{"id":21181,"date":"2017-08-31T14:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T19:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=21181"},"modified":"2017-08-31T14:15:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T19:15:36","slug":"green-day-wrigley-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/green-day-wrigley-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Day At Wrigley Field: Lessons in Rock Longevity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"green<\/a>Green Day<\/strong> took to the giant stage in the outfield of Wrigley Field <\/strong><\/a>last\u00a0Thursday attempting to answer the question: how do you keep a rock act going for longer than two decades?<\/p>\n

After a warm-up that included a pink bunny in a Cubs jersey dancing to The Ramones<\/strong> (yes, really), Green Day wasted no time launching into \u201cKnow Your Enemy\u201d for their first song. And right off the bat, they had the audience riding a massive wave of energy.<\/p>\n

Which leads to the First Lesson of Rock Longevity:\u00a0 maintain a high energy act<\/em>.\u00a0 This critical aspect is super easy when your front man is Billie Joel Armstrong<\/strong>.\u00a0 With his iconic crazy black hair and all-black uniform, Armstrong is an act onto himself. Throughout the night, Armstrong was a relentless force on the stage (we’ll refrain from making an Energizer Bunny comparison since we’re already over the pink bunny limit for this article).\u00a0 Armstrong sang, ran to one side of the stage, banged on his guitar, ran to the other side of the stage, played his guitar behind his head, and finished every song with a furious leap in the air.\u00a0 All the while playing to the crowd.<\/p>\n

\"GreenLesson Two of Rock Longevity:\u00a0Have a few tricks up your sleeve<\/em>. Green Day reached into their bag of tricks and pulled not one, but two singers from the crowd to perform with them on stage. One of them was a young man, about the age of 8, who nailed all the lyrics to \u201cLongview.\u201d At the end of the young man\u2019s performance, he took off down the stage and leapt into the crowd, which might have gotten the biggest applause of the night.<\/p>\n

For their next trick, Green Day went back to the audience. Richie from Glenview<\/strong> got a chance to be a rock god when he was plucked from the crowd to play the guitar. Richie from Glenview did not disappoint. He nailed his guitar part and even did a few jumps (although it appeared he might have hurt his ankle on the last one). And his reward, aside from the cheers of the crowd? He got to keep the guitar.<\/p>\n

\"GreenLesson Three of Rock Longevity: Have some backbone<\/em>. The backbone we’re talking about is a great rhythm section. In Green Day\u2019s case, that\u2019s bassist Mike Dirnt<\/strong> and badass drummer Tre Cool<\/strong>. These two provide the propulsion for Green Day. Tre Cool, who still flaunts electric blue-green hair, provides a no-frills, aggressive drum beat that is the solid foundation for most of Green Day\u2019s songs.<\/p>\n

Which leads us to the final, and most important, lesson as to why Green Day has been able to maintain such a high-profile over the past two-plus decades: \u00a0Write good songs<\/em>. What sets Green Day apart from many other 90\u2019s bands that aren\u2019t around anymore is their song writing ability. The best song of the night was \u201cWelcome to Paradise\u201d which serves as an example of what makes Green Day\u2019s songs so good.\u00a0 It\u2019s straight forward, in your face, not that complex, but darn right catchy.<\/p>\n

\"GreenWhen you add all these lessons together you get a high-energy night full of fun and great songs. What more would you want in a concert? Green Day was a hit at Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n

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Photos by K. Joseph Fotos.\u00a0 Full Gallery Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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