ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve was live from Time Square, NY hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Dick Clark in my opinion was a much better host than Ryan Seacrest. However, due to Dick Clark’s passing we are given one of the gayest hosts in live T.V. Ryan Seacrest. The live broadcast had many musical guest, which are listed here. One of the musical guests was none other than Green Day, a grunge band which start around early to mid 90’s.
Green Day used to be one of my favorite bands due to their unique grunge and ska sound. My senior year in high-school, our theme song was even one my favorite Green Day songs called “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”. This song is very nostalgic to many x-gen and brings back many fun high-school memories whenever I hear this song.
During Green Day’s live New Year’s Eve performance, they changed the lyrics of their ‘American Idiot’ song to express their liberal agenda against MAGA voters. “I’m not appart of the MAGA agenda!” Even Elon Musk was not to happy about the change in lyrics. Elon Musk went as far as to defend Donal Trump after Green Day’s lyrics change per News Max. You can listen to the lyrical change from Nick Adam’s X post.
This is definitely a form of free speech and Green Day is entitled to it as much as the next performer. As much as I have enjoyed their music, I know have launched my own boycott and will no longer support this band. As they say, go woke, go broke! Free speech is what makes this country the best on earth, but it also has consequences as well. Remember what happened to Bud Light, Target, North Face, Ford, and Ben & Jerry’s?