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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Hot Tub | | Name = Hot Tub | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Donslackscoverart.jpg | ||
| Type = demo | | Type = demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = | | Album = Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years | ||
| Released = | | Released = | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = | ||
| Length = 3:05 | | Length = 3:05 | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
| Writer = Rivers Cuomo | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| RC# = 166 | | RC# = 166 | ||
| COR# = | | COR# = | ||
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
| Status = Circulating | | Status = Circulating | ||
| RC's last song = [[Buddy Holly]]<br>(RC# 165) | | RC's last song = [[Buddy Holly]]<br>(RC# 165) | ||
| This RC song = "Hot Tub"<br>(RC# 166) | | This RC song = "Hot Tub"<br>(RC# 166) | ||
| RC's next song = "Port O' Jonas"<br>(RC# 167) | | RC's next song = "[[My Name Is Jonas|Port O' Jonas]]"<br>(RC# 167) | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''Hot Tub'''" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1993]]. | "'''Hot Tub'''" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1993]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*Performed live | |||
*Released online | |||
*''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Cuomo originally wrote "Hot Tub" around July of [[1993]]. Cuomo is known to have written the song for singer [ | {{Small quote box|"[[Jennifer Chiba|Chiba]] had a hot tub in the courtyard of her apartment complex in Palms."|[[Rivers Cuomo]], [[2020]]<ref name="riverpedia">"Hot Tub" ''Riverpedia''. 31 August 2020. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Hot%20Tub Mirror: [[Riverpedia_archive_-_08/31/2020#Hot_Tub]]</ref>}}Cuomo originally wrote "Hot Tub" around July of [[1993]].<ref name="rechist4">[[Recording_History_-_Page_4|Weezer Recording History - Page 4]]</ref> Cuomo is known to have written the song for singer [[Wikipedia:Tom_Jones_(singer)|Tom Jones]].<ref name="riverpedia" /> Said [[Karl Koch]], "I think the bands then-manager somehow had a contact who knew Tom and Tom was looking for songs for his new album at the time. Obviously he did not end up using “Hot Tub”. It's also possible Rivers wrote it first and then found out about the Tom thing."{{Citation needed}} Cuomo's 1993 was circulated to fans by Cuomo in [[2002]] via the [[Rivers Correspondence Board]].{{Citation needed}} This demo appeared again years later as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' in [[2020]]. | ||
Cuomo revived the song a few years later in November [[1997]] for his side-project, [[Homie]]. The song was performed at both of the live Homie concerts that month. | Cuomo revived the song a few years later in November [[1997]] for his side-project, [[Homie]]. The song was performed at both of the live Homie concerts that month. "This is kind of a joke song," Cuomo told an audience at [[Homie concert: 11/21/1997|one concert]], "so don't take it too seriously." These live versions of the song were altered to feature a wholly different bridge/outro section with new lyrics and a new guitar solo. | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Hot Tub|08 Hot Tub.mp3|July [[1993]]<ref name="rechist4" />||3:07| | |||
*Released online | |||
*''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Homie]]|Hot Tub||[[November 5]], [[1997]]|[[Homie concert: 11/05/1997|The Middle East, Cambridge, MA]]|4:04||Live performance; audience bootleg}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Homie]]|Hot Tub||[[November 21]], [[1997]]|[[Homie concert: 11/21/1997|T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, MA]]|3:57||Live performance; audience bootleg}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Homie]]|Hot Tub||Fall [[1997]]||||Rehearsal tape}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Live performances== | ==Live performances== | ||
*[[Homie concert: 11/05/1997 | *[[Homie concert: 11/05/1997]] | ||
*[[Homie concert: 11/21/1997 | *[[Homie concert: 11/21/1997]] | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
===1993 | {{Lyric box| | ||
===1993 demo=== | |||
<poem>You may not be the one for me | <poem>You may not be the one for me | ||
But baby, you’re a lot of fun | But, baby, you’re a lot of fun | ||
Let me come to your house, my dear | Let me come to your house, my dear | ||
Drink champagne and smoke a bowl | Drink champagne and smoke a bowl | ||
I wanna get in your hot tub baby | I wanna get in your hot tub, baby | ||
I wanna get in you now | I wanna get in you now | ||
So get in your car and pick me up | So get in your car and pick me up | ||
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Please, honey girl, won’t you be cool | Please, honey girl, won’t you be cool | ||
To the voodoo doll that is me | To the voodoo doll that is me | ||
Take the pins out of his butt | Take the pins out of his butt | ||
Maybe even give him a treat | Maybe even give him a treat | ||
Wanna get in your hot tub, baby | |||
Wanna get in you now | |||
So get in your car and pick me up | |||
Or I’m gonna put you down | |||
Or I’m gonna put you down | |||
Sometimes I’m so disappointed | Sometimes I’m so disappointed | ||
| Line 55: | Line 71: | ||
Are my relationships fake? | Are my relationships fake? | ||
I admit this is a problem | I admit this is a problem | ||
To be solved another | To be solved another day | ||
To be solved another | To be solved another day | ||
I wanna get in your hot tub, baby | |||
I wanna get in you now | |||
Get in your car and pick me up | |||
Or I’m gonna put you down | |||
I’m gonna put you down | |||
Sometimes I’m so disappointed | |||
I can’t be more of a man | |||
Sometimes my life feels so empty | |||
Not letting love play her hand | |||
Sometimes I’m so disillusioned | |||
Are my relationships fake? | |||
I admit this is a problem | |||
To be solved another day | |||
To be solved another day</poem>}}{{Lyric box| | |||
===Live, 1997=== | ===Live, 1997=== | ||
<poem>You may not be the one for me | <poem>You may not be the one for me | ||
But baby, you’re a lot of fun | But baby, you’re a lot of fun | ||
Let me come to your house, my dear | Let me come to your house, my dear | ||
Drink | Drink champagne and smoke a bowl | ||
I wanna get in your hot tub, baby | I wanna get in your hot tub, baby | ||
| Line 72: | Line 103: | ||
Please, honey girl, won’t you be cool | Please, honey girl, won’t you be cool | ||
To the voodoo doll that is me? | To the voodoo doll that is me? | ||
Take the | Take the pins out of his butt | ||
And maybe even give him a treat | And maybe even give him a treat | ||
I wanna get in your hot tub, baby | |||
I wanna get in you now | |||
So get in your car and pick me up | |||
Or I’m gonna put you down | |||
I’m gonna put you down | |||
And every day that you play in the water | And every day that you play in the water | ||
| Line 85: | Line 122: | ||
Come and take me home | Come and take me home | ||
I’m gonna put you down | I wanna get in your hot tub, baby | ||
I wanna get in you now | |||
So get in your car and pick me up | |||
Or I’m gonna put you down | |||
I’m gonna put you down | |||
And every day that you play in the water | |||
Come and take me home | |||
Every day, with the days getting hotter | |||
I don’t wanna be alone | |||
And every night in the light of the moonshine | |||
Come and take me home | |||
Every day as you play in the water | |||
Come and take me | |||
Come and take me home | |||
I’m gonna put you down</poem>}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Homie]] | * [[Homie]] | ||
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | * [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
* ''[[HOMiE - Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[HOMiE - Volume 1]]'' | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=57 Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Hot Tub"] | * [http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=57 Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Hot Tub"] | ||
{{References list}} | |||
[[Category: Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Homie songs]] | [[Category:Homie songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]] | ||
[[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on HOMiE - Volume 1]] | [[Category:Songs on HOMiE - Volume 1]] | ||