Green Day on MTV News (1995)

90s Jams #64: Green Day "J.A.R." (1995)

I'm guessing the reason why this song didn't appear on Dookie or Insomniac was because it was written by Mike Dirnt instead of Billie Joe Armstrong, which I didn't realize until about 2 minutes ago. In the 90's, the concept of the non-album track was like a status symbol among prospective (high school) music geeks... Never were so many of these played on commercial radio than in the mid-90's.. Nirvana's "Verse Chorus Verse," Pearl Jam's "Yellow Ledbetter," Smashing Pumpkins "Landslide." They were slightly more difficult to locate at Sam Goody than the bigger hit songs, but radio stations played them anyway, because most of the fans in the radio audience were diehards of at least one of these huge bands.

"J.A.R." has remained a fan favorite, not only for this reason... It was the perfect and most interesting example of the intersection of all of their best elements, from the unorthodox punk song structure heard in "F.O.D." and "Chump," the extreme high energy from "Burnout" and "Having A Blast," and the pitch perfect pop craftsmanship of "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around." It's all here in one 3-minute epic. The bridge and the outro of this one are especially brilliant...

90s Jams #74: Green Day "When I Come Around" (1994)

Singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the song after breaking up with his girlfriend (who he later married). The band's friend and now backup guitarist Jason White can be seen in the video with his girlfriend at the time. [Also of note] the infamous live performance at Woodstock '94 after a mud fight. - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_I_Come_Around

"Waiting"

In my last post, I started to mention a "10 TV performances," which I've decided will be unveiled soon, along with 2 separate "10 TV Moments" lists. They will probably be the only "decade end" things I'll post here, which I figured would be fun since they'll all come complete with video clips.

This clip of Green Day's "Waiting" doesn't exactly fall in the same category as "Forget The Swan," but is still noteworthy as it was probably Green Day's last TV performance from their classic era. At this point, it's a bit difficult to recall classic Green Day existing during this decade, but it did happen.