they go off stage.
911 thousand views
That rack tom on Tré's kit sounds incredible
Tre's Face xD
this is just the best live green day performance I've ever seen.
Lol, Jason messed up the solo.
I'm surprised he didn't get thrown out of the band.
Did he? Couldn't notice and I replayed the vid a couple times, it didn't seem like he messed up anything.
rockinrodney5000 He messed up the triplets at 2:30
***** No, he really didn't.
rockinrodney5000 Yes he did, and it caused him to mess up the next measure slightly. It's hard to hear and he recovers well, but it's definitely there.
They kept the spirit of punk alive.
What Billie did at 8:08 was AWESOOOOME!
lol
theanimeman I meant, 3:08 haha, you know, his voice, it's like the same sound effect used in the audio
yeah me too whats that sound?
ThatshowI Roll In the original song, it's been edited in equalizer, for the voice to have a crunchy effects like in the telephone. But it's amazing how Billie managed to do that in live performance! Without edits!
Wow
This song hits me the same today as it did when it first came out. Fucking LOVE this song.
I love it his drummer is weird 😜😝😛
DAMN...This is music!