Green Day On American Idol

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May 24th, 2007 at 01:14am
yes. the boys of green day emerged and preformed on American Idol with an estimated viewing audience of 163 million. Billie Joe, Mike and Tre preformed their newest song, Working Class Hero, off the CD, Instant Karma.

Any one else watch it?
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May 24th, 2007 at 05:23am
i didnt watch it coz im not in the usa, but heres the youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-gPck4ZPEs

fab performance


shame the crowd just literally stood there, i know the song is slow, but geez...

billie joe's so cute at the end!
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May 24th, 2007 at 05:50am
Oh, thanks for the link.
Im gonna watch, but I want to see it on my t.v tomorrow.
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May 24th, 2007 at 06:27am
sweet.

that link skips a couple of times..

im not sure how far behind we are in nz... i wanna see it on tv!
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May 24th, 2007 at 03:22pm
Some non-Green Day fans I know thought their performance was boring. Sheesh! Just because it was slower.

XD. Billie was gorgeous.
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May 24th, 2007 at 03:58pm
I watched it! I also recorded it.
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May 24th, 2007 at 07:11pm
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Some non-Green Day fans I know thought their performance was boring. Sheesh! Just because it was slower.

XD. Billie was gorgeous.


I thought the performance was boring and I'm a HUGE fan. They just stood there and played it. They didn't really PERFORM it. They didn't seem... themselves. I still love the song and I thought it sounded great.
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May 24th, 2007 at 07:41pm
I watched. I almost missed it too! My mom was looking at me like I was a crazy person because I began to panic.

They were so good! Billie Joe's voice sent chills down my spine.
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May 24th, 2007 at 08:20pm
My social studies teacher called them sellouts for being on AI, of all shows. I agree it's kind of weird for them to be there, but I hardly think that qualifies them to be sellouts. So now he wants me to find out their motives for appearing.

...Anyone know?

[Incidentally, I LOVED the performance. I watched it so much my mom told me to turn it off; it was getting on her nerves.]
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May 24th, 2007 at 08:25pm
Well the Performance rocked and everyhting..but the Audience wasnt real the concert was pr-recorded...i mean
1. the audience doesnt cheer at the beginning
2. the crowd stays PERRRFECTLY still the whole FREAKIN time
and
NUMBER 3 Billie dosen smile at the end after the audience starts to clapp

convinced...BUT STILL..it was an awesome performance...i just wish it were real
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May 24th, 2007 at 09:44pm
I know, I loved the performance too even though they just sang it. I still think it was awesome because thats one of my favorite john lennon songs but I wish everyone was more into it. Other than that i loved it.
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May 25th, 2007 at 08:21am
THE DENIM JACKET's BACK!
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The performance was pretty good.
I thought Tre was going to get up and kill someone at one point.
Had to watch it on youtube. meh.
Oh!
And the look on Billie's face at the end.
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May 25th, 2007 at 10:03am
damn, i missed itSad... but oh well, i saw on you-tube and it's awesome! i wanted to watch it on TV, its more funSad
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May 25th, 2007 at 02:43pm
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Some non-Green Day fans I know thought their performance was boring. Sheesh! Just because it was slower.

XD. Billie was gorgeous.


I thought the performance was boring and I'm a HUGE fan. They just stood there and played it. They didn't really PERFORM it. They didn't seem... themselves. I still love the song and I thought it sounded great.


I think the reason they did that was because they wanted to show respect for Lennon. It just made it more amazing.
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May 25th, 2007 at 06:47pm
I saw it.
They were good, but I was disappointed at how mellowed out they were.
It didn't sound like something Green Day would play.
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May 26th, 2007 at 07:05am
They didnt play like they are because it wasnt their song
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May 26th, 2007 at 08:09am
I think it's annoying that some people are calling them sellouts and saying that they are nowhere near punk now. Who cares? It's not like it's their own song or anything, they've done it for Charity. They probably wouldn't perform THEIR OWN song on American Idol, but they want to raise money for this one so doesn't it make sense to go comercial and to get more people interested in buying the album?! That means reaching out beyond their usual fan base?! The people calling them sell outs usually claim to be "open minded" not so open minded to say that Green Day are shit and not worth it just 'cause they are supporting good causes and decided to perform on a show that millions of people watch to gain publicity for the charity? I'm not saying that they arn't doing any of this for their own success but my goodneses is the whole sellout punk thing getting boring.
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May 26th, 2007 at 08:42pm
Of course I had to miss that one Neutral

That's what youtube is for Wink
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May 26th, 2007 at 09:08pm
It was awesome.
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May 26th, 2007 at 09:56pm
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Some non-Green Day fans I know thought their performance was boring. Sheesh! Just because it was slower.

XD. Billie was gorgeous.
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I thought the performance was boring and I'm a HUGE fan. They just stood there and played it. They didn't really PERFORM it. They didn't seem... themselves. I still love the song and I thought it sounded great.


I think the reason they did that was because they wanted to show respect for Lennon. It just made it more amazing.
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