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| Type = demo | | Type = demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Released = December 18, 2007 | | Released = [[December 18]], [[2007]] | ||
| Recorded = 2007 | | Recorded = [[2007]] | ||
| Length = 4:17 | | Length = 4:17 | ||
| Label = Geffen | | Label = Geffen | ||
| Writer = Rivers Cuomo | | Writer = Rivers Cuomo | ||
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| Status = Released | | Status = Released | ||
| LastFM link = [http://play.last.fm/preview/112588939.mp3 Officially released demo] | | LastFM link = [http://play.last.fm/preview/112588939.mp3 Officially released demo] | ||
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===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
* ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' ( | * ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2007) | ||
* ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' ( | * ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Alone liner notes|For Weezer's sixth album, I was feeling extremely adventurous again. I wrote an epic, 6-minute symphonic type of art song called "[[Dreamin'|Daydreamer]]". After I wrote the song, though, I reversed myself again, deciding to write a straight-ahead, nothing-fancy, middle-of-the-road, urban pop type of song. I took the chords from a Mario hit, fired up the drum machine and the synth pads, and wrote "This is the Way". | |||
{{Alone liner notes|For Weezer's sixth album, I was feeling extremely adventurous again. I wrote an epic, 6-minute symphonic type of art song called "Daydreamer". After I wrote the song, though, I reversed myself again, deciding to write a straight-ahead, nothing-fancy, middle-of-the-road, urban pop type of song. I took the chords from a Mario hit, fired up the drum machine and the synth pads, and wrote "This is the Way". | |||
When it camed time for Weezer to vote on songs to record for the album, I submitted both "Daydreamer" and "This is the Way" but I secretly preferred "Daydreamer" because it was so bold, weird, and gigantic. | When it camed time for Weezer to vote on songs to record for the album, I submitted both "Daydreamer" and "This is the Way" but I secretly preferred "Daydreamer" because it was so bold, weird, and gigantic. | ||
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I called a meeting and told the guys that it was important to me that "Daydreamer" got on the record. They felt excitement and so they consented. "This is the Way" got cut from the list. Everyone around us, though, was saying "'This is the Way' is the bomb--you should really do that song." Scott, in particular was like, "I want to sing that song. I can own it." I definitely loved the song, too, but it was just too straightforward for what I wanted to do at the time. Thankfully, I have a way to get the song out now, here on this demo compilation. | I called a meeting and told the guys that it was important to me that "Daydreamer" got on the record. They felt excitement and so they consented. "This is the Way" got cut from the list. Everyone around us, though, was saying "'This is the Way' is the bomb--you should really do that song." Scott, in particular was like, "I want to sing that song. I can own it." I definitely loved the song, too, but it was just too straightforward for what I wanted to do at the time. Thankfully, I have a way to get the song out now, here on this demo compilation. | ||
And maybe "This is the Way" will end up on Weezer album number | And maybe "This is the Way" will end up on Weezer album number 7. We'll see.|''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' [[Alone liner notes|liner notes]]}} | ||
Cuomo lifted the chords for "This Is the Way" from the song "[[Wikipedia:Let Me Love You (Mario song)|Let Me Love You]]" by mononymous R&B singer [[Wikipedia:Mario (singer)|Mario]]. "This is the Way" was previously unheard prior to the release of ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo|Alone]]''. Some of the song's verse melody appears to have been repurposed for the song "[[I See Colors]]" off of ''[[The Space Between Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''. "This Is the Way" also appeared on the digital demo compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' in [[2020]]. This version is the same recording, albeit with a slightly later fade-out. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|This Is the Way|This is the Way.mp3|[[2007]]||4:36|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|Original demo}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|This Is the Way||[[2007]]||4:17|''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''|Slightly shortened edit of "<samp>This is the Way.mp3</samp>" (earlier fade-out)}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Personnel== | |||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – keyboards, lead guitar, lead vocals, percussion, bass guitar, backing vocals | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube>DrKMTt4fLPU</youtube> | <youtube>DrKMTt4fLPU</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>This is the way baby | <poem>This is the way baby | ||
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Learn a lesson that is true | Learn a lesson that is true | ||
It's only me | It's only me | ||
And you from now on | And you from now on | ||
And this is the way | |||
That a man loves his lady | |||
He does what he can | |||
And he never tells her "maybe"</poem> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=9 Teenage Victory Songs entry for "This Is the Way"] | * [http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=9 Teenage Victory Songs entry for "This Is the Way"] | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Songs on Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]] | ||
[[Category:Alone series]] | [[Category:Alone series]] | ||