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{{Rivers Cuomo quote|The Beatles suck.|sarcastically, during an<br>[[AOL UK chat with Weezer - July 2, 2001|AOL-sponsored chat with fans in July 2001]]}} | |||
In early [[1993]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] would record several covers of several Beatles songs, such as "Lady Madonna", "She's Leaving Home", "A Day in the Life", and "Because". Cuomo recorded a cover of the Beatles song "[[If I Fell]]" on 8-track tape during April 1993; this recording was made available for purchase on the demo storefront of [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 11]], [[2020]]. Weezer would then cover the song live on [[Weezer concert: 04/29/1993|April 29, 1993]], for the first and only time. The full live performance was taped by [[Karl Koch]] and the performance was made available to fans on [[weezer.com]] around Christmas [[2002]]. On [[June 7]], 1993, at [[Recording History - Page 4#6.2F7.2F93 show at Club Lingerie.2C Hollywood Taped off the mixing board|Club Lingerie, Hollywood]], Weezer performed "Baby, You're a Rich Man" as an "mutated cover" mixed with the Doobie Brothers song "China Grove". | In early [[1993]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] would record several covers of several Beatles songs, such as "Lady Madonna", "She's Leaving Home", "A Day in the Life", and "Because". Cuomo recorded a cover of the Beatles song "[[If I Fell]]" on 8-track tape during April 1993; this recording was made available for purchase on the demo storefront of [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 11]], [[2020]]. Weezer would then cover the song live on [[Weezer concert: 04/29/1993|April 29, 1993]], for the first and only time. The full live performance was taped by [[Karl Koch]] and the performance was made available to fans on [[weezer.com]] around Christmas [[2002]]. On [[June 7]], 1993, at [[Recording History - Page 4#6.2F7.2F93 show at Club Lingerie.2C Hollywood Taped off the mixing board|Club Lingerie, Hollywood]], Weezer performed "Baby, You're a Rich Man" as an "mutated cover" mixed with the Doobie Brothers song "China Grove". | ||