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| Next single = "[[Feels Like Summer]]"<br>(2017) | | Next single = "[[Feels Like Summer]]"<br>(2017) | ||
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"The Last Days of Summer" is a [[ | "'''The Last Days of Summer'''" is a single by [[Weezer]], released exclusively as a 7"-vinyl for members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]] in [[2016]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The | "The Last Days of Summer" was recorded during the sessions for Weezer's eponymous [[2016]] album (''[[Weezer (The White Album)|The White Album]]''). It is the second [[Weezer Fan Club]]-exclusive 7"-vinyl single, following the [[2015]] release "[[Everybody Needs Salvation]]." It is, to date, the only Fan Club single to feature a [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side]]. The B-side, "[[Prom Night]]," previously appeared on the Japanese release of ''The White Album''. | ||
The lyric "Defeated by our own technology" appears to have originated as early as [[2010]].<ref>@RiversCuomo. "Defeated by my own technology." ''Twitter''. 17 Aug 2010. https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/21413910597 [[:File:Defeatedtechnology.png|Screenshot]]</ref> Elements of the song also appeared in the Rivers Cuomo demo "[[There's Good News and Bad News]]," also from [[2015]]. | |||
Longtime Weezer photographer [[Sean Murphy]] is erroneously credited as "Shawn Murphy" on the single’s sleeve. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Fucked Up]]|Fucked Up 2 The Last Days Of Summer @112.mp3|?||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days Of Summer 3 verses.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days Of Summer 7 hot pepper.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days Of Summer 8 the bells.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days Of Summer 9 good news.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days Of Summer 11 new kids.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days Of Summer 12 new kids bells.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days Of Summer 18 doot-doo four chords.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days Of Summer 23 unbelievable.mp3 |[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days of Summer 24 rocket ship.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Last Days of Summer|Last Days of Summer 28 guitar solo.mp3|[[2015]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|The Last Days of Summer||[[2015]]—[[2016]]| | |||
*Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*The Lair, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Studio X, Sonoma, CA | |||
*United Recording, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*The Village, Los Angeles, CA|2:35|"The Last Days of Summer"|7"-vinyl single}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] — guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] — guitar, lead vocals | ||
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*[[Sean Murphy]] — photography | *[[Sean Murphy]] — photography | ||
*[[Karl Koch]] — art direction | *[[Karl Koch]] — art direction | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>It's fun to go sans air-conditioning | <poem>It's fun to go sans air-conditioning | ||
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Defeated by our own technology | Defeated by our own technology | ||
We don't need birth control | We don't need birth control | ||
Our kids would wear headphones | Our kids would wear headphones anyway | ||
The last days of summer | The last days of summer | ||
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Hear the rumbling thunder | Hear the rumbling thunder | ||
It's the last days of summer | It's the last days of summer | ||
And we'll wrestle with a stranger by the fire | And we'll wrestle with a stranger by the fire | ||
Sip some cocoa, keep your spirits high | Sip some cocoa, keep your spirits high | ||
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We're changing like New England countryside | We're changing like New England countryside | ||
Our trees have intertwined | Our trees have intertwined | ||
You're my | You're my black labrador once more | ||
We manage to pull out Excalibur | We manage to pull out Excalibur | ||
I'll be your sorcerer | I'll be your sorcerer | ||
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Hear the rumbling thunder | Hear the rumbling thunder | ||
It's the last days of summer | It's the last days of summer | ||
And we'll wrestle with a stranger by the fire | And we'll wrestle with a stranger by the fire | ||
Sip some cocoa, keep your spirits high | Sip some cocoa, keep your spirits high | ||
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The last days of summer | The last days of summer | ||
The last days of summer | The last days of summer | ||
Pack up the | Pack up the Highlander | ||
The last days of summer</poem> | The last days of summer</poem> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||