The Coverups (Green Day) - A Quick One (While He's Away) (The Who cover) - Live in San Francisco

[@gynx101]

Random Guy: "Welcome to Paradise" Billie: "I tell you we only play covers"

[@Zooropa_Station]

"Dookie Welcome to Paradise" Billie: Ok, I guess that counts.

[@rareformband]

Awesome to see anyone cover this song

[@benjaminmoloy7163]

jesus of suburbia and homecoming always reminded me of this song

[@Kate31415]

very much so. and intentionally so from what i've read

[@miguelorozco4445]

yup this song is a rock opera, and jesus and homecoming are a punk opera. Heavily influenced by The Who@@Kate31415

[@eostwix]

Tre cool fucking killed it. Keith Moon smiled down on this with pride

[@billfurman1494]

I always had mucho admiration for Armstrong, because he loves music so much.

[@pedro3115]

Centennials: I like this new GD song

[@twowheelsandwhiskey3868]

Love it, my favorite drummer being covered by my 2nd favorite drummer ohh yer

[@inrainbows1829]

Keith Moon played with reckless abandon lived life just like he played the drums The Who and Green Day are 2 of my most important bands to ever exist If it weren't for the Who Green Day wouldn't have formed

[@HuntChicagoHomes]

mIKES BEARD!!!!!

[@area51pictures]

best theyve ever sounded on this. theyve really been practicing too, you can tell. fucking fantabulous

[@easyrolling]

LEGENDARY

[@josephking1947]

Brilliant drummer, 👏

[@curtandoscar]

This is really just about so much joy and abandon and sloppiness and sheer unabashed flat out love of music and playing. Thanks a million for posting and for all the notes about the show. I love the internet

[@優さん-k5b]

The Whoがめっちゃ好きな事が伝わる演奏だな👍👍👍 俺もこの曲めっちゃ好き‼️

[@zachulayev7490]

Good work

[@elizabethbell1735]

There is far too little discussion of Mike's beard here.

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

He looks like Obi-Wan Kenobi!

[@krishivkaran5337]

Damn he looks like he's in his 70s but managed to keep his hair coloured.

[@JC-im6nf]

He looks insanely hot with that beard (not that isn't without).

[@tonytone1969]

JFC that was good! Tres Moon!

[@wabdih]

looks like the mics got overwhelmed. couldn't really hear the vocals

[@gcfcos]

Great piece of drumming

[@boudiccamarchestorome9475]

They're brave to tackle this huge Who classic, but they do make it into a fun punky bar band romp.

[@jaredallenramos4715]

3:27 mike shouLd say ThaT parT cause i jusT heard his voice in The audio

[@andykennard9458]

That was really good

[@ronprewoznik3566]

Great cover! But, The Who’s Rock and Roll Circus is still the best .

[@salazarich]

i like to atempt ro play that song with my bros

[@andreajape1775]

Awesome!

[@karlosed]

Good job but rock & roll circus version is still untouchable

[@markvaught9510]

Of course it's untouchable. You're talking the fucking Who at the absolute peak of their powers doing a Townshend original that they've had at least a couple years practicing. (They did it, two years earlier, at Monterrey Pop in 1967, having the unenviable experience of having to go on just before Jimi Hendrix's festival closing set, where introducing himself to many in attendance for the first time, infamously set his guitar on fire, in an almost shamanic paganistic rite. The Who in opting to go on before Jimi, in essence, became the warm up act for Hendrix lol) Classic rock indeed!!

[@Eovozenporra]

Wow a never-seen comment

[@shannonschaerer1010]

If it had Been Pro-Shot, it would have sounded Much Better. Their Album cover of this Song Is GR8!! The Who is My #1 Band - Green Day is in My Top 5 fave Bands!! Love it!!

[@emlix1]

Vocals were inaudible but Tre does a passable Keith Moon.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

Has he done "Bell Boy"? 😊

[@chrisfields123]

Passable?? I think The Who would have preferred Tre.

[@Crinno74]

@@chrisfields123I hardly think so lol. It’s his spin, but it’s nowhere near like Moon’s.

[@shegocrazy]

The first time I saw GD my first thought about Tre was that he learned by watching Keith Moon. Same flamboyant arm action.

[@philiphoward1731]

Good version

[@canonigoemma]

The Who Full Allum Live in Busdust

[@alphatango933]

8:36 priceless

[@doncavallacci218]

Green Day, Pearl Jam absolutely love The Who.

[@korriban3778]

Please tell me you have full video of the all the other covers?!

[@Freakenbacker]

bass sound is about fingers (or pick). Good example.

[@sspaay]

Fuck Yeah!

[@kedacchi12]

It's unfair to all rock bands to compare them to The Who, which had Keith Moon at his best. Keith Moon's destructive power has reached Japan in 2024.

[@macnova9890]

Billy Joel kicks ass!

[@NDawg-gl4nj]

You meant Billie Joe right?

[@_JellyDonut_]

About 5 foot 3, 112 pounds, black hair, glasses... oval face

[@BigToeify]

Killer

[@goodbrothermusic2740]

Oh fuck me up

[@BeStOfBaRi]

what guitar is BJ playing?

[@rokomouth]

A new model by rock and roll relics

[@AlexGordonMusic]

And he switches to a Gibson les Paul special tribute or something like that

[@masondefoe654]

It’s Rock and roll relics. go check out their website!

[@jaredallenramos4715]

Their doing iT again?

[@EnwardSnowman]

I guess. If that was a walk-in for me... I'd leave after about the first 20

[@jude0192]

Mike's beard

[@Barbarian1244]

I'm confused here is this actually Green Day doing something Different or are these guys just big fans of these songs that they cover who like to do it in the style of Green Day?

[@alexandertomak4199]

Greatboy700 Barbarian it’s a side project that members of Green Day (usually excluding Tre) do only covers.

[@Barbarian1244]

@@alexandertomak4199 Oh Okay Cool thanks

[@Eovozenporra]

The Coverups

[@mightyV444]

​@@Barbarian1244 - The actual Green Day also did a very good studio version on their album '21st Century Breakdown' 🙂

[@brendankavanagh5966]

Not the easiest song to cover. Sounded a bit shit but I'd have liked to have been there!

[@goodtimes7633]

He said fuck you? 1:14

[@jonapplegate6695]

I think Green Day would agree, that is not a very good version. I think The Who agrees

[@chris61981]

The coverups aren’t green day

[@DarkestSecrets1]

Karl Smith true, but look at the line up they usd for this song :P

[@TokyoBlue587]

Well on this song there's Billie Joe, Tre and Mike, and another guy on guitar...they just like to do covers not Green Day songs. Do you know the concept of "side project band"?

[@chris61981]

TokyoBlue yes do you? Because a side project means a band other than green day. The line up of the foxboro hot tubs is often the same as green day too but they are a completely different band - same musicians.

[@epichalocat2887]

TokyoBlue the other guy is Jason White. Amazing musician. You should learn his name.

[@ryangrummett6507]

Karl's joking here because you know the Network always say the Network aren't Green Day but we know they are the same musicians aha 😂 Karl's a good musician himself btw, he plays this along with loads of other Green day songs really well 🤘🎶

[@NeonWrangler]

terrible. Pete and Rog should kick their ass

[@boudiccamarchestorome9475]

Rog perhaps, but Pete would simply offer an acerbic comment. However, I suspect both of them feel honored rather than disrespected.

[@bokajon]

horrible performance

[@jimothy60]

Pete Townshend is thinking WTF is this shite!

[@jdh9676]

God awful by any standard. Holy cow😅

[@mkruup]

Sucks real hard!