I saw Rancid a couple years ago and they did an acoustic version of this song. Also there's a version on youtube where they're live in Japan and Lars plays it electric w/ no accompaniment like the original and like he plays "The War's End" in concert (a song that referenced Billy Bragg). Lars changes the last verse to say:
Well at 21 you're on top of the scrap heap
At 16 you were on top of your class
Well I dropped out of high school in Campbell, California
Got a guitar and I never looked back
Being a dropout, guitarist and native Northern Californian I gotta say this lyric hits home and good covers are when the artist makes it their own.
I saw Rancid a couple years ago and they did an acoustic version of this song. Also there's a version on youtube where they're live in Japan and Lars plays it electric w/ no accompaniment like the original and like he plays "The War's End" in concert (a song that referenced Billy Bragg). Lars changes the last verse to say: Well at 21 you're on top of the scrap heap At 16 you were on top of your class Well I dropped out of high school in Campbell, California Got a guitar and I never looked back
Being a dropout, guitarist and native Northern Californian I gotta say this lyric hits home and good covers are when the artist makes it their own.