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GREEN DAY ARE THE CHAMPIONS

Posted about 5 years ago
A few months ago I got to present Green Day with the Spirit of Liberty Award at the annual People For the American Way banquet. While I was backstage with the band, the lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, told me about how powerfully moved he had been a few weeks earlier when the band toured New Orleans and saw the unfathomable magnitide of the disaster there-- and how little had been done to ameliorate the plight of people there by the Bush Regime and their congressional allies. This week Billie and his wife Adrienne packed up their two sons, Joey and Jakob, and headed down to the 9th Ward to work as volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. An independent Green Day fan site is covering their progress down there every day. I had the privilege of working with Green Day when I was at Reprise Records and I always knew these were the kind of parents Billie and Adrienne would be. I don't have a copy of their latest (unreleased) song, a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero," but here's another Green Day cover, a live version of Queen's We Are The Champions," done at an Aids benefit concert in Berlin in 2004.
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  1. annnna
    annnna says They're a pretty cool band.
    Permalink posted 04/15/2007
  2. Cinful
    Cinful says ah, Green Day ... I must say, I do love them. They were my (at the time) pre-teen sons' first concert (I took him to the show). They are as true in heart on the stage as they are off stage. They practice what they preach. They are truly in love with their world and the people in it. I have a myspace (yes, you can boo me, but here in Boise, it's the only way to know about groups that will be playing in town) ... anyways, Green Day has a really nice secondary site that's worth looking at if you're interested (I like that they don't make you feel like you have to be a tree hugger to appreciate the environment) http://www.myspace.com/greendaynrdc :*)
    Permalink posted 04/16/2007
  3. delfina
    delfina says Just a note: the video is not from an AIDS benefit and is not from 2004. It's from Green Day's "Live 8" performance, which was a series of worldwide concerts held on July 2 2005 to "Make Povery History." Green Day has meant the world to me. I've been a fan for years, and I'm 43 years old. A great band, with great songs and a humble and sincere attitude to boot. That they are concerned about political and social causes is wonderful icing on the cake.
    Permalink posted 04/16/2007

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