Rudy Giuliani Rang in Y2K New Year s Eve With MTV
By Stephen Douglas
Rudy was actually a staple at MTV NYE festivities. | Scott Gries/Getty Images
Since it is New Year s Eve, I was thinking about Green Day s Good Riddance (Time of Your Life ), which has been an event staple for more than two decades now. They performed the song on MTV on New Year s Eve back in 1998 when Carson Daly was dating Jennifer Love Hewitt. Yes, this was a very long time ago.
My point was, this song that turned into a prom song was actually inspired by the original, good riddance part of the title. Thank god this is over. Perfect for 2020. Here s a bad VHS version of it, featuring the aforementioned Daly - JLH couple. There s a slightly better version on YouTube without Carson, but it just lacks the authenticity.