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 *"''[[3 Titres Inédits]]''" (Untitled French "[[Always]]" promo) (2001) (live)
 ==Overview==
-"Crab" was one of fourteen songs from the ''Green'' sessions leaked prior to release. This un-mastered version is over half a minute longer than the final album mix. According to an [[Karl's Corner - 02/08/2001|update by Karl Koch]] from [[February 8]], [[2001]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] sang the lead vocals for the song 22 times straight before he was satisfied with it. In a [[Rivers Cuomo Fan Interview 2006|2006 fan interview]], Cuomo said that "Crab" is "about a heterosexual guys frustration with the opposite sex."
+<blockquote>{{Interviewer| Gumby Tom, Columbus, Ohio|Is there any meaning at all behind Crab? (If so, what is it?)}}
+{{Rivers|A heterosexual guys sexual frustration with a particular girl.}}</blockquote>
+:::—''[[Rivers Cuomo Fan Interview 2006|2006 fan interview]]''
+[[Rivers Cuomo]] likely wrote "Crab" in October of [[2000]], with the [[Catalog O' Riffs]] listing the song around that period, and [[Recording_History_-_Page_12#.22October_Demos.22_Post-touring_demos_at_Rivers.27s_home_studio.|the Weezer Recording History]] indicating that it was first recorded on [[October 27]], with additional demos recorded throughout the remainder of the year. According to an [[Karl's Corner - 02/08/2001|update by Karl Koch]] from [[February 8]], [[2001]], during the recording sessions for ''Green'', Cuomo sang the lead vocals for the song 22 times straight before he was satisfied with it. "Crab" was one of fourteen songs from the ''Green'' sessions leaked prior to release. This unmastered version is over a half-minute longer than the final album mix.
-A live version of the song was released on a [[3 Titres Inédits|rare French promotional CD]] known sometimes as the "[[Always]]" promo.
+A live version of the song was released on a [[3 Titres Inédits|French promotional CD]] ("''3 Titres Inédits''") alongside the release of the ''Green Album''.
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