2:40
single, 2026
Written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool
I had high hopes for this bluegrass version of the Green Day classic. The original already runs on wiry momentum and melodic directness, and Water Tower have the right ingredients on paper to transform it into something ragged and exuberant. Instead, the performance feels oddly restrained. The fiddle brings some welcome bounce, but the banjo and acoustic guitar settle into a lower-energy groove that never quite catches fire. Above all, the vocalist seems fairly sedated. Nothing is incompetent; the band is decent, the arrangement pleasant, but overall it conveys the impression that the band had to be cajoled into doing this cover rather than excited by the prospect.