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5 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

And a bit of Jumping Jack Flash which I’d love to hear in full:

 

 

 

Here you go! It was such a great show! :ga:

And thanks again to @gdbruno for selling me his spare ticket! :toocool:

5 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

And Neat, Neat, Neat looked insane. I need video of this too...

 

 

And here it is too! Epic extra-long jam! :toocool:

BTW, at ~6:55, we get hit with Billie Joe's red red wine. 😛

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9 minutes ago, Admiral_Needa said:

Here you go! It was such a great show! :ga:

And thanks again to @gdbruno for selling me his spare ticket! :toocool:

 

 

And here it is too! Epic extra-long jam! :toocool:

BTW, at ~6:55, we get hit with Billie Joe's red red wine. 😛

I just came here to post your JJ Flash video, thanks for uploading :p That is quite possibly the best version of that song I've ever seen, who knew Jason would be a better Mick Jagger than Mick Jagger?

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I have a theory that there is direct correlation between the size of Billie’s beard and progress on the album.

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1 hour ago, Admiral_Needa said:

 

 

Here you go! It was such a great show! :ga:

And thanks again to @gdbruno for selling me his spare ticket! :toocool:

 

 

Do you have more videos? If so, please upload them for us poor non-bay area souls.

4 minutes ago, neverdone2000 said:

I have a theory that there is direct correlation between the size of Billie’s beard and progress on the album.

and that theory would be.... ?

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20 minutes ago, squashie09 said:

Do you have more videos? If so, please upload them for us poor non-bay area souls.

I second this.  And side note @Admiral_Needa- I noticed there are a couple songs missing on your Youtube channel from the second San Francisco Longshot show (such as Bastards of Young and Neat Neat Neat); if you have them, could you post them there?  Thanks!

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2 hours ago, Libertine Angel said:

They sound amazing but as a massive Damned fan it really frustrates me that Billie keeps getting the words to Neat Neat Neat wrong and just playing a totally different solo.

At the Philly Longshot show I nabbed his lyric sheet. 😁. He usually uses one maybe he didn’t have it this time. 

2 hours ago, Admiral_Needa said:

And here it is too! Epic extra-long jam! :toocool:

BTW, at ~6:55, we get hit with Billie Joe's red red wine. 😛

Thanks for the videos babe awesome as ever! Glad we hooked you up. Please uplaod everything you took this show looks like it was insane.

And I swear not to start a debate about this (so please let’s not) but I thought it looked like coffee that he spit on your camera. You should know though if you got hit with it. Was it wine?

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And this belongs here. Enjoy the dancing:

 

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Nice lyric change, Billie.  "She probably lives in Minnesota"

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37 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

At the Philly Longshot show I nabbed his lyric sheet. 😁. He usually uses one maybe he didn’t have it this time. 

When the first video came out of him doing it he got it wrong too, it only has two verses so I don't see why he doesn't just learn the thing :p 

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21 minutes ago, Libertine Angel said:

When the first video came out of him doing it he got it wrong too, it only has two verses so I don't see why he doesn't just learn the thing 😛

He can’t remember the lyrics to his own songs so I’m not surprised 😂 It became a running joke with Happiness at the Longshot shows (and that wasn’t the only one) And he was messing up Surrender last night too and he’s been playing that song for decades. 

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Something about this live performance feels different. Don't know what it is exactly (besides the obvious things, like the beard), but it's both making me very excited and also heavily pushing outside of my comfort zone / kinda scaring me lol. Let's see what happens next...

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3 minutes ago, MillenniumFan said:

Something about this live performance feels different. Don't know what it is exactly (besides the obvious things, like the beard), but it's both making me very excited and also heavily pushing outside of my comfort zone / kinda scaring me lol. Let's see what happens next...

This seamed tame compared to the Longshot shows... 

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Well, I've only seen the recordings of a handful of Longshot live shows and I didn't attend any show in person, so I can't really speak representatively, but I'm speaking more of the stylistic element of that show, rather than than of say the energy. From what I gather the Longshot shows were very high-energy, bouncy and fun. This show on the other hand isn't that necessarily, but it stills seems a bit like a loose cannon, off the hip, somehow stylistically more open, very raw (in a good or bad way, depending on how you define it). So yeah, different somehow. Though then again, I could have missed a lot of this in previous Longshot concerts...

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47 minutes ago, MillenniumFan said:

Something about this live performance feels different. Don't know what it is exactly (besides the obvious things, like the beard), but it's both making me very excited and also heavily pushing outside of my comfort zone / kinda scaring me lol. Let's see what happens next...

I think it's because it's covers. Instead of being in full on "frontman mode" (that Billie's in when fronting Green Day and other bands where he wrote the songs) he's in "playing in another band mode" where he's a bit less of a showman and it's more just about playing the songs and things are more informal. It's a bit like when he's in Pinhead Gunpowder or playing with random bands but in this case he is actually the frontman just with that same vibe, so it is kind of unique. It's cool!

4 hours ago, Admiral_Needa said:

 

 

Could you use the default font colour please? Different colours can be hard for people to read :thumbsup:

 

 

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To me it seems like he’s still in Longshot performance mode but the guys in The Coverups are more chill (well Jason let loose a bit here but still) so the difference is more jarring but still not unusual for Billie.

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Lol, this is probably when a 14 year long fan of Green Day has to admit he probably still doesn't now sh*t about the individual members, behaviourally at least. Yup, that's me... :lol:

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26 minutes ago, MillenniumFan said:

Lol, this is probably when a 14 year long fan of Green Day has to admit he probably still doesn't now sh*t about the individual members, behaviourally at least. Yup, that's me... :lol:

I agree with you anyway :lol:. I don't think it's crazy different but it has its own unique vibe.

They're similar in that they're both small unpredictable shows but Longshot has more of a party vibe (party type songs and Prima Donna members involved) and Billie's presenting his own songs being more of a showman, Coverups is just assorted covers so it's more laid back and more just like, I'm one of several guys playing these songs that other people wrote.

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What Hermione said. More just play the songs and have fun than trying to emote what the song means. 

Who knew Jason had those moves in him! 😂

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11 minutes ago, squashie09 said:

What Hermione said. More just play the songs and have fun than trying to emote what the song means. 

Who knew Jason had those moves in him! 😂

Jason is always surprising. The handful of times he’s sung Shout or danced at a GD show have been great. He reminds me of Michigan J Frog from Looney Tunes. He’s usually still as a stone but then he’ll let loose and whoah 😱 He chooses his moments well.

 

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8 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Jason is always surprising. The handful of times he’s sung Shout or danced at a GD show have been great. He reminds me of Michigan J Frog from Looney Tunes. He’s usually still as a stone but then he’ll let loose and whoah 😱 He chooses his moments well.

 

Jason's the frog and Billie is Bugs as Leopold:

 

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^^^ Exactly 

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1 hour ago, Hermione said:

I agree with you anyway :lol:. I don't think it's crazy different but it has its own unique vibe.

They're similar in that they're both small unpredictable shows but Longshot has more of a party vibe (party type songs and Prima Donna members involved) and Billie's presenting his own songs being more of a showman, Coverups is just assorted covers so it's more laid back and more just like, I'm one of several guys playing these songs that other people wrote.

Yeah, thanks, tbh that kinda sums up what I meant, but failed to express  :lol:

I think what appears different to me, although you're right, it's nothing dramatically different, nor is it a new thing, is the laid-back, kinda unpressured nature of that show. I know the Longshot shows were also certainly a lot of fun and relaxing in their own way, but they still wanted to put on a show, if that makes sense. And that's also the problem with GD shows, I would imagine they might be very physically and mentally drainig after a prolonged period of touring. I think the guys all love touring and it's great that they do it, but I also think it would do them (and Billie in particular) some good to let loose a bit and to not feel under any obligation or public pressure to perform in any certain way or to meet any expectations. The Longshot shows already offered that to a certain extent, but this concert it would seem even more so, and that is, especially with a view towards the next album, a very good thing.

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The winner of the bird scooter...

 

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Love the hashtag 😂 

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