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*''[[Raditude#Bonus_Tracks|Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes pass]]'' (Coconut Teaser Mix) | *''[[Raditude#Bonus_Tracks|Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes pass]]'' (Coconut Teaser Mix) | ||
*''[[iTunes Originals - Weezer]]'' (iTunes Originals Version) | *''[[iTunes Originals - Weezer]]'' (iTunes Originals Version) | ||
==''Alone II'' version== | |||
"Can't Stop Partying" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Jermaine Dupri]]. Dupri wrote the lyrics and gave them to Cuomo claiming that, as the ''Alone II'' liner notes say, "the rock world and the hip-hop world were really the same: they were both all about partying." Initially, Cuomo would give the song what he called a predictable upbeat, "punk rock" sound. After being dissatisfied with the results (and for the song's message, something Rivers took issue with), he opted to juxtapose the "party" lyrics with a more somber feel, musically, employing a minor key, acoustic guitars, and organs. The previous upbeat take on the song has not been released. | "Can't Stop Partying" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Jermaine Dupri]]. Dupri wrote the lyrics and gave them to Cuomo claiming that, as the ''Alone II'' liner notes say, "the rock world and the hip-hop world were really the same: they were both all about partying." Initially, Cuomo would give the song what he called a predictable upbeat, "punk rock" sound. After being dissatisfied with the results (and for the song's message, something Rivers took issue with), he opted to juxtapose the "party" lyrics with a more somber feel, musically, employing a minor key, acoustic guitars, and organs. The previous upbeat take on the song has not been released. | ||
"Can't Stop Partying" was first performed live at the [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008 - Long Beach, CA|Alone II hootenanny]] before the album was released. It was Cuomo's personal pick for the set list, naming it as his favorite song from ''Alone II''. | |||
"Can't Stop Partying" was first performed live at the [[Alone II | |||
A few months after the release of ''Alone II'', a similar arrangement of the song was performed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqwsTyLgk9I live for Stereogum.com] by Cuomo, Dupri, Ryan Key of Yellowcard, Jose Galvez of Ozma, Derek Grant of Alkaline Trio, Sean O'Donnell of Reeve Oliver, Greg Vail (a saxophonist), and Ricky Sans of Melee. A flutist is also featured. | |||
===''Alone II'' liner notes=== | |||
==''Alone II'' liner notes== | |||
On September 10, 2007, Jermaine Dupri sent me a demo of a song he had started writing, '''"Can't Stop Partying" (Track 13)'''. He also sent me his number to discuss where we could take the song. I gave him a call. He told me that he had noticed that the rock world and the hip-hop world were really the same: they were both all about partying. He wanted to write a song–and to find an artist to cover that song–to show the unity between these two apparently disparate worlds. He thought Weezer was the perfect artist. | On September 10, 2007, Jermaine Dupri sent me a demo of a song he had started writing, '''"Can't Stop Partying" (Track 13)'''. He also sent me his number to discuss where we could take the song. I gave him a call. He told me that he had noticed that the rock world and the hip-hop world were really the same: they were both all about partying. He wanted to write a song–and to find an artist to cover that song–to show the unity between these two apparently disparate worlds. He thought Weezer was the perfect artist. | ||
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But the music sounded a little cheesy to me, like generic punk rock. And worst of all, the lyrics were clearly a celebration of drinking and drug-taking, which I could not sing without qualms. I tried to expand the lyrics to make them more in line with my values. That's when I realized what a true genius Jermaine is. His lyrics had seemed so simple to me, as if any seventh-grader could have written them, but when I tried to write a second verse, I couldn't manage to write anything one-tenth as good as his first verse! His lyrics were all about celebration. They were totally inclusive. My lyrics couldn't indicate confidence or joy without being at the expense of someone else. Every line of Jermaine's was so strong, so iconic, like a song title. My lyrics were awkward and strained. I set the song aside. In October, in another Vipassana course, it suddenly occurred to me that I could change the meaning of the song, not by changing the lyrics, but by changing the music under the lyrics. When I got to my wife's family's house in Japan after the course, I picked up a guitar and strummed the four chords that you hear on my demo of the song. These chords suggested sadness and resignation in the face of something ineluctable, something fated, a drug-habit, a drinking addiction. Suddenly, "I Can't Stop Partying" might be a sad thing to say, and this was the undertone which, I believed, allowed me to sing the song with conviction. Was it a celebration? Or an elegy for one lost? I didn't know. But I thought it was beautiful. And that's all I've ever really cared about as a writer. The happiness of the creative moment. It has always been mine. | But the music sounded a little cheesy to me, like generic punk rock. And worst of all, the lyrics were clearly a celebration of drinking and drug-taking, which I could not sing without qualms. I tried to expand the lyrics to make them more in line with my values. That's when I realized what a true genius Jermaine is. His lyrics had seemed so simple to me, as if any seventh-grader could have written them, but when I tried to write a second verse, I couldn't manage to write anything one-tenth as good as his first verse! His lyrics were all about celebration. They were totally inclusive. My lyrics couldn't indicate confidence or joy without being at the expense of someone else. Every line of Jermaine's was so strong, so iconic, like a song title. My lyrics were awkward and strained. I set the song aside. In October, in another Vipassana course, it suddenly occurred to me that I could change the meaning of the song, not by changing the lyrics, but by changing the music under the lyrics. When I got to my wife's family's house in Japan after the course, I picked up a guitar and strummed the four chords that you hear on my demo of the song. These chords suggested sadness and resignation in the face of something ineluctable, something fated, a drug-habit, a drinking addiction. Suddenly, "I Can't Stop Partying" might be a sad thing to say, and this was the undertone which, I believed, allowed me to sing the song with conviction. Was it a celebration? Or an elegy for one lost? I didn't know. But I thought it was beautiful. And that's all I've ever really cared about as a writer. The happiness of the creative moment. It has always been mine. | ||
=="Coconut Teaser" version== | |||
While headlining a [[2009-07-24 - Jisan, Korea|festival in Korea]] in the summer of 2009, Weezer performed a new and very different arrangement of the song, featuring a rock drum beat, distorted guitars, a new bridge. The chorus lyric was also slightly altered, replacing, "I gotta have Patron, I gotta have the E" with "I gotta have the boom, I gotta have the beat," seemingly stemming from Cuomo's previously stated objection to the original's glorification of drugs. A studio version with a very similar arrangement, with the addition of a children's choir, was released (with the notation "Coconut Teaser mix" in the title) as part of the ''Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes pass'' bundle. This version was named as the favorite version of Weezer bassist [[Scott Shriner]]. | |||
==''Raditude'' version== | |||
The "rock" version underwent a heavily altered remix by [[Polow da Don]], featuring only the vocals and very minimal guitar over a more hip-hop oriented sound, as well as an entirely new bridge featuring a rap verse by [[Lil Wayne]]. Brian Bell stated in a [[2010]] interview with [http://thewaster.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=759%3Aweezer-the-icons-of-a-generation-return-to-their-roots&catid=1%3Ainterview&Itemid=2 thewaster.com] that the Lil Wayne verse was suggested by Jermaine Dupri, and was added as they needed "something different for the third verse". The lyrics in the chorus were again subtly alterered, restoring the "Patron" lyric but keeping the "beat" lyric. The demo's stripped-down, acoustic qualities were scrapped entirely. | |||
===Band Commentary=== | |||
'''Rivers:''' "Can't Stop Partying" I wrote with Jermain Dupri who's like a Hip-Hop/R&B guy. So it was really fun for me. He came in with this total "Woohoo, we're partying" type of vibe. And it wasn't 100% right for me so I wrote some different chords and changed some melodies and gave it a little bit of dark undertone to it. So it had some complexity. [http://video.teen.com/music/weezer-liner-notes/] | |||
==''iTunes Originals'' version== | |||
In November [[2010]] the iTunes compilation album ''iTunes Originals - Weezer'' was released featuring a 4th version of "Can't Stop Partying". Even though not specifically labeled, this version is similar to the ''Raditude'' version, but with real drums and bass guitar and more electric guitars in the mix. It has the same vocals, lyrics and bridge as the ''Raditude'' version. This version was previously heard on Weezer's MySpace page and therefore is sometimes referred to as "MySpace Mix", or "MySpace version". | |||
==Audio/Video== | |||
===''Alone II'' version=== | |||
<youtube>JmVLtn_IR5Q</youtube> <youtube>jqwsTyLgk9I</youtube> | |||
===''Raditude'' sessions=== | |||
<youtube>RGvXFjoW_n0</youtube> <youtube>FazOR_unYFo</youtube> | |||
<youtube>uPq10iIk-n4</youtube> | |||
===Other performances=== | |||
<youtube>cFXwKLyIEx4</youtube> <youtube>hy41VHILfj4</youtube> | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
'''''Alone II'' version''' | |||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – acoustic guitar, vocals, percussion | |||
'''''Raditude'' version''' | '''''Raditude'' version''' | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - vocals, guitar | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] - vocals, guitar | ||
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*[[Brian Bell]] - backing vocals, Synth | *[[Brian Bell]] - backing vocals, Synth | ||
*[[Scott Shriner]] - Synth, backing vocals | *[[Scott Shriner]] - Synth, backing vocals | ||
*[[Polow | *[[Polow da Don]] - production | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<small>These lyrics are for the full album version featuring Lil Wayne. The version released on Alone II is the exact same without Lil Wayne's verse, and the line "I gotta have the beat" was originally "I gotta have the e", and "I got the real big posse with me, yeah I'm deep" was originally "I got the real big posse with me, yeah I'm ???" [as quoted from the Alone II liner notes</small> | <small>These lyrics are for the full album version featuring Lil Wayne. The version released on Alone II is the exact same without Lil Wayne's verse, and the line "I gotta have the beat" was originally "I gotta have the e", and "I got the real big posse with me, yeah I'm deep" was originally "I got the real big posse with me, yeah I'm ???" [as quoted from the Alone II liner notes</small> | ||