U2 And Green Day Recreate Abbey Road Cover

U2 and Green Day have re-enacted the seminal front cover of The Beatles "Abbey Road," reports Gigwise.

It happened when they were in the coveted studio together last week, recording their version of The Skids' "The Saints Are Coming."

Apparently Bono and Co. thought that it would be a good idea to draft in U2 photographer Anton Corbijn to recreate the seminal snap.

According to MTV, the photograph captures Green Day and U2 walking over the zebra crossing from opposite directions before shaking hands in the middle.

It’s not yet clear whether the image will be used on the front cover of the single cover of "The Saints Are Coming" if it was ever released.

U2 and Green Day are set to perform the song together at a ceremony at the Superdome in New Orleans on November 25.

In related news, Billie Joe Armstrong has worked with Gibson Guitars to create a model of his 1956 Les Paul Junior for sale to the general public.

The guitar is available in three different finishes; Vintage Sunburst, Ebony, and Classic White. The guitar was built to look very similar to Armstrong's 1956 Les Paul Junior, which he named "Floyd."

Other features include a mahogany body, wraparound bridge, an H-90 stacked double-coil pickup in the bridge, a 1960's slim-taper mahogany neck, rosewood neck (ebony on Classic White finish), Armstrong's signature on the back of the headstock, and one volume and one tone knob. The guitar defines both the simplicity and ferocity of Armstrong's playing style. The price of the guitar is yet to be disclosed to the public.

Comments

[Adarsh]

no!
too much! i'm usually one of teh people who insist that green day are NOT selling out....but collaboration with U2 and then.....doing the cover of abbey road????
Too much....i've lost a lot of respect for them

[wingedgopher]

meh, its a cool idea but i dont know if it will ever be seen by the general public. as far as the guitar goes, ive seen it and it looks nice but its a gibson and will therefore cost a lot more than its actually worth.

[RHDIII]

ill hafta give it a listen

[ElephantMan4563]

This is stupid!! I mean U2 might have been able to pull it off with out losing the integrity of the album (they started out as a Beatles cover band, but throw Green Day in the Mix I don't know... (thats not to say I dont like Green Day it's just I dont think they would sound good togther)

[ToesKa]

boo u2!! u2 really lets me down, first they go off and play with green day.. and now they go and demolish a holy cover...


boo u2

[flyboyC17]

this makes me laugh, its like takin some crap(u2) and throwin some more crap(green day) on top of it leaving u with nothing but crap.... but what else can u expect from green day and u2

[Kayfan]

flyboyC17 wrote:

this makes me laugh, its like takin some crap(u2) and throwin some more crap(green day) on top of it leaving u with nothing but crap.... but what else can u expect from green day and u2

So very true, U2 is the biggest sellout band since... U2 and Greenday is filled with whiny and talentless little bitches. So what do you get when you combine the two?

...Modern rock, Talentless and corporate

[iloveyourmom13]

I love how easily you all are so quick to critisize two popular bands that are actually doing things to benefit others instead of doing what most popular bands do.. (Nothing)

Seriously, U2 and Green Day, two very popular bands, (We've all heard of the right? Duh..) get together for charity work and all you ****ers do is talk smack about them. Atleast they are using their fame in a positive way right? I mean it's not like they are just trying to become more popular and sell more records like alot of popular musical influences in the world today do. Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting much but beggers can't be choosers, and in the end it's the thought that counts..

Show some respect and rethink the situation before you critisize people doing good things in the world..

[USCENDONE BENE]

I couldn't critisize either band for the fact they are doing this for a better cause

[Kurt6794]

although i dont fully agree with green day's politics, i have to say that american idiot was a very good album. they would be recognized and liked alot more amongst the older croud if they didnt "sell out". putting their songs on every damn tv commercial, kinda makes you sick of hearing them. the same goes for U2, is it possible for U2 to come out with a new song with out it getting played out in 2 days. but hey, thats all the music industry is about, selling the songs and making money....right??? screw the music lets just all make money and destroy the Rockstar....sorry just a lil venting!!!

[curiosity26]

I'm actually surprised to see the types of comments people are leaving on this subject. They are rather dignified if you will. Could it be that the eyes of the people are being opened to the disease that corporate radio is selling us? Are we all actually starting to listen to the music for once and not play into corporate ad schemes? I love the Beatles, I hate this promo. Keep it up everyone, there's hope it today's music yet!

[a real DEAD one]

U2 AND Green Day.... two of the problems facing he music world today... well at least the good music world.

[flyboyC17]

iloveyourmom13 wrote:

I love how easily you all are so quick to critisize two popular bands that are actually doing things to benefit others instead of doing what most popular bands do.. (Nothing)

Seriously, U2 and Green Day, two very popular bands, (We've all heard of the right? Duh..) get together for charity work and all you ****ers do is talk smack about them. Atleast they are using their fame in a positive way right? I mean it's not like they are just trying to become more popular and sell more records like alot of popular musical influences in the world today do. Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting much but beggers can't be choosers, and in the end it's the thought that counts..

Show some respect and rethink the situation before you critisize people doing good things in the world..

Are u really that ignorant? Let me guess u are 12 and love to watch mtv right? Of course they are trying to be popular and sell records, why else would they do that, we are talking about green day and freakin u2, they have done everything to sell records and get recognized do u really think green day would be involved with something like this just to pay honor to the beatles? hell no. Get your head out of your ass and stop listening to simple plan

[InLimbo11]

lame

[mercedesisbenz]

Thats too much, neither band will ever be anywhere close to the beatles, the beatles were huge, and they played some of the best music, in my opinion, to ever be written. Both U2 and Green Day just follow the fad genres and just play what is selling records at the time, and could be compared to tons of other bands out there. Another thing, you have to love thier 3 chord song compositions and Bono's ever popular choruses written as "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" The Beatles later work can't be compared to anyone, because they were one of a kind, not just a band a record company picks up to feed the pigs.

[wickbone73]

how does collabing with another really really famous band and taking some pictures to dedicate to a really really famous cover album make someone a sellout?

[Adarsh]

wickbone73 wrote:

how does collabing with another really really famous band and taking some pictures to dedicate to a really really famous cover album make someone a sellout?

is that sarcasm? it has to be

[SWLABR]

that's just ridiculous and dumb on both of their parts

[untitled039]

Adarsh wrote:

no!
too much! i'm usually one of teh people who insist that green day are NOT selling out....but collaboration with U2 and then.....doing the cover of abbey road????
Too much....i've lost a lot of respect for them

Adarsh? you've lost respect for Green Day? I'm Shocked!

[grunge geek al]

why the cover of abbey road, when so many people have done this previously? are they out of good ideas, so they have to copy someone elses. (sarcasm) heck, why don't they hook a dollar on a fish line and get a nude baby to chase it and have a photo of that, that's never been done before (sarcasm)

[codybcool]

So when me and my friends do it, no one cares, but when some famous, uber-sell-out bands do it, it makes guitar site headlines.

Screw you world.

[-LN237-]

man green day arnt punk. I would argue that they still wer wen they released american idiot, but now... thats just to low. There not punks anymore, then pop posers... i admit it!

[GrungePb]

lame

[GrungePb]

just like the rest of punk, sell outs

[tormentedbyu]

Adarsh wrote:

no!
too much! i'm usually one of teh people who insist that green day are NOT selling out....but collaboration with U2 and then.....doing the cover of abbey road????
Too much....i've lost a lot of respect for them

may i ask what exactly ur strategy is for defending this band??? o.O

thats like saying metallica didnt sell out..... ~.~

[sk8terdude9390]

they never said they were punk...(note the three ellipses)

if people want to listen to this shit, let them listen to it. if they don't, who cares.

[stboney]

i have to say green day are the best ****ing band EVER, U2 are a little overated, i mean every****infone seems to think ****ing bono is the next ****ing thing to g*d, honestley. anyway cant wait to hear this thingymcbob, and what a shame i cant afford 1 of those sexy geetars, i well an epi lpj for XMAS!!!!!

[Sid McCall]

They're both sellouts, but I still like both bands. Also, what you're all missing is that the Beatles were the biggest sellouts to ever grace the charts(yeah, I said it). It's only fitting that U2 and Green Day copy one of their covers.

Oh, the guitar is ridiculously overpriced.. $1600. Not worth it.

[metal@hart11]

i hate them both now just like most people who actually have a taste in music.. ill si down and listen to dookie any day of the week, as well as quite a few old u2 records, but this new crap is repetative and has been done before. i jusy wanna know, for all you people defending the bands, what is so good about their music now???? nothing stands out in my mind... just whiney tasteless music you cant escape no matter how hard you try!!

[metal@hart11]

1600 for a junior?? w 1 volume and 1 tone control?? i hope noones dumb enough to actually buy one of those.. ide settle for a SICK epiphone for that price.. no shame in that

[mirrorsekahs]

so they're jus coverin some beatle song

WHAT??

[mirrorsekahs]

wait a minute...
THE GUITARZ CALLED FLOYD!!!!

HAHA HUGE LOL!!!

[punkrockjoe]

This is for a charity so I think in these circumstances you can hush your cries of 'sell out' for about 10 seconds please...

[flyboyC17]

punkrockjoe wrote:

This is for a charity so I think in these circumstances you can hush your cries of 'sell out' for about 10 seconds please...

1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..and 10: SELL OUTS!!!

[Jibbs]

I didn't think it was possible, but I hate Green Day even more now.

[IsThereLoveInSp]

I dont really see how Green Day are sellouts, as they are just as popular now as they were back in the early/mid 90s. They really havent changed all that much aside from their image, and what self respecting music critic cares about something so minute as that? None.

As for U2, Im not a fan of their new material (Boy thru Achtung Baby are incredible though, and I encourage any and all of you to listen to any of them, especially War and Achtung Baby) but who knows, maybe theyre taking a turn for the better with this.

[Xinlitik]

God I ****ing hate them. This is too far.

[cointurtlemoose]

As soon as I saw the title to this, I knew the hordes of UG would be out in full to flame them...

DaddyTwoFoot (two posts above me) said it all.

[rhoadsnpagefan7]

ok this is how i see it;
probably my two least favorite bands (U2, Greenday) are redoing the cover of one of my favorite bands (The Beatles) albums

[sassamafras]

DaddyTwoFoot is right, no one would

[Ledhead82048]

meh...i like U2

[dieloony]

I like both bands to certain degrees.

Green day a bit more... But that last cd (as good as it was) was played out and over marketed wich made green day really annoying. but they are a good band and a great live.

i think this is a crap idea. for a good cause or not... i mean theres other ways to do things for a good cause.

i'd like to see the picture tho.

[dieloony]

and this article sucks cause they dont show it and it may not even get released..so whats the point?

[Devon_555]

Adarsh wrote:

no!
too much! i'm usually one of teh people who insist that green day are NOT selling out....but collaboration with U2 and then.....doing the cover of abbey road????
Too much....i've lost a lot of respect for them

Sooooo0o0o0o0o0oooo00000o
oooo true. I as well kinda like both bands, they were the first couple of bands i got into. But seriously, the song was enough. This is way too overboard. They have realized how big of a stir the song has created, now they're just feeding the fire. Shit, if they've gone this far they might as well make a cover album and sell it cause they've officially sold out with this last bit. Before i was trying to be an optimist but now, its too much. Sorry Green Day and U2, w/e you used to have is gone, even though this is going to a good cause.

[jahyarain]

IsThereLoveInSp wrote:

I dont really see how Green Day are sellouts, as they are just as popular now as they were back in the early/mid 90s. They really havent changed all that much aside from their image, and what self respecting music critic cares about something so minute as that? None.

As for U2, Im not a fan of their new material (Boy thru Achtung Baby are incredible though, and I encourage any and all of you to listen to any of them, especially War and Achtung Baby) but who knows, maybe theyre taking a turn for the better with this.

almost exactly what i was gonna write! with the exception that 1) Green Day sound EXACTLY the same as they did since "Dookie" came out so, how can they be sellouts? 2) while most of U2's latter stuff sounds adult contemporaryish, they created some of the best music ever written and changed the musical landscape during the '80s and '90s. and claiming "no one would care if i was the one doing it" is silly. the people who WOULD care would be the people you were helping and that SHOULD be all that matters. U2 has always used their fame to speak out against injustices and perform for the benefit of the downtrodden. Sun City? Farm Aid? anyone?

[beak_on_through]

GREEN SAY SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO SPEAK OF THE BEATLES !!!!

[MTVget0FFtheAIR]

blasphemy!
this makes me hate them both more than i ever thought possible...they're a disgrace to the already disgraceful music industry

[nik_I]

really??? U2 and green day are some of the biggest bands right now. go back and live in your fantasy world...

[gsh43]

i dont know what all of the commotion is about with the hate of green day and u2 on the front cover.

or with the hate of the beetles and green day. gebus christ i think its cool. (oh and by the way, the beetles songs will be featured in the next circ du colai show)

[hippyguitardude]

i hate greenday and i hate u2... but i really don't care that they're remaking a beatles cover.... i mean....abbey road wasn't a very good albumb anyways (and i'm a MANIAC beatles fan). That albumb was just littered w/ stupid paul mccartny borring pop songs.... unlike rubber soul or revovler.... so it's 2 crappy bands remaking the cover of an only "ok" album... big deal!!!!!

[b.c.rich rules]

wow....U2 and Greenday just don't seem like they belong together.....at all.

[FloydFan89]

At first when green Day came out, I thought they were cool, now they piss me off with american idiot, and now they're working with the biggest pussies of the muscin industry. This is worse than Korn covering Pink Floyd

[heyjohnnypark!]

i hope never make it out of the underground, get international recognition and mountains of money for doing what i love to do (making music). selling out must really suck.

[Scot-Guitarist]

beak_on_through :
GREEN SAY SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO SPEAK OF THE BEATLES !!!!

[Mcut202]

God I wish everyone would stop being such *******s. Lets get this straight neither band is trying to be the Beatles. They are just simply honoring the Beatles by recreating a classic album cover. And I still don't understand what anybody has against either band. you people take it too personally.

[I_Dont_Know]

jahyarain wrote:

IsThereLoveInSp wrote:

I dont really see how Green Day are sellouts, as they are just as popular now as they were back in the early/mid 90s. They really havent changed all that much aside from their image, and what self respecting music critic cares about something so minute as that? None.

As for U2, Im not a fan of their new material (Boy thru Achtung Baby are incredible though, and I encourage any and all of you to listen to any of them, especially War and Achtung Baby) but who knows, maybe theyre taking a turn for the better with this.


almost exactly what i was gonna write! with the exception that 1) Green Day sound EXACTLY the same as they did since "Dookie" came out so, how can they be sellouts? 2) while most of U2's latter stuff sounds adult contemporaryish, they created some of the best music ever written and changed the musical landscape during the '80s and '90s. and claiming "no one would care if i was the one doing it" is silly. the people who WOULD care would be the people you were helping and that SHOULD be all that matters. U2 has always used their fame to speak out against injustices and perform for the benefit of the downtrodden. Sun City? Farm Aid? anyone?

you're a retard green day would sing about being bored, now they sing about the gayest shit they don't understand and act like they do. put everysong they own on the gayest commercials, come on people !!!

Poor Mods

[I_Dont_Know]

ps when are theygonna shut up about this cover

[sk8terdude9390]

well, u2 actually has talent, but playing with green day?!?!?!! that's a huge mistake.

[raymanbaracuda]

The Beatles were the N-Sync of the 60's and 70's. Just a bitch ass boy band.

[Monkeygone2hvn]

this is stupid, for all thge people that are saying that these bands have sold out, who cares? if you like their music great go lisetn to it, if not then get away from this and stop complaing about every little thing these bands do. i think greenday are masters of writing amazing pop songs, u2 has neevr grabbed my attention really but none the less theres no reason to just complain because complaning is not going to do anything....

and i'm glad that there's people who still care for other people in this world, its good that they're helping new orleans

[nonotreals]

this is a little off topic but does ne 1 no when the american idiot movie is coming out?

[lunatic_sg187]

there are so many stupid people on this forum. if any of you no talent pieses of shit had the oppurtunity to do what both these bands have done you would do it. its not that their sell outs its that alot of you do not have the talent to make it and that pisses you off so you have to say that they suck and you hate them because they are actually doing somthing that so many of you ass holes will never be able to do.

[Nybb]

So...some famous people took a picture of themselves. Why is this newsworthy?

[jof1029]

checked

man, some of you guys need to chill out. both bands have had high points and low points. you have to learn take the bad with the good. both bands have some awesome songs, and both have some pretty poor songs, and thats music. i think it might have been in poor taste to redo the cover that way, but if it helps sell albums that are benefiting charity, im all for it.

[jaydub]

im sure the word "sellout" will bee used no less than 10000 times in this thread. That cover has been "re-enacted" close to ten times. real original

[dustafust]

hmm....

not that I'm much of a fan of U2, or greenday...

but.. call them what you will... nobody will ever know your name... and somehow, dispite the fact I've never listened to either of their albums, I could tell you all their names.

the fact remains, they are still better than you, and for 99.99999% of us, always will be, weather or not you like it, and it doesn't matter what you say...

[cap'nkirk]

ElephantMan4563 wrote:

This is stupid!! I mean U2 might have been able to pull it off with out losing the integrity of the album (they started out as a Beatles cover band, but throw Green Day in the Mix I don't know... (thats not to say I dont like Green Day it's just I dont think they would sound good togther)

U2 was never a Beatles Cover band... where'd you pull that out of? Bono's has said many times that U2 was forced to write originals because they weren't good enough to cover anyone else's material.

[cap'nkirk]

I actually watched the U2/Green Day thing for the Saints & Falcons game... Wasn't bad... I actually dug their verison of "The Saints Are Coming"

[Knelland]

How dare they tread on such hallowed ground.

[Diceman42]

People on UG:
1. Still do not know what "sell-out" actually means.
2. Assume a cover is intended to be better than the original.
3. Neglected the charity aspect of this.

[Dowza]

I dont like the bands but its for a good cause so meh.

[ralph2869]

anyone who dares call the beatles a "boy band" is an ignorant ******* too stupid to kno how to spin a record let alone be able to appreciate their musical and artistic depth of the second half of their career. and also, while i have had the utmost respect for U2,but greenday!? why stoop so low?

[jamstation]

Somehow I've always associated Green Day with Fender. That sound that they have on Dookie would be impossible to get ona Gibson guitar... I really don't know why they shifted. Fender suited them much better.

[bassboy 999]

Shit, I cant believe those stupid dick bands copied "THE BEATLES". They don't even deserve to be in the music industry, never mind associate themselves with the most influential people in HISTORY.

[RememberMyName]

Alright; I'm not a massive U2 fan, but if they want to re-create the Abbey Road cover, then go ahead. But I don't understand what business Green Day has in all of this. The Beatles were a significant band in assisting rock 'n roll as it grew, and in my opinion, Green Day just appear to be dressed for the funeral.

dustafust wrote:

hmm....

not that I'm much of a fan of U2, or greenday...

but.. call them what you will... nobody will ever know your name... and somehow, dispite the fact I've never listened to either of their albums, I could tell you all their names.

the fact remains, they are still better than you, and for 99.99999% of us, always will be, weather or not you like it, and it doesn't matter what you say...

And I feel this also is an issue of personal opinion, but I don't believe for one second that Armstrong is better than I am simply because he's famous. On the contrary, I'm willing to bet that most people that have posted in response to this article are also better than Armstrong (providing they are six-stringers). This is a man whos guitar skills do not appear to be in proportion to the level of his fame. And in regards to his songwriting skills; a man who bases his composition skills almost solely on power chords is not someone who we should take as automatically better than the vast majority of guitarists visiting this site.

[LeDaemon]

The Abbey Road album cover remake was done best by this band.
[img]http://www.ovsempozor.cz/media/2/20051002-RCHP.small.jpg[/img]

[flyboyC17]

''its for the starving chidren Peter its for the starving children''

[ElephantMan4563]

cap'nkirk wrote:

ElephantMan4563 wrote:

This is stupid!! I mean U2 might have been able to pull it off with out losing the integrity of the album (they started out as a Beatles cover band, but throw Green Day in the Mix I don't know... (thats not to say I dont like Green Day it's just I dont think they would sound good togther)


U2 was never a Beatles Cover band... where'd you pull that out of? Bono's has said many times that U2 was forced to write originals because they weren't good enough to cover anyone else's material.

Thank you cluing me in.U2 was'nt a beatles cover band but they did cover Beatles,Hendrix,and Stones song in the begining of their carrer (See Rattle and Hum).
Also If Bono Thought they were'nt good enough to cover anything then Why now?

[iloveyourmom13]

flyboyC17 wrote:

Are u really that ignorant? Let me guess u are 12 and love to watch mtv right? Of course they are trying to be popular and sell records, why else would they do that, we are talking about green day and freakin u2, they have done everything to sell records and get recognized do u really think green day would be involved with something like this just to pay honor to the beatles? hell no. Get your head out of your ass and stop listening to simple plan

I'm ignorant? You're the one critisizing bands for doing charity work..

I'm 19 years old, I think I actually might have some Simple Plan in my collection, and I've probably watched less MTV then 90 percent of the people here. I grew up with out cable T.V. and even now, when I've got cable T.V. I don't watch it. I think that's one of the reasons I don't despise GD's American Idiot as much as other people. I don't listen to the radio or watch T.V. so it was never played out for me.. I like all kinds of music and I like to see popular bands do something positive. It seems ignorant to me to see people crtisizing bands doing charity when with that one charity event these bands probably raised more money for charity then the people critisizing them could ever donate even if they tried.. And FYI Green Day "Sold Out" in '94 with the release of Dookie on the Reprise/Time Warner Label. That is still the defenition of selling out right? Signing with a major label? Yes? Well you're about 12 years late.. Just because a band Sells Out doesn't automatically make all of their music crap. A band that sells out can still make good music..

[nerk13]

I agree with iloveyourmom13(weird username by the way).
It's great they're even doing anything, who cares if they have "sold out'. At least they're not sitting on their butts whining like some of you. I bet this is gonna raise an assload of money and help out musicrising alot. I mean, damn, at least they're doing something about it to help. Stop whining!

Oh by the way, Green Day is the best band in the world.

[les paul junior]

* Green Day are ****ing legends and are amazing

* Usually I'm not a big fan of U2 but but this cover sounds amazing

* Why are people sell outs when they do something for sharity? you'll be happy if someone cares enough to help you out when something happens to you.

* This is not about who is a sell out or who is more punk, it's about helping people here

* and isnt it the music that damn counts?

ow and Iloveyourmom13 If Green Day are sell out's the clash are to cause they were signed boved at the same major label (''warners'') so dont get me started on that. what did you wanted to do then? with so much tallent and potential to make music for a bigger audiance then Gillman street just to stay small forever so they had to find an other job and being forced to break up because they have to eat to?

[leaping badger]

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[rok-n-roller]

i like u u2 but i am a die hard, faithful green day fan, i love green day. read the books, listened to almost all the albums(can't find shenanigans), watched countless hours of concerts and stuff. but suprised to see those to bands together. so stfu for u bashers, and you don't like green day get the hell outa here!! it was great of them to do something like that.

les paul junior wrote:

* Green Day are ****ing legends and are amazing

* Usually I'm not a big fan of U2 but but this cover sounds amazing

* Why are people sell outs when they do something for sharity? you'll be happy if someone cares enough to help you out when something happens to you.

* This is not about who is a sell out or who is more punk, it's about helping people here

* and isnt it the music that damn counts?

ow and Iloveyourmom13 If Green Day are sell out's the clash are to cause they were signed boved at the same major label (''warners'') so dont get me started on that. what did you wanted to do then? with so much tallent and potential to make music for a bigger audiance then Gillman street just to stay small forever so they had to find an other job and being forced to break up because they have to eat to?

this is great!!! and i think i need that guitar if i am gonna live, but it is pricey, but its worth it. dont give any shit about green day and u2, two of the bands around, none of you basher can amount to them!!!!!