Let's Go to the Mall

"Let's Go to the Mall"
"Let's Go to the Mall"
Demo by Patrick Wilson
from the EP Suburban Advantage
Released	1994
Recorded	Spring 1994
Length	3:52
Songwriter(s)	Patrick Wilson
Status	Released
Suburban Advantage track listing
	7 tracks "Let's Go to the Mall"; "I Wouldn't Say It"; "New Wave Lullabye"; "If You Move Away"; "Unfamiliar"; "Illegitimus Non Carbarorundom"; "Bonus Track";
This song is part of the "If I Had My Way" lineage of songs "Let's Go to the Mall" (1994); "If I Had My Way" (2005);
This song is part of the "You Know I'd Like..." lineage of songs "Let's Go to the Mall" (1994); "B.S." (1999); "You Know I'd Like..." (2001);

"Let's Go to the Mall" is a song by Patrick Wilson. It is the first track on his 1994 demo EP Suburban Advantage.

Appearances

Suburban Advantage (demo)

Overview

"Let's Go to the Mall" was demoed by Wilson in Spring 1994 on an 8-track recorder, while Weezer was taking a break from their tour for Weezer (The Blue Album).^[1] It was included on the Suburban Advantage demo EP later that year. It was leaked to fans alongside the rest of the demo in the late '90s.

The demo's guitar riff was repurposed for the Special Goodness song "B.S.". Later, the demo was adapted into the unreleased Special Goodness song "If I Had My Way", intended for the band's abandoned 2005 album.

Lyrics

Everywhere I go
Something's in my face
Asking me to make a choice
Why is this so?

Manufacturers
In my living space
Showing me why theirs is best
Why is this so?

If I had my way
I'd turn them all away
Am I wrong for wanting this?

Turn on the TV
That's a big mistake
But it seems this people watch
Why is this so?

Let's go to the mall
Buy some overpriced
Clothes made by some overworked
Sweatshop labor

If I had my way
I'd turn them all away
Am I wrong for wanting this?

I feel like I'm at
A big carnival
Every attraction designed
To rid me of a
"Why is this the case today?"

If I had my way
I'd turn them all away
Am I wrong for wanting this?

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Patrick Wilson	Let's Go to the Mall		Spring 1994		3:39	Suburban Advantage

References

↑ Karl Koch. Recording History. Archived from the original on Weezerpedia at "late Spring 1994: the Suburban Advantage "ep" demo"

[RH-1] Karl Koch. Recording History. Archived from the original on Weezerpedia at "late Spring 1994: the Suburban Advantage "ep" demo"

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