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| Type = album | | Type = album | ||
| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
| Released = May 14, 2002 | | Released = [[May 14]], [[2002]] | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = | ||
| Length = 3: | | Length = 3:08 | ||
| Label = Geffen | | Label = Geffen | ||
| Writer = Rivers Cuomo | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| RC# = 495 | | RC# = 495 | ||
| COR# = 188 | | COR# = 188 | ||
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| Lower caption = Cover for Keep Fishin' (UK Retail CD #2) single | | Lower caption = Cover for Keep Fishin' (UK Retail CD #2) single | ||
}} | }} | ||
| RC's last song = "Doin' Business"<br>(RC# 494) | | RC's last song = "[[Doin' Business]]"<br>(RC# 494) | ||
| This RC song = "Slob"<br>(RC# 495) | | This RC song = "Slob"<br>(RC# 495) | ||
| RC's next song = "I Screwed My Best Friend"<br>(RC# 496) | | RC's next song = "[[I Screwed My Best Friend]]"<br>(RC# 496) | ||
| Album = Maladroit | | Album = Maladroit | ||
| Album type = studio | | Album type = studio | ||
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}} | }} | ||
"'''Slob'''" is the sixth track on ''[[Maladroit]]''. | "'''Slob'''" is the sixth track on ''[[Maladroit]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Maladroit]]'' | *''[[Maladroit]]'' (2002) | ||
*[[Keep Fishin']] (UK | *"[[Keep Fishin']]" (Live, UK "CD2", 2002) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
<blockquote>{{Interviewer|GW|The song "Slob" reflects a really bleak state of mind. Do you frequently feel a sense of desperation?}} | <blockquote>{{Interviewer|GW|The song "Slob" reflects a really bleak state of mind. Do you frequently feel a sense of desperation?}} | ||
{{Rivers|That kind of song was written in a very emotionally extreme moment. It's not often that I feel that way. Maybe once a week or something I'll get overwhelmed by a situation in my life and write a song about it. If I were to put all those songs on an album you'd think I have a really bleak life, or I'm an emotional wreck or something. But, really, I only feel that way for an hour or two. Most of the time I'm a pretty cool character.}}</blockquote> | {{Rivers|That kind of song was written in a very emotionally extreme moment. It's not often that I feel that way. Maybe once a week or something I'll get overwhelmed by a situation in my life and write a song about it. If I were to put all those songs on an album you'd think I have a really bleak life, or I'm an emotional wreck or something. But, really, I only feel that way for an hour or two. Most of the time I'm a pretty cool character.}}</blockquote> | ||
Weezer performed "Slob" multiple times at [[Summer 2000 Tour|concerts throughout the summer]] of [[2000]] | :::—''[[Guitar World interview with Rivers Cuomo - May 2002|Guitar World]]'' interview<ref name="guitarworld">Beaujour, Tom. "Odder Than Hell" ''Guitar World''. May 2002. [[Guitar World interview with Rivers Cuomo - May 2002|Weezerpedia mirror.]]</ref> | ||
"Slob" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2000]]. The song is first known to have been demoed by [[Weezer]] at Cole Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles in July of the same year.<ref name="rechist12">[[Recording History - Page 12|Weezer Recording History - Page 12]]</ref> The song was subsequently debuted live, as one of what would later be dubbed the "[[Summer Songs of 2000]]" (or "SS2K"). A live soundboard recording of the song performed [[Weezer concert: 07/30/2000|at The Troubadour]] on [[July 30]], [[2000]] was released to fans online as part of a semi-official [[Summer_Songs_of_2000|SS2K album]] by Rivers Cuomo on [[November 11]], [[2001]]. | |||
At the urging of fans, "Slob" was revived in [[2002]] for inclusion on Weezer's next album, ''[[Maladroit]]''. Said Cuomo in a [[Guitar World interview with Rivers Cuomo - May 2002|2002 interview with ''Guitar World'']], "I never would have thought to put the song "Slob" on the record if the fans did not request it."<ref name="guitarworld" /> | |||
Weezer performed "Slob" multiple times at [[Summer 2000 Tour|concerts throughout the summer]] of [[2000]], though the song was only performed three times while touring in support of ''[[Maladroit]]'', and only [[Japan World Cup Tour|in Japan]]. A live recording of the song from a concert in Japan appeared as a [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side]] on the "CD2" single release of "[[Keep Fishin']]" in the UK. The song was performed at a number of shows on the [[Make Believe Tour|''Make Believe'' Tour]] in [[2005]] before being retired by the band. However, [[Rivers Cuomo]] performed the song at [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 05/09/2018|a solo acoustic concert]] in [[2018]]. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob||July [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12" />|Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob|WEEZER-2000-summer-05_Slob_188.mp3|[[July 30]], [[2000]]|[[Weezer concert: 07/30/2000|The Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA]]|3:03|''[[Summer Songs 2000]]'' ("album")|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob|WEEZER-2002-01-10_01Slob_188.mp3|[[January 10]], [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:33|Released on [[weezer.com]]|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob||December [[2001]]—February [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:10|''[[Songs from the Forthcoming "Maladroit"]]''|BJM #11946}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob||December [[2001]]—February [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:10|''[[Songs from the Forthcoming "Maladroit"]]''|LIGHTING HILL/11982}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob||December [[2001]]—February [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:09|''[[Songs from the Forthcoming "Maladroit"]]''|LIGHTNING HILL 12020}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob||December [[2001]]—February [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:10|''[[Maladroit]]'' (unmastered German promo)|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob||December [[2001]]—February [[2002]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:08|''[[Maladroit]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Slob||[[May 20]], [[2002]]|[[Weezer concert: 05/20/2002|Club Quattro, Hiroshima, Japan]]|3:31|"[[Keep Fishin']]" (United Kingdom, "CD2")|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | ||
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*[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar | *[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar | ||
==Live performances== | ==Live performances== | ||
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*[[Weezer concert: 06/22/2000]] | *[[Weezer concert: 06/22/2000]] | ||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/03/2000]] | *[[Weezer concert: 07/03/2000]] | ||
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*[[Weezer concert: 07/23/2000]] | *[[Weezer concert: 07/23/2000]] | ||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/25/2000]] | *[[Weezer concert: 07/25/2000]] | ||
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*[[Weezer concert: 07/26/2000]] | *[[Weezer concert: 07/26/2000]] | ||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/28/2000]] | *[[Weezer concert: 07/28/2000]] | ||
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*[[Weezer concert: 05/18/2002]] | *[[Weezer concert: 05/18/2002]] | ||
*[[Weezer concert: 05/20/2002]] | *[[Weezer concert: 05/20/2002]] | ||
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*[[Weezer concert: 05/22/2002]] | *[[Weezer concert: 05/22/2002]] | ||
*[[Weezer concert: 04/29/2005]] | *[[Weezer concert: 04/29/2005]] | ||
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*[[Weezer concert: 06/14/2005]] | *[[Weezer concert: 06/14/2005]] | ||
*[[Weezer concert: 06/15/2005]] | *[[Weezer concert: 06/15/2005]] | ||
|} | |||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
{{VCD liner notes|Shot on the beach in Barcelona, Spain and in a (cold!) dressing room somewhere else in Spain, plus live stuff mixed in. Originally [[Rivers]] was supposed to have an electric guitar on the beach, but when we never had time to go back down to the beach and re-shoot, the acoustic became "it."}} | |||
In 2003, [[Karl Koch]] assembled a music video for the song out of prerecorded footage. The video contains | In 2003, [[Karl Koch]] assembled a music video for the song out of prerecorded footage. The video contains various live footage of [[Rivers Cuomo]] playing the song. Notably, the video also contains footage of the [[Rivers Correspondence Board]], which Cuomo frequented during the ''Maladroit'' album cycle. | ||
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<youtube>f6YaasY0GTI</youtube> | <youtube>f6YaasY0GTI</youtube> | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube>6Q_kG-ckM5U</youtube> | <youtube>6Q_kG-ckM5U</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>Leave me alone | <poem>Leave me alone | ||
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Get yourself a job | Get yourself a job | ||
You're living a dream | You're living a dream | ||
Don't you be a slob | Don't you be a slob | ||
Slob, slob | |||
Waiting for little clues to appear | Waiting for little clues to appear | ||
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Get yourself a job | Get yourself a job | ||
You're living a dream | You're living a dream | ||
Don't you be a slob | Don't you be a slob | ||
Slob, slob</poem> | |||
==See | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category: Weezer songs]] | {{References list}} | ||
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category:Songs on Maladroit]] | [[Category:Songs on Maladroit]] | ||
[[Category:Self-produced Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Self-produced Weezer songs]] | ||
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[[Category:Music videos directed by Karl Koch]] | [[Category:Music videos directed by Karl Koch]] | ||
[[Category:Guitar solos by Brian Bell]] | [[Category:Guitar solos by Brian Bell]] | ||
[[Category:Catalog O' Riffs]] | |||