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This was the only song kept from a group of 235 demos that Rivers and Jake Sinclair listened to in early 2015 when beginning work on what would become ''The White Album'', and it was the inspiration for the album's "beach/nautical theme." The lyrics feature a "pack of heroic slackers," according the the album's iTunes description. | This was the only song kept from a group of 235 demos that Rivers and Jake Sinclair listened to in early 2015 when beginning work on what would become ''The White Album'', and it was the inspiration for the album's "beach/nautical theme." The lyrics feature a "pack of heroic slackers," according the the album's iTunes description. | ||
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| + | The song, played live and acoustic, was released on the band's [[Spotify Sessions]]. | ||
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| Album track by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Weezer (The White Album) | ||||
| Released | March 9, 2016 | ||||
| Recorded | 2015 | ||||
| Length | 3:25 | ||||
| Label | Crush Music / Weezer | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo/Dan Wilson | ||||
| Producer(s) | Jake Sinclair | ||||
| Status | officially released | ||||
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"California Kids" is the opening track from The White Album and the fifth that was officially released prior to the album's release. It is an English rewrite of the Scott & Rivers 2014 Christmas single "California".
Contents
Overview
In early 2015, Rivers told fans that an English version of "California" was being considered for inclusion in the Detour pilot.
This was the only song kept from a group of 235 demos that Rivers and Jake Sinclair listened to in early 2015 when beginning work on what would become The White Album, and it was the inspiration for the album's "beach/nautical theme." The lyrics feature a "pack of heroic slackers," according the the album's iTunes description.
The song was accidentally made available for streaming on Apple Music in the US on February 25, 2016 and shared among the fan community before it was taken down again by Apple.
The song, played live and acoustic, was released on the band's Spotify Sessions.
Music video
The music video was directed by SCANTRON and Jade Ehlers and premiered on March 9, 2016.
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner - bass guitar, backing vocals
Lyrics
<lyrics> When you wake up Cobwebs on your eyelids Stuck in rigor mortis Just keep going, till you hit the ocean And you turn Californian
You don't have to have the answers Don'y you worry, don't you worry
It's gonna be alright If you're on a sinking ship The California kids Will throw you a lifeline And if you're up all night Thinking 'bout something you did The California kids Will show you the sunshine
In your bare feet, in mid-January Swimming in the mystery
Second guessing almost everything Don't you worry, don't you worry
It's gonna be alright If you're on a sinking ship The California kids Will throw you a lifeline And if you're up all night Thinking 'bout something you did The California kids Will show you the starlight
And your old friends Chilling back in Boston You never forgot them </lyrics>
