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Finally, here are my videos from Not So Silent Night (NSSN). Keep in mind that I was in the front row, center barricade, with security standing right in front of me and not supposed to be video taping, so I was pretending to be taking pictures, and moving my camera around a bit, so the videos aren't super steady. Green Day Live 105 NSSN 12/9/11 Billie Joe Intro, 2000 Light Years Away Hitchin a Ride End of Hitchin a Ride (camera card was full) Happy Birthday Tre! Florence Welch onstage with Billie Joe, and Burnout Rock and Roll cover, Highway to Hell cover, and Brain Stew Billie Joe on guitar during American Idiot with just Billie Joe, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool

I'm so excited for this video!!!

Hey Mary just sent you my video. Please tell me if you got it and if you like it heres a link for everyone elsehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoNgWZBdKFw&feature=player_detailpage

Not sure if it's been said before, but this is all I hear now in BOBD 'cause of my mate: "Sometimes I wish someone out there will pillow fight me."

Aw, 2♥♥ pages of BJ

MY 3,000TH POST!!!!!! or where it was supposed to be. Gotta be in my favorite thread.

Billie Joe's facial expressions are to die for

Thank you, Lorenzo! And I can't remember if I told you or not, but I loved your video.

It's not the Harry Potterish logo. I think it was like... before getting drums on stage: "Damn, drum set without logo. need to draw one".

Wow. Just wow. So, I found out about this show at 6:30 when I randomly decided to check Facebook. I'd originally had no intentions of going to the show. As some reviewers had said, maybe if this was fifteen years ago and Bush and Jane's Addiction were still relevant but nowadays? Not so much. But then, Green Day was announced as the headliner! I live over an hour away so, at best, I could make it there by 8, and by then, even the scalpers were starting to leave. I had one guy on the phone all the way there, trying to convince him to hold a ticket for me but he eventually got sick of me telling him I was only "five minutes away" for the fifth time. So, I arrive with no ticket at about 7:45, begrudgingly pay the absolutely ridiculous $35 parking fee, and run all the way to the box office from the back of the parking lot. Two girls in front of me try to buy floor tickets but are told that they've been sold out for weeks. So, slightly crushed, I get up to the front, hoping for whatever they can give me. And after a couple agonizing minutes, the woman tells me there is exactly one floor seat available. Holy shit! And the best part of it is that it's actually cheaper than the side seats the girls in front of me got. So, I buy it and race inside. The floor is absolutely jam packed but, miraculously, by the time Florence + the Machine start playing, I'm two-third of the way towards the front. By Mumford & Sons, I'm three people from the front. By Green Day, I'm against the barricade, right in front of Mike. I just stood there that entire set change, thinking how absolutely ridiculous this all was. That I'd shown up about 2 hours after the concert had already started without a ticket and had managed to have the absolute best spot in the, by then, sold-out 20,000 people stadium. Unreal. And then Santa came out to introduce Green Day. Awesome. The first thing I noticed is that there is a new "Green Day" logo on Tre's drum set. You can see it in some of the photos from the show and it's distinctly different than the 21st Century Breakdown logo that used to be on his set. I was at the Tiki Bar show and I definitely don't remember seeing that set there. Maybe it's a sign they're far enough in the new album process that they have a new logo? It's funny but it looks a little bit like the Harry Potter logo. The second thing I notice is that Jason wasn't there. For the first time that I can remember, this was Green Day as a three-piece unit. Anyways, they bust into Welcome to Paradise and, well, the crowd was kind of unenthusiastic. I think it's the fact that everyone else who'd managed to get floor seats had probably been there for Jane's Addiction but whatever, I was going to rock the fuck out no matter what. And I have to say, this entire show made me feel like I'd time travelled back to the 90's. It honestly felt like some lost show from their Nimrod tour. With only a handful of "Hey oh's" and none of their usual theatrics, this was the most "punk" that I'd ever seen the group. And more importantly, they just seemed happy. I don't think there was a single moment the entire show that the three of them didn't just have huge grins on their faces. This was definitely not a chore for them. They clearly love playing. I've seen Green Day six times now, including at the DNA Lounge in 2009 and the Tiki Bar over the summer and this was easily the most bad ass I've ever seen them. With only an hour and a half to play, this was just punk song after punk song. As anyone who's seen their huge scale stadium shows knows, there's always a bit of a lull somewhere in the middle. Whether it's a song you've heard a dozen times or whatever, there's always been that moment for me that slows things down but finally, this time, there was no lull. It was an absolutely perfect blast of a set. While I would've loved to have heard Dookie in full, this was still one of the best shows I've ever been to. And this is even coming from someone who thinks American Idiot is the finest album ever created and they only played one song from that album in this set. On a final note though, can I just say fuck the people in charge of Oracle Arena. Not Live 105. They did an amazing job getting Green Day here and keeping the energy up for the show (despite the absolutely horrendous karaoke between sets...) but the suits in charge of keeping the curfew can go fuck off and die. I say this because before Green Day played their last song, I saw Billie Joe say to Mike, "Let's play this one and then try a couple new songs." I even overheard the security guards talking and they said they saw 21 songs on Green Day's setlist. They were absolutely ready to play all night. The Live 105 DJ's were rocking out. Everyone was ready for Green Day to keep playing. And then after American Idiot, they were whisked off stage without even really getting to say goodnight. So yeah, fuck you Oracle Arena. Not only did you charge $35 for parking but you basically kicked your headliner off stage. I understand it's a festival show and they have time limits but I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed by that. Having said that, Green Day still absolutely blew me away like it was the first time I was seeing them. I can't wait to see them again and if Tre's fancy new drum set is any indication, that might not be too long from now.

Now THIS is real arm material... hehe

I found two vids of She. I have a whole complete video setlist in this (NSSN) photo album description on my page. If anyone is interested? I'm not sure how to post it without it taking up too much room here. So here's a LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqEySabdC8E

It's a wonder that the drums are not flying away

The entries are awesome! I´ll definetly start filming this week.

Great review of the show by Dakin Hardwick of spinningplatters.com You know what’s great about living on Oakland, CA? You never know when you are going to end up at a Green Day concert. This was the second time that I saw Green Day play without even knowing that they were going to be performing until early evening that day. I highly recommend keeping your ears open fellow bay area folks, because these are their best sets. And, anyone that made it out to Live 105′s Not So Silent Night were treated to the best. It’s not often that a band can play an arena on only a few hours notice. It’s even less often when you can get one of the few stadium-sized bands currently playing to show up so quickly. But, there aren’t very many Green Days out there. So, yes, Green Day aren’t playing this show completely cold. In fact, they’ve been playing secret gigs all over the place since September, including an instore at 1-2-3-4 Go Records in Oakland, and popping out after a Ty Segall show in San Francisco. This show, however, was nothing like those shows. In fact, this show was nothing like any Green Day show since the 90′s. I knew something special was afoot when the roadies set up the gear. The stage was amazingly bare: Two microphones, two amps, one drum kit. No confetti canons, no keyboards, none of the trappings of the type of show Green Day are doing these days. It was just Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool, and Billie Joe Armstrong. The last time these guys played a show as the core three may have been the Insomniac tour. Armstrong and Dirnt had matching died blonde hair that was spiked as very high as it could go, while Cool was dressed in his usual dapper best: slacks, short sleaved black dress shirt and tie. And, although their look may have changed dramatically over the years, none of them have aged a day since 1993. And, in addition to the band looking like they had in 1993, they also sounded like the did in 1993. They opened with “Welcome To Paradise,” a track that was originally released on 1992′s Kerplunk. The rest of the set followed suit, with the band pumping out hit after 1990′s pop punk hit. No ballads. No mini rock operas. Just pure, simple, 2 1/2 minute long rock songs. Billie Joe Armstrong explained how they ended up agreeing to this set in typical Green Day fashion. He said, “So we got this call from Live 105. They said that Jane’s Addiction had to cancel due to a family situation. It looks like they called the first band they could think of that lived 10 minutes away, and here we are.” They then pulled out an vamped out version on “Hitchin’ A Ride” that stretched itself out for about 5 minutes. Armstrong called out Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine to come on stage for a hug, who was intense and dignified during her band’s set, but was ecstatic as a Bieber fan when she got called out by Armstrong, and looked like she was about to both melt and cry tears of joy during the embrace. The crowd, which was, sadly, only about 2/3 full during this set, was supercharged with energy. There were no less then 5 different pits going at once, while not a single person was seated in the bleachers during the band’s set. They kept the whole show old school, with the only modern day Green Day track being the set closing “American Idiot,” which could have easily fit on any of their classic records. As per the usual, Green Day triumphed at this hometown gig. They proved that they still have the ability to be a snotty little punk band, and the fans that switched out their plans and got last minute tickets to this gig were treated to one of the most memorable sets of their lives. http://spinningplatt...911/#more-11173

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I'll have my video in soon This project is becoming rather huge!

Karly, that's awesome! And I like that you've done a guitar part as well! Great

GUYS! I finished mine! Here it is! http://youtu.be/Aw4YmKaK99A Let me know what you think!

Because Green Day wasn't on long enough?

haha the girl next to the man is my daughter Laurel, and I'm next to her (my shoulder's in the pic). This was just so unbelievable--WE WERE FIRST IN LINE!! (there for Florence and Mumford, and were going to leave before Jane's lol). 11 minutes before doors we found out that Jane's was canceling and Green Day was playing--we couldn't believe it! I texted Live 105, and they texted me back and told me it was true. We got into th arena first, and were front and dead center at the barricade. Loved all the bands, and couldn't believe we were going to see Green Day too! I went to both bay area secret shows (1-2-3-4 Go! and the Mezzanine) but my daughter couldn't go to either because she isn't 21, so she was BEYOND excited! The set-list was fucking amazing! I have lots of pics and some videos--I'll post a link a little later today.

i already trying to get work there in USA for summer wanna join?

Looks like this is going great guys! I'll be sure to get my entry in. Keeping up with as much as i can, but very excited about this. I think we'll be able to do the video at the Kerplunk party in London!

Wow, we reached 200 pages. 200 pages full of love and sexiness

from tumblr

awesome quality: yeeees thanks to http://www.youtube.com/user/netosknk

but it's so funny to look to those videos. after all of their real shows and their decorations and etc at tours, all that big scene and just Tre on platform and some funny looking lights over them... that looks really funny just found this pic: and where's the birthday guy's birthday hat? and here are a lot of photos from the show: http://live105.radio...en-day/#photo-1 and sorry if it was posted somewhere on this thread already.

Tré playing yesterday night on his 39th birthday

ahahahahahahahaha the lady and man up the front are the best contrast

I got into the show for free. The security guard let me. I seriously don't know what just happened.

Holy shitballs Jason's not there. This is Green Day as a three-piece. Holy shitballs.

Went on instinct , scored a scalper floor ticket for $40.00...WINNING!!!

Lolol in Chump, my friend was singing "I don't know you, but I think I ate you."

Belly Porn! Yummy! And a little bit of chest action....

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