Uploaded by Nazo64 on May 24, 2007
"Q: You were actually on 'American Idol' a couple of years ago.
BJA: We played [John Lennon's] 'Working Class Hero.' It was interesting because we had the "F" word and their show is live, so we had to pre-record our song so that they could bleep out the "F" words. We almost got thrown off the show before it even started because they didn't trust us. It's like, "Man, we've done [live TV] so many times. We can do this." And finally they're like, "OK, you guys have to record it before." So we played to a completely empty room."
Green Day performing their cover of John Lennon's 'Working Class Hero' on American Idol, 5/23/07. Being a Green Day fan, I can't believe I missed this lol.
Oh boy, honors.
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Billie's face at the end ^_^
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i have to say, coming from liverpool england , the home of john lennon, and being a big fan of his music, also gd being my fave band of all time, they did an amazing job on this song!
2 months ago 6
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Dear Youtube,
Stop fucking buffering every 10 seconds and just let me listen to the damn song.
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umm i pretty sure they're sinigng live,,, it sounds quite different to the record
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104 DICKHEADS OVER THERE.....dont meet me anywhere ..i'll beat the shit otta you all..
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@duckling109876 you are fuckin right .....THEY ARE THE BEST ASSHOLES IN THE WHOLE MUSIC INDUSTRY .....GREEN DAY IS ROCK GOD
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@1surfersurfer FUCK YOU. How can you even say that? Green Day is a fucking legend band... Don't even.. What the fuck?! Okay. You just don't know what music is.
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@asathesh On the contrary, this is exactly the kind of show Green day should perform a song like this on, it might resonate something inside the blind sheep following the corporate hypnotism of people like Simon Cowell. Even if it got through to 1 viewer, it's a result!
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I dont see whats so wrong with performing this song on this shitty show? haha
Its like giving a presentation to a bunch of idiots,
Just maybe some of them might open there eyes and see
beyond all the bullshit and lies in this world
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They're actually playing in an empty room. The producers didn't trust them enough for them to play it live since it says fuck.
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Does anyone think there's a bit of a contradiction in signing this song on American Idol (Simon Cowell's corporate machine)
asathesh 8 months ago 33
Billy Joe's face at the end kinda says to me "Yup, they missed the message..."
ominiticgaming 6 months ago 20