Jimmy, Green Day eat world
Jimmy Eat World and Green Day rock the Quad Cities during a recent show
Zach Wingerter
Issue date: 9/16/05 Section: The Edge
After the last chord of "St. Jimmy," Dirnt immediately launched into the familiar introduction to "Longview" off the punk trio's breakthrough album, "Dookie." More songs from "Dookie" and "Nimrod" followed, including "Basket Case," "Hitchin' a Ride" and "King For a Day," in which Armstrong donned a crown and pranced around the stage like a spoiled eight-year-old while the rest of the band sported funny hats, a puppet wizard popped up behind a wall of amps and a boxing glove was fastened to the trombonist's slide.
In the midst of all the "oldies," Cool came down off his drum set and entertained the more knowledgeable Green Day fans by singing "All By Myself," the hidden track off "Dookie." About a quarter of the fans in the pit got this inside joke and cheered wildly. The band also delighted longtime fans by playing "2,000 Light Years Away," off the band's "Kerplunk!" album.
Green Day played the crowd throughout their two hours on stage, encouraging singing and pitting sides of the pit against each other in a contest to see who could be loudest. The band brought a kid out of the crowd to squirt audience members with a squirt gun and followed tradition by bringing three lucky audience members up to play an Operation Ivy cover, letting the girl guitarist keep the guitar.
Opening act Jimmy Eat World played flawlessly. The only demerit to its performance was the obvious fact that the crowd had only heard of Jimmy Eat World on the radio, singing along to only the choruses of "Work" and "Pain" before launching into pandemonium during the band's biggest hit to date, "The Middle." Singer Jim Adkins was surprisingly (in a positive way) animated on stage while singing self-help lyrics to an originally uninterested crowd.
Green Day closed their performance with an ironic, yet somehow fitting cover of Queen's "We Are The Champions" before Armstrong played "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" alone, illuminated by a lone spotlight. For a band who rivaled only Weezer in the "loser punk" genre, the line "no time for losers 'cuz we are the champions" speaks truths.
Green Day has definitely grown up, but hasn't exactly sold out. Regardless, they still put on one hell of a show.
In the midst of all the "oldies," Cool came down off his drum set and entertained the more knowledgeable Green Day fans by singing "All By Myself," the hidden track off "Dookie." About a quarter of the fans in the pit got this inside joke and cheered wildly. The band also delighted longtime fans by playing "2,000 Light Years Away," off the band's "Kerplunk!" album.
Green Day played the crowd throughout their two hours on stage, encouraging singing and pitting sides of the pit against each other in a contest to see who could be loudest. The band brought a kid out of the crowd to squirt audience members with a squirt gun and followed tradition by bringing three lucky audience members up to play an Operation Ivy cover, letting the girl guitarist keep the guitar.
Opening act Jimmy Eat World played flawlessly. The only demerit to its performance was the obvious fact that the crowd had only heard of Jimmy Eat World on the radio, singing along to only the choruses of "Work" and "Pain" before launching into pandemonium during the band's biggest hit to date, "The Middle." Singer Jim Adkins was surprisingly (in a positive way) animated on stage while singing self-help lyrics to an originally uninterested crowd.
Green Day closed their performance with an ironic, yet somehow fitting cover of Queen's "We Are The Champions" before Armstrong played "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" alone, illuminated by a lone spotlight. For a band who rivaled only Weezer in the "loser punk" genre, the line "no time for losers 'cuz we are the champions" speaks truths.
Green Day has definitely grown up, but hasn't exactly sold out. Regardless, they still put on one hell of a show.
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blonde_tard
blonde_tard
posted 9/16/05 @ 6:48 PM EST
I went to that concert ant it was without the best day of my life!!
flamingo
flamingo
posted 9/17/05 @ 12:23 AM EST
I was at the Green Day concert in Moline and I am going again in Des Moines. That is how much I loved it. I can hardly wait to see all their antics again, to hear their fantastic music and that clear, incredible voice of Billie Joe's. (Continued…)
evil_willow_pillow_1
evil_willow_pillow_1
posted 9/17/05 @ 8:32 AM EST
Their concerts are amazing. To bad the only real old song they played at mine was "Knowledge." I would have loved to hear 2000 Light Years Away live. (Continued…)
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