Green Day Covering Knowledge

[allALONEwithME96]

"Billie Joe sex machine!" TOTALLY!

[ForDoverUSA]

food really does make you gain weight. Billy, in Philly back in the day, you were deathly - and your music was way better. I bought your VHS (City Garden). You're still good man. You just started singing as I was typing :)

[ForDoverUSA]

@ForDoverUSA Now to go and listen to OP IVY...

[Milchschaik]

lame crowd

[ByMuckandMud]

is it just me or does billie joe look REALLY weird?

[godlessworlds69]

@ByMuckandMud He's an alien....lol

[Brockley101]

listen to how long he holds that note..Billie and Green Day are so amazing

[GrantTurnerMusic]

No question, I would have gone nutz if I got a chance like the fan on stage!

[SkyrimFan12345]

And people say how underrated Billie Joe is at the guitar. :P Damn...

[MrSamsai]

Oh, these Operation Ivy fanatics. They are so silly.

[Kartdriver29]

Billie: "c-.. can I have.. can I.. can I have my guitar back now..?"

[DeeDirntDeeDirnt]

Why does green day like ruining music made by bands better than them? Theyre pretty good at it.

[GREENDAYjanet]

@DeeDirntDeeDirnt excuse me, but aren't you a GD fan? Or am i saying wrong shit here?

[TheGuinnessboys]

what you faggots know about Knowledge.

[Gzusbulululululululu]

god its like covering a turd with ice cream sprinkles... OP IVY FOREVER AND NONE ELSE

[nikoClassOf13]

where was that concert?

[xboxerwin2]

@nikoClassOf13 Bizarre festival 2001 :)

[Ohfukmoment]

This is crazy! I had no idea he was bi! I thought he was fucking around when he kissed the guy (which he probably was but it got me wondering what his sexuality really is) I checked out some interviews: HE'S COMPLETELY OPEN ABOUT IT!

[GrungeRockabilly]

@Ohfukmoment So what? He likes a dick up the ass, and likes some tasty pussy. Big fucking deal.

[MrFatboy408]

Billy hit's lip on the mic. haha 1:55

[punkkid1212]

double chinn.......................

[Nort0nPC]

he doesn't sing all the lyrics = not good enough to cover this song

[MultiKippy]

@Nort0nPC nobody cares

[punk4life1029]

damn...biile had gotten chubby here

[punk4life1029]

@punk4life1029 *billie

[xxJabraski10xx]

at 0:59 is that the All American Rejects Vocalist/ Basist lmao!

[palmeter]

aquabats did it better

[Whenicomaroundiscool]

i love operation ivy and green day! I prefer kerplunk and 39/smoothed out slappy hours instead of american idiot.

[Fiakosorio]

1:55 Bj hits with his microphone.... LOL

[eonalate112]

Why aren't any of these kids skanking?

[weststreetbikes]

extra points for the bouncing souls shirt!!!

[TheJerksTC]

Operation Ivy. =)

[eastjesusnowhere2000]

"Billie Joe sex machine!" :D

[karsaurlong]

who did they cover this from

[AnotherMe21]

@karsaurlong Operation Ivy, I like Operation's version better. Don't get me wrong, I like this one too.

[maxthatridealyn771]

@karsaurlong Operation Ivy

[vonroden]

Love the bassline <3 simple stuff but man just kick*** ass

i so want to own a P-bass again...

[MrPrimussucks123]

Who the heck is that guy in the bee costume????

[johnnyrocket566]

why did he kiss him, and why did the other guy just let him.seem like he liked it.

[SpoloBJ]

just listen to mikes bass lines ... genius ♥

[EuGJaMMeR]

They both used to play in the same clubs. Good friends, Green Day and Operation Ivy.

[TheJayman213]

operation ivy rocks!

[circlepit91]

Leave it to Green Day to fuck up a great song...

[yolomo321]

@circlepit91 Cool. Then dont listen. Its not fucked up either, different is NOT fucked up. Both Op Ivy and Green Day did exceptional jobs.

[Zeroprobabilityvids]

@circlepit91 Its kinda funny since Billie was offered to play in Rancid...

[LetsGetHighOnMorris]

Dude he's such a fatass here

[Seanwaste]

no where near as good as operation ivy

[Brigister]

1:54 he bumped into the mic, ahahahah

[MrSinification]

yay its fat billie :3 <3

[jameson376]

rockin bill mike tre and dude

[misfitsfan28]

@WeedleOnFire dude this cover is fucking g4y as shit, operation ivy is way better than this fagit

[misfitsfan28]

operation ivy kicks way more ass than this pussy ass f4g will ever,

[Rattnuff]

back when they didnt look like freaks. great cover!

[alexalabkn]

Billie joe sex machine xD

[loltingable]

when was this?:s, and do they still play this in their concerts. or ANYTHING from their first album?

[TeHCoLoNeLSaiGoN]

I think some people look better fat... don't you?

[Brigister]

@TeHCoLoNeLSaiGoN he looked so cute and soft back then :D

[BlackAngelWhiteWings]

I didn't even knew this was a cover xD

[ritalinrick]

i think it's funny that this teeny bopper band is doing a punk cover.

[thultner]

@ritalinrick Makes sense, actually... Green Day was marginally involved in the San Francisco scene around the same time OPIV was around.

[CheGumby]

Op Ivy got upset the 1st time Green Duh covered it - didn't understand it was a tribute because usually the Gilman bands just made fun of each other

[MrPunkrocker995]

@WeedleOnFire you fucking serious man?!? Operation Ivy original sucks?!? wow!! this on is good dont get me wrong i just perfer the original alot more

[drunkpunx666]

fuck green gay

[SkyandEifer1986]

@WeedleOnFire I disagree, but at least you didn't say you like the HU cover of Bad Town.... Lame

[TheStaticCity]

I can't believe that guy held blue!!!

[Motleyliam]

fuckin amazing billy jo is a sex man XD

[TheGreendayTT]

i said ooouuu :D

Green Day rules !!!!!!!

[TheGreendayTT]

i said ooouuu :D

[SlashAngusHardy]

I prefer the original, but this version is good too

[WhompingWillowTree]

the crowd is so lame, haha.

[christianp1894]

billie joe is an awesome guitar player =)

[RaGeInsomniac]

@christianp1894 its only 3 power chords here as usuall but he is good ye !

[gtrst26]

drunk

[bombshell234]

@gtrst26 are you sure?? XD XDhahahaha

[AtoZ2792]

um i have a question why hasnt billie joe benn using blue nowadays i mean that guitar is the sweetest fucking guitar ever.:(

[TheGuitardude94]

@AtoZ2792 he uses it all the time!!! he used all the time because it was the only guitar he had, plus depending on the song the guitar might not sound so good with it. there is a huge diffference in sound between the guitars he uses

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 ru retarded. its called tuning ur guitar. to flat or sharps it dosnt matter what guitar u have, unless its a bass or twelve string guitar

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 ok then u obviously don't understand what pick ups r? and it does matter gibson guitars r more mellow and strats r more dirty cuz of the pickups, why do u think he doesn't use the strat for wake me up when september ends? yea sooo shut the fuck up i play both bass guitar and hav family the is highly educated in music, don't fuck wit me both sexually and non sexually

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 um ya, I know what pick ups are and what they do, and what the hell are u talking about sexualy and non sexualy, what ru fucking stupid

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 No yur fucking stupid, u didn't even read the last line i said "DON"T FUCK WITH ME" simply saying for you not to Fuck (sexually) with me. listen fuck nut it does matter what guitar u have, wuld u use an ibanez to play knowledge , no cause a fender sounds better. I tried keeping the paragraph short so u can read it, but you probably won't since you can't read

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 dude shut the fuck up, clearly ur on ur period, theres no point in talking to u. I never sayd I was gonna ``fuck u` retard

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 u called me dude, so if im a dude how can i be on my period, shows wht uk about women , bet u can't get laid, plus u started the argument RETARD

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 I didnt throw in the retarded ass insults u stupid fuck, ur on ur period cause u aint got balls f4got pussy fuck,

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 omg u don't even know what period is!!!! and what u said was a retarded ass insult and comback, cuz it made no sense to what i just said...anyone can curse a lot fuck nut, waste of semen, klondike fucking, ass wiping, cunt licking, ass farting, cum guzzler. u r the vagina fluid of justin bieber.

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 u aint got balls cause u got a fucking vagina u dum fucking f4git thats how u have ur fucking period, lay off the estrogen fuck-tard ur not even worth talking to ur soo fucking stupid, ur just a waste of comment space soo shut the fuck up and dont reply to this u fucking dum spick

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 so y do u keep replying, if it's not worth talking to me, u r the stupidest person i've ever talk to, u hav the IQ of toilet paper, u r the shit the comes out of an ass. and u r so obssessed with periods i think ur having one. and it's FAGGOT not f4git, u don't use #'s in words FUCK- TARD. entertain me with ur useless comeback.

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 bye bey btw get the dick out of ur ass

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 ur such a sexually obsessed person my god, u wuld like to c a dick up my ass u homo

[NativeG2188TT]

@TheGuitardude94 wow ur such a faggot he say'd he was done talking to u faggot, lolololololol I agree with him, u must be on ur period,

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 wow it looks like im not the only one who thinks this, maybe u should just shut the fuck up and stop being such a dumb ass

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 actually u r the only one who thinks this...homo

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 wow you are actually a retard, you take things so literal, now stop being a bitch on her period and shut the fuck up, before u get smacked back into the kitchen retard. 

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 dude ur not gonna win. and u can't say anything besides a "yur on yur period" u started the argument now u gotta deal with this shit , fuck nut

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 what are u? twelve years old, cause u argue like one, and this argument was never about winning retard, ur actualy soo fucking stupid

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 ur saying im 12?? typical comeback from a retard. no i am not 12, but i wuldn't be suprised if u r, saying the same shit over. and over. point of this argument. billie uses different guitars for tuning purposes to the song and uses different guitars for the sound. It's not all about tuning retard my god, ik a good amount of professional bands tht i actually talk to. ik a lot about music, definitely more than u. so im gonna stop wasting my time responding to u.

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 whoa u started the stupid argument about nothing and ur calling me twelve, what ever I dont even care, arguing with a six year old is pointless pce and good bye

[TheGuitardude94]

@misfitsfan28 wtf r u talking about, u started this argument by calling me retarded and ur calling me 12. Man u hav an attention span of a 6 yr old...ok now good bye

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 bye

[TheGuitardude94]

and u just said fuck u in thh last comment

[misfitsfan28]

@TheGuitardude94 soo I can say fuck all I want

[lesbetteraves1]

Operation Ivy-Knowlege Great song by Green Day! :D

[RubberNinjaPwn]

ha, mike, 3:08 lol



[bleh86meh]

the guy Billie pulled up is hot haha.

[Mildlycrazyfilms5]

Billie Joe said and i quote"Yes! For the LAST TIME!! Me and Tim Armstrong ARE related!"-Billie Joe's Twitter Account

[wowolay]

Tré's face said at 2:25 : WTF, a bee on my stage?

[Davidzinuhaha]

Blue!!!

:D

[jakeinwashington]

Does anyone know roughly when this was?

[Jarrison344]

@jakeinwashington It would have been the Warning era. 1999-2002 is my guess.

[turboman211]

1:25 jason freeze????? :L

[turboman211]

1:25 jason freeze????? :L

[TheThetechnician]

hope i never hear this again..typical green day mainstream tryin 2 be cool..mass produced shit

[CodyHiddingMusic]

@TheThetechnician fuck you 

[TheThetechnician]

@CodyHiddingMusic fuk u 2 u mainstream, brainwashed insecure cunt

[TheThetechnician]

@CodyHiddingMusic is a 15yo know it all with zero life experiences, in other words ...... TOSSER

[TheThetechnician]

@CodyHiddingMusic is a fag

[TheThetechnician]

@CodyHiddingMusic nothin else to say u wanna be drummer lol hahahahahahaahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa­ahhhhahhhahahhaahahahahahahhhh­hhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaa s

[SpoloBJ]

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[ThatRantKid]

I think if you're going to cover a song by a lesser known band you should play it correctly, otherwise you are advertising them as the stupid shit you just pulled.

Fuck you for that Billie.

[EuGJaMMeR]

@ThatRantKid

They were just as popular if not less popular than Operation Ivy when they recorded the album in which this covered is in back in 1989. They've been playing it ever since and crediting the band before playing it.

[ThatRantKid]

@EuGJaMMeR Operation Ivy is a youtube 30,000 view per song band. Green Day is a platinum world renowned band. How many people at this concert do you think even heard of Operation Ivy? Billie Joe should play covers the way there played so that people actually know what the band sounds like, instead Billie decided to act like a retard and broadcast his stupid version to his audience. If he played it correctly and credited the band correctly, others would have gotten interested in Operation Ivy.

[gophercureself]

@ThatRantKid

You're right.

They've certainly Hot Topicified the culture...

At least some of us can get real jobs if we have visible tattoos now... Maybe...

[EuGJaMMeR]

@ThatRantKid

Apparently, there's nothing we can do. I recently saw Jason Mraz's cover of 'Blitzkrieg Bop' and I wonder the same. I get your point though.

But still, Jesse did approve this and made the band's cover art for the EP in which this song is included so I guess Jesse himself had no problem. Maybe they both didn't make it such a big deal.

[TheThetechnician]

@EuGJaMMeR doesnt change the fact that its poofter shit

[TheThetechnician]

@ThatRantKid fuk oath

[UltimateCommentor]

Sounds like he said "Billy joel sex machille" lol

[FuckDaPolice713]

lucky son of a bitch...

[Bakery994]

@number1Pomeranian leave them alone, they are probably stoned

[MykeMetyll]

Man they used to be so good!

[SicParanoid]

2:22 ? WTF :D

[twavisgetsum]

They ruined that song.

[deamonxheadxx]

@twavisgetsum no they made it ther own im an op fan my self i prefer op but this aint bad

[Junkpunker21]

@greggers420

And you're probably so sucked into the mainstream-music-think-they-kn­ow-how that you've started to think pop punk sucked because MTV labeled lame bands like Fall Out Boy, Simple Plan, My Chemical Romance, Blink-182, and New Found Glory - "POP PUNK".

Well, that's not right.

[sexpistol455]

hes fat hahahaha

[jwb661087]

First off Jesse Micheals is WAY Better and the Operation ivy version is 1000x better and tim is a better guitarist

[IfuckinLuvBillieJoe]

Op Ivy's version sucks ass.

Let's face it.

Billie Joe sings it better than Tim Armstrong.

End of discussion.

[j0o0ol]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe green day is just making it more pop. so shut the fuck up.

[greggers420]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe dude you're the biggest douche listening to green day! these guys are posers to the max wannabe boners!

[IfuckinLuvBillieJoe]

@greggers420

I don't see how listening to an awesome band like Green Day makes me a douche.

Posers? i don't see that either, they just play music.

[greggers420]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe you just sound more of a douche the more you say theyre awesome haha! and they hella are, first when they started out they were good and pumping, then they started turning way more gayer and more pop punk! I just think its dumb how bands like this change but yet still call them selves punks and "how they started it" and trust me i heard interviews with billy joe and read articles and shit, so go ahead and try to prove me wrong fag. these guys just suck in the music industry.

[IfuckinLuvBillieJoe]

@greggers420

Green Day were always Pop-Punk. When they started out their music was melodic. I think their new(er) stuff like their Nimrod album (1997) was the most Punk album they ever done.

And Pop stands for POPULAR so..Popular Punk..yes that's what Green Day are/were, whatever the fuck you wanna call it.

I ain't trying to prove anyone wrong and you're entitled to your opinion (thanks for calling me a fag..)

They're music has changed, it's much more complex than it ever was.

[greggers420]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe Cool story bro.

[Junkpunker21]

@greggers420

More gayer and pop punk? So are you saying Pop Punk sucks? You probably believed it when MTV told you Fall Out Boy was Pop 'Punk'. So you don't like the Ramones? Rancid? The Queers? The Buzzcocks?

After Green Day made Dookie, they didn't want to make an even better album the next year - Insomniac. They wanted to make songs about how they felt. They changed things because they wanted to - they didn't give a fuck about their critics.

They never declared they started 'it'.

[greggers420]

@Junkpunker21 Ramones and Rancid arent pop punk dumbass! And The Queers and Buzzcocks are fucking lame! They're posers just as much as Green Day! Jesse of Op.Ivy would beat Billie Joe's ass just listening to this, Billie Joe is a fake wanna be fagget. Now he's all emo! The whole band is!

[Junkpunker21]

@greggers420

What a stupid cock. I'm not even going to continue this argument. Jesse Michaels made the cover art for the album in which Green Day had this cover on. It's called 39/Smooth.

[EuGJaMMeR]

@greggers420

Fuck you, you hear me?

[greggers420]

@EuGJaMMeR No i dont hear you cause its internet and we type, but you're a fagget do you hear me?

[EuGJaMMeR]

@greggers420

I shouldn't be replying to an idiot like you who has no idea how to classify genres.

Jesse Michaels drew the fucking cover art for where the Green Day 1989 album that contains this cover of 'Knowledge'. They'd both beat you up.

[greggers420]

@EuGJaMMeR Thanks dude :).

[cryszofthescots]

Waitwaitwait, Billie can play things ASIDE from power chords?!?!?!

[BeatlesLvr11]

hmmmm he seems to kiss a lot of fans... the worst part is that some of em probably have like herpes or like another std.... i wonder if hes caught any. ew. haha.

[SHANDFILMS]

what year was this?

[CoffinTurtle6660]

They fu***ng ruined the song that made me listen to OP IVY

[BiroZombie]

@CoffinTurtle6660 If you thought this was bad, listen to their album version of it, made 21 years ago. You'd hate that version even more.

[alessandromarcioig]

He could play on the true "blue" BJ guitar! What a luck! :D

[zeppodeppo]

fat Billie times.

[jaxthehate11]

@zeppodeppo haha yes a little chubby, but what the hell do you call the rest of america? MONTER i mean billie isnt that fat in that bad

[itsmeloj]

like this comment if the beggining made you lol

[GreenDay3366]

He's got a broken G-String at 2.36?!

[MarxyRamone]

@GreenDay3366 Looks like its his B but yeah i see it too haha

[aeroforce9609]

I don't don't know why people say Billie Joe looks chubby here. He looks pretty in shape, his is what looks chubby, that's it.

[cokezzzftw]

@aeroforce9609 It is just his chin, but he looks good chubby for some reason. I dunno :P

[aeroforce9609]

@cokezzzftw Yeah that's what I meant to put...

[cokezzzftw]

@aeroforce9609 Oh kay :P

[codec50]

que cara de sorte aquele q subiu nu palco putzzzz

que loco veio....

[joeybakerboardking]

just noticed the bouncing souls shirt NIIICE

[jeniigirll]

chubby billie<3

[Poltergeisteater]

how does green day still manage to be sexy when they've let themselves go a bit...?

[thexeconomy]

crapy cover 

[jamesman74]

@thexeconomy crappy spelling

[Blubid]

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey­yyoooooooooooooooo!

[SpoloBJ]

Billie Joe SEEX MACHIIINE :D

[georgeyboy1231]

Total shite ... Nothing else to say except for green day have raped operation ivy

[GoodSydeBill]

@explodingheadsrock no , he hates it because he think it sounds like disney pop music now.

[muffin2261]

he's good

[stfacku]

billie joe sex machine!

[greenday62698]

does he love me?

[pojji]

Does it matter if green day are being popular? they fuckning deserve it.

[ILoveMyDogsAss]

I think Green Day is the best example that Operation Ivy didnt want to become I'm mean sure Green Day is okay and all but Operation Ivy tried to avoid popularity and I feel Green Day is eating up their popularity but thats just me.