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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 92 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The first time I saw Greenday in 1994, they had the audience decide between two guys to play one song. When I saw them again after they became the major band of the era, they did the same thing but a little different. Still one of the fans got to get on stage, play BJ's guitar and for sure a wonderful moment.

All that said, considering the way punks think, this is probably just the most recent shenanigans. I am willing to bet that someone started to play Freebird long before someone attempted to sneak in Wonderwall

Would actually be funny if someone were to try and play some of the George Harrison Wonderwall

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They uses to do "knowledge" by operation ivy regularly. The bands were old friends from the east bay punk scene and the cover was like a tribute. A 3 chord banger that anyone could play and the crowd would get into. It was really cool when younger audience members were able to learn it on the spot and then the band backed them up.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Greenday might be oversold and played out but they put on a great fuckin show.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago

Also, American Idiot is one of the best mainstream albums to come out this century

[–] skooma_king@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Green Day is as punk as Nickleback is metal.

(I know it’s gate keeping but I can’t help myself)

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

don't gatekeep punk

greenday is totally punk

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only gatekeeping allowed in punk is the one that keeps nazis out.

Fuck nazi punks

[–] Oisteink@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah - it’s in the rules

[–] skooma_king@piefed.social -5 points 2 months ago

lol ok

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they're more punk than the fucking butter ad sell out brexit loving sex pistols

[–] skooma_king@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Let it all out bud

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Couldn’t agree more

I’ve never been a fan of Greenday tho

[–] josefo@leminal.space 70 points 2 months ago

This is a very punk attitude ngl

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 67 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I said maybe

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're gonna be the bum that shaves me

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just after Paul

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago

You're my wobble ball

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm clearly out of the loop, I need this one explained to me.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 159 points 2 months ago (3 children)

My understanding is that it's the Rickroll of the guitar-playing world.

It's fairly straightforward for the novice to play, and is associated with the hipster who lugs a guitar everywhere as a fashion accessory rather than to develop any musical talent, where their repertoire is limited to two or three four-chord wonder songs.

In this instance, the guitarist has given the audience member the chance of a lifetime to shred in front of a crowd that most amateur band members will never see in a lifetime... and instead threw out the "so anyway here's Wonderwall" meme and dropped a simple meme song.

Happy to be corrected.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 months ago

You're pretty much spot on here. No need for a correction.

OP, this is your answer.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Wonder what the intro (up to the start of the lyrics) to Nothing Else Matters would be seen as

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I halfway suspect the audience member panicked and defaulted to the comfortable muscle memory song.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The band Green Day invited a fan up on stage to play one of their songs, but he played the song Wonderwall instead as a joke.

Guitarists playing Wonderwall for people has been a meme since the 90s. Here's more about it if you're interested:

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wonderwall

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Freebird for Millennials.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the difference being, freebird is a nightmare and shouting "freebird!" at bands is more akin to "you suck" while wonderwall is an ironic "got you"

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago

If a random band does play Freebird to those kind of requests, they'll often only play the first half with vocals. The second, more instrumental half is the Rock Band hard mode of hard mode.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Ah so that's why Otto plays it to Bart when he's learning to play the guitar.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Full article: https://archive.is/8GyPF

Basically the fan tricked the band and he was stopped because he wasn't playing the song he said he would play.

All in good fun I think, they seem very chill on stage

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why wonderwall? I thought everyone knows stairway to heaven?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago

It's against the rules!

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

I guess I should learn wonderwall….

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I used to work at Olive Garden and they had a old school swing-like cover that would play every couple hours, my wife hated it lmao.

[–] Denjin 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you mean the Mike Flowers Pops version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTfZshkNZRw

It actually outperformed the original by spending 2 weeks at number 1 in the charts!

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That voice doesn't sound right, so I don't think so.

Found it https://youtu.be/x4e0RtIz9zk

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

No Stairway, denied!