Green Day - Basketcase Live on Letterman

[TheEnchantedCupcake]

wtf is with the random fishing guys? anyway, luvin the video!

[PapaMurphey1]

Green Day... Master Warlocks of the Power Chord.

[MegaGreendayfan101]

im loving tre in this video!

[J3PPISH]

Mike recorded the album How to Make Enemies and Irritate People by Screeching Weasel when this was recorded

[anthonyy97]

no this wasnt their first performance it was on conan and they played welcome to paradise

[cevie11]

its so sweet this is their first performance on nationwide television and he says that the song is for Adrianne.. <3

[xxTheDoorsFanxx]

BILLIE JOE DOESN'T AGE!!

Has he found the fountain of youth? I can't believe he's 40 now.

[cevie11]

@xxTheDoorsFanxx hes 39. :P

[Zephyesa]

ah this is the green day I remeber so much an love so much, I hate shit like 21 guns, thats so not greenday

[aldipunkrock90and70]

@Zephyesa yeah

[Zephyesa]

@aldipunkrock90and70 dam rite yeah, I like some of the new gd stuff, but nothing beats the shit from dookie

[ParagramTree]

If anyone wants to see want the original punks were really like, there is a good film on here youtube called "Suburbia" about punks type in "suburbia 1984" to see it. It was made in 1983 and released in cinemas in 1984 it shows what tale end of the first wave of punk 1976 to 1984 was like. By 1983 when the film was made punk was in steep decline but there were still thousands of diehard fans keeping the punk flame alive.

[zNevermindThat]

@ParagramTree COOL STORY BRO.TELL US MORE

[ParagramTree]

@zNevermindThat Just look up the film on here youtube. All you have to do to watch it is type in "suburbia 1984" and it should come up. It is in 12 parts.

[brackman64]

wow letterman looks young as hell

[Brigister]

HI.

[88mindfuck]

Haha billie didn't know where to go after he shook lettermans hand

[alliwanttosay1]

Mike was born aged something between 25 and 50 ...

[s4msam]

I miss the old Green Day.

[Einfrein]

Wait a minute... IS THAT TRE?! Look at his hair O_O

[fabioadias]

I miss the 90s.

[6runge]

@fabioadias We all do, Music from the heart, And no from the ass like now

[charmanderstail]

why was letterman scared by this?

[Spaghettaboutit]

Has that weird 80s guitar flange on this...

[SmokeWeedEveryDay629]

Wish I could have seen them live back then

[TheFloay]

awesome harmonies ;DD

[TbroBleet]

I went to a whore....random fishing.

[TheKallup]

"Hi this song is 4,80$"

[lazrpo]

@TheKallup ...What?

[TheKallup]

@lazrpo 4,80=four eighty

[MrRoflwat]

@TheKallup He said "This song is for Adie*"

[TheKallup]

@MrRoflwat I'm aware of that. I guess I should have made it more clear that i was joking

[brilderee9867]

I miss greenday =(

[akosibopet]

classic punk rock!!! yeah!!!

[imahappyvirus5]

@NicoRp33 if I ever hear that song again i'll shoot myself with 21 guns...

[redlandshero]

I mean westbound hwy

[redlandshero]

Guys hwy 80 runs out of the east bay towards in norcal to the east coast. It's the hwy bj took to visit his gf adie when she lived out of state. It's a cool coincidence that the hwy and her name are the same. This is referenced in the song 80 and rebound hwy.

[micgerm]

wtf does Time magazine know about rock music

[SpalleaT84]

"Hi, this song is for Adie" BJ is GOD

[bloodnokian]

Dem drums.

[SuperCoolDomino]

I'm getting the chills watching this.. <3

[sugarmagnolia787]

I don't even want see how avril lavigne butchered this great song....

[sekoboro]

Hair tré is cool!

[Kaedon8]

look at bj at the end...he doesnt know where to go!! XD

[Shepthetastic]

he says "adie" not 80... why would he call his wife 80???

[cpduhe]

@Shepthetastic Apparently 80 is an abbreviation for "Adie." There's a song called "80" and I'm pretty sure it's not dedicated to anyone named Lauren xD.

[Shepthetastic]

@cpduhe yeah during their first tour billie tried to take picture of road sign that said 80 because it sounds like "adie" but that doesent stop his nickname for her being adie. Plus their are other Green Day songs about past girlfreinds that have different song titles playing on their name

[dashingbradzz]

what a good year

[sharixs]

1:40....WTF?

[KoRnholEO1000]

@sharixs hahah glitch

[music569]

lol at the two random fishin pals. but hell yeah green day was badass and raw back then, so young and 90's lol.

[absolutgreenday]

HAJ!

[laamchops]

billies voice changes alot

[viewerNUMBER19]

Can I have my comment on top .PLEASE!!!!!

[guitarist2195]

@viewerNUMBER19 No

[StrangerRandom]

I was at Lollapalooza 94!!

ahh Green Day were awesome.

[breakingfame]

this is the slowest they ever played it live they normally play it so fast live lol

[shelloz09]

Green Day has been on Letterman many times. He loves them :)

[christherocker98]

whats up with the clip of 2 guys fishing?

[blad514]

@christherocker98 LMFAO

[marko92pn]

I accidentaly the whole Letterman

[gabyartes01]

1:00 - 1:15 best backing vocals ever

[RebelWatsername13]

look at Tre's hair!! it's so very.. different, but I can't believe that this was their first performance on national television!!

[themalachijethro]

You can hear the difference if he do drugs before playing and did not use drugs

[pasim123]

@themalachijethro hes not high at this?

[themalachijethro]

@pasim123 I think so

[pasim123]

@themalachijethro Me too but no one knows, maybe hes just a little bit :))

[dangerready]

@pasim123 and @themalachijerthro There was an article in Rolling Stone back when this song came out and they played Letterman. They were stoned. Check out the artical.

[coltsfanatic18]

lol...bass masters at 1:40

[Vivvanno]

This was when Letterman was funny, and when Green Day made good music

[snoopy25042]

@Vivvanno They still make amazing music buddy

[IHeartLinkinPark95]

"Hi...This song's for Adie!"

niahahaha I just fan-girled embarrassingly.

[JaviVSloquendos]

video quality fail lol

[kornfan713]

he played the shit outta that guitar

[Swingfinger]

Letterman was born old

[Gunsinpublic]

hi............................­.........

[shelloz09]

p.s. I was born in 1994 too!!!

[shelloz09]

lmao at the end Billie looked like he didn't know where to go!

[skatertumen]

Call to the medicate. There are 16 dead gayest gays

[VinnyOWNZ21]

This one's for Adrienne :)

[nflfanatic4life]

I love it! Vintage Green Day!! I am with Joe, I cracked up when I saw Tre's hair!! HAHA

[Rev7xavenged7xSyn]

Video is shite quality.

[anakin000234]

born 1994!!!!!!! thumbs up !!!!!!!!

[brunofujii]

And there goes the great Green Day. :s

[IHateJustinBieber87]

I think Green Day have been on Lettermen 20 times in the last 18 years... Letterman is a big Green Day fan.

[RealTime88]

@IHateJustinBieber87 That makes Dave only the coolest that he put Green Day in the national spot light!!! He's forever cool to me for that. I'm a Green Day fan too so I must ask you, what is your favorite song from the boys?

[AdamDefective]

weasel shirt on dirnt nasty!!!

[laulauhummz]

hahahah i was born january 1994 too. green day is unbelievable oh mannnnnnnnnn

[LLB61959]

@slap............you try being young from nothing and attain fame and FOOOOOORTUNE and adulation..........Its hard to stay grounded

[muffin2261]

lol everytime they're in letterman tre runs somewhere

[SlapHappyJesus]

God what happened to this band. Just another greatly talented group that let fame and record sales go to their head. Now they make songs with non-sensble, supposedly deep lyrics and have a show on broadway about one of their crappier albums. I miss what was one of my favorite bands and I want them back.

[pjb453]

@SlapHappyJesus what happened to them is they grew up their not in their 20's now if they stayed the same they would get criticised for not changing

[SlapHappyJesus]

@pjb453 I don't really agree with that. They have their heads up their own ass nowadays. Their songs contain nonesense lyrics and narrative. They try to seem ultra serious though when their off stage they seem like the 20 years olds you seem to think they evolved from. They now have musicals based off of their work. If you like their new style, fine. Don't be one of those people that says they grew up and changed. They seem like the same people to me, just not on stage.

[promotingdetails]

waaaa semangat yaaahhh \(´▽`)/

[btuc401]

Back when Green Day were decent.

[spartacusbw]

Back then... when Green Day made real music and were no show-offs..

[jdmimport13]

@spartacusbw I agree but they show off so well I can't not like them still.

[orioles2009wschamps]

@spartacusbw Amen

[SouthernPoint52]

1:39  wat?

[13StarRox]

@SouthernPoint52 oh i think its when they loose contact for a while or something

[TheMetallicafan7]

dang greendyas good then there good now theve always been good i dont c much of a difference in the new music exept i here more piano and 2 guitars and his lyrics r beter greenday did wat they did with all the new members for the fans apreaciat it

[SGKlD]

you can tell billie was nervous, its kind of cute haha

[jackineedo]

I love this :) how cool it would be if I was a teen back then and then looking at this video now and saying oh ya I remember watching this! good times..

[27297billiejoe]

What the fuck 1:40

[MykeMetyll]

Ah, back when they were punk!

[SpammerSpamsAgain]

Green Day are Punk through and through.

Punk is not just music, it's a lifestyle, and they lived that lifestyle.

They were accept by the Punk community .. just listen to their guitar style, it sound just like how the Sex Pistols played.

[silentcypher]

He looks like Malcolm in the Middle whenever he's blonde XD

[VenusRosemaryOli]

@silentcypher OHMYJESUS. i've been thinking that since i knew what Billie's looked like!!

[magictomy64]

1:40  WHAT THE HELL???????

[RPvideoss]

billie was like wtf do i do

[bjnwright]

look at him go! haha! farken awesome though people aye... i love it!!

[HarryGrin95]

this songs for adie! :) hes so awesome, such an idol

[tvfan02]

Wow! Back when they were good.

[fdelucs]

the 15 dislikes weren't for green day. they were for letterman.

[WorldWar2ismylastnam]

@fdelucs

Make mine 16... for Green Day of course

[daystilljersey]

@fdelucs Nobody dislikes Dave. He went on Lolapalooza for goodness sake! In place of Kurt from what I understand. Some of Nirvana's best performances was that summer with Letterman filling in.

[Korvfighter]

Green day<33 but they looked horrible back in the old days but they were still just as awesome as they are today :D

[greend4y08]

@Korvfighter you are kidding, arent you?

[Korvfighter]

@greend4y08 No ^

[mentalfive]

Wow. Mike Dirt is an amazing backup vocalist. His harmonies are spot-on.

[ellencalvo]

wow, Letterman was young

[yesicaherrera]

@ellencalvo Everyone was young.

[tokikokoable]

why is Tre shake hand with Latterman?

[SGKlD]

just awesome

[richardmorrison78]

And who would've thought theyd be goin strong 16 years later!?

[IfuckinLuvBillieJoe]

I can't believe some people say Green Day can't play their instruments?? i mean...O_O look at them here?

Billie Joe is well known for wrecking up his guitars, he literally pounds the shit outta his guitars.

[zosothedestroyer]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe so does everyone else in punk...

[bassassin1837]

Canon in Eb anyone?

[georgeion58]

hahah!

dave: and so am i im gna be on that tour

[dfbhcf]

Damn, look how fuckin' hard they play their instruments. Such raw emotion. These are REAL musicians!

[gderflinger]

awesome - green day is the best rock band alive :-)

[georgeion58]

haha dave is funny

[kyleknight45]

Green day were much much better in the old days, american idiot seemed good when it came out, but since then iv realised how much better they were before :/ basket case FTW !

[jummkill13]

what the hell is mike doing at 0:42? Moonwalking? haha

[KissGreenDayRancid17]

...Hi

[schitaco]

I remember watching this with my dad when i was 7. We were wondering why the drummer ran off at the end. Kinda cool that this is on youtube now, I haven't seen it since then.

[jwhitteker]

@schitaco how old are you now?

[MistaNolan]

tre kinda looks like the caddy boy from Happy Gilmore

[aafdedgvsd]

HAHA CATCH ANY FISH

[LizzardArmstrong]

i don't care if people think green day are sell outs. green day know where their roots are and how they managed to get up to where they are and even when they reached their rock star status or whatever they know and respect the fact that without fans buying their cds and merch and tickets for their shows that they wouldn't even be where they are now. and i respect that so much. and i fucking love them.

[xTimeOfYourLife]

Ahhhhhh did he seriously just say "The song's for 80?" That's so cute :-)

[LizzardArmstrong]

@xTimeOfYourLife i think he said "this songs for ady" as in adrienne.

[xTimeOfYourLife]

@LizzardArmstrong Yes I understand, but he calls her 80. :-)

[shinobikid14]

"Its 'green day' kids!" 

[Homer22234555]

i miss when they looked like this even though i wasn't born yet

[klondike53226]

what's with the random fly-fishing shot? >=P

[CMiller1334]

@klondike53226 There life's a bore haha

[sacker12]

@klondike53226 It's Letterman, what do you expect?

[sjhart14]

@klondike53226 This was recorded in the days of VHS and someone at home probably saw this on TV and wanted to record it, so they grabbed a random tape and recorded over what was on the tape, instead of using a fresh tape. In this case, the tape had someones fly fishing trip recorded on it. The player must have screwed up and stopped recording the video for a moment, leaving a section of the previously recorded video still visible.

[5GKryanbut]

lol whats up with 1:42 ?

[procrastinator300]

i don't think they sold out. But even if they did, I'm glad they did because I, having been born in 1995, probably never would have heard of Green Day if they hadn't become famous (again) when they released American Idiot in 2004. I might have found them eventually but it would have taken much longer and the chances are much smaller.

[IfuckinLuvBillieJoe]

Green Day is not emo.

But I understand where you're coming from.

I went to one of their concerts couple months ago and it was PATHETIC how many emo bitches were there with there fucking purple hair bopping their heads along to Basket Case (not even knowing the fucking lyrics!!!)

I swear emos deserved to get bullied sometimes....

There's no old school Green Day fans, I hate the new generation of fans...most only know American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown.

[Misirlou2]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe I'm an old school Green Day fan. But I agree with you. I saw them August last year in San Antonio, and he asked for people to come on stage to sing Longview. He got three people, and only one could complete the verse correctly. It's sad. I could have, but I was pretty broke, and could only afford the nosebleed seats. lol. Oh well. They were good, at least. They even played 86, AND Paper Lanterns. I was so surprised.

[juanleiden]

@IfuckinLuvBillieJoe

im an old school green day's fan

this was the fucking shit

:D

[linaseoyonpark]

I'm actually more surprised by that YOUNG Letterman... OMG

[NHLuongo]

did he say the songs for iggy ?

[TheMusiclover1967]

everybody has the right to like who they like!! GREEN DAY IS AN AWESOME BAND AND I LOVE THEM!!

[ThePooptet]

LOL! Tre in this video looks like that Albino Caddy from Happy Gilmore

[tanty151]

i wonder what it felt like to be such a young age and band with such a rough background and gone on a show like letterman. I also wonder if they new that theyd last as such a poplular band and be on the show a lot more!! :)

[johnfitz441992]

2:24-2:43,so class,billies a legend.

[SGKlD]

so young

[Poojauppal]

I don't get how they sold-out

[PohatuJr]

Not very good video quality, but the audio is great, and that's what matters.

[joeswfc2007]

Tre's hair in this made me explode in my pants.

[cr4zy0n31nc]

@joeswfc2007 this whole video makes me explode on my couch.... *drools over Billie and Tre*

[gurujoe1985]

@joeswfc2007 What?! That's crazy! ... Wait a second... aw crap.

[Shiizopath]

best guys ever. ♥

[TheGDfansparadise]

he dedicated it to his wife (-:

[Mra393]

Nearly everyone that was in my class just year just hated green day cus they were fake and not punk. Is singing songs about masturbation and playing naked not punk??? I think so. GD and BLINK 182 are truly amazing.

[mjschemicalromance]

@Mra393 They're not really true punk now, they're more pop punk/alternative now...but i still like old Green Day...American Idiot was ok, but i didn't like 21st Century Breakdown

[4alarmer]

Letterman is such a douche

[punkDARYLpunk]

@4alarmer but he's sooo funny

[Zangaroofallox]

0:34. Haha. Hi.