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 <blockquote>“Weezer played this song as part of our all-Nirvana set in 1998 under the name Goat Punishment. It’s my very favorite Nirvana song to play as a performer – to me it has the best balance of the ''Bleach''-era guitar riffage and the melodic catchiness and chord simplicity of ''Nevermind''. You get the best of both worlds. All the parts are super-catchy and grinding, and it has that trademark soft-loud-soft-loud Nirvana dynamic.</blockquote>
 <blockquote>Then there’s bonus hook at the end of the song, where he starts singing, ‘She came to pump it straight to my heart.’ When it gets to that point and he gives you this bonus hook that presses any emotional buttons in you that haven’t been pressed yet – I mean, that completely wipes out the possibility of anyone else being able to have written this song. It just takes it over the top. I do need to point out that I think the live version is the definitive version. The version on ''Incesticide'' with the “beat it! beat it!” background vocal in the chorus is a tad cheesy, even for me. I think they wisely revised it out by the time they did the live version.”</blockquote>
+==Nirvana songs covered by Weezer==
+===About a Girl===
+"'''About a Girl'''" is the third track from Nirvana's debut album, ''Bleach''. Weezer performed the song during a photo shoot in [[2014]] during the production of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', as seen [[Everything_Will_Be_Alright_in_the_End_-_Teasers#4._.3Dw.3D_4|in a teaser video]].
+===Aneurysm===
+"'''Aneurysm'''" was originally released as a b-side to "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit Smells Like Teen Spirit]". Weezer (performing under the name [[Goat Punishment]]) covered the song in November of [[1998]]. [[Todd Philips]] filled in on drums for [[Patrick Wilson]], who was not available at the time. [[Rivers Cuomo]] reviewed the song in an issue of ''Rolling Stone'' (see above section). Weezer performed the song during a photo shoot in [[2014]] during the production of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', as seen [[Everything_Will_Be_Alright_in_the_End_-_Teasers#4._.3Dw.3D_4|in a teaser video]].
+===Blew===
+"'''Blew'''" is the lead song from Nirvana's debut album, ''Bleach''. Weezer (performing under the name [[Goat Punishment]]) covered the song in November of [[1998]]. [[Todd Philips]] filled in on drums for [[Patrick Wilson]], who was not available at the time.
+===Breed===
+"'''Breed'''" is the fourth track from Nirvana's sophomore album, ''Nevermind''. Weezer (performing under the name [[Goat Punishment]]) covered the song in November of [[1998]]. [[Todd Philips]] filled in on drums for [[Patrick Wilson]], who was not available at the time. Weezer performed the song during sound checks in [[2005]] [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Weezer_concert:_07/19/2005_-_Orlando,_FL].
+===Dive===
+"'''Dive'''" is b-side from the single ''Sliver'', later released on the compilation ''Incesticide''. Weezer (performing under the name [[Goat Punishment]]) covered the song in November of [[1998]]. [[Todd Philips]] filled in on drums for [[Patrick Wilson]], who was not available at the time.
+===Lithium===
+"'''Lithium'''" is the third single and fifth track from Nirvana's sophomore album, ''Nevermind''. Weezer first performed the song live at [[Weezer Concert: 09/22/2019 - Lima, Peru|a concert in Lima, Peru]] in [[2019]] an continued performing it at various concerts thereafter.
+===Mr. Moustache===
+"'''Mr. Moustache'''" is the tenth track from Nirvana's debut album, ''Bleach''. Weezer (performing under the name [[Goat Punishment]]) covered the song in November of [[1998]]. [[Todd Philips]] filled in on drums for [[Patrick Wilson]], who was not available at the time.
+===Sliver===
+"'''Sliver'''" was a non-album single released by Nirvana in [[1990]], later released on the compilation ''Incesticide'' in [[1992]]. [[Rivers Cuomo]] has stated that he first heard "Sliver" while working as a cashier at Tower Records in [[1991]], and that it was the first Nirvana song he ever heard.
+Cuomo said of the song in an interview with [[Rolling Stone interview with Rivers Cuomo - June 26, 2008|''Rolling Stone'' in 2008]]:
+<blockquote>"I was working at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard in the spring of '91, and another cashier, Harold, said, 'Hey, Rivers, I know something you might like. It's called Nirvana.' As soon as I heard 'Mom and Dad went to a show,' I immediately started dancing around. It was exactly how I felt, and they were putting it to music. It inspired me to do the same thing."</blockquote>
+Weezer performed "Sliver" live several times in [[2008]] during the [[Troublemaker Tour]]. During shows, [[Karl Koch]] would come out on stage prior to the encore, set up a record player, and play "[[Heart Songs]]". Cuomo would then come out and smash the record player at the point of the song that recalls hearing Nirvana for the first time. [[Scott Shriner]]  and [[Pat Wilson]] would then come on stage and perform "Sliver" as a three-piece.
+===Swap Meet===
+"'''Swap Meet'''" is the ninth track from Nirvana's debut album, ''Bleach''. Weezer (performing under the name [[Goat Punishment]]) covered the song in November of [[1998]]. [[Todd Philips]] filled in on drums for [[Patrick Wilson]], who was not available at the time.
 ==Discography==