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'''"Eulogy for a Rock Band"''' is the third track on ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. | '''"Eulogy for a Rock Band"''' is the third track on ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The liner notes for ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' groups songs by one of three themes. "The British Are Coming" is grouped under the category "[[Patriarchia]]" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with father figures). [[Rivers Cuomo]], when asked about the meaning of the song in [http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/10/07/rivers-cuomo-weezer-interview/ an interview for the Wall Street Journal], said that the song was about one of Weezer's "forefathers" | The liner notes for ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' groups songs by one of three themes. "The British Are Coming" is grouped under the category "[[Patriarchia]]" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with father figures). [[Ryen Slegr]] and [[Daniel Brummel]] of the band [[Ozma]] have writing credits on the song. [[Rivers Cuomo]], when asked about the meaning of the song in [http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/10/07/rivers-cuomo-weezer-interview/ an interview for the Wall Street Journal], said that the song was about one of Weezer's "forefathers": | ||
:''In that case, I was reflecting on one of Weezer’s musical fore-fathers who is in his late stage of his career. Reached the highest highs and I couldn’t help realize that as much as he achieved, there’s gonna come a time when the next generations don’t continue listening to his music. And he will be forgotten, along with the rest of us. And that’s a sobering thought for those of us who are striving now to achieve even a fraction of what he achieved.'' | :''In that case, I was reflecting on one of Weezer’s musical fore-fathers who is in his late stage of his career. Reached the highest highs and I couldn’t help realize that as much as he achieved, there’s gonna come a time when the next generations don’t continue listening to his music. And he will be forgotten, along with the rest of us. And that’s a sobering thought for those of us who are striving now to achieve even a fraction of what he achieved.'' | ||
When asked who, specifically, the song was about during [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2mxh4o/i_am_rivers_cuomo_from_weezer_ama/cm8i4e1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x a Reddit AMA in 2014], Cuomo replied "We'll tell you on the day he dies." | When asked who, specifically, the song was about during [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2mxh4o/i_am_rivers_cuomo_from_weezer_ama/cm8i4e1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x a Reddit AMA in 2014], Cuomo replied "We'll tell you on the day he dies." | ||