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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Serendipity | | Name = Serendipity | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Riverscuomo aloneviii.jpg | ||
| Type = Demo | | Type = Demo | ||
| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
| Album = | | Album = Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years | ||
| Released = | | Released = | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = [[2001]]—[[2002]] | ||
| Length = | | Length = | ||
| Format = MP3 | | Format = MP3 | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
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| COR# = 325 | | COR# = 325 | ||
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
| Status = | | Status = Demos circulating | ||
| RC's last song = | | RC's last song = "[[Down by the Tree]]"<br>(RC# 651, 652, 653, 654) | ||
| This RC song = | | This RC song = "Serendipity"<br>(RC# 655) | ||
| RC's next song = | | RC's next song = "[[You Don't Love Me]]"<br>(RC# 656) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Serendipity''' (also known | "'''Serendipity'''" (also known as "'''Serendipitous Jam'''", "'''C'mon Let’s Go'''", and "'''It’s Only Rock and Roll'''") is a song demoed by [[Weezer]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*Released on [[weezer.com]] | |||
*''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Serendipity" was demoed multiple times at [[Cello Studios]] in December [[2001]] and January [[2002]] during [[Maladroit demos| | {{Small quote box|"dipity kicks [[Purification of Water|pows]] ass"|[[Rivers Cuomo]], [[AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo excerpts - January 11, 2002|AOL Instant Messenger correspondence]], [[January 11]], [[2002]]}} | ||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] recorded the initial demo, "It's Only Rock and Roll," to an Olympus handheld digital recorder in [[2001]].<ref>''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]</ref><ref>"Maladroit Preview 2021-12-27 14.38.mp3" ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''</ref> "Serendipitous Jam"/"Serendipity" was demoed multiple times at [[Cello Studios]] in December [[2001]] and January [[2002]] during [[Maladroit demos|recording sessions]] for the band's fourth album, ''[[Maladroit]]''. These demos were released on [[weezer.com]]. The song was briefly revisited during [[Album 5 demos|early demo sessions]] for the band's then-planned [[Make Believe|fifth album]] on [[March 6]], [[2002]], but may not have been recorded. | |||
Cuomo's original demos were released in [[2020]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''. | |||
==Known recordings== | ==Known recordings== | ||
{| | {{Known recordings header}} | ||
| | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|It's Only Rock and Roll|325 It's Only Rock and Roll.mp3|[[2001]]||2:08|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''|}} | ||
| | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|It's Only Rock and Roll|325.2 It's Only Rock n Roll.mp3|[[2001]]||1:42|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''|}} | ||
| | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Serendipitous Jam|WEEZER-2001-12-22_12Serendipitous_Jam_325.mp3|[[December 22]], [[2001]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|1:43|Released on [[weezer.com]]|}} | ||
| | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Serendipity|WEEZER-2002-01-09_01Serendipity_325.mp3|[[January 9]], [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|1:26|Released on [[weezer.com]]|}} | ||
| | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Serendipity|WEEZER-2002-01-10_06Serendipity_325.mp3|[[January 10]], [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|1:29|Released on [[weezer.com]]|}} | ||
| | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Serendipity|WEEZER-2002-01-11_05Serendipity_325.mp3|[[January 11]], [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|1:33|Released on [[weezer.com]]|}} | ||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Serendipity||[[March 6]], [[2002]]<ref>[[Recording History - Page 14|Weezer Recording History - Page 14]]</ref>|Westlake Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||Possibly not recorded}} | |||
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==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube>Pj2-BopDaKU</youtube> | <youtube>Pj2-BopDaKU</youtube> | ||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>Gimme some lovin’ | <poem>Gimme some lovin’ | ||
Gimme | Gimme your lovin’ | ||
Gimme | Gimme that lovin’ | ||
I said right now | I said right now | ||
You better do that | You better do that | ||
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Told you that I want to | Told you that I want to | ||
Told you that I want to | Told you that I want to | ||
Told you that I have | Told you that I have you | ||
I said right now | I said right now | ||
You better do that | You better do that | ||
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If it’s only rock and roll | If it’s only rock and roll | ||
How come music’s in my soul? | How come music’s in my soul? | ||
Turn it on | Turn it on, c'mon let’s go | ||
Yeah, right now | |||
Yeah right now | |||
Yeah | Yeah | ||
If it’s only rock and roll | If it’s only rock and roll | ||
How come music’s in my soul? | How come music’s in my soul? | ||
Turn it | Turn it on, c'mon let’s go | ||
Yeah, right now | |||
Yeah right now | Right now</poem> | ||
Right now </poem> | |||
==See | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category:Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
{{References list}} | |||
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]] | |||