By: Maria Ciezak
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Although not as big as The Rolling Stones, Green Day really Rips This Joint. I witnessed this go down on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where they kicked off a week of special performances devoted to celebrating the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street reissue. Green Day popped the cork of the festivities with an amped up take on Rip This Joint.

The frenzied “Joint” is definitely the most punk rock song on Exile, and the trio gave the song a superfluous dose of batter and velocity, that in my opinion, took flight. Billie Joe Armstrong did a great job of keeping up with Mick Jagger’s original pulse, for he is a hard act to compete with. It seemed as if the boys had been singing the Stone’s for years.

In other news, both Green Day and The Rolling Stones are vying for the title of the greatest band logo of all time in a Gigwise poll.

It’s cool that television is recognizing timeless acts with devotion. Green Day are perhaps the concept of full-size time rockers having something to say about the world, and watching them cover other views is quite gripping. Whether a fan of The Stones, Green Day, Jimmy Fallon, or none of the above, it’s a cool vibe for all. A faithful performance in all detail, down to the lyrics we still can’t completely make out. ’Round and ’round and ’round we go.

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