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Green Day on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - 21/03/17.


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My favorite moment was probably Billie peeking into frame during Stephen's closing because it was stupid and silly and everything I enjoy about both Billie and Stephen. :D 

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That was a lovely performance, and their introduction was hilarious. Billie still seems a little uncomfortable performing this song on television—I'm thinking maybe that's why he played guitar this time, to have something else to think about rather than just focusing on singing. When he played on Ellen he barely opened his eyes, so this was a vast improvement. Sounded great. 

 

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Theyve only played still breathing one other time on tv, and people are going to watch out of song recognition. Casual viewers would be less interested in a song theyve never heard than one they just heard on the radio the other day. It's more about promoting the album as a whole than a new single. So it was the logical choice I think.

Anyway Billie looked so satisfied at the end. "I did it!" :ga:

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Aww damn I forgot about this! Good thing I record the Late show regularly! :D

 

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Watch Green Day's Rousing 'Still Breathing' on 'The Late Show'

Host Stephen Colbert passed off the introduction duties to an animated God, hovering in the ceiling, who introduced the punk rockers as his "favorite band." In the hard-hitting performance, Billie Joe Armstrong alternated between smooth verse crooning and raw chorus shrieks as lights flashed behind Tré Cool's drum set.

"Still Breathing" is the second single from Green Day's 12th album, last year's Revolution Radio. The band is currently touring behind the LP, with dates scheduled until April 8th. Then, following a break, they'll resume the trek in August and September.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-green-days-rousing-still-breathing-on-the-late-show-w473202

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Loved the performance, but Billie's voice seemed stressed throughout the entire song.:ermm:

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That was great! I thought Billie sounded pretty good - much better than he did on some of the other professional recordings. God was amusing too :P 

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That was a powerful performance, really great. And the beginning was amusing :lol:

12 minutes ago, Billie Hoe said:

Loved the performance, but Billie's voice seemed stressed throughout the entire song.:ermm:

It's just a difficult song to sing. The verses are very low for him (towards the bottom of his range) and then there's high parts and the chorus that requires a lot of strength behind it. He has to push his voice to the limit on it.

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Not really a great performance, they seemed to be falling apart in timing. Tempo was all over the place :/

But it was still great to hear them. The part with god was a great throwback to AI tour pre show speech 😊

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Ironically, I almost died trying to sing along to it :lol: In an effort to make my scratchy sick voice form the words, I succumbed to a cough attack. :P They did sound a bit off, but I figures it's just because they're on tour and probably pretty worn down. Also! God introducing them, and saying they're his favorite band, did anyone else see the excited expressions both Tre and Mike got? It reminded me of Bullet in a Bible when Tre is saying "God wants to watch his favorite band again." :lol: 

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Finally watched it. What a great performance! I really loved the vocals, it was fine enough for me, ha. I also really love that Billie always performs this song with so much passion. I approve.

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Thought it was a great performance. It's clearly still difficult for him to hit that high note within the range he's singing (ie without going falsetto) but I think it's improving!

I pissed myself laughing at Tre running off, and Stephen and Billie looking at each other and then shrugging :lol: 

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Am I the only one who thought it was basically the same as the performance on Ellen

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It's actually the same as Ellen, half of the people liked it, the other half didn't :P 

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49 minutes ago, MysticManiac said:

Am I the only one who thought it was basically the same as the performance on Ellen

Ellen's performance was pretty woeful.  But when I said I loved it that was code for BJ is hot - Im really in fangirl mode atm:wub:

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1 hour ago, MysticManiac said:

Am I the only one who thought it was basically the same as the performance on Ellen

Well it's the same band and the same song :P 

Kidding, I do think this one was an improvement.

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I loved it. I really thought they put much more effort into it this time and I just LOVED their reactions to the "God's favourite band" part.
AHHHHH I just love this band so much.

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1 hour ago, MaraGreenDay said:

It's actually the same as Ellen, half of the people liked it, the other half didn't :P 

Well, there was 2 differences.

1: On Ellen, Billie didn't touch his guitar at all while the band was playing 'Still Breathing'

2: Ellen does not have the Holy Father himself on his show.

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6 hours ago, Billie Hoe said:

Loved the performance, but Billie's voice seemed stressed throughout the entire song.:ermm:

His voice sounded really bad in his last puppet video actually. So I wasn't surprised. This was done right after the Brooklyn show, so from this one to the newest puppet video, I feel like it's just occupational voice strain.

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Their reactions were the cutest :wub:

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12 hours ago, Mar said:

My favorite moment was probably Billie peeking into frame during Stephen's closing because it was stupid and silly and everything I enjoy about both Billie and Stephen. :D 

Is that part on youtube?

 

 

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28 minutes ago, Billie Hoe said:

Their reactions were the cutest :wub:

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Is that part on youtube?

 

 

Yes.

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I finally watched it! I do think Billie's voice sounded a bit tired, but I loved it. I still think it was great overall and I absolutely loved the look on their faces when the whole "God's favorite band" came up. The was fucking priceless! And that moment when Billie peaks into Stephen's frame at the end? Too adorable. Billie is too much sometimes.

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1 hour ago, Billie Hoe said:

Is that part on youtube?

It's not - here's a screenshot, since I can't gif to save my life...

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