Green Day - Welcome To Paradise [Live]

© 2011 WMG
"Welcome To Paradise" by Green Day from the "Awesome As F**k," available now. DVD Directed by Chris Dugan & Bill Berg Hillinger.
Download on Amazon: wbr.fm/GDAmazon
Download on iTunes: wbr.fm/gdaaflive (audio only with 3 bonus tracks) or wbr.fm/aafitunesd (video)
Links:
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Website: www.greenday.com/
"Welcome To Paradise" Lyrics:
Dear mother,
Can you hear me whining?
It's been three whole weeks
Since that I have left your home
This sudden fear has left me trembling
Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
And I'm feeling so alone
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it the slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome To Paradise
A gunshot rings out at the station
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
a wasteland I like to call
my home
Welcome To Paradise
Dear mother,
Can you hear me laughing
It's been six whole months
Since that I have left your home
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
For some strange reason it's now
Feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go
Pay attention to the cracked streets
And the broken homes
Some call it the slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome To Paradise

[@WarioWill]

billie joe: F**k yeah! Mike: F**k yeah! tre: hehehe playing drums is fun jason: i feel ya, man.

[@drautismo4797]

+WarioWill lol

[@Jaydesepicvideos]

WarioWill lol so true with tre

[@stefaniac.8846]

Connor Liu Hahahaha I laughed so much with your commentary

[@arridexerandco]

Connor Liu He was for a few years

[@what5228]

WarioWill your comment should be pinned lol

[@dgrass5846]

They all killed this but Tre absolutely MURDERED this

[@BizoFR]

1:45 Billie, your 90's self is showing

[@AkumaOujii]

Bizo yuh

[@the_dooof]

yesss let it show, I love it :)

[@laceylad8636]

Bizo omg yes I love when he does that tho it may sound weird but I love the way he plays guitar idek

[@Seabee156]

Brendon’s Lasagna he has a very unique strumming technique. He literally saws away at that guitar

[@MegicShiba]

one of my personal inspirations for the way i play, including Joe Strummer and Dimitri Coats

[@MrAndrewcoolguy1]

The drumming is sooo good in this song!!

[@eggburtdoc2168]

I like the bass riff probs my fav part

[@jonplaud]

For some reason I can only know it's Tre Cool from the percussion. It has a signature only he can do.

[@AssertionOfDominance]

Green day is a classic rock band, simply because they play so well, they write well, they love their fans, they love punk rock....

[@cryptidcurrency9656]

Something about this makes me smile...

[@gynx905]

The bass solo makes me smile

[@robbytolentino6088]

backwardsuser is trash The Beginning riff makes me smile

[@bensontauro7706]

The fact that they are so energetic and passionate makes me smile

[@aidenclarke1475]

"and im never gonna go!" "LETS GO!"

[@joelrojas3601]

i kinda laughed at that part lol

[@bensontauro7706]

LOL

[@flawlesspiner1674]

tmw you didn't notice that

[@Jaydesepicvideos]

Aiden Clarke Omg just noticed that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LoekTheKing]

I didn't even notice that 😂😂😂

[@trialsoren470]

1:51 Bro.. MIKE DIRNT is a BEAST! This tempo is way faster than the actual song and he still pulls this shit off!

[@borgir9817]

its kerplunk

[@fungu3964]

@@borgir9817the kerplunk version of the solo is diffrent

[@DrSplarf]

It's almost 4 A.M. Central Time, and I'm watching Green Day live I see no problem here

[@ryanking4755]

exaclty

[@w1bey]

this happened to me today

[@catsfan6984]

4 years later and this is literally me lol

[@nnotjordan4155]

4 years later lol

[@ryangreer6927]

by far the best version of dis song

[@sampson6997]

Chills every time

[@janchristiansaragih5998]

*This

[@chasemeadows6176]

dis=this in internet language

[@RICARDO31800]

I'd have to say the version from Kerplunk is better. But this is still awesome.

[@flawlesspiner1674]

sis dong

[@Double0Digby]

let's be honest you aren't a fan of greenday if you don't like this classic!

[@neozyykun]

I love this song

[@TGMDom]

+Neos Neoson metoo!

[@yimimi1013]

yup

[@flawlesspiner1674]

+entenwOw oh shoot

[@robbytolentino6088]

Neos Neoson I know how to play this song in guitar

[@Liam_]

Years later and I keep coming back to this performance. So tight instrumentally, it sounds so damn good, even better than the original recording in some senses... and look at that crowd going absolutely nuts, such a vibe.

[@fabiancuenca]

Estoy de acuerdo contigo es demasiado ajustado para la actuación en vivo, y el tiempo va más rápido no se cómo lo hacen ? Pero de que son unos amos para mí la mejor banda de todos los tiempos PARA MI ❤️🤟🎵😎

[@MrNewYorkRangers]

Best live band ever! No doubt.

[@SnakeG95]

No not even close.

[@MrNewYorkRangers]

Snake Griffin then who is?

[@SnakeG95]

It is all opinionated by who you like but I would say Radiohead Slash Def Leppard Motley Crue Foo Fighters... the list goes on.

[@SnakeG95]

But Green Day is a good one.

[@SnakeG95]

I also forgot to add Limp Bizkit.

[@zulfikardavito]

Best version of Welcome to Paradise

[@K_Jailberg]

Agree

[@Blevrin]

Agree

[@The_Dylan_Snow]

honestly, Jason White deserves more credit, I mean, he is an official member of the band. He didn't even get credit t the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

[@kimih1940]

Dylan Snow he wasn't in the band when the band were at their best.

[@The_Dylan_Snow]

the rockerrr i agree, but he still is an important member of the band, not as much as BJ, Tre and Mike, but he still deserves credit.

[@GENERALWACKASS]

Dylan Snow Unfortunately touring members, If that is all hes doing, are not considered real members of the band. Like studio musicians don't tour, Touring Musicians don't record the music. Which is why they don't considered him an official member of the bands society.

[@minecraftdude909090]

+Kevin Miller No he is officially part of Green Day

[@nikocalderon9872]

+MCgamertech I do agree that he is an important part of the band, and yes he is aember of the band but only since 2012. he's been touring with them since the the late 90s or early 2000s. Usually what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame does with musicians like him who were important members but not fully part of a specific band's legacy is they'll induct him a while after Green Day's induction. They do it with many guitarists who's careers weren't tied down to one band. So even though he didn't get inducted for his work with Green Day, he will get inducted in the future because of that and his work with other bands.

[@snotnosedslob]

Welcome To Paradise - 2011 - 17 years later and Green Day is still Awesome As F**k!!

[@snotnosedslob]

CelaroidPlaysMC 2011 - 17 = 1994, the release of Dookie, which included Welcome To Paradise. "Awesome As Fuck" happened in 2011, friend. c:

[@jap6676]

Welcome to paradise came out in 1992 though.

[@mags_395]

+TheJman it came on kurplung first but it beacame popular on Dookie

[@flawlesspiner1674]

+MAGS_ 39 "kurplung"

[@thegoldensubway4182]

+FlawlessPiner LMFAOO

[@Frisbieinstein]

That drummer is kicking butt.

[@Slimeball211]

Tre Cool, best drummer ever with the best band ever.

[@bobbuilder7098]

This band is amazing. This song gets me every time.

[@bleish.]

Their best song,,,I love that insane riff that runs through the entire track.

[@rawwwrVal3moOh]

I think is heaven when there are no phones in the crowd this is paradise

[@jamiecarrick3660]

Welcome to paradise

[@andrewp3358]

Yea. I hate when everyone pulls out their phones. Like enjoy the moment and fuck social media

[@jamiecarrick3660]

It's ok to record a few things but it shouldn't be out for the whole show

[@yayfei]

I love how that's the thing you care about the most to even comment about it. Very good.

[@joaquinipar6133]

Tom Ingham the problem is that in some countries the show doesn't have ProShot so the people has to use their own smartphone videos to recreate the show.

[@lizachen5970]

The Japanese Fans are going NUTS! It's awesome to see no cell-phones anywhere! This whole concert IS 'Awesome As F**k!!!! (Get the dvd/blue ray concert if you can.)

[@sanjeev6262]

Liza Chen haha I was in a mosh pit 4 months ago at Green Day and damn the crowd when shit crazy when they came out. This girl broke her leg in the crowd. I can't imagine being in that mosh pit

[@lizachen5970]

WOW!! Yeah, Mosh Pit's are for teens and 20's i think! I had THE BEST seat, front balcony at the GD concert in Philly recently......just enjoyed watching the jumping crowd below...we had a blast!!

[@erykabarca1790]

This has to be the best intensified build up of any track!!!!! The drums release the beast 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🎸🎸🎸

[@briananderson9164]

One of the baddest bass licks of all time, wow.

[@planB5659]

324 people who disliked were just mad they couldn't be there

[@YouthEnergy]

0:27 "I'm gonna slice you up after the show and bury you somewhere where no one will find you"

[@SnakeG95]

What the hell are you talking about?

[@1money11]

Jason??

[@kirkpurdy1995]

Drake Stevens Tre lol

[@1money11]

jason apears right before tre soooo it could be either one

[@flawlesspiner1674]

IS THIS A ZODIAC KILLER JOKE

[@demetriajavadd245]

I've only ever heard the live version of the song. And it's so great that I don't even care to hear the studio version.

[@calebdoyon]

i love the way billie says "slums" in this song

[@Kbtoy789]

One of the things I love about Green Day is how much fun these guys always seem to be having. That moves into their music and in turn makes their sound so much fun to listen to.

[@playkits6845]

I get so hyped when I play this on Guitar. GREEN DAY FOR LIFE!

[@norbertoosvaldovelazquez275]

Green Day Forever!

[@bensontauro7706]

BEST LIVE VERSION

[@911Gameover]

Once Nirvana left us Green Day filled the void nicely.

[@Wiizardii]

Green Day was one of the main bands that were able to ''hold up'' rock in the beginning of the 21st century after Nirvana according to music history.. Dubbed ''Post-Nirvana'' bands or something like that. It's a real shame though that Dookie came out the year Cobain killed himself.

[@pmaster1173]

Green Day is actually a year OLDER than Nirvana.

[@pmaster1173]

+Wiizardii How exactly is Green Day "post nirvana"? Green Day- 1986( first album 1987) , Nirvana- 1987 (first album 1988)

[@911Gameover]

Kurt died in 94 what year did Dookie come out?

[@911Gameover]

Nirvana was Fecal matter and drain bramage

[@yogaparalavida927]

hola,...los amo. tengo 41 años, los comencé a escuchar a mis 12 años. Ojalá puedA VERLOS EN VIVO ALGUN DIA.

[@drabanddour]

I am obsessed with Mike’s bass solo. I kid you not. But then again, I love Mike’s bass parts in general.

[@luigicolombai6355]

one more time end Another...another, another i listen that song...im don't never tired!

[@hankdatank4378]

It hurts so bad that this live version isn't on the Awesome as F**k album on Spotify :(

[@harambeisdead4103]

I added it on oocal files

[@flashstyx715]

His voice sounds better in real life lol

[@trockeneiscreme7713]

@@flashstyx715 What's that supposed to mean?

[@fartblaster800]

listen to the kerplunk! version of welcome to paradise it’s more punk and faster

[@jennyvalli]

when the instruments alone can turn you on,you know you're in too deep

[@matt3850]

(Blue)****

[@sampson6997]

And I'm trying to keep all the blood in my head

[@RCraig-ly7wx]

Word

[@the_dooof]

*listens to opening riff* Welp, time for a cold shower.

[@melodramaticfool2841]

Tre Cool is the best drummer ever tbh

[@moisessantos414]

I'm a big fan of him

[@MegaNancyLover]

FireSparky I don’t understand how people can say Travis Barker is overrated. Perhaps he isn’t the best drummer *EVER* but he’a definitely up there!

[@janwillemdewaard9032]

Frank Zummo

[@Jere.]

Very solid drummer

[@braxfan683]

He is, underrated. He has a great sense of humour too

[@mightymachinez]

One of the best performances of Welcome to Paradise I've ever heard!

[@fosterzgreat]

This sounds absolutely insane

[@matthewbruce2171]

One of, if not the best live performances hands down by anyone! Hands down!! That rhythm section. Fu.k!

[@matteozeffiro3276]

One of the best songs......of ever

[@richard646464]

BEST LIVE EVER !!!

[@bottleboystreasurehunters8492]

Best Green Day song ever created in my opinion!!!

[@RealTalkRyan87]

completely agree, this song is awesome as f**k, pun intended.

[@hazel8.]

Yea its my favourite song lol

[@zeevyehuda2501]

Love that bass lick at 3:28! Why wasn't that in the studio recording?

[@Seabee156]

I heard it too! It was sick!

[@Thrilljoy]

It literally is in the studio recording. It's just that the bass is not as loud as this performance. Listen to it carefully again.

[@zeevyehuda2501]

Savvas Tsangaris You're right! Fuck their mixer, he should have embraced the bass

[@markbates1807]

The kerplunk version has it.

[@LoekTheKing]

Just listen to the original song with headphones. Listen closely! I've always found that bass lick cool!

[@michaelm1209]

great song, cant wait for next album

[@NovacaineRebelxx]

This honestly is a top 5 Green Day song imo, everything is perfect. Tbh this song is probably up there with the best pop punk songs of all time. Mikes bass line alone makes this song a top teir pop punk song of all time imo.

[@that_one_guy6243]

This song is legendary 🔥🔥

[@rudranshsharma7064]

Seeing Billie strum blue so hard I thought I was seeing the 90s Green Day. ❤️

[@MidnightFireBurst]

I have seen them live from Dookie to Warning, Warped tour and everything in between and can say I have been inspired as a musician and fan and truly blessed! Green Day are in a league of their own! Best live band I have EVER seen! Keep it up boys

[@joaquinherrero91218]

Fantastic performance. I love this song

[@lynix182]

green day is totally one of best bands live ever along side nirvana and the offspring and nofx! punk 4 ever ppl

[@2EyesI]

Nirvana is grunge and nofx is, y'know. But yeah they are great showmen.

[@AsianMcLovin22]

-bZ-K2 - This is the first time I've met anybody who has GOD-LIKE music taste!!! NIRVANA AND GREENDAY FOR THE WIN!

[@lynix182]

***** i love the best, and i listen to the top, and i know good music when i listen to it, or when i grab my guitar and play it, punk for ever!

[@anthonyvigliotti5917]

agreed but nirvana is more grunge then punk but that's just my opinion

[@fartblaster800]

@Keshav Dorai THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING!! queen deserves to be on this list

[@expectedlime_8076]

That cannot be live there's no way. Oh wait its Green Day never mind

[@brawltv7673]

Expectedlime _ Lol :p

[@Trentcantdefend]

Its so different 2 any other artist now

[@williamnoble1947]

I love the bass solo.

[@axelgovill1647]

Green Day..... the best band!! ;)

[@21st_century_breakdowngd58]

Billie is the best singer I´ve ever seen Mike is the best Bass-player I´ve ever seen and Tré ist the best Drummer I´ve ever seen I LOVE GREEN DAY 4EVER

[@effector4695]

YES!

[@Bja34]

I LOVE Green Day . I will see them next week in Paris. But, Flea is a better bassist than mike period.

[@CSharpDCS]

dave grohl lol

[@zackbryan1693]

green day are my fav band ever billie defo best singer but im sure travis barker is better than tre altho tre is still goated

[@Gotlove-zq2zy]

@@Bja34 flea sucks

[@zendayolo2403]

this gave me some chills

[@perttilaamanen44]

Amazing entrance

[@tarasapone7150]

Wow!!! What a show!!!

[@user-yi5ot5jq4j]

2:27 nice bass line!

[@knpvcro]

Welcome To Paradise live in Woodstock anniversery 1994 - epic Welcome To Paradise live in Tokyo 2010 - epic Welcome To Paradise live in Reading Festival 2012 - epic I have feeling this song will really live forever.

[@dickymayansyah8945]

love it.

[@fabriziochiapelli4101]

Impressive ❤Green f…Day superband,listen them since 1993 ❤

[@maayanzilbershtein7146]

i almost thought this was a studio recording because of how good they sound live

[@bilalalfarisii_]

how amazing the lyrics is too relate in my life, all hail billie joe.

[@sergioabreu9766]

The Best Music of Greenday!!!!

[@grindhead69mb]

最高すぎる

[@lbceley]

I don't ever want this song to end

[@gracielaabrevaya9235]

Que locura viejoo

[@ARocketToTheEarth]

Goosebumpssssss!

[@mugreo]

I love this song . . . . . . .Amo esta cancion

[@SchnitzelBosus]

What a show my dream is too see them live one day hopefully they come to the UAE during the revrad tour

[@flawlesspiner1674]

*to

[@user-wo5tc9ux7u]

TheGameGeneration I hope they pull off a gig like this

[@spacewitch9983]

OMG SAMEEE I HOPE THEY COME TO TH UAE OH GOD

[@djstrategy7136]

Neighbors called the cops on me when I played this song because it was too loud, cops turned it up some more and left

[@PunkMarioBros]

Green Day are we one of the most talented acts of the last 30 years and are definitely the most stylish, especially Billie and Jason

[@freddydaniel9094]

they are on fire in this song!!

[@jackhouck9143]

Did you see the spit flinging from his mouth at 1:47

[@Jaydesepicvideos]

Jack Houck lol yes I'm laughing hysterically 😂😂😂

[@dominikarmstrong]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@christianwiedmann3057]

Jack Houck yes yes

[@MechaGV]

that spit probably hit some people on the crowd

[@marcosfornasier3940]

chrs_chris de b jfhfjcvcfdfghgv

[@petereuber5158]

If you think it's awesome now, you should have been there when this blew our heads of in 1994!

[@paolavalenzuela4129]

greenday los amo

[@TheIBasketcase]

Love the pyro at the beginning. Really great song

[@battmarn]

Really hope Jason gets better so they can tour again later this year...

[@MyNameIsMrStuck]

OBSIDIANdubstep Well from the secret shows they have been doing lately I assume they will be quite busy in 2016. Maybe even a 2015 tour?

[@andressaalevato3846]

***** what? is it gonna have a tour or something?

[@leafgoth]

this is a song from when Jason wasn't in the band, so it makes sense that he isn't that good at this song, compared to a song he wrote with the band, like American Idiot

[@igchan1134]

Since their next album will be in 2016 (guessing) no tour until then.

[@nikocalderon9872]

+MyChxmicalRxmance I don't think he was talking about Jason's skill in this song. Around a year or two ago Jason was diagnosed with cancer on his tonsils. I'm sure he meant hopefully he'll get better from that.

[@KanyeMeatrider47]

0:38 does anyone notice that guard carrying that kid

[@djmac206]

I Love Mike's bridge 🤯🤯

[@lukalula5972]

I like how he spits mid headbanging

[@patrickhenry8191]

best live band on earth i use to listen to their live shit more

[@RyanBlakeProductions]

"And I'm never gonna goooo, Let's Go!" Way to be ironic Billie

[@jesusalcaraz5506]

Lol

[@tiffanybeamon3646]

RyanBlakeProductions lol I just noticed that.

[@gamesincharacter5106]

Awesome as heck

[@GreendayGuy9]

one of the greatest live performances ive ever heard. nearly 20 years after songs realease, this was incredible.

[@fernandocruz9370]

Dear mother Can you hear me whining? It's been three whole weeks Since I have left your home This sudden fear has left me trembling 'Cause now it seems that I Am out there on my own And I'm feeling so alone Pay attention to the cracked streets And the broken homes Some call it slums Some call it nice I want to take you through A wasteland I like to call my home Welcome to paradise A gunshot rings out at the station Another urchin snaps and Left dead on his own It makes me wonder why I'm still here For some strange reason it's now Feeling like my home And I'm never gonna go Pay attention to the cracked streets And the broken homes Some call it slums Some call it nice I want to take you through A wasteland I like to call my home Welcome to paradise Dear mother Can you hear me laughing? It's been six whole months since that I have left your home It makes me wonder why I'm still here For some strange reason it's now Feeling like my home And I'm never gonna go Pay attention to the cracked streets And the broken homes Some call it slums Some call it nice I want to take you through A wasteland I like to call my home Welcome to paradise Paradise

[@cesarmauriciocruzhuaitalla1703]

1:45 acaso soy el único q se emociona cuando billie mueve asi la cabeza 🙂 👍

[@razagon505]

i love greenday greenday forever

[@travislee1014]

That chorus and solo *melting*

[@JP-pm5hj]

Mike Dirnt: breaking the picking bass player stereotype since the begging of times

[@Camdy-ry8zl]

Very original guitar

[@GreenTwiMuseDay12]

I

[@aaronvega6472]

Awesome song

[@keneastman7741]

I first saw Billy at Owen's Pizza at Shattuck and MLK in Berkeley, oh so long ago. They "opened" for the Drunk Injuns. I think Bill was still in Jr. High in Albany or El Cerrito. I said to me buddy (we worked at KALX), "this fuckin' kid can sing!" For once in my life, I was right.

[@alpachicko83ps42]

wekvome To m'y paradise

[@nathanmcgarry8024]

I see no difference (apart from the audience) between the live video and the actual studio recording. that’s just how good green day are

[@VinaVictoria0518]

This song made me fall in love with Billie he be playing TF out his guitar 🎸

[@jay43868]

the best concert ever!

[@vlazurah789]

Damn the Japanese know how to get down!