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Green Day
Working Class Hero
Live American Idol
GREEN DAY stunned America on the finale of talent show AMERICAN IDOL the night of 23- May-07 with a performance of JOHN LENNON's WORKING CLASS HERO.
The punk trio's surprise appearance on the hit show was staged to promote a new album of Lennon covers, Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. The performance marked the first for any acts appearing on the charity album, which will help raise funds and awareness for Amnesty International's efforts for Darfur, Sudan.
Billie Joe Armstrong says his group chose to perform Working Class Hero on the album because "its themes of alienation, class, and social status really resonated with us."
The two-CD set, which also features Lennon covers from acts like Christina Aguilera, U2, Avril Lavigne, Snow Patrol, Lenny Kravitz and R.E.M, will be released in July (07).
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@itzcopepe Sierra la boca
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billie joe is my hero, he is one of the main reason that i started to play on the guitar.
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Hate The Beatles. Dislike Lennon. Don't mind Green Day. Love this song. (My love of this song is not correlated with the fact Green Day have covered it).
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pero que carajo! esto es una mierda tomaon una muy buena rola y la hicieron mierda estos putos jodidos vale verga chinguen su madre grengos de mierda!!!!
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@aornoyboys You don't have to like them, just appreciate the song.
3 weeks ago 2
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John Lennon made this. Thats funny cause i'm obssessed with John Lennon and Green Day.
3 weeks ago 3
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@aornoyboys john lennon
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i love how they made green day film this before the live show in fear of them swearing on live tv. shows how badass they are. they shoulda said they wont then jut do it for the fun of it! haha
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I DONT LIKE THIS BAND BUT COVER IS REALY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!
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billie should take this as a compliment, but it sounds so good like he might be mouthing the words
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@TheBillielover they're playing this song cus they know wat it means to be working class, all three of them are born working class...
YaItsRiff 3 months ago 58
I'll tell you now.... John Lennon would be on the stage giving this band (and anyone else) a thumbs up for playing his song. He wanted it "out there" he'd have no problem with Green Day and probably would have asked to play with them when they played it. It's the song and what it's about. Get on it!
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