- (singing along) ♪ One, 21 guns ♪
- I wish I was a teenager during this period of time.
I feel like I'd get so into this music.
♪ (punk rock intro) ♪
- (FBE) Today, we're gonna have you react
to the band Green Day.
- Whoa, that's a band I haven't heard in a long-ass time.
- I love Green Day. They're a great band!
- I grew up with Green Day. Amazing band,
amazing music, and amazing people, so I'm excited.
- (FBE) So there's so many songs and people will wish we used more,
but here's a selection from Green Day
starting with some of their older songs
before going into some newer stuff.
- Cool.
- Okay, I'm ready. Let's go.
- Oh, I know this song!
- I've definitely heard this one before.
- ♪ I heard you crying... ♪
- Ha, I like his hair.
- ♪ I heard you crying loud ♪
- I can't with their hair.
- ♪ All the way across town ♪
- Oh man, this looks old.
- ♪ You've been searching... ♪
- So angsty. Look at them.
♪ ...out on the prowl ♪
♪ As you sit around... ♪
- Aw yeah. - ♪ ...feeling sorry for yourself ♪
- Aw dude, you guys are bringing me
back to eighth grade.
- ♪ 'Cause you know where I'll be found ♪
♪ When I come around ♪
- Oh, the '90s. I love it.
- It was pretty okay. Not something I'd listen to.
- Green Day's sound itself is so iconic.
You just hear them start singing and you're, like,
"Oh yeah, that has to be Green Day."
- ♪ (acoustic guitar) ♪
- Oh, okay. I've heard this one.
- Alright, I know this song. Hell yeah.
- (singing along) ♪ ...turning point ♪
♪ A fork stuck in the road ♪
We sang this for my fifth grade graduation.
- ♪ Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go ♪
- I love this song. - Yeah, I think I know this.
- ♪ ...the best of this test and don't ask why ♪
- Their songs are really catchy.
They have really good melodies.
- (singing along) ♪ It's something unpredictable ♪
♪ But in the end it's right ♪
♪ I hope you had the time of your life ♪
- Current music has got bass in it and it's supposed to be lit,
but this isn't lit, this is, you know,
some good music you could just chill to.
- ♪ So take the photographs and still-frames in your mind ♪
♪ Hang them on a shelf in good health... ♪
- Dude, they all look so depressed.
- Oh, that's me with the cat.
- ♪ ...dead skin on trial ♪
- His voice is very different from everyone else
and it's-- you can tell who it is.
- ♪ It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right ♪
♪ I hope you had the time of your life ♪
- That one's nice.
- I know that song really well but I haven't listened to it
since I was way younger,
so now I kinda get the lyrics a little more.
- It's a good song.
It's a nice song to play at a fifth grade graduation.
- ♪ (solo guitar) ♪
- Oh yeah, I know this one. I listened to this song.
- Aw, yeah. This is my favorite one.
- (singing along) ♪ Don't wanna be an American idiot ♪
- (high-pitched singing along) ♪ Don't wanna be an American idiot ♪
- This is such a change from "Time of Your Life."
- This is what I like about them. They can go from very simple
to very, very iconic really fast.
- ♪ The subliminal mind-[bleep] America ♪
- I haven't heard any of these songs in so long.
- ♪ Welcome to a new kind of tension ♪
- I like how that guy's kinda speeded-up,
and then the drummer's slowed down,
and then he's in regular motion.
- ♪ Television dreams of tomorrow ♪
- I wish I was a teenager during this period of time.
I feel like I'd get so into this music.
- ♪ (drum solo) ♪
- All right, that one is-- that one is definitely
my favorite Green Day song.
- It's such a good song! I think that's one of the most
familiar to me songs that I heard.
- This music fits for any situation.
It could make you run into a wall.
It could make you want to finish this assignment
that you haven't done. It's just amazing.
- ♪ I walk a lonely road the only... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...one that I have ever known ♪
- The only song that I know their lyrics to.
- (singing along) ♪ But it's home to me ♪
♪ And I walk alone ♪ Yeah.
- ♪ I walk alone ♪
- Man, videos back then were so cliché.
- ♪ I walk alone I walk a ♪
♪ My shadow's... ♪ - So good.
- I like how they all walk alone in a group, together.
- ♪ My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating ♪
♪ Sometimes... ♪ - Yeah, I mean, damn.
We're just going memory lane right here.
- ♪ ...there will find me ♪
♪ 'Till then I walk alone ♪
- Aw, can you keep it playing?
- Usually I hate old music. I hate 2000s music.
I'm not a fan of it. But this band,
it's just so good. It's just so simple.
They're just-- Argh, I don't know.
There's just something about them that works well.
- ♪ Hear the sound of the falling rain ♪
- Oh, this is by Green Day? Okay, so I've heard this one, too.
- Oh yeah, this is--
Okay, this is bringing back memories.
It's gonna make a lot of people sound old,
but I listened to this stuff in sixth grade, fifth grade.
- ♪ Hear the dogs howlin' out of key ♪
- That green screen.
- ♪ ...and misery (hey!) ♪
♪ And bleed... ♪
- This video's so cool.
- Their music videos are really cool though.
I like them.
- ♪ I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies ♪
- I want to try surfing on the hood of a car.
- ♪ This is the dawning of the rest... ♪
- Yeah, I heard this 'cause I used to play
the Tony Hawk game.
- ♪ On holiday ♪ - (making guitar and drum noises)
- I want to hear more of their music now.
- Yeah that's lit right there. Yeah, you're right.
Take me back to middle school. Take me back to middle school.
Tryin' to learn the guitar and stuff.
- They're such a good band. All these songs are great.
You can't listen to a single one of these songs and be, like,
"Oh, I don't really like this. Oh, this is mediocre."
No, you're listening to them, like, "This is such a good band."
- ♪ Does the pain weigh out the... ♪
- Oh, wait. Is this 21 Guns?
Okay, okay. I know a lot more songs
than I thought I did.
- ♪ ...place to hide ♪ - I remember--
I remember watching this music video 30 times.
- ♪ ...break your heart inside ♪
♪ You're in ruins ♪
- They look so different.
- ♪ One, 21 guns ♪
- That'd be scary as [bleep], though,
seeing bullets come through the wall.
- What's up with all that explosion in the background?
- (singing along) ♪ One, 21 guns ♪
- ♪ Throw up your arms into the sky ♪
- Usually, when people think "punk rock" and "rock,"
it's like, they don't think "sadness," you know?
But they're able to just do everything from every genre.
- ♪ Did you stand too close to the fire? ♪
- This is a good one.
- (singing along) ♪ ...looking for forgiveness ♪
♪ From a stone ♪
- It feels like it's very catchy, classic rock.
- Um, I know this song, but not as much as the other ones,
but that guitar, you see? That guitar is what I'm here for.
- Damn, that was intense.
- It's just so good. Not just them,
but all the popular bands back then were, like--
are so much better than, I feel like,
a lot of the popular singers and bands today.
- All their songs are amazing. There's not one song
where you're just, like,
"Okay, this is the song that defines them as a band."
It's this whole fat category of songs that just
defines who they are and it's amazing.
- (FBE) So, Green Day has been around since the '80s.
- Oh, what? (laughs)
- Damn, they've been around a lot longer than I thought.
- (FBE) But, they got their big break, arguably,
at Woodstock '94, and blew up in the '90s,
meaning they were popular when people in their 30s and 40s
were around your age. - Wow.
- (FBE) And even today, they remain just as,
if not more popular. Why is their music
relatable to the same age groups decades apart?
- Teen angst! Teen angst never changes!
- Everyone can relate. Everyone likes to feel
the angsty teen sad vibes and just blast music like that
in their room when their parents are screaming at them.
- They sing about some really deep emotional stuff,
so I don't think it really matters what generation it is.
People are still gonna be able to relate.
- That kind of band and that kind of music
just resonates with teens in general.
When you're at that stage in your life,
the angsty, and then the-- just the pop punk,
or just the regular punk, the regular rock.
All of that just starts resonating inside of you
and you're, like, "Yeah, this is--
this speaks to me."
- The teenagers who grew up with them, like you said,
the people who're 30s and 40s now.
It's kind of like they're reminiscing on their past, almost,
so they're still gonna be into, you know, the music
they liked when they were teens.
- Their fans grow up and then their fans
pass it down to the people after them and then after them
and then the music's just so good that there is--
yeah, it's under one genre of music,
but it's just so good that you don't get tired of it.
- Normally, people will relate to your music more
when it appeals to them more emotionally.
Green Day took some of their more mellow songs,
like "Time of Your Life," some of those songs.
They appeal to that. When an artist can relate
to their listeners personally, that's a completely different
connection from any other artist.
- ( FBE) A band like Green Day that has remained relevant
for older adults who grew up with them,
hearing that they're in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame already,
or that they are considered old by younger people
can be one of those mind blowing moments, so...
- Yeah. - (FBE) ...do you think
your generation thinks they're old?
- Definitely.
They're not like Lil Yachty, you know?
They're pretty old.
They're from the 1980s? That's old!
- Their classic songs are back in the '90s, early 2000s
and that, at least to me, I know a lot of people watching this
might be in their twenties and they're, like,
"That's not that long ago!" but to me, it's like,
"That was when I was born!"
- I don't consider them an old band
until I see the '90s videos, but if you listen to their music,
it's still super relevant
and they're still killing it in 2017.
- I wouldn't consider it old because I'm not very old
and so the fact that I can remember music
and stuff like that doesn't make me think it's old.
- They definitely mastered the whole timeless aspect of music.
If you went through this phase with Green Day,
you will always sing along to a Green Day song.
You will always feel happy when you hear them.
- (FBE) And finally, after hearing more about them
and their impact over the years,
how do you view Green Day as an all-time band?
- Tier two. They're good,
but I wouldn't say they are legends.
- Up there with the Beatles.
- They were one, because out of all
the rock bands that exist, they're kinda relevant.
If you somehow maintain relevancy,
then you're there.
- Even though I never was a giant Green Day fan,
they're one of the greats.
It's just crazy that someone my age will recognize these songs.
Guarantee that if you played it for a middle schooler,
they would know these songs, too.
- They're an all-time great band.
I always have mad respect for artists and musicians and bands
who are able to thrive in the music industry
over long periods of time just because that's so hard to do.
- Thanks for watching everybody.
I hope you had the time of your life.
- Hey everybody, just want to let you know
that this is gonna be my very last Teens React shoot.
I was one of the original Teens Reactors
and I'm finally being promoted for my six years of being a teen.
See you guys on Adults React.
Deuces.