Green Day perform at the MTV VMA's

[Bastard of 1967]

Annnnnnd Green Day blows the roof off the fucking joint yet again. No surprise why MTV keeps asking them back even when they're not actually up for anything. Highlights:

1) Make-your-own-mosh-pit FTW!

2) Jason taking over Billie's screamed vocals to keep BJ from blowing his overtaxed voice, while making it look like Jason's had that part since the song's inception. Seamless and very well-executed.

3) That crowd rush at the end....oh man, where do I start? There was no way in hell that Tre would have been able to keep a visual on the rest of the band for rhythm cueing, so that left him and Mike basically on their own separate metronomes kept in sync only by their ear monitors and their own internal sense of timing....and even under these conditions they STILL didn't miss a fucking beat. Which is good because BJ was lost in (and partially disabled by) the crowd at this point -- leaving Mike and Jeff having to quickly adjust and carry the repeating chorus' lead vocal for a bit. They all handled it masterfully.

[Femme Gauche]

Annnnnnd Green Day blows the roof off the fucking joint yet again. No surprise why MTV keeps asking them back even when they're not actually up for anything. Highlights:

1) Make-your-own-mosh-pit FTW!

2) Jason taking over Billie's screamed vocals to keep BJ from blowing his overtaxed voice, while making it look like Jason's had that part since the song's inception. Seamless and very well-executed.

3) That crowd rush at the end....oh man, where do I start? There was no way in hell that Tre would have been able to keep a visual on the rest of the band for rhythm cueing, so that left him and Mike basically on their own separate metronomes kept in sync only by their ear monitors and their own internal sense of timing....and even under these conditions they STILL didn't miss a fucking beat. Which is good because BJ was lost in (and partially disabled by) the crowd at this point -- leaving Mike and Jeff having to quickly adjust and carry the repeating chorus' lead vocal for a bit. They all handled it masterfully.

And these are the reasons we adore this band ! They're just on top of it, every time. As you say, they don't miss a beat. Literally and figuratively.

[Ritz]

Annnnnnd Green Day blows the roof off the fucking joint yet again. No surprise why MTV keeps asking them back even when they're not actually up for anything. Highlights:

1) Make-your-own-mosh-pit FTW!

2) Jason taking over Billie's screamed vocals to keep BJ from blowing his overtaxed voice, while making it look like Jason's had that part since the song's inception. Seamless and very well-executed.

3) That crowd rush at the end....oh man, where do I start? There was no way in hell that Tre would have been able to keep a visual on the rest of the band for rhythm cueing, so that left him and Mike basically on their own separate metronomes kept in sync only by their ear monitors and their own internal sense of timing....and even under these conditions they STILL didn't miss a fucking beat. Which is good because BJ was lost in (and partially disabled by) the crowd at this point -- leaving Mike and Jeff having to quickly adjust and carry the repeating chorus' lead vocal for a bit. They all handled it masterfully.

I agree, specially the crowd part. They made it look perfect, the timing and everything when they were surrounded by hordes of people. This band is fucking perfect !

[spark in the night]

Annnnnnd Green Day blows the roof off the fucking joint yet again. No surprise why MTV keeps asking them back even when they're not actually up for anything. Highlights:

1) Make-your-own-mosh-pit FTW!

2) Jason taking over Billie's screamed vocals to keep BJ from blowing his overtaxed voice, while making it look like Jason's had that part since the song's inception. Seamless and very well-executed.

3) That crowd rush at the end....oh man, where do I start? There was no way in hell that Tre would have been able to keep a visual on the rest of the band for rhythm cueing, so that left him and Mike basically on their own separate metronomes kept in sync only by their ear monitors and their own internal sense of timing....and even under these conditions they STILL didn't miss a fucking beat. Which is good because BJ was lost in (and partially disabled by) the crowd at this point -- leaving Mike and Jeff having to quickly adjust and carry the repeating chorus' lead vocal for a bit. They all handled it masterfully.

You are a Good 'Splainer

[Anja]

You are a Good 'Splainer

You gave me an idea here...

[iltrenta]

http://vma.mtv.it/video/green-day-sul-red-carpet/

Green Day on the red carpet, a short video including an interview with deep questions like "what are you wearing?" and "what is on your pockets?"

[Femme Gauche]

http://vma.mtv.it/vi...sul-red-carpet/

Green Day on the red carpet, a short video including an interview with deep questions like "what are you wearing?" and "what is on your pockets?"

Video unavailable :/.

[iltrenta]

Video unavailable :/.

mmm ok, I think you'll find it on your country's mtv site, it's 34 seconds long

[StuckWithRob]

Wow I just watched it! A few days ago I posted that I hoped they'd play Let Yourself Go becasue it would be like we're Green Day, we're punk and we're here to fuck shit up, and it sure turned out that way! Fucking crazy when everyone went on stage. The thing is with the censorship it's so obvious what the lyrics are that everyone will know it's 'fuck'. Yes Green Day, destroying the commercial shit of MTV!

[Femme Gauche]

Wow I just watched it! A few days ago I posted that I hoped they'd play Let Yourself Go becasue it would be like we're Green Day, we're punk and we're here to fuck shit up, and it sure turned out that way! Fucking crazy when everyone went on stage. The thing is with the censorship it's so obvious what the lyrics are that everyone will know it's 'fuck'. Yes Green Day, destroying the commercial shit of MTV!

Haha yeah, they even closed in on Billie Joe's face when he said "you're stepping in shit" and it was clear what hew as saying.

mmm ok, I think you'll find it on your country's mtv site, it's 34 seconds long

Unfortunately I can't seem to find any red carpet videos of Green Day on the US Mtv site, but... it's no big deal.

[Hero_Of_The_Hour]

Sorry if this was asked before but anyone know roughly how long into the tedious show GD actually come on? It is starting here now and i don't wanna miss them but i really don't want to watch it all! Thanks all! (p.s. how awesome was Jason -saw it on crappy youtube taped from someones tv lol)

[Cre Tool.]

It was so amazing! They were the main attraction for almost everyone this VMA's.

Obviously the best part was the crowd pf crazy people squishing Billie xD

[Annie, get your gun]

Can anyone direct me to the video of WTF faces from the boys after one direction won, please?

I was distracted at the moment 'cause I don't like the group but I got to see a little of it

[~ Walking Contradiction]

Great performance! I stayed up until 4 am (with a friend of mine) to see them and we were falling asleep because the other acts and the nominations were soooo boring

Can anyone direct me to the video of WTF faces from the boys after one direction won, please?

I was distracted at the moment 'cause I don't like the group but I got to see a little of it

same here!

[Benny.]

I found it on the web, anyway you can see the video searching on youtube "One direction best pop video"

[porksoda]

^^ When they were being seated at the start of the show, a group of rappers were holding up the seating and the ushers and Green Day looked pissed. I thought Billie was going to lose his shit and yell "Get the fuck out of my way!"

[~ Walking Contradiction]

Can anyone direct me to the video of WTF faces from the boys after one direction won, please?

I was distracted at the moment 'cause I don't like the group but I got to see a little of it

at 2.28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onhi-4oChUM

Billie looked like he was going to puke

[Femme Gauche]

I dunno, they just kind of look like they're minding their own business and not reacting particularly strongly to what was happening on the stage.

[crazyeyes]

saw this and thought it was funny...because it's true

[Heather.]

Are any of the red carpet interviews still available? Everything either been removed or inaccessible where I am.

[Femme Gauche]

Are any of the red carpet interviews still available? Everything either been removed or inaccessible where I am.

I haven't been able to find any :/.

[Ingrid]

No HD video download yet?

[warding_off_regrets]

I dunno, they just kind of look like they're minding their own business and not reacting particularly strongly to what was happening on the stage.

That was my feeling too. Billie and Mike were each talking to their spouse and Tre was in the middle, probably saw the camera angled toward him and was like "hey there." They weren't completely engaged in what was going on but they weren't like "wtf?" like in some audience shots from past awards shows .

[Annie, get your gun]

at 2.28

Billie looked like he was going to puke

Thank you!

I found it on the web, anyway you can see the video searching on youtube "One direction best pop video"

Tré's smile is a dream ...And Billie still doesn't understand anything of what's going on!

[Femme Gauche]

That was my feeling too. Billie and Mike were each talking to their spouse and Tre was in the middle, probably saw the camera angled toward him and was like "hey there." They weren't completely engaged in what was going on but they weren't like "wtf?" like in some audience shots from past awards shows .

Yeah, exactly.

And who knows... Maybe Estelle likes One Direction .