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{{Gray quote box|[[Image:Rivershead.png]]|''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.''}} | {{Gray quote box|[[Image:Rivershead.png]]|''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.''}} | ||
The song contains a seemingly ambiguous lyric ("Fifteen/fifty years of ruling the planet"). Though the album version seems to use the lyric "fifteen", the earlier version of the song leaked online seems to use "fifty". The album's liner notes reinforce this ambiguity, displaying lyrics for the song with an inkblot over the word in question. In an episode of the podcast ''[[Post-Pinkerton]]'', host John Carroll observed that Cuomo was known to have listened to the Beach Boys album ''[[Wikipedia:That's_Why_God_Made_the_Radio|That's Why God Made the Radio]]'' via Spotify a year prior to ''EWBAITE's'' release, an album released nearly fifty years into the band's career, suggesting that [[Brian Wilson]] of [[the Beach Boys]], known to have been [[Don't Worry Baby#Liner_notes|a massive influence]] in Weezer's early sound, may be the musician described in "Eulogy".<ref>Carroll, John. "Eulogy for a Rock Band" ''Post-Pinkerton''. 28 August 2019. https://postpinkerton.com/eulogy-for-a-rock-band</ref> In [[2020]], various demos were released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Weezma: Daniel, Ryen & Rivers]]'', including an earlier version titled "Beatle That We Loved the Most," suggesting that the song may refer to a member of the rock band [[the Beatles]] (most likely [[Wikipedia:Paul McCartney|Paul McCartney]]). 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."<ref>u/rivercuomo "I am Rivers Cuomo from weezer. AMA." ''Reddit''. 20 November 2014. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2mxh4o/i_am_rivers_cuomo_from_weezer_ama/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref> | The song contains a seemingly ambiguous lyric ("Fifteen/fifty years of ruling the planet"). Though the album version seems to use the lyric "fifteen", the earlier version of the song leaked online seems to use "fifty". The album's liner notes reinforce this ambiguity, displaying lyrics for the song with an inkblot over the word in question. In an episode of the podcast ''[[Post-Pinkerton (podcast)|Post-Pinkerton]]'', host John Carroll observed that Cuomo was known to have listened to the Beach Boys album ''[[Wikipedia:That's_Why_God_Made_the_Radio|That's Why God Made the Radio]]'' via Spotify a year prior to ''EWBAITE's'' release, an album released nearly fifty years into the band's career, suggesting that [[Brian Wilson]] of [[the Beach Boys]], known to have been [[Don't Worry Baby#Liner_notes|a massive influence]] in Weezer's early sound, may be the musician described in "Eulogy".<ref>Carroll, John. "Eulogy for a Rock Band" ''Post-Pinkerton''. 28 August 2019. https://postpinkerton.com/eulogy-for-a-rock-band</ref> In [[2020]], various demos were released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Weezma: Daniel, Ryen & Rivers]]'', including an earlier version titled "Beatle That We Loved the Most," suggesting that the song may refer to a member of the rock band [[the Beatles]] (most likely [[Wikipedia:Paul McCartney|Paul McCartney]]). 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."<ref>u/rivercuomo "I am Rivers Cuomo from weezer. AMA." ''Reddit''. 20 November 2014. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2mxh4o/i_am_rivers_cuomo_from_weezer_ama/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref> | ||
Shortly after ''EWBAITE's'' release, an instrumental-only version of the album was leaked online. In December 2017, an early version of the album was leaked, featuring an early iteration of "Eulogy" previously heard in a [[Everything_Will_Be_Alright_in_the_End_-_Teasers#10._EWBAITE_10_.22Eulogy_For_A_Rock_Band.22|teaser video]] for the album.<ref name="ewbaite10" /> | Shortly after ''EWBAITE's'' release, an instrumental-only version of the album was leaked online. In December 2017, an early version of the album was leaked, featuring an early iteration of "Eulogy" previously heard in a [[Everything_Will_Be_Alright_in_the_End_-_Teasers#10._EWBAITE_10_.22Eulogy_For_A_Rock_Band.22|teaser video]] for the album.<ref name="ewbaite10" /> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | ||