Perfect Situation: Difference between revisions

{{Quote box|[[Image:Mbcommentaryphoto.png]]|'''Pat:''' It sounds like it could have been on the Green Album. I think of it as, like, classic Weezer.<br>'''Scott:''' To me it’s just an epic drama, and I felt really strong about it being on the album. The lyrics of the first verse always just really killed me, so I really pushed hard for that song to make the record.<br>'''Brian:''' Yeah, I like it lyrically a lot: “Here’s the pitch, slow and straight”, bla bla bla bla bla bla bla, and yeah, like Pat said, it’s classic Weezer Green Album style, a lot of downstrokes, the big intro, it could have gone on that album. But I think it’s more than that now—it’s uh, you know, Green Plus!<br>'''Rivers:''' I sincerely hope that it’s the last song I write about being frustrated and angry with myself for being shy…because I’ve written way too many of those songs already.|Band commentary|[[Recording History - Page 15|Weezer Recording History]]<ref>[[Recording History - Page 15|Weezer Recording History - Page 15]]. Original source archived by ''Wayback Machine'': https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113823/http://www.weezer.com/info/recording/WeezRecHist15.htm</ref>}}

According to the [[Catalog O' Riffs]], "Perfect Situation" was initially written around July of [[2002]]. The song is first known to have been demoed as a band at S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles on [[September 15]], [[2002]], with [[Josh Freese]] sitting in on drums. The song continued to be demoed at S.I.R. throughout the year, and was also demoed at Swing House Rehearsal & Recording in late [[2003]]. The song was included in [[Rivers Cuomo]]'s "B-List" during pre-production on ''Make Believe'', and did not appear on album's Amazon.com store page in the months prior to the album's release.<ref>[[:File:Amazon_screenshot_(1).jpg]]</ref>