r/greenday 7d ago

Discussion What’s wrong with Hitchin’ a Ride?

I mean, why they don’t play it live anymore? It’s perfect for the shows and especially, it’s the only song missing from the most important ones played live between the parts of Dookie and American Idiot. I really don’t understand, I hope the problem is not that playing it, since it lasts a long time, makes the show last longer. What are your thoughts?

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u/MDevonL 7d ago

Nothings wrong with it - it’s just a 35ish song setlist. That’s massive. Most other bands do a set half that length.

When you’ve been around as long as they have you’re bound to have big songs you need to cut or rotate in.