Green Day - Knowledge (live at Albany, New York)

[whited411]

hahah thats my friend playing the bass 518!!!!

[TheIllegalKind]

operation ivy is way better

[traindude95]

@JTFlip1 theyre actually not related, look it up

[traindude95]

@JTFlip1 and what's wrong if they're not related?? does that mean its not ok for me to cover a green day song since i'm not related to any of the members?

[StrangerRandom]

They do it better than Operation Ivy.

[Rev7xavenged7xSyn]

covers aren't suppose to imitate the original, its the bands take on it.

And good for Green Day covering Op Ivys song.. Billie Joe is good friends with Tim Armstrong.

How many bands these days cover Operation Ivy? Hardly any.

[GHUJSE]

@Rev7xavenged7xSyn Billie Joe is not "good friends" with Tim Armstrong. They are related (thats better than friends you know). He confirmed it himself on Twitter.

[FfUZZ4RC4DE]

i think green day verision is better than the original..

[BrokenSodaMachine]

Billie is great and I think he is an underrated guitar player because his singing ability (his amazing vocals) overshadows it.

[anao767]

that guy can't play the guitar!!!!

[iHyp3rWh3nBor3d]

The earliest people get to stand in frront right? :O

[FfUZZ4RC4DE]

@iHyp3rWh3nBor3d yeah if u dont sitting, so if your fast u can be really close 2 the stage

[gdinge]

ohb man i'm so jealous...

he could KEEP the guitar!!!

[Joanna994]

hahah!! I love it how Tre`s imitating the drummer at 4:08 xD

[fireninja242]

whatd he ask the guitar player again?

[Marc0nly]

the bassman has a misfits t-shirt

[Garzeemo]

Dude get the fuck outta here!! his name is Mike you cock suckle.

[Marc0nly]

@Garzeemo i'm talking about the guy they took on stage ! -_-

[Garzeemo]

Ya i know i was being sarcastic lol

[Fascho1]

Very good

[12160240]

hey dude, you are just jealaus.

[EuGJaMMeR]

Were you at 924 Gilman Street?

[fthrsragexmthrslove]

No?

I'm from Canada anyway, I'd love to go there sometime though. I've always wanted to go around east bay and check out the scene there.

[EuGJaMMeR]

Ok lol I don't know why I asked that but I'd love to go there as well. ;)

[betooowa]

this song is awsom

[Adrienneizmyname]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!! I'M SEEING THEM LIKE A WEEK!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!

Billie is so awesome!

[fruityxpunch]

ahh i remember this. freakin brandon got pulled up onstage and got to hug billie joe armstrong. and he didnt even like green day what the hell. i gave him hell for that the next day in school..

[LegallyBlonde05]

I went to this concert!! I just got back from there again tonight and saw their 21st Century Breakdown concert. It was SOOO amazing! Wow is all I can say!! I love Green Day to death, they're my number one! <3

[billly728]

u lyer

this concer was before was in 2007 not this year 2009

[LegallyBlonde05]

Uh... no... billly728... this conert was actually in 2005. I was SAYING I went to that concert, and I just got back from Times Union Center last night and saw them there again this year in 2009. They weren't even touring in 2007. This was only a few months after they released American Idiot. They played there again this year.

[RadxxRyan]

i was there too last night. green day puts on the sickest shows of all. i missed them in 05 so im so glad they came back.

[MetalcoreGuitarGuy]

If you look at the guitarist, looks like he never changes chords.

[snakebite20athotmail]

its so cool how Green Day does that. they do it pretty much if not every concert.

[M5PowerM3Power]

LOL at tre making fun of tbe guy

[SpaghettiCatRickRoll]

Does anybody know the guitar chords that you need to play onstage? If any of you guys know, will you reply to this comment or send me a message? You would be helping me out a LOT. Thank you!

By the way, I love the audience interaction! It's really cool to see BJ, Mike, and Tre' do something like this. :)

[tacotuesday112]

D7 C7 and G power chords. I'll send you a message of what they look like tabbed

[gamingstonedx]

its an a5 chord then c5 chord then g5 i think if not,

then add sharps

[junkattackjunk]

actually its d5 c5 then g5...close tho

[gamingstonedx]

oh yea haha i got the d and a confused loll

[jake4therecord11]

matt freeman could butcher mike at bass,

[iBlah6666]

Did he say "Detroit, New York"? Holy shit what's up with him lol

[yuppersblabla]

He said Troy.

[blingblabo]

that lucky kid gotto keep that guitar 1 of erm kept the drum sticks and the other got to keep a guitar lucky

[greenangusbob]

billie joe sayin' "now go practice because you suck!" lol that must've done a number on that kid's ego

[TOnioAnDr3]

"You can have the guitar! ... because you SUCK!!"

XDD lmao

8:32

[awwturnitup]

green day manages to butcher this song every time they play it.

[badtown88]

They play it differently, that's all. There's no point to covering a song if you're gonna play it the same way.

[leeisabean]

This video has made my day. :)

[kylewuzhur]

WHERES BLUE?!?!?!?!?!

[DethNova]

Be funny if one of them were left handed.

[StanwoodSpartans]

do they pick people to play the guitar that actually know how to play the song or what?

[sr3jr8]

they don't have to already know it, this song is extremely easy learn and play for any remotely experienced guitarist. same 3 chords over and over

[MyRoflCopt3r]

ITS LOOKIN FUCKING NARROW!

[Killerkirsche8]

wow this guy is sooo lucky who got billy joes guitar^^

[dumbdude007]

he didnt kiss him lol

[bennyblade33]

green day defenetly did not have anything to do with writing this song

[diogopenner]

so what?

[overtwitch]

I love when Green Day does Build-A-Band

[lolyengz]

op ivy and green day were buddies. Why fuss about why 1 fren played his fren's song

[unk32584]

i was at this show!!! the best concert ive ever seen!!!! GREEN DAY IS FU(kEn AWSOME!!!!!

[astrid9017]

Now, I've seen about 3 videos of Knowledge. Does he give away his guitar every time they do this song? If he does, I get my arm up really high! If they play this song on their upcoming tour

[asowester]

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[acannibalglow]

....that's why it's called a cover

[franktyrell]

Why not, idiot?

[LondonCalling222]

Wow, i love this song. Op Ivy's a cool band too.

[rebellionandpunk72]

what is he saying at the beginning??? like before any guitar???

[ridintheconcretewave]

this song was writen by a band called OPERATION IVY

[rebellionandpunk72]

i think i would know that

[rebellionandpunk72]

oh shit nvm :P now i know that

[bubbajotbone]

wow your dumb, Green Day Helped Write and Perform Knowledge with Operation Ivy

[ridintheconcretewave]

im a hundred percent possitive ur wrong nd im guessing u dont have the opiv album (energy). GO BUY IT

[badtown88]

No Billie Joe didn't help write this song. You're prolly thinking of Radio by Rancid. He co-wrote that with Tim Armstrong of Operation Ivy.

[nick926162]

those stupid scene kids that went cause american idiot probably dont even know what this is, fuck new green day fans, viva old school green day!

[kevinbothwell]

oh of course the whole audience is singing, yes, this must be true, this must be because they had no idea what this song was. yes, this must be why they all know the words.

[nick926162]

oh of course i am right, the whole audience isn't singing, no, of course you need to clean the shit out of your ears and listen better, yes, you can tell only a small number are singing. oh, of course you're a dumbass, yes this must be why.

[Qriztofer]

Wow, cry about it. Any Green Day fan is fine in my books, and if they only went because of American Idiot, they'll be gone soon. Enjoy the music.

[BillyJoe354]

WAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

[weekend3105]

operation ivy rocks!!!!!!!!!

[antiflag1]

So although I imagine most of the people there have no idea who Operation Ivy was its cool to see Green Day still keeps playing this.

[peachykeen122]

i went to tht concert IT WAS AWsOME

[bloksid]

Жёт

[TuckMeIn]

hummm... the original song played by operation ivy is much better..

[earic23]

dude i was there, it was pretty rad when they did that band thing w/ the kids. billy jo told the kid "practice cuz you fuckin suck"

[rocketinmyeye]

LOL!

[sweetlily40]

lol yeah and then at the nimrod tour, he was like 'ALL I KNOW IS THAT I DON'T KNOW. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THIS BASTARD SUCKS!'

[JuLiOGreenDay]

"you can keep the guitar"!!!! ahhhh nononono maldito niño, que se muera el hijo de su.... no la vdd q envidia ser el :-S

Oigan para cuando el nuevo disco???? no q salia este año????(When is their new album coming out???)

[CeciliaIsHere]

wow that kid CAN NOT play guitar.

[Chewabacca]

wow,its terrible

[xxdyepaintballrxx]

dude it doesnt matter if they sucked, every one knows it, the point is all 3 of the people called up there got their 15 minuts of fame, and if i was that famous and rich i'de be doing stuff like that all the time because people would not just think you are some rich prick who never does any thing for any one.

[bananabitsmoothie]

Holy Shit He Got To Even Got THE GUITAR!!!!...

Holy Shit!

[iBlah6666]

I think the band let the audience keep the instruments they play on, the drummer got to keep the sticks. But I see what you mean, I'd think that being on stage with green day was enough. I get to keep one of their instruments!!!

[bananabitsmoothie]

Holy Shit!

[MINDBULLETS360]

holy shizzled fuckin' shit!

[12yea122]

q flipaosª

[everythingsmagic420]

i miss them...when are they gonna tour again

[billiejoesrebel08]

this was great so cool and for every one who says the guitar was cheap even though it isnt why should it matter if billie joe played it or even touched it id be so happy with it

[AquaSka753]

op ivy forever. still glad to see both green day and rancid are playing op ivy... although there albumn version killed the song...

rancid>opivy>greenday

[TheAceBandit]

opivy>everything else.

[evanfan93]

fukn amazing wish i wuz there w my frend

[toyogc4ever]

lol look at tre behind the drummer kid at 4:05-4:11...

awesome!

[completegame15]

thats a fender strat. they are not cheap.

[completegame15]

Holy crap I know this kid

[xxpunkxxgirl]

hey greenday fans, check the greenday vids on my favorites list

[djlethal123]

luv green day...hate dat song!

[weed4kittie2]

Billie Joe told him he sucked haha

[DennisExposed]

What an amazing show! I was there, I thought they were great with My Chemical Romance.

[TeenageAssassin]

Aww, I was there too! Best night ever.

[heheandrew]

the gutair sucked

[gruesomek]

the dude that played guitar was playing it so wrong haha.

oh well.

i guess your more busy thinking "holy shit im onstage with green day" lol.

[sweirich]

thanks for the positive addition to my comment

[zoot102]

I havent heard that song before when waz it released?

[UselessRomance]

It was released on their very first album 1.039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours in 1990.. And it's an Operation Ivy cover..

[zoot102]

coowl thanks!

[MongolianClusterFuck]

dude you do not deserve to call yourself a Green Day fan if you have never heard this song. It's the most amazing cover ever! And it's from their first album dude

[IYFpictures]

thank you, someone who hasnt just heard american idiot and considered them a life long fan. but dont get me wrong, american idiot was a good album. their other ones are good too, poeple say they are hard core green day fans and havent heard of some of their albums.

[MongolianClusterFuck]

i won't lie, i HATED american idiot. But i still own it. i have everyone one of their albums. They're just too good not to have haha

[Paroxysm77]

i like their cover of ii fought the law alot better than knowledge

[krnhitokori]

I love you all

here's to the non-posers lol

[hahayouredead33]

I don't really like the AI era, but I have to say that they or especially Billie gained a lot of energy...I mean, look at concerts of the Warning era.

[weimer495]

i was there...best concert ive ever been to

[HayatoFernandes]

ah green day i band who brought me into music , punk rock my life change i gt a band because of them i wanna make music my career because of them really wish to meet green day someday . !!!!!!!!!!

[gdboy472]

goodness i wish that was me

[MusicSpeaksBrooklynn]

its amazing the connection they can create with fans. I'm just in awe. Green Day is truly amazing. :).

btw. No they don't plant people in the crowd.

if you've read 'nobody likes you' you'd know

they didn't. :) lol.

such an amazing band. such an amazing idea.

such inspirational men!

[greenica9]

you know, i think people who hate american idiot should get a fucking life. it happened. get ahold of yourself and stop whining about something that already happened. i think a lot of the album sounds just like their old stuff, like the beginning of jesus of suburbia. god.

[Eriknv07]

What is blue?

[gdboy472]

well...blue is a color...its also what billie joe named his first guitar he got...it was from his father and it was a pale blue fernandes strat copy and billie was ten and he called it blue.

[Eriknv07]

LoOOoool look what the green dray drummer is doing behind the crowd drummers back at 04:05 xD like hes hitting too hard or something

[meltz911]

I think that was so cool but some jackass ruined it for me by telling me that they had "planted" people in the crowd. Don't know if it is true, I hope not. I'd like to think it was all spontaneous.

[guitarrocker58]

I totaly agree blue is way better than that peice of crap.

[HayatoFernandes]

yep gibson sound shitty blue tottaly have a GREEN DAY SOUND

[13taylorswiftruls]

yeah, but they probably didnt want the volunteers to break it or something

[HayatoFernandes]

lol . the blue has that nice crunchy sound with bass . and when mr.armstrong palm mute it the sound is wonderful

[derpdederp101]

he only used a shitty guitar so he could give it away without costing much

[tasteofink2s0]

you make it seem like he's obligated to give a guitar away. just getting to play with them i s fucking sick, getting the guitar is a bonus.

[billiejoesrebel08]

your the ideal idiot why dont you go fuck yourself and keep your mouth closed

[ferginator69]

FUCKIN DICKHEAD its a fuckin STRAT DONT MOCK THEY ARE CHEAP I have a fuckin strat they're not cheap like you.

[sr1215cl]

fuckin green day is the most kick ass band ever.. no punk band will ever compair!!!!!!!!!!!

[hasignedon]

aaahhhahahhaaa he told him he sucked!

[1970tempest]

that was so fucking cool.. right in my home state!! fucking sweeeet

[rockid07]

the guitarist he chose sucks

[Friction69official]

i agree hes doing the second chord wrong

[Leviskardsen]

I really don't care for Green Day's current work, but that's one of the coolest things I've ever seen a band do for their fans.

[foamy4ever]

I wish I could've been there to see them perform. But I was too sheltered and uncool to know who Green Day was back in '05. I was like one of the only kids in my middle school (well now we're high schoolers) who didn't go to see them perform. :-(

What I am getting at is: I love Green Day! I have similar views as they do.

[XxALLAGESxX]

I love Green Day and Operation Ivy.

=)

[drummer265]

okay good...for a sec. i thought he just gave away blue i was like whoa thats worth a lot to any green day fan

[rockid07]

he doesn't use blue live anymore, he uses replicas, and he gives those away

[1310125]

he usully uses blue

[samuellim41]

Never seen billie using that guitar before!!

[iloveSMandGD]

haha cool^_^

[theanthillmob1989]

That bass player sucked ass at doing any of the fills when they got the kids on stage

[maledettapunk]

greendaygreendaygreendaygreend­aygreenday

[kirbivore]

I was at the Boston show of this tour later that year and the guitar player from the crowd was much better

[Jimmygirl93]

fortissimi....

[blacknumber187]

god he sucked. its 3 fn chords,

[briannaarmstrong]

they are not fucking sell outs!!!!!! jesus christ! learn to understand REAL music! honestly!

[xaeo]

how arent they? Their music changed insanely once they reached mtv and famous status. Once the money rolled in the raw music for the little raw crowd they originated with doesnt matter anymore, they changed their music to please a whole nother, mainstream audience.

[briannaarmstrong]

NO THEY FUCKING DIDN'T!!!!! they don't care what people think! they just want to play music and have fun!

[baybeedarkness]

You Obviously dont know a lot people that liked greenday before liek them now and only the younger ones are new fans so SHUT UP YOU STUPID DICK!!!!!

[chatruc19]

I agree with you...

I trully miss Nimrod Days.

[NeuroticWhatsername]

I'm seventeen and grew up on Green day.

Old and new, I love them!

I don't see why everyone always has to argue about them. If you don't like them, don't look them up or listen to them.

Everyone should just shut the fuck up.

It's just music.

'Ta.

[redbulletlive]

well im 14 and i like their older stuff.

i used to listen to american idiot, until bullet in a bible came out, and i listened to the old songs.

i truely love their old stuff, its much better and its more raw material.

[briannaarmstrong]

a couple things

A)Green Day did NOT become sell outs during A.I it was when they did dookie and if you don't know why youre a fucking moron

B)A.I sold so good because they played warped before they released A.I resulting in many peeps liking their music so they went out and bought the album

C)and don't try to act all tough when you type...its just plain fucking sad

[greenica9]

you have a point, but green day did change their style substantialy when making ai. but they have always been changing. after dookie, insomniac was more darker. then nimrod was more of a happier, ska-like change. then warning went into a kind of genre like nimrod. but theyve always been changing

[sweirich]

I think the whole concept of "selling out" is rediculous. for someone to get mad at a band because they became successful is bullshit. no one handed green day anything if you watch their old shows they would perform anywhere and everywhere. for that hard work they got what they deserved. Which was a major label signing them. Gilman street was where they began(for the most part) but it was gilman st. that turned their back on G.D.

[briannaarmstrong]

You're absolutely right! I don't mind if a band sells out. It doesn't bother me at all. A bands gotta do what a bands gotta do.

[sweirich]

Thank you! besides I dont think any other band has ever done what green day has done by pulling up fans on stage to make a band.

[briannaarmstrong]

EXACTLY! Green Day may be sell outs but they are better than most underground bands and yet people hate them because they sold out. People shouldn't base things on a sell out status...because if they do and they don't listen to the "sell outs" then they might just be missing out on an amazing band

[staythefuckawayfrome]

i totally agree!!! finally someone that understands it!!! :)

[BlackGoat29]

i wouldnt call them sell outs because Dookie was mtv and sold over 10 million, less the american idiot, and their albums to follow dookie im sure you wouldnt say insanely changed

[ridintheconcretewave]

yea that may b but when dookie came out, billie didnt turn emo. i mean they're still good but i felt the american idoit album was just way too over played. i mean im still a fan but  i like kerplunk nd the older stuff alot better.

[sound5ystem]

they do the same shit every show. everything is staged, what sell outs.

[HANAmf]

AWSOME!!!!

I coudn't lesten at 08:33

what did he saying at 08:33??

please tell me!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA­HHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

look at 08:33 YOU SUCK!! ahahahha