Green Day Play Out New Material - Including Amy Winehouse Tribute
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
Californian rock trio Green Day have written a tribute track to the late Amy Winehouse following her death earlier last month.
The band were playing a secret gig in the Tiki Bar, Costa Mesa, where they paid homage to the deceased soul singer with their new song ‘Amy’. It was the first time they had played out the new track, but it wasn’t the first fans knew about the song after Billie-Joe and the band posted the lyrics to the track on their website. You can read the song’s lyrics below.
The band decided to perform the secret concert to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and any fans who were lucky enough to catch the spontaneous fundraiser were treated to the first new Green Day material since 2009’s 21st Century Breakdown, as the band played 15 unheard songs. Whether the new tracks are to feature on the band’s 9th studio album, or whether they’ll even see a release is unknown, but it looks very likely that they could feature on the potential new LP. We also have the names of the new tracks.
Green Day also thanked fans for turning up at the gig on their website. “Thanks everyone for coming out to the show Thursday night and supporting us and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We have been in jamming and writing new songs for the last few months. It felt great to play these new Green Day songs live and share our "work in progress"... Stay tuned for more!
Love green day”
New tracks Green Day played at Costa Mesa gig:
‘Nuclear Family'
'Too Young to Die'
'Oh Love'
'Carpe Diem'
'Crushing Bastards'
'Little Boy Named Train'
'Trouble Maker'
'Sweet 16'
'Wow, That's Loud'
'8th Avenue Serenade'
‘Ashley' 'Gabriella'
'Wild One'
'Stray Heart'
'Last Gang in Town'
‘Amy' (Amy Winehouse Tribute)
Amy Lyrics
Amy
Is your heart singing out of tune
Are your eyes just singing the blues
Dirty records from another time
Some blood stains on your shoes
No one really knows about your soul
And I barely even know your name
Burning rhythms and posting lies
For a bunch of fools drown in shame
Amy don't you go
I want you around
Singin' woah please don't go
Do you wanna be a friend of mine?
Did you tattoo a lucky charm
To keep you out of harms way?
Warding off all evil signs
But it never really kept you safe
You're too young for the golden age
Cause the record bin's been replaced
27 gone without a trace
And you walked away from your drink
Is your heart singing out of tune
Are you eyes just singing the blues?
Dirty records from another time
Some blood stains on your shoes
May I have this last dance
By chance if we should meet?
Can you write me a lullaby?
So we can sing you to sleep
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