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Listen To This: Sometimes My Mind Plays Tricks On Me

Filed under: Anglophilia > Listen To This

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Green Day is one of the best American bands, well, ever.

British folk/pop artist Pete du Pon has released in the U.K. an exquisite acoustic cover of G.D.'s classic Basket Case.

Just gorgeous!!!!!

Enjoy it below.

289 comments to “Listen To This: Sometimes My Mind Plays Tricks On Me”

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  1. Lol says – reply to this


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    this is really pretty! first

  2. one says – reply to this


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    #1

  3. Erin says – reply to this


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    Very cool

  4. Hans Moleman says – reply to this


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    FIRST.

  5. zeb says – reply to this


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    love love love green day

  6. ME says – reply to this


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    FIRST!

  7. adt says – reply to this


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    Green Day is a horrible excuse for a band.

  8. Amy says – reply to this


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    1st!!!i love them

  9. Perez Sucks says – reply to this


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    YOU FINALLY GET SOMETHING RIGHT!!!
    "Green Day is one of the best American bands, well, ever."

    Except this is a FAG Cover.

  10. Mary says – reply to this


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    I hate Green Day.

  11. ArmPitt™ says – reply to this


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    Love 'em!!!

  12. soxgirl says – reply to this


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    ehhhh, first version was better

  13. Beautiful says – reply to this


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    I love his voice!!

  14. ASIL says – reply to this


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    AWESOME!

  15. Dani says – reply to this


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    LOVE THEM!
    Perez, u find the BEST songs.

  16. tt says – reply to this


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    Re: adtYou're a Britney fan, Huh????
    You don't know good music when you hear it…do you?

  17. karie says – reply to this


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    pretty good cover. Long live punk!!!

  18. GREEEN DAY IS WACKKKK says – reply to this


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    GREEN DAY REALLY SUCKS.

  19. amylul says – reply to this


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    Greenday shit, deffinatly not the best american band ever, give yourselfs more credit

  20. jen says – reply to this


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    really is beautiful

  21. dela says – reply to this


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    i usually hate covers, but this one was pretty delicious!

  22. gfbvgf says – reply to this


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    gh

  23. tgy says – reply to this


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    This is hot!

  24. she's a killer. says – reply to this


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    "Green Day is one of the best American bands, well, ever."

    wow. i was really hoping that would turn out to be sarcasm or a joke.
    yikes, Perez :/

  25. nora says – reply to this


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    i hate green day

  26. Stef* says – reply to this


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    Nice!! But nothing like Green Day!

  27. Bob Taft says – reply to this


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    ahh, he changed some of the lyrics :(

  28. omgggggg says – reply to this


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    Aw I usually hate green day & this song is adorable. thank you perezzy. =)

    ANYYYYWAYS, your looking F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S lately!! Like in the picture of you with the madonna shirt, =)

    XOXO

  29. Heather says – reply to this


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    When I listen to this, all I can think of Jonathan Coulton's cover of Baby Got Back…Which by the way, is hilarious.

  30. kate says – reply to this


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    this is awesome!!

  31. Jennifer says – reply to this


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    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    Sorry, I thought you just said Green Day was one of the best American bands ever!
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    What are you smokin' and where can I get some?

  32. Yankees girl says – reply to this


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    Beautiful!

  33. Adri says – reply to this


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    I like the original so much better :P

  34. pete says – reply to this


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    Green day is as bad as avril lavigne or sum 41. just shit

  35. edr says – reply to this


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    Green Day sings it better!

  36. amy says – reply to this


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    Loved it, where can I download it!!!

  37. lucia says – reply to this


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    very cool.. more from pete du pon please :)

  38. 5g says – reply to this


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    Re: peteHow can you compare them to Avril???
    They're WAYYYYYY better than that skank!!!

  39. shen says – reply to this


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    wow…i really like it! so different!

    now this is what a cover song should be like…an homage, but creative!

  40. Arielle says – reply to this


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    I'm trying to download the song on itunes but pete du pon doesn't even show up. How do I get this song? It's beautiful.

  41. amydawn says – reply to this


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    ok, I love green day, but this remake makes me very interested into listening to everything Pete du Pon has created! Thanks Perez for showing me a great new band!

  42. repulsed says – reply to this


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    absolutely heinous tha guys ruined it spat on it and then peed on it he should be forced to listen to avril lavinge on repeat

  43. chica says – reply to this


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    ew i don't like it…i think it's really cheezy. the original is SO much better.

  44. Mona says – reply to this


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    Green Day sucks and they'll never have another hit. Their last album was crap. Everyone is so over them.

  45. bmazz says – reply to this


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    Green Day are love. Thanks for posting P.

  46. jayjay says – reply to this


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    ok i love Green Day..
    that is why I have to say that cover is LAME.
    Its like James Blunt got high.
    ew.

  47. just a thought says – reply to this


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    FOO FIGHTERS are the BEST AMERICAN BAND!!

  48. Melody says – reply to this


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    Ooooh me likey! This is really pretty. Anyone know where I can get it?

  49. rei kei says – reply to this


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    I'll admit that it is beautiful, but I adore Dookie and this is not how it was meant to be. This guy has a great voice but he shouldn't be taking it out on an already amazing song. v.v

  50. Claire says – reply to this


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    I thought they were from Canada or some of them were?

  51. Breathe says – reply to this


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    Green Day is the best band ever!!! so true!! this cover is meh ok but nothing compared to the original. but i think if your going to do a cover dont change the lyrics just because you dont like a bisexual reference. have the balls to do it right.

  52. andrea says – reply to this


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    that was really pretty.
    i love green day.

  53. taylor says – reply to this


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    Did you HONESTLY say that Green Day IS ONE OF THE BEST AMERICAN BANDS EVER?

    Wow, I am absolutely terrified by this. I was just thinking the other day how incredibly AWFULL that band Green Day is
    this is so disturbing i want to cry for you

  54. cass says – reply to this


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    Greendays okay…
    but the greatest band eva? no..no..no..

    THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS is the greatest band ever…JMO
    and I'm fallin inlove with OneRepublic. Thier amazin.

  55. tara says – reply to this


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    how can i download that?

  56. green day sounds like a cow taking a shit says – reply to this


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    green day is crap perez wtf

  57. Lala says – reply to this


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    I like Green Day, but this cover made me fall alseep. zzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzzZZ

  58. Mary Jane says – reply to this


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    I listened to this and thought.."beautiful"..it made me cry. Then I thought, hey who sang this originally? Duh Green Day!

  59. :( says – reply to this


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    YUCK. this version sucks. GREENDAY ROCK!!

  60. kat says – reply to this


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    Green Day is not an American Band

  61. suck it says – reply to this


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    he may have something if he used a little emphasis while singing some of the words. some of the words need more emphasis than others but he doesn't do it.

  62. pete says – reply to this


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    Re: 5g – both of them call their music "punk-rock" whereas it's not. just cheesy music for teenage girls.

  63. shelly says – reply to this


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    THAT SUCKED BALLS!!!!!!

  64. jfkdslsa; says – reply to this


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    AMAZING!!! Where did you find it?

  65. PINKtheHAM says – reply to this


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    YUCK! That cover SUCKS!!!

  66. drproctor13 says – reply to this


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    Green Day one of the greatest American bands ever? No fucking way! Perez, you do realize there was great music before 1995? It seems you cannot bring yourself to listen to anything older than 10-15 years.

  67. JENNIFER says – reply to this


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    COOL SONG-GROM JENNIFER

  68. Gwen says – reply to this


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    Green Day, one of the best bands ever? Fuck, if that's what an American considers good music, count me proud to be Canadian. No one here likes them. Billie Joe's what, 40? And still acting like a 15 year old mall punk. Looooooser.

  69. Kevin says – reply to this


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    Sux!

  70. Kara says – reply to this


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    Horrible version of this song.. I couldn't make it all the way through. I love Green Day, but PLEASE no yuck sounding versions… just the original!!

  71. hiu says – reply to this


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    This cover is so dull and boring, the guy sounds like bedwetter, crying all the time.

  72. the man says – reply to this


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    FUCKING AWESOME!

  73. matt says – reply to this


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    green day sucks ballcock.

  74. tara lee from a.v. says – reply to this


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    Re: Erin – It makes me want to put it on fast forward! Pretty BUT this song is suppose to make u want to tear up your closet

  75. it sucks says – reply to this


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    that cover sucks.

  76. beef drapes says – reply to this


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    cock gobbles

  77. lisa says – reply to this


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    Thanks
    Green day is the BEST!

  78. johnny says – reply to this


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    This is worse than a turd sandwich

  79. holly says – reply to this


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    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this.

  80. Megan says – reply to this


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    amazing cover but it sounds wrong when he gets to this bit xxxxx

    I went to a shrink
    To analyze my dreams
    She says it's lack of sex
    That's bringing me down
    I went to a whore

  81. Amy says – reply to this


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    Not a massive fan of Greenday since they sold out - but I love Basketcase and this cover - its so different to the normal squeaky pre-pubescent covers you hear

  82. Sars says – reply to this


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    WOW… that was a really great rendition of basket case…. so pretty and unique.

  83. Mdogg says – reply to this


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    That was beautiful.

  84. Samantha says – reply to this


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    Terrible cover. This song was clearly written to be a fast song and I could not stand how slow this version was. I usually like acoustic versions of songs but this one was just…ugh.

  85. sam says – reply to this


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    wow. sweet cover of an awesome song.
    love it!

  86. Rosie says – reply to this


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    That song was f'in slow! Not for me.

  87. olivia says – reply to this


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    green day is a canadian band you dumb fuck. thats common knowledge. and you are pathetic if you think they are the best anything… drop dead

  88. Katelyn says – reply to this


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    That may be one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read on your site. Green Day as one of the best American bands? Perez, you act like you are so cultured, above the triviality of the mainstream music scene and you just named one of the biggest sell-outs of our generation as a great American band. Just because Green Day was smart enough to capitalize on what America was going through with the Bush administration and the war in Iraq doesn't mean they are a great band, it means they have a good marketing team– they can barely play their instruments.

  89. greeny says – reply to this


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    i love green day more than anything and i love billie joe armstrong so much….their music is so special and apsolutely fantastic…..green day are the best bend ever and ever and ever and ever………and 4ever…..this cover is ok but….the real green day version is much better…..green day rules xx

  90. Cuteboy says – reply to this


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    PUNK'S NOT DEAD.

  91. Manda says – reply to this


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    Wow, I love it! :) Green Day's my favorite band, and this version is completely different and beautiful!! :) Thanks for posting it.

  92. candice says – reply to this


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    That is an awesome covert. Love Green Day….. love this covert!! Great find!

  93. tinkerbell42 says – reply to this


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    Uh–NOOOOO! This version really sucks!

  94. Anne says – reply to this


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    I love both versions, but I like Green Day's better.

  95. jim says – reply to this


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    Craptacular!

  96. Natalie says – reply to this


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    horrible! that song is not meant to be slow and folky.

  97. Rachel says – reply to this


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    I agree Perez, Greenday is def one of the best American bands. And Billie Joe is yummy.

  98. Meg says – reply to this


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    Green Day is most defintely one of the greatest American Bands ever. Look at their stats, listen to how their sound has evolved, and listen to their messages and their voices…they were one of the only bands to recently put out a politically charged album.

    LUV PEREZ!

  99. bumscratcher says – reply to this


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    This is complete and utter rubbish. BARFING…………

  100. THEGLAMNINJA. says – reply to this


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    I always knew you were awesome.
    And, that first sentence just proved that. :]
    They're by far my fave band.

    I'm not too sure about the cover though.
    While, he has a decent voice.
    It doesn't really suit the song.

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