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when you first heard the song what did you think?

did you go out and buy the album?

did you listen to the lyrics and feel saddened?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qrGCMuDIUA...feature=related

As soon as your born they make you feel small,

By giving you no time instead of it all,

Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,

A working class hero is something to be,

A working class hero is something to be.

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,

They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool,

Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules,

A working class hero is something to be,

A working class hero is something to be.

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,

Then they expect you to pick a career,

When you can't really function you're so full of fear,

A working class hero is something to be,

A working class hero is something to be.

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,

And you think you're so clever and classless and free,

But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see,

A working class hero is something to be,

A working class hero is something to be.

There's room at the top they are telling you still,

But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,

If you want to be like the folks on the hill,

A working class hero is something to be.

A working class hero is something to be.

If you want to be a hero well just follow me,

If you want to be a hero well just follow me.

i apologize if theirs already a thread

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its a good song.

i liked the video. sam bayer is a genius

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It makes me sad every time I listen to it... and yeah, I also bought the album Make Some Noise (I think this is what it's called) and there are some more nice songs on it :)

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Directed really awesomely.

As for the song. I like it better than the original.

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It always makes me cry! I really love it! Both, the song and the video are awesome!

And the lyrics are great!

I love it

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As for the song. I like it better than the original.

Yeah that's really rare nowadays, but they did an awesome job with the song.

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i like the song, but i didn't fell sad and i didn't buy the album.

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I didn't even know it was John Lennon until my mom pointed it out. I first heard it on American Idol and I thought "Oh, God, please don't let this be the new Green Day..." but it wasn't! It was just a cover. :) I actually like John Lennon (but mainly just The Beatles), but I didn't think it was a right style for Green Day. However, they did a REALLY good job at the cover. I think I like it better than the original.

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I love this song. They did a great cover. And yep, I bought the album but this was the only song on it I really likes (there are a few good ones but I don´t really care bout them). I kinda regret it now that I need money for the tour :P But oh well. For the song, it was definitely worth it.

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Great song, great cover.

Great to sing along with

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I think that song is the best cover they did.

And the video is good, I personally like it, even though I heard some bad comments , because they used victims of natural disasters in this video. Like they wanted to popularize that.

I mean God.

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I like it, though prefer Marilyn Manson's version.

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Directed really awesomely.

As for the song. I like it better than the original.

Blasphemy! Not better than the original in any way...

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I think they did a great job with the cover. I think Green Day does a good job with all of their cover songs, actually. Working Class Hero is great, and personally I like it better than the original. The original is good too, but Green Day's version gives the song a "fuller" sound, I think.

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I bought the Album, but I have to admit, that this is the greatest song on it. Even everyone on Amazon Germany says that.

I love the song and the video even more, got me into this whole thing. Now I'm donating to Amnesty International whenever I can.

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I think they did a great job with the cover. I think Green Day does a good job with all of their cover songs, actually. Working Class Hero is great, and personally I like it better than the original. The original is good too, but Green Day's version gives the song a "fuller" sound, I think.

This.

As much as i LOVE John Lennon, and think the original version is amazing, i still think Green Day brought the song to a whole new level. The video made me tear up the first time i saw it (i know, i'm a sap!) but it was really well done, and i was really touched by all the victim's stories. Unfortunately i couldn't afford to buy the whole album, but i did get the single.

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Awesome cover, awesome song, awesome music video.

It's full of awesomeness.

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^ Completely agreed.

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Well, the Beatles is my absolute favorite band (Sorry Billie), and John Lennon is my hero. Green Day has one major similarity with him that I love: they stand up for awesome causes, and are not afraid to speak out against the system. This is one of John's best social-commentary songs, and I couldn't think of a better band to cover it.

It is one of my favorite Green Day songs, and definitely my favorite cover of theirs

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I think they did a great job with the cover. I think Green Day does a good job with all of their cover songs, actually. Working Class Hero is great, and personally I like it better than the original. The original is good too, but Green Day's version gives the song a "fuller" sound, I think.

This.

Technology has changed a lot since WCH was first recorded. Green Day just made the song more modern and spiced it up a bit. They made it their own, while still keeping John Lennon's roots in the song, which I know John Lennon/Beatles fans appreciate. I feel the same way about 'A Quick One,' 'I Fought the Law,' 'Outsider,' and all of their other covers.

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I cried. I hate covers and I love John Lennon, so this made me feel very bad. I couldn't listen to the song without feeling angry at green day till.... may, this year? I put it on my mp4 last week, and I haven't listen to it anyways.

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I liked it a lot, and in some ways better than John's. But I think John did better in letting the message get across, while GD's was more idk, musical? And more different from John's message.

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Better than the original :happy: I really like the solo.

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I'm in love with their cover. The American Idol performance of this song was just AMAZING.

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