Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?

[stphndms8]

that was awesome!

[RCtyko]

J.D. Salinger

[Romawwhc]

Such good sound of this perfomance is failed under credits!

[gabyartes01]

salinger wrote it, but it's a good song anyway.

[stfacku]

OMFG this song give me life

[vasorockgirl]

I'm eternally in love with Holden Caulfield <3

[TheJayman213]

i got the book today. i'm gonna read it because this song is so awesome... and cus it has a great rep already.

[rockandroll700]

lmao at BJ on billy joe's guitar

[SethMesser9500]

Dearest Billie Joe,

J.D. Salinger

Love,

Seth

P.S.

The Catcher in the Rye

[Vanletterbomb]

10 people cant answer the title

[billie1039smooth]

They sound very powerful in this version

[shelloz09]

I think this is my favorite Green Day song...and The Catcher In The Rye is my favorite book :D

[radadamsable]

I wrote Holden Caulfield...

[dooggyloover]

"That was awesome." :L

[shortyc94]

i think it would be awesome if they like re-recorded alot of songs from kerplunk and 1039/smoothed out slappy hours and put them all on one disc. maybe even throw in a few new songs that are similar to their old stuff:D

[MrSpacebird413]

@shortyc94 including cigarettes and valentines. ALL of the songs haha

[TheGutnun]

@shortyc94 kerplunk was PERFECT! NEVER TRY TO CHANGE IT!

[shortyc94]

@TheGutnun true. true. youve convinced me to change my phlosophy on this topic. haha i love kerplunk!

[Hijinata]

what are the lyrics? and what has this to do with the cather in the rye?

[rpelchar]

@Hijinata the main character is named holden caulfield and this song describes him, mainly in the chorus.

[Rockguitarist4511]

Best song from AAF in my opinion :D Check my cover out if you have time :)

[HarryGrin95]

@Rockguitarist4511 this is from kerplunk genius

[Rockguitarist4511]

@HarryGrin95 Well its kinda on awesome as fuck aswell yeno ;)

[MrSollicitationis]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[getthepoooffmybum]

Fuck I wish they still made albums like Kerplunk.

[Kmcmon88]

Hey, Jason White, stay with Pinhead Gunpowder. Green Day is a trio damnit!

[bbuttonz09]

@Kmcmon88 he's been with them since warning, was on the 21st cb album and is an integral part of a live show. he's a big a part as the other 3

[Kmcmon88]

@bbuttonz09 Im not hatin, I actually do like him in Pinhead Gunpowder lot, Im just used to Green Day being a trio. Plus I dont really listen to their post-Warning stuff so I cant say I'm familiar with his involvement in Green Day.

[1994longview]

I LOVE THIS SONG <3

[matitead]

haha im a huuuge fan and i study that book in class ;)

[ljc9509]

Haha, I love this song and it made me buy The Catcher in the Rye. Which has like fucking changed my life. So thank you, Green Day. and J.D. Sallinger :)

[HarryGrin95]

this record changed my life

[PunkPandaXxx]

ugh i love this song but when i listen to it my mom yells at me and is like what is this shit

[cokezzzftw]

@PunkPandaXxx FUCK HER (No offence ;) ). GD4L

[PunkPandaXxx]

@cokezzzftw lol agree

[oXHorizonXo]

@PunkPandaXxx no offence, but you really should just tell her to fuck off ;)

[sluggo06]

Google Hells best kept secret

[Ashjoshwillis]

The Catcher In The Rye- Best novel i've ever read.

[Ljungcrantz]

hahah I just love the laugh from Mike in the end <3

[VoodooChildFTW]

Holden Caulfield... Catcher in the Rye am I correct?  Decent book not bad at all.

[iskateandbake135]

fuck the catcher in the rye like its going to help me in life. schools a waste of fucking time and its just depresssing me to the point of wanting to kill myself

[oghackysack]

@iskateandbake135 school sucks, but the catcher in the rye is a good book.......

[GreendayXroxmyXheart]

@iskateandbake135 was this supposed to make any sense of commenting that on the video? about you wanting to kill yourself and talk about school?

[iskateandbake135]

@GreendayXroxmyXheart i was reading the catcher in the rye at the time and completeing a quite depressing assignment

[SGKlD]

I love the book thanks to this song.

[ForeverGreenful]

I'm reading the book while listening to this song.

Awesooome

[sickLu1z]

IT'S WHEN I SAY

[sickLu1z]

Is there a full version of this live song? Please i really need it!

[procrastinator300]

i love how both Billie joe and mike dirnt said "that was awesome" without even knowing that the other said it

[sickLu1z]

This song is better than any onther made by green day after 2000

[bridgethottie96]

i just heard this and i love it!!! can i like buy this song on like itunes??

[Alex2149]

@bridgethottie96 i dont know like, maybe you should google it like, if u did, like, you might know, like you use like, like way too much, like you know, like AN IDIOT

[JohnnysGurl4Ever95]

I absolutely, 100%, without a doubt think that Who Wrote Holden Caulfield is THE greatest Green Day song EVER!!!!!!! i absolutely will always love this song :) it just really ticks me off that they cut it off!!!!

[TheShaunellis]

fucking good music i love green day

[homeroribas]

oh... this is like the best performance of the song (in my opinion), but hey,  it´s not complete :(!

[zorlaf883]

I like Screeching Weasel's response song "I wrote Holden Caulfield."

[SGTCloudrunner]

That's funny, Billie and Mike both said "That was awesome."

[JohnHeaven18]

i love the catcher in the rye for god's sake..

[noobzorxz]

The only problem with this song, being a huge problem, is that it's so darn short!! It's probably my fav song with GD?!

[dolbfadofhadpf]

I love Holden Caulfield, and liked Green Day in the 90's :)

[IfuckinLuvBillieJoe]

They're awesome.

Even if they keep making new records, I'll continue buying them.

Idc ... as a fan I will always stick by them.

I've been a fan since 1997 .. have all their albums and know all their songs off by heart, from 29/smooth - 21st Century Breakdown. It's all good to me! :D

[googpower]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe Finally a true fan. These days it's either teeny boppers who like american idiot or stupid posers who think they're cool for only listening to their early stuff. A true fan sticks by them no matter what. And you my friend are a true fan. As I am too. They're fucking amazing and fans are supposed to look past all that trendy stuff and just appreciate the music! Cheers mate ( :

[SGTCloudrunner]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe hehe, don't you mean 39/smooth?

[AvrilPaws]

I found out Catcher in Rye cuz of Green Day! Now i love the author, I'm 12 and now going to adult sections! (:

[trama47]

too bad they didnt finish the song...this performance is AWESOME !!!

[dongsun24ify]

Out of everything they could of said after the performance... Billie and mike say the same thing. Theyre fucking soul mates. And tre just made a sound which obv suits him so hooray for green day.

[retpally1234]

This sounds terrible.

Great song, I just don't like these rockstar douchebag's version of it. They used to be so damn good..

[GGAXXXXXXXXXXXXX]

@retpally1234 lol u sound so offended.

[frankmartinisadouche]

@retpally1234 You're an idiot.

[J3DandKr15]

@retpally1234 You are one of those people who thinks they are so great because they just like early Green Day. Green Day are not damn good, they are perfection, and always shall be. I love both renditions of this song and if you were a true Green Day fan you would too. Green Day wrote Platypus (I Hate You) about a person who said they changed and sold out, but if Green Day saw your comment they'd share the meaning. Green Day rocks, always and forever.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@J3DandKr15 no you're just i would call a sycophant. to be a fan of a band you don't have to like all their stuff, that is absolute bollocks and you KNOW it. if you don't there isn't much hope for you

[ZOMGitsMeghan]

i only read the catcher in the rye because of this song.

[JoeRoshambo]

@ZOMGitsMeghan Me too. haha and im loving it

[videoviewer62]

@ZOMGitsMeghan That's a great book

[robpisaniXD]

@ZOMGitsMeghan i've heard this song only because I've read the book :)

[jedimasterpickle3]

@ZOMGitsMeghan I'm reading b/c of school and I HATE it. It's one of the worst books I've read. Having a hard time deciding which book is worse: The Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Cleozita3333]

Best Song Ever!!!! 

[blimey48]

i like it better when tre speeds up the choruses like the album :)

his time is too good now

[samoaangle1]

It seems their favorite album to play is kerplunk.

[Mathiado]

Is it Blue?



[brittanyamber01]

As soon has I heard this sing for the first time I was like this is wicked I love it. And this performance explains why im in love with it. Amazing I tell you. And at the end Billiw"that was awesome" Tre...idk... Mike"that was awesome".......Lol love them til the end. Green Day for life!

[andreacryptic]

man, what a good show that was. I was there and now watching this makes me feel a bit upset. i still love greenday, fuck what people think.

[KeksiifeatJason]

1:24 <33

Fuckin great!!! :)

[Greendaymaniacs]

Green Day's shows - where amzing happens

[shinalk]

catcher in the rye is boring, all the book about the boring story of this boy.....

[danger3221]

billie ur my homework i just gotta do u or ill fail :P

[homeroribas]

ohhh i want to see the end of the song! :( awesome performance anyway

[noahfuckyourface]

JD Salinger.

[sickLu1z]

Fuck the credits, i want the full song live ):

[emilysarmyrockx]

'that was awesome!'

[scotfreak]

i love discovering obscure green day songs even after years of being a fan

[meehee45]

LOVE THIS SONG AND THIS BOOK...one of my favorites by them (along with jesus of suburbia and deadbeat holiday and EVERY OTHER SONG THEYVE WRITTEN)

wow.

[emilysarmyrockx]

BJ's hot as hell.

[mzgreendayfan]

@emilysarmyrockx oh my god yes he is! his wife is so lucky! haha

[tergi21]

"the Catcher in the Rye" my favourite book.it's so cool 

[GDmetallic]

such an underrated song ._.

[akosiacim95]

@GDmetallic i know!

[greengirl483]

woooooooow i luv luv luv this song! cuz i luv bj, green day and the catcher in the rye

& it shows how holden is, in a perfect way!

=D

[rockergirl483]

hahhaha!! who wrote holden caufield?

i love this song!! my friend told me and i cant being penitent

LOOL

green day is good for ur health!! ;D

[facebuy]

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[66anna737]

love mike at the end.

'hahahaha- oh..awesome!'

[RedFantaLover]

oh no why did they cut it in the middle? i love that song! <3

[homestarrun]

Awesome book, awesome band!! I love this song! I'm only about a fourth into the book, and it is EPIC! Easily related to the story behind the American Idiot album...I recommend for people to read it! ☺♥

[xImSoSickx]

Jaaaysus, when was this?

[jinxfink]

@xImSoSickx 2005

[kosovarstyle]

wow i looooove it.lalalala..

[GDemilysarmyfan]

My favorite song ever.

[HAUNTH3R]

RIP Salinger

[Danelectro124]

amazing song

[Bangcakk]

i love old green day

[AshKosar]

@Bangcakk :) I do too, but this isn't the old green day.  the old green day was in the 90s. i think this video was just a few years ago. :]

[RIKTZZ]

JD Salinger R.I.P.

[Istvifi]

@RIKTZZ who's that??

[serbdetritus182]

salinger's dead. RIP

[Smoky2012]

if so a new album of the following converted older song =) its a best Green Day songs: Who Wrote Holden Caulfield, Christie Road, Going To Pasalaqua :))

[karenrashkash]

PS and speaking of waking up to Green Day, did ya hear about that kid in UK who was in a coma and the mom played American Idiot and the kid came out of a coma? I knew Green Day is good for your health

[QuickAtTheKeys]

OMg really? no wayy that is so amazin'!! O.o

[PirateXzibit]

@karenrashkash He just woke up to turn it off.

[TheEmmeArEye001]

@karenrashkash Yes! I am sure my mom is gonna play some Green Day songs when I am in a situation like that because she knows how much I love Green Day :)

[Michael321990]

@karenrashkash yea

[SubhiCsws]

@karenrashkash they seriously are.

[skiwashington092]

@karenrashkash theyre only good for your your health if youre already messed up, but theyre still fucking amazing

[karenrashkash]

I am cracking up because most of the time my wake up tune, on my CD alarm clock is a Green Day tune. If not the first song, then the 2nd or 3rd. My 1st cell, 1st purchased ring tone was Basket Case, for the longets time. Now a few phones later, it is Know Your Enemy. Love it

[livemusicrox]

this song is my ring tone and alarm clock. i recorded it off my ipod so the quality sucks, but the only thing that can wake me up in the mornin is green day!

[bbuttonz09]

love this song so much

hope they play it in marlay park nxt june

[cabose1995]

My hair looks an awful lot like Billies in this video, only brown. But he probably has twenty stylists who take hours to make it like that, whereas I wake up in the morning. That's it.

[rocknrollxdx]

@cabose1995 lol same here

[bbck15]

its too bad they cut near the end of the song, because its the best version ive ever heard on youtube

[blizzaec]

happy birthday tuesday. its mine too.

great song off of an underrated album

[jinxedpinhead]

Amazing song and book, ill never forget this performance because it aired on my b-day, december 8th :)

[TreCoolRockzXD]

@jinxedpinhead ur b day is b 4 tre's!!!!!!

[IzzyLovesRock]

Its An Amazing Novel, I read It In A Day, now i have to read it for class, Holden is actually one of my heroes, next to house.

[behindthemasks27]

holden and house are both amazing

[misterlister123]

reading this book in school now so when i told the teacher about this song she now plays it every time we all walk in

[nomicealoud]

your teachers cool!

[StStevie96bjfan]

COOL TEACHER!!!!!hope we had one like your teacher at our school

[gdmcr41182]

well apperently he refused to read it in high school but then he did end up reading it...he says that he feels a lot in common with Holden Caulfield...the main charater

a very great book i might add

[xXxdemonicangelxXxx]

catcher in the rye owns xD

[mestboyx6x]

it was also a joke because when Billie wrote the song Mike Dirnt was in Green day and in screeching weasel...so it was also an inside joke

[xaidenBoox]

what was the joke?

[mestboyx6x]

I guess inside reference would be the better term or poking fun at maybe

[gdboy472]

he wrote it about holden because catcher in the rye was billies favorite book dumbass

[CNLSoma]

I hate credits!!!

[XXXinmylifeXXX]

at the end i love how Bille's all out of breath, but he goes "that was awesome"

[RubySerendipity]

I'm readin' the book right now.

[SlashTK421]

Cool to see that they are catcher in the rye fans. That's a great book for anyone who hasn't read it.

[GreenDayTV1]

what book?

[BlueFire70]

the book Catcher In The Rye. (Main character is Holden Caulfield.) Amazing book by the way.

[BobMarleyFreak777]

oh yeah i read that book didnt even make the connection

[SGTCloudrunner]

@BlueFire70 I agree. I love Catcher in the Rye.

[gamingstonedx]

i just realized hes not wearing a tie in this concert and it was in the american idiot era.

[yokdogtothemax]

he didnt wear a tie all the time

[jasperhalesXD]

Green Day kicksass. i love them, and i sawthem in their latest concert!

[GDrulz]

Green Day = GOD

[blinkboy2008]

bigger than God

[skater22551]

yea really why would u even bother watching a green day video if u dont even like them. u are stupid for doing that. obviously u like wasting minutes of ur life commenting on a video of a band u dont like

[VivaLaSteven101]

fuckoff if u dont like green day then u have no clue what good music is

[hgcvbcvb]

Shut up!

[tcampbellla]

Well, you can live in poverty if you wish, let others succeed!!!!!

[soulcheck4all]

Steven is a tool.

[xxbrillcrazygirlxx]

There's an interview were they ask Billie his fave song and he can't remember the name and they just start sayin names of songs to him sayin that they'll go through the whole list and he keeps goin 'no,no thats good but no' and when the interviewers finally give up and start askin another question he interupts them and just shouts out 'Who wrote Holden Caulfield'

God I love this song!!!

[weirdalfreakmm]

when i saw them at MSG i never thought they would play it but they got the request and they played who wrote holden caufield

[TheTRIAS]

SHIT! Why... why... why?

[derpdederp101]

this is so fake they played other songs after this one but they cut them out of the broadcast! they played misery for the ONLY time live plus homecoming!

[JustMeGreenDay]

LOVE IT!!!!!!