mclz Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Holy shit! do they put on a hell of a show. Only other time I saw them was on Warped Tour when I was like 13. The first hour or so of the set was new stuff which I didn't really know, but they played for 3 hours, so besides the 30 minute encore, they did about 1 1/2 of old stuff like 2000 Light Years Away, Who Wrote Holden Caulfield, etc. and it was really fucking amazing. Only thing I would suggest is Billie stop doing the "Hey-Ohs" which would probably add about another 1/2 hour to their set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Agreed. I don't find myself ever really listening to anything post-Insomniac, but it's a really fun live show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz725 Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 i was there last night too...pretty amazing there really isnt another band out there that puts on that good of a show afi disappointed though..nothing pre-sing the sorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenmittons Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Agreed. I saw them on pop disaster or whatever and they blew Blink out of the goddamn water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastepunk Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Green Day are gonna be like the Rolling Stones or AC/DC of our generation. They understand entertaining, and are always amazing live. The hey-hos are annoying though. Are they still doing the 'assemble kids from the crowd to play on stage' thing? That got old after seeing it for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I haven't seen Green Day since Lollapalooza 1994 and I intend to keep it that way. When I saw them on the Dookie tour, they ruled though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Green Day are gonna be like the Rolling Stones or AC/DC of our generation. They understand entertaining, and are always amazing live. The hey-hos are annoying though. Are they still doing the 'assemble kids from the crowd to play on stage' thing? That got old after seeing it for the first time. I know what you are talking about, they usually did that during their cover of Knowledge. They didn't have kids come up and play the instruments, but they did have a few people come up and sing Longview for them. They even had a women do a verse in sign language and Billie Joe gave her his guitar after the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I haven't seen Green Day since Lollapalooza 1994 and I intend to keep it that way.When I saw them on the Dookie tour, they ruled though. If you like spectacles, you are missing out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I saw the first night of this current tour a couple weeks back. It was my 13th time seeing them, I love the band, but the stage show is just too much for me now. It started off the same way as last year's tour, and right before BJ switched back to 'blue' I was about to walk out. From that point, the set got really good, with 'Nice Guys Finish Last', '2000 Light Years Away', 'Burnout', "Paper Lanterns", "When I Come Around", "Welcome To Paradise", "She", a nice little medly, including some G'n'R, Metallica, and AC/DC. If you've never seen them before, it's a real treat.. but seeing the same stage show, and hearing "heyyyyyyyyy-o" about 30,000 times, gets a little old pretty quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonix Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 even greenday knows they're new stuff sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar71888 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 i saw them on the first American Idiot tour and they were fantastic. shitty new stuff aside, they put on a good show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayeffscene Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Agreed. I don't find myself ever really listening to anything post-Insomniac, but it's a really fun live show. You're missing out on Warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Agreed. I don't find myself ever really listening to anything post-Insomniac, but it's a really fun live show. You're missing out on Warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 the dookie tour was really nothing special. pansy division opened and i'm not really a fan. the insomniac tour was better and the riverdales opening was definitely a bonus. but, the best green day show i've ever seen was in 2004 in toronto at the fox theatre. so intimate and awesome. i would recommend going and seeing them whenever possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 If you like spectacles, you are missing out! I love spectacles, but I can't see myself shelling out that kind of dough to see them play crap. Plus, a 3 hour set is just bloated. Take the stage, play the hits and a few album tracks for the real fans, leave after 90 minutes tops. You're not Bruce Springsteen, you're Green Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 You're missing out on Warning. I love Warning. I remember when it first came out I was like "eh" because it was so different, especially compared to Insomniac, but after some listens I fell in love with that record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Speaking of Green Day. Does anyone have a copy of Green Day Rock Band for Xbox (w/ the import code) that they want to sell or trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedavidescapeplan Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 If you like spectacles, you are missing out! I love spectacles, but I can't see myself shelling out that kind of dough to see them play crap. Plus, a 3 hour set is just bloated. Take the stage, play the hits and a few album tracks for the real fans, leave after 90 minutes tops. You're not Bruce Springsteen, you're Green Day. I back this. I watched them at Lollapalooza and it was fucking terrible. Every song becomes a huge session of them pandering to the crowd ("Say Hey-o!" about a million times) and it seems like they never even finish most of the songs they play because they get so distracted with doing these ridiculous audience participation things in the bridge of every song. It was cool that they played some old stuff like "Paper Lanters" and "2,000 Light Years Away" but when they start doing the whole arena rock thing in those songs (which they did) it feels misplaced and ruins the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Agreed. I don't find myself ever really listening to anything post-Insomniac, but it's a really fun live show. You're missing out on Warning. I have listened to everything past Insomniac, I just never listen to anything past that regularly. Warning was pretty disappointing to me. I think my favorite song on it was probably "church on sunday". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I saw them on the Warped Tour in 2000 and I thought their stage destruction and lighting the drums on fire was awesome, until I found out they did the same thing every night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 i think slingerland gives tre a set to burn every show. he definitely doesn't torch his custom leedy kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Green Day was my first concert - I was 10, they played at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, and it was right after Insomniac came out. They were my favorite band by far and it was an awesome, awesome concert. Only time I've ever seen them, though. I remember, because I was such a Green Day nerd, my friends that I was with would turn to me and say "what song is this? What CD?" and I would rattle the info off no problem. I can barely do that with any band anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nicole Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Unfortunatley I've never had the pleasure of seeing them live but it is on my bucket list. They're actually playing here tonight but things just didn't work in my favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 kudos to them if theyre playing 3 hr sets night and night out. i sometimes forget how huge this band is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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