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{{#tag:span style="color:#990000"|''Rivers:}} It's actually me saying "Hey," and then I sped it up an octave. It actually sounds like a Timbaland kind of production, he has little baby crying type of sounds.}} | {{#tag:span style="color:#990000"|''Rivers:}} It's actually me saying "Hey," and then I sped it up an octave. It actually sounds like a Timbaland kind of production, he has little baby crying type of sounds.}} | ||
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"Pork and Beans" was not originally a part of ''The Red Album''. The song was written by [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] after a meeting with [[Geffen Records]] that left him fuming. | "Pork and Beans" was not originally a part of ''The Red Album''. The song was written by [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] after a meeting with [[Geffen Records]] that left him fuming. In the meeting, label suits told Cuomo that the album was too slow and needed more upbeat, commercial material, which upset the band. Cuomo then wrote what [[Brian Bell]] would later call "a kickass song"{{citation needed}} based on a demo he'd written in 1998 entitled "[[Wan and Wistful Riff]]." This demo went unheard by fans until Cuomo began self-releasing demos on his personal website in 2020. Cuomo reworked the song's riff and melody into a new song, adding a new chorus and bridge. The lyrics of the song explain his point of view of the meeting with the label. Supposedly, he'd paraphrased actual quotes of the label representatives. Ironically, "Pork and Beans" would go on to become one of Weezer's biggest hits ever. Pork and Beans is the first Weezer single ever to lack a guitar solo. | ||
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