I've got no Valentine this year so I'll be listening to Green Day and playing video games to enjoy the rest of my day. I hope everyone has a great day!
They should re-record this album and release it...I’ve always wanted to hear what could have been
Hey guys, so this isn't going to be me requesting demo tapes or anything I know they're lost to the ether but more of a story, back around I want to say 2008-9ish I was taking Bass lessons at a place in Toronto and both I and my Teacher were super into Green Day and we'd talked about Cigarettes and Valentines before because you know it was pretty enticing a concept, however we never of course heard anything from it, up till one day when I came in and I think I had found it the night before or something but I swear to god I remember finding a YouTube video (which no, I have absolutely no idea if it still exists, or what it was called) of the actual rough tracks from Cigarettes and Valentines, I don't remember a lot of it obviously it was a long time ago but I remember the videos background was album artwork depicting a heart and it had a brownish-orangeish color scheme, i think it was kind of hand done collage artwork but don't quote me on that bit, i don't remember what songs were on the video as i was like 9 years old and i can barely remember the event at all but yeah.
That's all i can really remember but I've yet to be able to find that video again leading me to believe it was DMCA'd by one of the record labels Green Day's associated with, I don't think the thought crossed my mind at the time that it could be taken down (As I was 9ish at the time) so obviously i figured it'd still be up there the next time i went looking for it so i didn't bother to download or back up the video, my memory of it was like flashed back to me when i heard the live performance of Cigarettes and Valentines back in 2011 from the Awesome as F**K! live video and i went looking for it only to turn up nothing.
So basically I'm just wondering if anybody else remembers hearing these tracks? Like I am certain I'm going to get called a liar but i swear to you all this is just me genuinely recounting what I remember, I might even be remembering it wrong, i don't know for sure, its not like I'm bragging about hearing the songs either because I can't even for the life of me remember what they even sounded like beyond them being pretty rough, if you don't believe me that's fine, i wouldn't either but I'm curious if anybody else saw this video before it vanished or if any of you remember anything similar or in more detail from around this time period? (2008-9 I Guess?)
Over the years, we've finally had a chance to hear songs or versions of songs originally intended for the lost Cigarettes and Valentines LP.
I was trying to come up with a list of songs, but does anyone know if there is a comprehensive list anywhere? Here's what I had so far...
- Cigarettes and Valentines
- Youngblood
- Too Much Too Soon
- Walk Away
- Olivia
- Shoplifter
EDIT: Formatting...
Was it real or just marketing strategy for AI? If it was real i'd like to know some of the songs
I think they would have been leaked by now. Sorry if this has been discussed already, I wasn't sure.
(When those master tracks were stolen, they went back to the drawing board and wrote American Idiot, widely considered their magnum opus.)
Its kinda my favorite unreleased song. I understand that it was gonna be in a different album with the same name at one point, but whats stopping them from releasing the song on a new album? I think it would be a great way to start off an album.
She was waving an illegal fire arm.
Well maybe you won't actually live longer, but it sure will feel like it.
Arlene: What in the hell is that?
Jane: A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet.
Arlene: Where did you get it?
Jane: You can get them at any pharmacy.
The next day, Arlene hobbles herself into the local pharmacy and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms. The pharmacist, obviously embarrassed, looks at her kind of strangely (she is, after all, over 80 years of age), but very delicately asks what size, texture, brand of condom she prefers.
'Doesn't matter Sonny, as long as it fits on a Camel.'
