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"Blue Dream" is a reworking of the [[2010]] [[Rivers Cuomo]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]", a conceptual reworking of the previous demos "[[Now or Later]]" and "[[Stronger]]." Cuomo first teased a short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" in a video on his YouTube channel on [[January 18]], [[2011]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "2011-01-18" Originally uploaded to ''YouTube'', 18 January 2011. Reuploaded by Weezer B-Sides, 4 April 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5TwLwJUQw</ref> The song title "Blue Dream" was first revealed to be a track for ''Van Weezer'' in an article from the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player''.<ref>Bienstock, Richard. "Unchained: Rivers Cuomo Let's the Shred-Obsessed Kid Inside Him Break Free on ''Van Weezer'', a Record That's Half Blue Album, Half '80s Metal." ''Guitar Player''. June 2020</ref> The article confirmed that the song featured a 'note-for-note cribbing of [[Randy Rhoads]]' iconic riff from {{PN|Ozzy Osbourne}} "Crazy Train."' According to Cuomo, [[Crush Management]] founder and manager [[Jonathan Daniel]] suggested that the sampling of "Crazy Train."<ref>''Guitar World''. July 2021.</ref> On [[August 21]], [[2020]], Cuomo confirmed "Blue Dream" to be a reworking of the [[2011]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]."<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. 21 August 2020. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Riverchat_botb.jpg</ref>

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