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"La Mancha Screwjob" was originally written for Weezer's 2014 album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'',<ref name="npr">Hilton, Robin. "How Weezer Traded Power Chords For Pop: A Conversation With Rivers Cuomo" ''NPR''. 27 October 2017. https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/27/560044425/how-weezer-traded-power-chords-for-pop</ref> but "didn't fit" on the album. The version on ''Pacific Daydream'' is purportedly mostly unchanged, lyrically, from the earlier iteration.<ref name="npr" /> The intro and outro to the song feature vocal screeches, likely Cuomo's voice manipulated in Pro Tools by [[Butch Walker]].<ref name="npr" /> | "La Mancha Screwjob" was originally written for Weezer's 2014 album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'',<ref name="npr">Hilton, Robin. "How Weezer Traded Power Chords For Pop: A Conversation With Rivers Cuomo" ''NPR''. 27 October 2017. https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/27/560044425/how-weezer-traded-power-chords-for-pop</ref> but "didn't fit" on the album. The version on ''Pacific Daydream'' is purportedly mostly unchanged, lyrically, from the earlier iteration.<ref name="npr" /> The intro and outro to the song feature vocal screeches, likely Cuomo's voice manipulated in Pro Tools by [[Butch Walker]].<ref name="npr" /> | ||
The significance of the title "La Mancha Screwjob" is unknown. La Mancha is a region of Spain, and "La Mancha Screwjob" is the title of a 2015 episode of the podcast ''RadioLab''.<ref>"La Mancha Screwjob" ''Radiolab''. 24 February 2015. https://radiolab.org/podcast/la-mancha-screwjob</ref> The song was co-written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Josh Alexander]]. The song was originally | The significance of the title "La Mancha Screwjob" is unknown. La Mancha is a region of Spain, and "La Mancha Screwjob" is the title of a 2015 episode of the podcast ''RadioLab''.<ref>"La Mancha Screwjob" ''Radiolab''. 24 February 2015. https://radiolab.org/podcast/la-mancha-screwjob</ref> The song was co-written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Josh Alexander]]. The song was originally titled "[[Summer Night]]", a filename from the ''Daydream'' sessions and an entry in the ASCAP Repertory credited to Cuomo and Alexander<ref>"SUMMER NIGHT" ISWC: T9232232234 ''ASCAP Repertory''. https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/893674859</ref> confirm this. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | ||