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EEEEEEE!!!! y'all the meet n greet was SO fast. The guys were so nice but didn't make conversation that much bc time me thinks. Billie said "you have my dog on your shirt!" I laughed and said he should bring the longshot back, we took the picture and I was out the room. I think they brought us to the pr room so the energy in there was so chaotic. Me and my brother were cheesing when we got back to our seats. He got a fist bump from Mike! The set was so fun! same ol songs but I was in need of a concert so I enjoyed it so much. 

I loved their performance. To me, songs like Holiday and American Idiot say enough in their lyrics. It must have meant a lot for them to play this kind of gig in the bay area. They killed it and looked to be having fun. If people listen to Holiday and American Idiot and can’t see any political commentary, that’s their issue.

Bad Bunny also approached things in a mature way. Didn’t make a message of hate, but instead of unity. Even said “God Bless America” and had the US flag first in the parade, going against people’s perceptions of him as an America-hater. I felt like they both took the high road and I appreciate that kind of maturity in an era of digs and insults that go nowhere and get nothing done.

 

I can understand if people are upset at the length of the performance, it went quickly and we always want more BUT bear in mind

it was a great performance

Green Day got a huge amount of publicity and nobody could be unaware of their stance and many of their lyrics are very clear

they performed at a show watched by millions which is always highly controlled and causes mass hysteria in the US  if anything happens off script

they backed the call for supporting unity

Billie wore his Spanish necklace very prominently (sorry, I forget what it’s called)

they appeared mature and rational in a time of ranting petulance in the US, they definitely have the moral high ground.

Honestly they did a great job. 

Sorry for the delay, hope this works.

https://imgur.com/a/ldIAe3D

 

I have to confess I've not kept up with the thread but I just wanted to say how excited I was to hear Billie scream "Welcome to the Bay! NFL 60!" I'm not from there but how cool is that for him and the guys coming from playing shitty venues feeling like there was possibly no hope to opening the Super Bowl on home soil. Absolutely amazing. I was so proud that was my band (figuratively of course )

There is an odd angle to this of fans putting all this responsibility on Green Day to do a certain thing. Like others were saying, maybe this was a dream moment for them and they wanted to embrace it and make it a positive memory.

Its always like this, people make false hopes out of nothing and get hyped, just do be disappointed in the end, and then blame the origin (the band)

Its not the oscars or grammys, its the nfl superbowl, getting badbunny and greenday to play at their show is surprising enough imo, and the boys took full advantage of it by performing with high rock energy

 

(And keep in mind, this was not about greenday, it was about the mvp ceremony in the end)

I like how they wanted International Superhits to have an arrogant name and all these years later we got God's Favourite Band

I agree with @solongfromthestars, I think even if they had gone up there and just given a political rant for 6 minutes, nothing would have changed, except that we would be patting ourselves in the back for how anti-Trump/anti-ICE our favorite band is. Much less would anything happen because he sings "I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda". 

I don't see the incomplete songs as self-censorship @Hermione, I think they just tried to make a medley out of some of their most famous songs, that musically made sense, that would allow people to recognize the songs, and that highlighted the power of each song. (And I don't think choosing Holiday over Basket Case for instance, was an unintentional choice). It's not easy to pack a lot in under 5 minutes, to do it right, and to make it sound great. And I think we know how much more political the songs could have been if they had been played in their entirety, because we know those songs by heart and know what was left out. But if you forget about that for a second you realize that what was sung already packs a huge political message. Just like the mere fact that Green Day, with its well documented criticism of Trump and Republicans that came before him, singing on that stage is a political statement. 

I also don't see how Bad Bunny's set was more powerful? I think his set was great, but he had more time, budget, and staging. But his show was also a medley, none of the songs were sung in their entirety, the lyrics were the original lyrics and the rhythms were the ones from the original songs, a lot of the stage decorations were mimicking his album cover or music videos. He couldn't have sung anything in English because he doesn't have any songs in English. So there was nothing there that we hadn't heard or seen before. So what's the special political statement there? The only thing he said that I thought was quite powerful and that is not straight out of one of his songs (and most American folks seem to have missed it because they missed the keyword in Spanish) was when he said "god bless America" and started mentioning a bunch of countries, he actually said "god bless American, whether it is ("sea" in Spanish) Chile, Argentina...." and went off to list every single country in the whole continent. That was nice to see, since the US has basically appropriated "America" just for themselves. 

I think perhaps you feel Bad Bunny's set was way more political because you are not as familiar with his music, so having a salsa band playing or these type of things highlighting Latino culture might seem like something extraordinary he hadn't done before? If that is the case, then for people not familiar with Green Day, hearing "don't wanna be an American Idiot" in the super bowl stage might have seemed just as punk. 

 

On the other hand, I also don't think that they played it safe not to draw attention from Bad Bunny. I just think they wanted to pack as much power in 5 minutes as they could, end of story. Bad Bunny is the biggest artist in the world right now, and has been a few times before in the last 6 years or so. I don't think there's a lot Green Day could have done that would have deflected the attention from Bad Bunny. 

 

As to "why bother if they're not gonna say anything": Because they are musicians. I guess playing at the Super Bowl, and so close to home, must have been super exciting opportunity for them, beyond how much money they would get or what political message they could send. Would someone here not take their dream job just because they cannot wear a "fuck ICE" shirt to work? So yes, maybe it was just to tick a career box, but what's wrong with that? If they were not career driven half of us would probably never heard of them. Probably only @Dingle and some bay area folks would know them  

I think people are losing sight of the fact that Green Day GREEN DAY played an opening show at the Super Bowl! That’s huge.  The video has over 1.5 m views already. Must have felt amazing to them.

The YouTube upload already accumulated 1 million views. I'm so freaking happy.

"Information age of hysteria, It's calling out to idiot America" - that line sung into the silence of that big stadium hit on a completely different level. I think they have made their message pretty much clear. It is in their lyrics, it always has been. 

On a side note, I’m pleasantly surprised to see all the praise for Green Day‘s performance online. I wasn’t sure if their music would resonate with the Coachella crowd, but it seems like most people really enjoyed their set, and I even saw some articles naming them as the highlight of the whole festival. There was one post about Travis Scott‘s performance where people commented that it fell flat because of the high standards set by Green Day before. I’ve got no idea if this is true or not, but it seems like in recent months, the band is finally getting the recognition they deserve. There was a time where they were the punching bag for a lot of frustrated rock fans, but these days, it seems like most people seem to acknowledge their contribution to rock music history and the fact that they are still one of the best live bands out there.

Maybe it really was to tick a career box but in a quite positive way. It must be exhilarating to perform before such a big audience and get all the attention. And near their hometown too. Maybe they just enjoyed it…?

Just performing in Spanish and celebrating Latino culture was huge in this climate. When he named every country in South and North America I felt that. He was great

What does any of this have to do with Billie and Jakob being commissioned to record a David Bowie cover? Let’s remember the thread topic 

Setlist leak:


American Idiot (dedicated to MAGA)



Holiday (dedicated to Adolf Hitler and the proud boys of ICE)



Hitchin' a Ride (dedicated to Pete Hegseth)



Nice Guys Finish Last (dedicated to the Democratic Party)



Dominated Love Slave (dedicated to Karoline Leavitt)



Prosthetic Head (dedicated to Kristi Noem)



King for a Day (dedicated to J.D. Vance)



F.O.D. (dedicated to Donald Trump)



Minority (dedicated to the rest of us)


 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DT1B63UjWOP/?igsh=enNpZm5oeGZ4anN4

just saw this, sounds fabulous.  Tomorrow is my birthday, thanks Billie and Jakob.  Yes I am taking this as being for me 😂😂

Fun fact:

The white satin les paul junior that BJ used was "the one" from the AI tour and the one that was locked up in the Hall of Fame. They borrowed it spesifically for this show😎

I feel we're overthinking this too much. 

I don't think they had to negotiate for the NFL to let them play AI and Holiday. I think NFL didn't care which songs they played, so long as they were hits that most people would recognize.

With how much hype there was about it on the internet, I thought their set was gonna be longer. But given the time constraints, a medley of their hits was the only possible option. And unless I missed something, they only did Good Riddance + AI songs, disregarding other hits like Basket Case and WICA that many people would have also recognized, so they did choose to focus on some very political songs. I too am a bit disappointed by the lack of the MAGA line, but it was a medley, we didn't even get the original line of the song. Already going on stage and singing "don't wanna be an American idiot" in front of that audience is a statement.

Just like Bad Bunny singing in Spanish is a statement, regardless of what the lyrics are saying (short run through what his songs were about in the spoiler below, if anyone is curious)

 


Spoiler




FYI, his first song is about all the girlfriends he has, the second one includes a gem of a line very explicitly about a specific sex act -- that was all the beeps you heard  --, third one is about ... dancing, next is a love song, then a celebration of Latin American/Puerto Rican culture in New York -- or "Nueva Yol" as they say, I really love this song. And from here on everything is very much a medley of songs about Latino/Puerto Rican culture. Ricky Martin comes in with a few lines of a pro-Puerto Rico song, then another very Puerto Rican song, "now everyone wants to be Latino but they lack rhythm/flavor/spice" , followed by the cafe and rhum culture, and finally Debi Tirar Mas Fotos, which is a really beautiful song "I should have taken more pictures when I had you, I should have given you more kisses and hugs when I could, I hope my people never move, and that if today I get drunk someone will look after me" 🥺 Trust me, for Latin diaspora those lines break our heart. 




 

I'm just happy my boys got to play the Super Bowl. 

I won tickets to this show on the radio! I'm so excited to see the guys again XP