NEW GREEN DAY!: green day - oh yeah!

WONGIE COUNTRY SONG OF THE WEEK: billie joe armstrong & norah jones - long time gone

billie joe armstrong & norah jones - long time gone
nothing like two great voices getting together for a side project (that was literally recorded in 9 days), covering classic country tunes from the everly brothers album 'songs our daddy taught us'. the ease of this retro gem is just dreamy and i can't wait to hear the rest of this collection!

INDIE CATCH UP: green day - stray heart

green day - stray heart
the official lead single off the 'dos' release of their trilogy of albums, the sound is definitely more retro garage rock and possibly the theme of this collection of songs. not their best, but it's throwaway enough to bop along to for a few mins.

WONGIE ROCK POP SONG OF THE WEEK: green day - oh love

green day - oh love
i love how the video has NOTHING to do with the song other than a director and band trying to book hot models to hang around all day. shame cause i actually like the song.

LIVE WONGIE: cast of american idiot - 21 guns (live @ cbs early show)

cast of american idiot - 21 guns (live @ cbs early show)
[the song STILL gives me goosebumps! love it!]

NEW GREEN DAY!: green day - last of the american girls

green day - last of the american girls

LIVE WONGIE: grammy awards 2010 - pink, lady gaga, elton john, green day, american idiot cast, beyonce, lady antebellum, taylor swift, stevie nicks

for a list of all the winners, click here

below are some highlights of last nights show (thanks to mwp for the links)


pink - glitter in the air
[goosebumps!!]


lady gaga feat elton john - poker face / speechless


green day feat the cast of american idiot - 21 guns


beyonce - if i were a boy / you oughtta know


lady antebellum - need you now
[love this song!]


taylor swift feat stevie nicks - medley
[shame... this collaboration doesn't work at all]


Michael Jackson Medley feat celine dion, usher, jennifer hudson, carrie underwood, smokey robinson
[yeah... this is just oversing...in 3D]

MUSICAL BUZZ: green day / american idiot - 21 guns (cast recording)

green day / american idiot - 21 guns (cast recording)
[already scheduled to go to broadway after a successful run at the SF berkeley rep theater, this version of the green day hit features Billie Joe Armstrong singing with the cast of the musical (Christina Sajous, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Mary Faber, and Matt Caplan with backup from the rest of American Idiot cast). it totally has the makings of a glee-like phenom and i can't wait to see it!]

on the radar 2008: foxboro hot tubs (aka green day) - mother mary

foxboro hot tubs - mother mary [link 2]

[i've kind of gotten in pretty late on the 'discovery' of foxburo hot tubs, but this green day offshoot makes the kind of retro rock n roll music that just makes a blogger like me a tad giddy. gosh, i'm sentimental. if you like what you hear, download the album online now.]

hype wongie: green day - the simpsons theme

only cause i'm watching a preview of the simpsons later today, i've been sucked into the hype that is the simpsons movie.

though i've long since stopped watching the animated series on tv, i got a pang of nostalgia when i stopped by one of the twelve 7-eleven kwik-e marts in LA last weekend.

then i heard this rocked out remake by green day and now i'm totally psyched to see the film! so with a can of buzz cola in hand, may i present to you:

green day - the simpsons theme [link 2]

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new video wednesday: green day, fratellis, klaxons, goodbooks, maps, ne-yo, erasure, common

green day - working class hero
[all proceeds for this song will go to the save darfur campaign. so buy it at itunes please. thanks to ifmv for the tip]


fratellis - ole black n blue eyes
[gosh, how many singles are there for these boys? yet another dynamic catchy tune from glasgow's current best!]


klaxons - it's not over yet (james ford sessions)
[still love the original grace version, but this is not a bad cover]


goodbooks - passchendaele
goodbooks - leni (kissy sell out remix)
[this band didn't make my blip the first time around, but i'm kind of feeling them now.]


maps - it will find you
[discovered this band when a friend tipped me off about them (thanks neil) and then listened to it at the rough trade store in notting hill. definitely a band i'm keeping an eye out for now!]


ne yo - do you
[latest single from ne-yo. totally feeling it]


erasure - i could fall in love with you (jeremy wheatly radio mix)
[it's just nice to watch people in love kissing. i'm a sucker i know!]


common feat dj premier - the game
[the most handsome man in rap is back. i swoon for him. too bad i'm not as enthusiastic with his return single.]