my dad knew Green Day back when they we're Sweet Children. first saw them play late '87 or early '88. he met up with the band after the show (you could do that back then since it was just a local gig thing). and he became cool with all of the guys. when 39/Smooth came out Billie gave my dad a cassette. nothing fancy, it was just a blank cassette with the album on both sides. My dad labeled it later. and know I listen to it to this day.
@@trefwoordpunk2225 before smart phone , i guess ppl couldnt just casually take out a camcorder and film? and even keeping a random clip for so long til youtube exists. truly appreciate this uploader
Life Is Good, You Should Get One Yeah, it seems like most don't know what to think. "Where did my 80s hair metal go?" They're literally witnessing a legendary band in the making and don't even know.
i like it that not many people are watching them , This proves that they're not performing for the much views , they do it just for punk rock to love :)
Would love to have one of those "original" $5 records/tapes! They would be a collectors dream! Just the nostalgia too! Awesome footage1 Takes me/us back in time! :)
looking at all these old videos of Green Day is mind blowing. all these people watching them perform back then never would of thought they would make it big. and they did! and even got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! awesome band! I grew up listening to them!
These last two songs are so amazingly performed. I watched all these PVHS videos over this past summer completely baked and it was one of the best things I've ever seen/heard. Truly amazing, sober and high that is actually, still listen to these songs all the time.
james kilpatrick truth! Perfect example of underground local band that made it BIG. BJs style and voice, and the way they sound make most of their music catchy af.
I have seen all the videos from start to finish and have noticed that in the first video had almost no audience, but was gradually reaching people, and look at the end, almost the whole school was there!!! this is proof that Green Day was really a very good band from beginning to end ... Green Day forever!!
i see this video and i think: wow, nobody watching this show and so many people in the show in London 2005. This is the true dream, became reality. Congrats Green Day. Brazil fan
Noble the Heathen For real.....and just to think, I was in 8th grade when this was filmed and going to school just a little north. If I had only known...
my dad knew Green Day back when they we're Sweet Children. first saw them play late '87 or early '88. he met up with the band after the show (you could do that back then since it was just a local gig thing). and he became cool with all of the guys. when 39/Smooth came out Billie gave my dad a cassette. nothing fancy, it was just a blank cassette with the album on both sides. My dad labeled it later. and know I listen to it to this day.
Thats like the coolest shit ever
I wish I knew them
Ur dad has my damn respect
hell yeah, cherish that cassette its special!
@mikedavis8008 it prolly wasn't fancy sauce to the dad until he realized they're now popular
it's amazing that somebody actually filmed it even they were like nobody at that time.
ifoughtthelawnthelaw agreed. Hopefully wasn't his Mom or anything lol
toothybj Look @ the description. That wouldve been embarrassing haha
it is so cool
Are you for real? UA-cam is LITTERED with videos of absolute NOBODYS
@@trefwoordpunk2225 before smart phone , i guess ppl couldnt just casually take out a camcorder and film? and even keeping a random clip for so long til youtube exists. truly appreciate this uploader
I'd do anything to be there that day
seriously who the fuck are you. I swear I see you comment on like 90% of the videos I watch. you have good taste in music though
Well, if the context of your comment is true, then whoever the fuck he may be, I'm sure you'd both make a perfect friendship
This is why we need time travel ;)
I was there
@@duckyyyaj247 , I hope this is a pun and if not, then am jealous and wish I had your life
Love how loud Mike's bass is here!
He fucks up on the first chorus. You can see Billie smiling.
it is so goooood
Videos like this are the most inspiring things ever
i like this, soooo much
my God, all those kids are now older than 40...
The time is a bitch :/
M. Bezak BJ and Mike are about 45 now....
jear
Some will be pushing 50 in a year or 2
still kids on the inside💚
The people who were there can say "I was there" :D
I really wish to be part of that crowd :(
Nothing like nostalgia for something you never experienced eh? :)
I WISH I HAD SEEN THIS CROWD'S FACES WHEN THEY SAW THAT GREEN DAY BECAME FAMOUS AS SHIT
Life Is Good, You Should Get One Yeah, it seems like most don't know what to think. "Where did my 80s hair metal go?" They're literally witnessing a legendary band in the making and don't even know.
Life Is Good, You Should Get One RIGht
i bet these guys will be big one day
haha😂 you say?
i like it that not many people are watching them , This proves that they're not performing for the much views , they do it just for punk rock to love :)
If you want to see a punk audience, watch them play at Woodstock '94 xD
+Lukey Pooky *punk and hippie audience
TiTaH 's now its polar opposite...
Those kids don't know how lucky they are
They played at the high school they went to so all those kids were their classmates
Back then when the bass was louder than the guitar
2:50 She looks like she's really enjoying it.
She looks like fibi from Friends
Tré wasn't theeereeeeee, he wasn't theeeeeeeeereeeeeee. XD
El Sobrante was there! El Sobrante is very good drummer too.
NO, Sobrante sucked balls. Look at the end of Paper Lanterns or every end of songs.
Um, that is still the drummer from Isocracy
@@argentinianidiot nope. Dumb answer. Creativity is more important than talent.
so is it
i like how in the end everyone breaks their shit and billies all like "this is my guitar, i aint doing that shit"
This is my mom's legacy
the dry ice solo was sick!
OMG! My cousin went to that school when they performed! AWESOME!
7:08 BILLIE WHAT ARE YOU DO-- DON'T EAT THE MIC
phew
On this Day, It's been 22 years since This performance... THEY HAVE COME A LONG WAY! that means they've been a band for about 24 years!
Now its 33, just insane.
Can we get some love for John Kiffmeyer
I love how Billie says that they have a record for sale. Five bucs!
I think at 1:08 when they say I was there you can kinda hear John
I like how there's only ONE person @ 2:50 who is into it
She is so cute, maybe first Green Day fangirl ever lol
Is it me or do Billie and Mike look like Bill and Ted from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?
amazing film
greenday103921guns hah yeah! Billy could totally pass for Bill S Preston, Esq.
And Mike with all that hair...sure
Theyve been qouted saying they wanted to be the wild stallions so mightve been on purpose
They look more like Bill and ted from Bill and teds bogus journey
what i would give to have had the pleasure of attending this show.
Would love to have one of those "original" $5 records/tapes! They would be a collectors dream! Just the nostalgia too! Awesome footage1 Takes me/us back in time! :)
hmm! ive seen this performance footage many times but not this particular clip, i like how they pan to the audience.
looking at all these old videos of Green Day is mind blowing. all these people watching them perform back then never would of thought they would make it big. and they did! and even got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! awesome band! I grew up listening to them!
Billie would never hurt Blue
kubunuhmu laknat sorry I speak English
all these people dont realize they are looking at one of the biggest bands ever lol
Como diria Martí Mcfly "ustedes no estan preparados para esto, pero a sus hijos les encantara"
I wonder how many people in the crowd were thinking "Yeah, these guys will never be famous. Not in a million years."
Penguincamp truth. Shitty crowd
Love it! The lyric "I was there"... not many people can claim that! Lucky you lot in that tiny audience!
These last two songs are so amazingly performed. I watched all these PVHS videos over this past summer completely baked and it was one of the best things I've ever seen/heard. Truly amazing, sober and high that is actually, still listen to these songs all the time.
more precious than the bible
haha agree😂😂😉
WYLD STALLIONS!
They started like this and they are going very good!! i love them!
I love Johnny Kiffmeyer's open handed drum style. He played so smoothly.
oh my god I love these videos so much. brings back so many memories.
definitely two of my favourite Green day songs.
"we have 1 record for sale, five bucks"
and now they are playing out of thousands of people..
im 15 now and i wish to be in that time period
How the fuck does it get any better than this?
Green day un ejemplo de que con perseverancia se llega al éxito!!
Theguy who filmed this rocks
I rediscovered I Was There recently and I forgot how much I fucking love it. They should bring this song back in their regular sets
greem day is the only band where i love every single one of their songs. there isn't one i hate
Same
@@Taylor_5724 idk father of all is iffy
@@emersonschnipke4758 na those are still all catchy. Maybe not high quality, but catchy as hell.
Dry Ice has the greatest guitar solo among all Green Day songs. It's literally fire 🔥
2000% its perfect
This is lightning in a bottle. Good shit like this comes not so often.
james kilpatrick truth! Perfect example of underground local band that made it BIG. BJs style and voice, and the way they sound make most of their music catchy af.
John's drumming was the highlight in 89-90 Green Day records.
if the audience only knew that they were rolling their eyes at who would become one of the biggest bands ever...
I know their class sucks! They look so bored idk why
OMG Billie when he did that solo in dry ice ASDFGHJKL
lol i bet the teachers are talking like “whats green day mean?” unless they were sweet children back then
I have seen all the videos from start to finish and have noticed that in the first video had almost no audience, but was gradually reaching people, and look at the end, almost the whole school was there!!! this is proof that Green Day was really a very good band from beginning to end ... Green Day forever!!
Love how at the end Mike just casually drops his bass 😂
I remember this,
respect.
Yep
How knows that band of three boys, now are a Fuckin Awesome Band!!!
omg the definition is amzing 4 a 1990 video thnx for uploading!
This is amazing footage
i see this video and i think: wow, nobody watching this show and so many people in the show in London 2005. This is the true dream, became reality. Congrats Green Day. Brazil fan
I want to be this mic' x)
The beggining, thats whats make u apreciate life
This is beautiful
Uaaaauuuu !!!!! never had a video with Al Sobrante, are fantastic ....
Unreal quality!
0:23
Proud to say I listened I was there live last year :D
Moike's singing parts 😍
MISS THIS GREENDAY :( COMEBACK PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW what a crowd.
Sweet! Cool story! You're stoked to have one of those original tapes... :) Cheers!
Thanks a lot for the videos in this view. It's like I was almost there :D
Still d first and best greenday song for me .
man imagine how much that album would be worth now if all three them signed at that at that very moment :P
God I love this
Epic!
El Sobarante: *pushes his kit down*
Tré: *falls through his kit then lights it on fire*
Lafayette Productions
Hahaha yeah
These were the days. late 80s early 90s...
+anthony63334 I am 24
+RIZKYYY no, 1991. this was recorded exactly one year before i was born. I will turn 25 in like 5-6 days. (May 10th)
Noble the Heathen For real.....and just to think, I was in 8th grade when this was filmed and going to school just a little north. If I had only known...
That bass sound is orgasmic!
This is fucking priceless footage man!
Yes! Early 90s fashion I fuckin' love it haha.
Um dos vídeos mais inspiradores do UA-cam 💚
quem diria que eles iam ser o que são hoje em dia 😂😂🤘
Looking back upon my life and the places that I've been
Pictures, faces, girls that I've loved, I try to remember when
Faded memories on the wall, some names I have forgotten
But each one is a memory, I look back on so often
I look into the past
I want to make it last
I was there
I was there
I look into the past
I want to make it last
I was there
I was there
Looking back what I have done, there's lots more life to live
At times, I feel overwhelmed, I question what I can give
But I don't let it get me down or cause me too much sorrow
There's no doubt about who I am, I always have tomorrow
I look into the past
I want to make it last
I was there
I was there
I look into the past
I want to make it last
I was there
I was there
Looking back upon my life (on my life)
Faded memories upon the wall (on the wall)
Looking now at who I am (who am I?)
I don't let it get me down (I don't let it, get me down)
Looking back upon my life and the places that I've been
Pictures, faces, girls that I've loved, I try to remember when
But I don't let it get me down or cause me too much sorrow
There's no doubt about who I am, I always have tomorrow
I look into the past
I want to make it last
I was there
I was there
I look into the past
I want to make it last
I was there
I was there
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Fuente: Musixmatch
Compositores: Billie Joe Armstrong / Tre Cool / John Kiffmeyer
Letra de I Was There © Green Daze Music.
Love the bass guitar in this song :D
Wow they looks so young and I gotta give John some credit because without him we would still be calling Green Day Sweet Children.
they all look so young, especially Blue
These videos are gold =)
HE THREW IT ON THE GROUND!!!
John Kiffmeyer is there drummer at this time. tre came around their second album "kerplunk" because john wanted to go out finish school.
Llega a ser impactante !
that was classic man
Breathe Deep playing Green Day covers.
nice guitar solo!
My fave green day song- lol at mike !!!
Lol I love it :) mike just wrecks it, John to. Billie just keeps blue safe :)
6:09 this face O.o
7:08 lmao
It doesn't matter who's on drums; Green Day is THE Greatest band of ALL Time!!!