Green Day - Walking Contradiction Live on Letterman

[TheAwsome1one]

0:40 to skip to music and 0:56 for stupid face

[MrLegendary200]

I dont know who i would be without this band. It has given me a voice :)

[tophernates]

have they played this live since this album came out?

[L0ve4Cookies]

Billie looks chuby. But what do I know, it's w i d e s c r e e n.

[Gunsinpublic]

0:57 HOW THE HELL DID HE DO THAT??!?!?!?

[biettoOAU]

16:9 fuck you!!!!! -.-

[BJGreenDay95]

hahaha face at 0:57 ! LOL

so funny, great vid, awesome song

[NufcDave95]

I've watched this so many times and would love to know why his arm is numb, and why 50,000 volts went through it!! haha

[aPandorasboxofmusic]

@ 0:57 , how is that not a meme yet? xD

[MCRomg]

I beg to differ on the contradict...on the contradict...on the contradict...on the contradict... :D

[aPandorasboxofmusic]

@MCRomg Hahaha, I know right? That's going to be stuck in my head forever if I don't get over how amazing that face is xD

[PunkavenuGreenDay]

hahaha Billies face at 0:57!

[PaulGibson100]

Billie Joe is such a badass in this vid haha

[airsoft66]

If I could mosh with David Letterman my life would be 110% complete.

[bobsagetbillgates]

From here to here, 50,000 volts, my penis is still numb ladies and gentlemen. When you go to bed at night keep that in mind, BobsagetBillgates' penis is numb.

[SomeRandomYoungster]

letterman is such a cool old guy wish he was my grandpa haha

[alexdostaler]

basket case at the end! :)

[greend4y08]

0:10 FAIL

[cobragun13]

was it basket case at the end?

[pudseypumper]

Dave - Have a wank.

[anthonyy97]

did anyone notice that tre is wearing the same outfit he has on in the music video?

[david124bat]

@anthonyy97 o yer ive just noticed tht

[NatWolff43567890]

What Does InSomiac Means

[greend4y08]

0:08 FAIL!

[DNEsBandPage]

i wish i watched letterman in the 90's

[greendaydookie14]

Billy Goat

[HOLYSHIT211212]

billle joe looks really fat in this video.

[shelloz09]

@HOLYSHIT211212 lol it's because the video isn't at the right size

[HazelCarter287]

the smushed video makes them all look funny, it's like hobbit green day

[xrockslayerx]

there's a contradiciton in this vid!(:

Tre's wearing the same shirt in the walking contradiction music vid.

look at it at 0:47

[VenusRosemaryOli]

facial hair ^-^ woo :D

[breakingfame]

LISTEN UP GREEN DAY FANS!!!!

ON FEBUARY THE SEVENTEETH ITS BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG'S

BIRTHDAY, AND WE WILL ALL WATCH THE OFFICAL VIDEO OF 86 AND GIVE IT THUMBS UP. LET THAT BE A LITTLE BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO BILLIE JOE FROM THE FANS!!!!!!

WE ALL LOVE GREEN DAY, RIGHT???!!?

[Junkpunker21]

@breakingfame

Is there even an 86 music video?

[darthmoop]

@Junkpunker21

xD no there isn't lol I think they might mean the one from Letterman, I am not sure though.

[kijkkijkkijkkijk]

@breakingfame just, SHUT THE FUUCK UUUUUUUUP.

[breakingfame]

@kijkkijkkijkkijk FUCK YOU ASSHOLE IT WAS 4 MONTHES AGO

[kijkkijkkijkkijk]

@breakingfame that just doesn't matter, but can you stop with those useless comments.

[breakingfame]

@kijkkijkkijkkijk i will do what i want cause i live by my rules asshole i aint listening to some bitch on youtube

[kijkkijkkijkkijk]

@breakingfame wow dude you're so punk:P so hardcore, ah com'on, i hate my life :P bleeee.

[breakingfame]

@kijkkijkkijkkijk i aint trying and hateing you life has nothing to do with being punk people who hate there lifes are called BITCHES so go suck some cock somewhere else. make like micheal jackson and beat it

[breakingfame]

@kijkkijkkijkkijk rnt u awespome thats not what music is about asshole and green day is the shti so go let your mom shit on your chest

[breakingfame]

@kijkkijkkijkkijk piece of shit

[cgjamm123]

@breakingfame oh boy im a punk rocker and i can do whatever i want because im a fucktard! huh..... sound familiar? music is about passion and emotion and the pure essence of humanity, not shtting on humanity by setting a bad example of it. you wonder why other countries wanna kill us? because we still have dumbass morons like you squerming around leading a pointless life of douche baggery. go swallow a knife you useless piece of shit. nobody wants you around anyway. fuck face.

[breakingfame]

@cgjamm123 first off america is not were im at shit head and i listen and play music cause its fun no one gives a shit and your a dumbass for fighting on youtube how bout u man up grow balls and step up to the plate bitch

[breakingfame]

is his go-t blue?? haha

[FirstPersonFlyer]

This song should be the United State's National Anthem.

[L0ve4Cookies]

@FirstPersonFlyer No, American Idiot,

[Junkpunker21]

They need to play this again.

[1994evol]

@Junkpunker21 They haven't played it since Saturday Night Special!

[spritgirl11]

0:57 best face ever!!

[greatfelixo]

they play infront of that baxkground in the 21st century breakdown tour

[xpyromonkey23x]

y did tre run away from letterman at the end of the vid? haha

[DemonsPandemic]

@xpyromonkey23x lol he swam in the pool in 1995 for 86 lol

[xpyromonkey23x]

@DemonsPandemic but i still dont get y he ran away? waaa???

[qMusicFreak]

@xpyromonkey23x Because he probably wasn't

aloud to swimming in it. but he did anyway? xDD

and Letterman is probably after him because

of it??! LOL

[DemonsPandemic]

@xpyromonkey23x  tres scared of the ugly tie

[MattHatter]

@xpyromonkey23x: That was a tradition that Tre started with their first performance on David Letterman back in '94. They made their television debut on Letterman, and when they finished "Basket Case," Tre ran off! Dave joked to the audience about it afterward saying that there might be a "warrant out for the young man" I remember. From that point on, Tre made an effort to do something weird at the end of every performance they did on Letterman.

[IfuckinLuvBillieJoe]

They've been on Letterman over 10 times! xD!

But I heard Letterman was a big fan of Green Day! .. so I guess that's "cool" lol

[keefebeef]

HAHA! I love the eyes Billie!.... very enthusiastic =] Love u man

[TheFreakCard]

Its the letterman again :)

[TheUberRhys]

Id have been a grand total of 1 years old when this broadcast :P

[georgeion58]

@TheUberRhys haha same :P

[TheUberRhys]

Id have been a grand total of 1 years old when this broadcast x:P

[everythingtech1020]

@TheUberRhys I'd be exactly -1 haha ;)

[georgeion58]

haha call it as i see it even if i was born deaf blind or dumb. Mocking freedom of speech:P

[deylinnTV]

0:53 sassy billie

[Istvifi]

haha he losts hes pencil xP

[GamerMoDDingz]

is it just me or do they look short and stuby compared to now a days?

really love the song though

[IfuckinLuvBillieJoe]

This sounds Punk! (:

[FfUZZ4RC4DE]

0.56 love it!! :D

[bassassin1837]

@FfUZZ4RC4DE lol that head shake thingy? hahaha so kool!

[glebeson]

hell pencil

[12alex2]

12 people are gunna b a victim of catch 22

[pifsmoker1]

Green Day FUCKIN' rocks

[tanty151]

0:57 OMG BEST FACE EVER!

[MrQwertyuiop2112]

@tanty151 hell yeah

[AmvFreakCH]

Green Day midjet version?

[greendayallday1000]

he does the best faces here

[jimibezwik]

i know that Tre dosent use his high tom in the song, but its freaking hilarious what he does even a little thing like that. mean while alot of drummers just have a bunch of unnecessary drums, cymbals, attachments, or auxiliary percussion and there only playing let there be rock by ACDC

[KissUrSelfGoodBye]

I'm totally saving Letterman a seat in the moshpit.

[aPandorasboxofmusic]

@KissUrSelfGoodBye Ha....I see what you did there.

;)

[GreenDookieDay]

@KissUrSelfGoodBye there are no seats in the moshpit

[KissUrSelfGoodBye]

@GreenDookieDay touché (;

[gjflix]

well this video was meant for widescreen! haha damn!

[Robohump]

Geez... the fake british accent was in full force around this time period. Good thing he dropped that.

[stikklely]

Really need to get tabs for this song on guitar

[redsoxfan713]

@stikklely It's like the easiest song lol. The verse is Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Ab5 and the chorus Db5 Gb5 Ab5. Of course, all of Kerplunk, Dookie, and Insomniac was recorded with guitars tuned down a half step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb), so if your guitar is in Eb tuning, the chords are A5, D5, and G5 instead.

[stikklely]

@redsoxfan713 Yup i know it is easy but i was just saying cause i have never realy wanted to play this song and now i do for the heck of it

[recklessythinking]

Billie Is Always Standing Like he wants to rip his pants XD

[RyzoBhoy00]

lmao at 0:58

[MaxCrooks]

I liek his little head waver when he says on the contrary

[ArmageddonProphet]

Mike + Gibson G-3 = :D

[saveusy2j678]

lol 0:58-0:59 .

[greendaylistener0014]

This is when poeple actully sang live instead of the crap they do now(by the way im not talking about the crap thing with green day lol)

Green Day knows how to sing live back then they did and they sound f*cking awesome and they still do!:))

[MetallicaGreenday502]

what album is this from, NIMROD or Super Hits

[tushamj]

@MetallicaGreenday502 Man, your obviously a hardcore fan -_-

[iamafloorguythe3rd]

@MetallicaGreenday502 It's from Insomniac.

[valondon]

@MetallicaGreenday502 it's on super hits, but its from Insomniac...they only 2 songs on super hits and no where else is Maria and Poprocks and coke

[gdfobmcrsum41]

@MetallicaGreenday502 well if david was holding the insomniac cd what do you think?????????

[MetallicaGreenday502]

@gdfobmcrsum41 i didnt really notice, odd for me not to notice that XD lol

[gdfobmcrsum41]

@MetallicaGreenday502 hahaha nice name btw

[jtoatoktoe]

@MetallicaGreenday502 insomniac...but its on super hits also

[Greenday1980s]

Were was Tre going

[GalacticBoss]

so young, there changed

[metllica333]

this is punk right here

[4lifedeathwish]

damn letterman is young

[Monster4rmda559]

0:57 lol

[greendaylvr1304]

lol green day's been on letterman so many times they practically own the show lmfao

[mastomina]

love that thing that billie does with his head at 0:58

[HalfDeadFatGuy0]

when billies singing the first verse he looks like satan haha

[ConverterBand]

Is It Me? Or Does Green Day ALWAYS Return To Letterman To Perform Even With Every New CD?

[jtoatoktoe]

@ConverterBand thats a big way of promoting it

[StevenDeedle]

He failed @ flicking that pen in the start! lol

[highervis]

How good would Green Day have been if they played as fast as bands like NOFX and Pennywise w/Billie Joe's vocals on top of it?

[supergirl382]

haha billie 0:58 lol

[Kandiegirl127]

Billie sounds.... Different

[kinksboss1]

same riff as Kinks Do it Again

[MalachiteR]

@kinksboss1 Thats because it's the same three cords both bands use most often. You can't do very much different with 3 chords, dupriedurp. Learn music.

[LongLiveGD]

How many times Green Day really has been on Letterman? I love how Tre does something idiot on every time. :)

[Junkpunker21]

LMAO. For every punk rock band that ever played in the Letterman after Green Day's debut in International Television, David's band plays the Basket Case riff. Every TRUE punk rock band that is. After this video, they play the riff LOL. After the Ramones played 'I Don't Wanna Grow Up' in 1996, they played the riff. LOL. Green Day gave the Letterman show one big influence. XD

[Junkpunker21]

David loves these guys.

[fallindale]

ich scheiss auf den Dollar mhh ihr nieten

[PirlaKiLegge91]

0:57...LOL XD

[xxKOZTRAxx]

best classic

[SuperEvilMonkey1]

:57

[falloutboyforever100]

lordy lou; i was but 3 years old when this happened. Good times.

This sonds JUST like the record. It's awesome. :D

[maggot2k8]

i love that thing he does with his head around 00.58

[Cuzjudd]

Is it just me or has Tre's technique changed a lot over the years?

[fighter5091]

Love Billie's voice here!

They're cool!

[sxcBillieJoe]

its catch 22. (L) Viva La Green Day !! i love you alwayz. im ur #1 fan forever and always billie . <3

[whooppeeable]

this sound like a faster tempo than the original.

o well.

[doglovermw]

that makes it sound ten times better

[lilhendrix1106]

lol how did he do that thing with his head at 0:57 ?

[GermanPunkedAmerica]

Lmao!

[Kandiegirl127]

@lilhendrix1106 Nobody knows. . . :) it's a mystery

[ultraunixwithlimez]

@lilhendrix1106

i was thinking the exact same thing lol

[ladysophia25]

''I'm a victim of catch 22''

''My wallet's is fat and so is my head''

''I have no belive but i believe Im a walking contradiction''

Green day is a walking contradiction a punkrock band making million, living a very luxury life, but they manage it very well. Is awesome how billie can write so original and cool lyrics, yet so true and common in life

[mw2luvr1]

@ladysophia25 its "caf 22" not catch 22

[Kandiegirl127]

@mw2luvr1 she was right. it is catch 22. Look it up anywhere

[m1kes1mmons]

i know right

[doglovermw]

ur such a dumbass it is catch 22 coz and anyway caf 2q2 has no meaning what so ever catch 22 means stuck in a rut and like caught in a predicament

[Imal00ter20]

@mw2luvr1 What the fuck is a caf 22? Look up "Catch 22", or better yet, read the book.

[Junkpunker21]

@ladysophia25

Exactly. You don't see any other bands out there who can't resist singing a love song. Well, this ain't a love song. This is a perfect example of Green Day's point of view in life. XD

[AndyHurleysChicklet7]

@ladysophia25 exactly. and all they're songs are different. it's not like "ugh this sounds exactly like -whatever-"

[EuGJaMMeR]

After seeing these awesome performances, you have to ask why they don't play these songs anymore.

[TeddyOfRS]

Oh, but they do. Sure, it's been a while since they've played this exact one, but for freak's sake, they've got hundreds of songs, what do you expect?

[ladysophia25]

@TeddyOfRS OMG ! yeahh Im so agree with you! what do ppl expect?? they allways sing old songs in their concerts..BUT some fans arent still happy because they want to hear all old song !, plz ppl dont be soo DRAMA QUEEN about it. ugh

[EuGJaMMeR]

I don't think they're even playing this song anymore.

[Aloverssoulz]

They do. They played it this tour.

[bassassin1837]

ha the song on the end is kool. basket case by the house band

[EuGJaMMeR]

Lol, when the Ramones played 'I Don't Wanna Grow Up' in this show in 1996, the house band also played that Basket Case riff in the end. XD

[mzttt]

EMO

[cornettoman6]

@mzttt WTF DUDE?, they arent emo at all ¬¬

[sebbbo77]

David Letterman looks so happy. Nowonder he was fucking all those groupie chicks thats why !!

[dynamiteturkey]

HAHAHAHAHAHA his face at :58 hahahahaha

[xXDeadDarknessXx]

is it just me or is billie joe wearing Blue really really high up?? like strap wise

[x86Jadedx]

@xXDeadDarknessXx It does look a bit higher than usual

[xXDeadDarknessXx]

@x86Jadedx I know right? it looks wierd on him haha it looks better now adays lol but it might be cuz he is on 5 foot 7 or so

[xXDeadDarknessXx]

@x86Jadedx ohhhhhhhh dude your soooo right! they look like theyre 4 ft tall! i never thought to look at it that way

[davedog08]

@x86Jadedx its cus he's palm muting it :)

[nf360jm540]

@x86Jadedx ya

[nogoodusernames101]

@xXDeadDarknessXx I think it's cause of his stance.

[xXDeadDarknessXx]

you think so? hmm ill look at it haha....ohhhh yeah i see what you mean that adds to it alot

[greenie85]

@xXDeadDarknessXx lol... no man it's just the aspect ratio of this video is totally wrong. they look like midgets if you look at them :-) love green day by the way

[greenday43v3r]

@xXDeadDarknessXx it's because of the image.

[greenday43v3r]

@xXDeadDarknessXx the length of the image is too big and that makes him look fatter and blue look higher.

[MaxCrooks]

@xXDeadDarknessXx not higher, look closely his arms are shorter, its just a funky camera

[tanty151]

@xXDeadDarknessXx

maybe the guitar part is a lot harder so he needs it to be higher up for him to be able to play it well

[xXDeadDarknessXx]

@tanty151 welllllllll. its not that hard reallyyyy. i found a better version of this video and he looks totally normal just a little bigger cuz of the sweater

[samoaangle1]

@xXDeadDarknessXx no the screen is a little srunken

[glasscup13]

Where the he'll did Tre run off to? Am I the only person thinking this?

[7xStevenx7]

Tre went to jump in the little pool. Search Tre jumps in pool at lettermans

[yihd]

My uncle's asian and he looks like the billie in this video ALOT