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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = | | Name = Only a Cockroach | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = | ||
| Type = | | Type = demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = | | Album = Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| Released = | | Released = [[2020]] | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
| Status = | | Status = Released | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''Rock and Roll Cockroach'''" is a | "'''Only a Cockroach'''" (also known as "'''Rock and Roll Cockroach'''") is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The song was later reworked into the ''[[Van Weezer]]'' track "[[Beginning of the End]]", released in [[2020]]. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]'' that same year. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In January of [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] uploaded a video to YouTube (titled "2011-01-18RRC") depicting him and producer [[Shawn Everett]] working in a studio. A short snippet of a guitar riff can be heard, and a text-to-speech voice can be heard saying "...an old rock band, The Roaches, have been called back to a triumphant reunion...". Fans who were present at listening parties/focus groups in the years leading up to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' | In January of [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] uploaded a video to YouTube (titled "2011-01-18RRC") depicting him and producer [[Shawn Everett]] working in a studio. A short snippet of a guitar riff can be heard, and a text-to-speech voice can be heard saying "...an old rock band, The Roaches, have been called back to a triumphant reunion...". Fans who were present at listening parties/focus groups in the years leading up to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' corroborated that Cuomo was working on a song titled "Rock and Roll Cockroach" for his "[[Sea Opera]]" project, that the concept of a fictional band named The Roaches eventually became the concept of [[The Astronauts]] from the ''EWBAITE'' narrative, and that the song was ultimately repurposed as "[[Beginning of the End]]", released on [[August 14]], [[2020]]. | ||
On [[November 20]], [[2020]], the demo was released on [[riverscuomo.com]] through the site's [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] as part of a compilation titled ''[[Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]''. | |||
==Video== | ==Video== | ||
<youtube>HTSx9EBuNiU</youtube> | <youtube>HTSx9EBuNiU</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | |||
{{Lyrics}} | |||
<poem>Sitting in a dressing room, about to go on | |||
Internet radio playing the next ?? song | |||
Yoga from the ??? | |||
??? | |||
Bandmates ??? in the room next door | |||
I'm only a cockroach | |||
Searching for something I can be | |||
The people freak out when I walk out there | |||
So scared | |||
Nostradamus predicted a bomb would drop | |||
And life as we know it on Earth would abruptly stop | |||
From the ?? | |||
A hand would rise to secure a hold | |||
That's me looking for the Sunday Times | |||
I'm only a cockroach | |||
Searching for something I can be | |||
The people freak out when I walk out there | |||
So scared | |||
So take your millions | |||
Your ??? | |||
And shut 'em up, 'cause we don't give a damn | |||
Scream all you want, dear | |||
Try to get an audience | |||
We've got our balls on | |||
We don't give a damn | |||
I didn't say ??? | |||
They could not pry me | |||
I wanna be a star but not in someone's ??? | |||
I'm only a cockroach | |||
Searching for something I can be | |||
The people freak out when I walk out there | |||
So scared</poem> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
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*[[Sea Opera]] | *[[Sea Opera]] | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]] | |||