Green Day - Working Class Hero [John Lennon cover]

[AlbertR713]

I don't think that green day censored fuck because they don't usually do that. And I agree with you foolofa Hobbit, I think that billie joe put more emotion into his singing.

[FoolOfAHobbit]

The Green Day is much better than John Lennon's.

By th way... Lennon has a quite boring voice. It doesn't make me feel anything...

[TheMildewedBrain]

يوما ما سيكون هناك سلام حقيقي في دارفور

[MrMRlevin]

green day version is better than john lennon ;)

[umid95]

this song cant be bad in any voice!!

[dontsinktheboat]

Are they serious? Did they really censor "fuck"? Don't get me wrong, I actually like this version. Not as much as the Lennon version, but I still enjoy it. I'm pissed off that the muted fuck because John Lennon almost NEVER cursed in his songs. The fact that he cursed in this song, and even put emphasis on it only added to the emotion that was already there. I'm glad they did a cover of it, but I just can't believe they shot for the big money by appealing to the younger audience. Again.

[Saenz700]

I cant believe that top comments are so fucking likely -.-

[ominiticgaming]

The top two comments are silly, and missing the point of John Lennon.

[nullord]

who put the dislike-button don't understand what the song means

[TheGreenDayFreak01]

AWESOME!!!!!!

[ijustwannalive1000]

I adore John Lennon and The Beatles but at this time I like Green Day´s version better than the original.

And people should see this as a tribute not as a competition!

Great!Great!Great!

[3runex]

BEST WORKING CLASS HERO COVERS:

3 Marilyn Manson

2 Green Day

1 Ozzy Osbourne

(but the original is still the best)

R.I.P JOHN LENNON

[3o06]

this video is better if not censored

[mxhardymx21]

How the fuck can you compare John to Billie ?

I'm a huge fan of Green Day and as much as I love Billie, it's still impossible for me to compare.

No one is going to be as good as John cuz he is a legend for all he did at his time.

Billie is my inspiration. To me he is my hero, but you can't comare them, no matter who you thing is the best, you just can't !

[sofaacouchh]

<3 i love this ..

[thepezcado1]

need 90 bullets!! 24 for who disliked this and the rest for the others who will!!!!

[KingOfADay72]

this is amazing cover ! peace

[Ambika2712]

john would've been so proud..

[spartacandream]

John Lennon is one of the best singers ever and did awesome at this song, don't get me wrong, but Greenday redid this so much better! Its phenomenal!

[2013Jomo]

wow this cover's amazing... i almost wanna say it's better than the original... but i won't, cuz john lennon's pretty amazing too... still, one of green day's most epic covers... green day is the best!

[PudelBREMEN]

Green Day is much better than John Lennon.

Billies Cover is so good I can't believe!

[steaua6radoi]

i need to stop reading moronic comments with bullets

don't thumb this up, 'cause you'll be just like them

[KNOWYOURIDIOT]

look at those faggots, idc if you dont like the song, you just disliked darfur, a country, as worse as saudi arabia, afghanistan, iraq, sudan, and all other talliban occupied countries, that's wrong, you disgust me. people die everyday in the middle east, you just fucking watch you pussy

[jojojo20jojojo1]

R.I.P. Mr. JOHN LENNON

[risottodirk]

17 bullets? 21 guns?

you first must learn how to smile as you kill!

[Berl1n1]

definitely better then the original version

[Giselstein]

they destroyed a great song

[jojojo20jojojo1]

@Giselstein i find it's a great cover...

[soundofimpalement]

@Giselstein i wouldn't necessarily say destroyed. it's a decent cover, but it pales in comparison to the original

[indirockfella92]

a decent track but with a meaningful video.3>

[LauraRock100]

Fantastico.

[m3al1n]

Best

I love that video

Give racism no chance

[buckeyelaverty]

@Khemix. You are no better than the stereotypes you believe in. I'm betting your daddy taught you to say nigger. Same as his and the rest of your ignorant family. Guess what happens to black people in predominatly white hick towns? THEY GET LYNCHED YOU ASSHOLE. SKIN COLOR DOESN'T DETERMINE A SINGLE GODDAMN THING. Guess who is currently serving in the armed forces to protect your rights. PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, SEXUALITIES, and RELIGIONS. I hope somehow you can figure this out before you say

[DerBananne]

I love this song. The text is so true ... and I love Green Day

[RondoRaven]

You could say ethnic cleansing is a consequence of social strife gone awry. Is this supposed to be satire?

[MrYadneerg]

I need 21 guns to kill those 21, who pressed the dislike-button!

The video and the cover is really great! :)

[yawningpheonix]

hey Khemix4! howbout a nice hot cup of shutthefuckup!!!! racist bastards are not human. racists need to be kept on leashes and walk like the dogs they are. u fucking nazi!!! i hope a bunch of black people slaughter everyone at your funeral!!! way to go green day!!! keep it up!!!

[MrCopperhead1861]

Wow even Green Day has to take a moment to nod to John Lennon. Cool!

[szimplanulla3]

this is good

but the noir desir version is much better!

[SuburbiaPunk]

21 one dislikes and 21 guns but we dont shot them!!! today is john lennons 70th birthday and i think he dont like to kill them!! sry for my bad english!!!

John lennon and Green day forever.

[animemonarch888]

End the violence

[39user274502]

thank you green day for making a sacred song such as this, meaningless.

[ROBLOXroad55]

This is depressing but true.

[pieman1019]

netter than john lennon

[95WOWJUNKIE]

john lennons song greenday dosnt sing it well

[mochanbach]

their are some sad fascist racist bstards on here i hope you meet your biggest fears soon

[Nickelboyzzz]

it`s so good,perfect song

[Khemix4]

You can take the nigg3r out of the jungle, but you cannot take the jungle out of the nigg3r. The more Africans we import, the more our countries will resemble theirs.

[mochanbach]

@Khemix4 hope ya die soon ya arsehole

[franksshoe]

@Khemix4 fuck off and die.what the fuck is wrong with you.what does the color of your skin pre determine who you are?fuck your piece of shit country

[Khemix4]

@franksshoe skin color is only a convenient indicator of what lies inside the person. race goes far deeper than the skin tone. whats wrong with me? seeing my neighborhood and places i once called home turn into african slums that resemble the third world. where robbery, drugs, and violence run rampant. you can't even take your girl for a walk in the woods past midnight for fear of safety. the more trash we import the more this will happen nationwide.

[kurt9876543210]

@Khemix4 and if you don't like your neighborhood move out

[ubadoobaubadooba]

@Khemix4 are you a nazi or something, your the worst kind of shit

[WhamBlam99]

benjammin8807: Who are you to judge?

[benjammin8807]

green day should not be allowed to cover this song.

[koendie4]

@benjammin8807 why not?

[daniiariana]

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,

And you think you're so clever and classless and free,

But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see,

[STEMOSbruder]

who could dislike a song like this???? i mean the message is so important!!

[jessy8696]

Che voce che ha Billie mado. Stupenda!

[GreenDay637]

I Must Cry When I Listen It .... Billie Joe And The other Guys ;) You Rock's x3

I Am Green Day Best Fan ..*-*

[xXbhenzXx]

@GreenDay637 this is originally performed by john lennon of the beatles

[rockinsideofme]

this is so sad.. song.. i love green day<3

[SneeryCanadienTV]

i'm gonna do this soong when i adition for the nxt star

[fairyoakbubu]

<3 *_____________* <3

[brabrabra1988]

Loucuraaaaa!

[lepetitbatteurpro]

O_O

[theclefonator]

Awesome song! I love it! :)

[neruize]

the best song i Ts Just the best

[kkiiku]

(imho) the message is cristal clear : governements come and go, WE are the working class, we are the one that have to open eyes and help the people of Darfour get free of the (uranium..) warlords' grips. Great video by Sam Bayer, great song : let's follow John :)

[Nirvaaanaa]

I like mansons and Johns version better but the part when the drums come in is just awsome and fucking powerful.

[sonoragenlove]

really, no offence but i don't understand the lyrics. when they sing all these horrible things, isn't this more like "underclass hero?"

[firedragon410]

@sonoragenlove I'm not sure exactly, but I think in the lyrics, he's expressing how the black poeple feel during racism, and then he says "a working class hero is something to be". Again I could be wrong, but that's what I got from it.

[AgnessLoveKitty]

It's the best! Awesome cover....

[jascl1974]

Green Day best song for me :>.

[OasisSawSouthPark]

awesome<3

[hkyplyr1994]

One of the best covers EVER!

[PunkHeart677]

So I guess it's wrong to care about people in Africa?

I see.

[TreCoolismyhero]

this a great and powerful song :D

[LordHelmchlein]

Much better than john lennons version. hate the lennon songs with yoko...

[shayanbeatles]

i love both the beatles and green day but johns version is way better

[5h8i]

Wow....ok ppl may think I'm a baby but I friggin cried and I don't care what u ppl think. Greenday is the best band and always will be. I hope I will meet them all one day. U ppl who think it's funny that the woman who said a man was killed and his wife was raped next to his dead body.....u ppl are just sick if u think it's funny. Greenday is more than just a band, they're a symbol for peace. :)

[B0UDEN5]

I need 17 bullets for the retards that disliked this video !

[rahulbanerjee33]

@B0UDEN5 I need 2 more for the other two!!!

[xXbhenzXx]

@B0UDEN5 they like jb haha

[7amanyation]

@B0UDEN5 i need 22 :@

[Sniffles0611]

@B0UDEN5 You're gonna need 5 more

[fmshazam]

@B0UDEN5 It's just a matter of opinion...let them think what ever they wanna think...

[Schmed2]

@B0UDEN5 you really want to kill people because you like an ANTI-war viddeo and they dont?? hypocricy much?

[eneoud]

Green Day totally misinterpreted this song.

But atleast they succeeded in making it sound just like any other of their own lame radio hits.

[rhn94]

@eneoud then why did u fucking listen 2 it??

[eneoud]

@rhn94 Because I've listened to Lennons music and I was interested in hearing what kind of tribute/cover Green Day had to offer.

[Jadex3x3]

@eneoud

I dont understand...can you please explain?

[eneoud]

@Jadex3x3 Lennons song criticizes how people are brought up in the western culture. The way people are brainwashed from birth to be mere workers for the society rather than being encouraged and inspired to make something of their lives they really desire.

And then Green Day turned it into a "theres a lot of shit going around in Africa give money to charity" -song

[Jadex3x3]

@eneoud okay that makes sense to me. thank you

I like both interpretations, even the green day interpretion, like you described it sounds a little hard

the first part fits better to the way green day interpretet it and the second better to the way lennon does

great song, no matter how you look at it ;)

[FatalK1ll3r13]

lmfaoo yea I saw this video on the live feed and I watched it and then I saw MatthewVonK and I was like "oh shiiiiit"

[kernelflack]

i've seen green day in intervieuws and they were so childish, i didn't expect them to make such a video clip.

BTW does anyone know from which album this is or is it just a single?

[Love4Inuyasha]

@kernelflack

They made it for charity, it's in a demo where there are other cover made by other Bands, but I don't remember the name now.

[MatthewVonK]

@Fatalkilla Umbria?

[9Astrid7]

tre cool at 1.32 lololol

[FatalK1ll3r13]

@MatthewVonK. That's a very good point. You know my name is Matt too.

[snitselll]

muy linda cancion muy linda...bravoGREEN DAY!!!!!!

[calhip20]

coolest band around..the new album is very good

[MatthewVonK]

This video andsong tells us a message of world peace by showing us no peace at all. Very unique. It also shows how sick and cruel we can treat our brothers. Green Day and John Lennon is no exception to spreading this message of peace

[arnaldo334]

very great song.it says just the truth.great J.L.who wrote this.R:I:P

[TreCoolJericho]

Simply amazing. Awesome vid, awesome band, awesome song.

[TheEmptyPlaces]

beautiful song

and I love the version of green day

but of all the versions I have heard

the original by John Lennon is still the best

[BlooddrunkFan]

this is real green day style... much better than this new shit

[chimpbottle]

Awesome cover. Except it's censored (not their fault obviously)

[skaters05]

I really do appreciate Green Day's activism, raising awareness about this significant issue. This is also a really good and innovative cover compared with some others. Still... I'm really confused by their song choice here. African genocide and capitalist oppression of the working class are just two totally different issues.

[somnathsara]

awesome song it's trueeeeeeeeeee :) green park rock

[fjtaladro5]

@somnathsara green park? ugh... i don't get it xD

[somnathsara]

@fjtaladro5 ??????

[JINX4827]

super true man. respect !

[85LinkinPark]

When was this made?

between american idiot and 21st century breakdown

and excellent song Green Day:D

[ElizabethxPete]

I think its amazing that a popular band in our generation covers a John Lennon song. More young people should know about John Lennon.

[itaa132]

this cover blows th original song.. no offence to john lennon though

[BillieFan94]

Amazing Video, amazing song, amazing Billie Joe <33

[kuaran]

This is just super!

[Dfolkeringa]

Like this song, I like Green Day/Lennon to...

[deathByStupid]

Whats the song got to do with the Darfur Genocide.

Seems like a pretty cheap stunt, i'm sure there are more applicable songs that can represent the people of darfur. Especially Lennon songs.

Also dont they say dont make a cover if it doesnt add something to the song. Leave this poor-mans version of the original stuff in the karaoke bar.

[Datura90]

Wonderful song, lyrics, criticism and poetry from Lennon

Very good cover from Greenday ...

[Mackan134]

don´t mute the "f" words in the video,, tell the world what´s happends over there!!

[huwr4]

when did they cover this song??????

and GREEN DAY ARE THE BEST

[shadetheman117]

i love how the song ends with john singing it

[KISSRULEZ1973]

Best song ever i love green day

[oLm3s]

I love this song..*_*

[ConfusiousInc]

I love this song, John Lennon is amazing, and the anothlgy version is just chilling.

Green Day did a pretty good job with it, I really like the song with the heavier guitars, and drums.

[eli4e94]

it's just perfect!!!!

[PickrelisGross]

This video is so sad, it's beyond words. Just the stories they all tell.. And Green Day was the perfect group to do this. It just captures so much passion. I can't help but get chills everytime.

[PickrelisGross]

This video is so sad, it's beyond words. Just the stories they all tell.. And Green Day was the perfect group to do this. It just captures so much passion. I can't help but get chills everytime.

[SpecialKetamine26]

I fucking love this song. Such amazing lyrics.

[annastargirl]

W O N D E R F U L.

[bbuttonz09]

absolutely amazing.. just the only word for it

[REYMYSTERIO780]

i think this is the best cover ever. there aren't many who can make good covers

[caitlinsykes]

yay, they kept John at the end :)

[VivaLaKajaLittleGirl]

Very very beautiful song! Better than the original. BJ has WONDERFUL voice.

[Prodoubleyou]

Why Americans sing about how terrible it is at the Former Negroid Kingdoms of Africa when it is USA's labour/working that is sufffering of capitalism's dictatorship.

[darthawsome101]

@Prodoubleyou shut up am ''AMERICAN''!!!

[darthawsome101]

@darthawsome101 I MET I'M

[Prodoubleyou]

@darthawsome101 The song is a take on the class split of the 1940s and 1950s, and of the 1960s in which he was famous. The song appears to tell the story of someone growing up in the working class of capitalism. it is about working class individuals being processed into the middle classes, into the machine[1] Lennon stated (in the same interview) that he hoped that it was a warning to the people, a contemporary song for the revolution, for workers

[Prodoubleyou]

@Prodoubleyou And the song is not about how terrible the people in Africa have.

How pathetic that draw away attention to what the song is really about and directed to the repression in Africa. Sure it's a shame if they also located in the same crap as the working class in the U.S.

I love the original song by John Lennon who was a freedom activist until he got murdered(CIA?)

[marder111]

Why do you usa-ians always remove the word "fucking" in videos? Whe all know what he says anyway. Do you think a horned fantasy creature is going to drag you down to a lake of lava if you hear the word "fucking"? You're so funny.

[Ma007re007czek007]

Fuckin' communists!!!!!

[darthawsome101]

@Ma007re007czek007 TRUE THAT TURE THAT

[DarkLord1610]

peace

[Joek963]

peacemaker

[GianMariaPaolo]

John Lennon lives in me.

[GREENDAY4EVER2009]

better than the original !!!!!

[Punkrock4ever06]

*wonderful ^^

[Punkrock4ever06]

wunderful <33

[spockbrasil1965]

just great !!

[malaania123]

Manics version is better :)

[ichigogohankenpachi]

billie joe armstrong is something is something to be.

[lamegerust]

this cover is so damn great!!!!!

[SAMIRERRE]

great video

[666beneath]

Lennons original version is definitely sung better

[editxradio]

I adore Jogn Lennon, but damn, Green Day's version owns it. Billie's voice fits it perfectly, it makes me shivers. Love the ending with JL voice from the original!

[1helenGd]

THAT'S SOOOOO AWESOME!!! like.. wow... so better than the original (sorry but that's what i think)

Billie's voice is just perfect here...

[0StephyB]

I love both Green Day and John Lennon..and I usually love the original versions of songs, but this is one of those rare times I prefer the cover.:)

[GrossOnToast]

i like how the last lnes of greendays version: "If you want to be a Hero, well just follow me" is Lenons voice from the original song. prettty cool

[Ashybooloo]

dude this video is so sad and Billie makes this song very... deep. theres just something about his voice! oh god i love it!

[hardcoreyouser]

still haven't heard a bad version of this song...

[therifas2]

I'm not really much of a Green Day fan, only liked their latest album. But this song. This song is insane! I know it's John Lennon who wrote it, and no matter how much a fan of him I am, I can't get myself to like his version better.

Brilliant Green Day!

Rest in Peace John Lennon

[elskizzz]

great video i love gd!!!

[MrSupertoll7]

I love green day this song is the best song of green day 1000000000x better als lennon

[Metiumo]

much better than lennons version

[GuitarMaster10011]

You have probably never heard John Lennon version than you idiot.

[Joek963]

so fucking great...

[xxxignorancedayxxx]

brilliant, luv ya Green Day, they roq =) and is NOT "fabricated Bullshit" - that is the opposite of Green Day so shut the hell up =S

[JkR200One]

Wicked cover Green Day!! R.I.P. John Lennon

thanks for postin' bro!

[2112116]

I hate when this guys come upp and talk, I just want to listen to the song.

[allabuffata]

(Y) (L)

[darkviper14]

Such an amazing video and a wonderful song! :'(

[shwangomatic]

@darkviper14 but tis not as good as the oriinal, by john lennon

[gibsondanny]

why dont you all just shut the fuck up and enjoy the song... are you trying to show of or something

[nabouchakrayt]

This is Media fabrication fueled by the west to continue disettlement in the country and raise question marks on the president that led to him being wanted...That's bulshit that is what it is and green day is just the MTV enbelishment for this fiasco....Who do u think wrote the lyrics of the Sudanese people in the clip?????