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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] first hinted that he was learning "Paranoid Android" in [https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/60039594707648512 a tweet] from [[April 18]], [[2011]] in which he simply said "''Time to learn Radiohead's "Paranoid Android."''". Weezer's cover of the song was released as a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nTo8rjo-lM on YouTube] on [[May 27]]. The song was performed live for the first time on the same day at [[Weezer concert: 05/27/2011 - Atlantic City, NJ|a concert in Atlantic City, NJ]]. Weezer continued to play the song live at numerous concerts throughout the year, with it's most recent performance being on [[Weezer concert: 01/19/2012 - The Weezer Cruise|the Lido Deck]] during [[The Weezer Cruise]] on [[January 19]], [[2012]]. | [[Rivers Cuomo]] first hinted that he was learning "Paranoid Android" in [https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/60039594707648512 a tweet] from [[April 18]], [[2011]] in which he simply said "''Time to learn Radiohead's "Paranoid Android."''". Weezer's cover of the song was released as a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nTo8rjo-lM on YouTube] on [[May 27]]. The song was performed live for the first time on the same day at [[Weezer concert: 05/27/2011 - Atlantic City, NJ|a concert in Atlantic City, NJ]]. Weezer continued to play the song live at numerous concerts throughout the year, with it's most recent performance being on [[Weezer concert: 01/19/2012 - The Weezer Cruise|the Lido Deck]] during [[The Weezer Cruise]] on [[January 19]], [[2012]]. | ||
Cuomo first heard the song in [[1997]] while on tour with [[No Doubt]]. According to Cuomo, “And then one day on the tour bus, the guys are like, ‘Check it out. It's the new Radiohead single…’ They turned on MTV and it was ‘Paranoid Android.’ It completely obliterated me." <ref>Cingrana, Joe (January 29, 2021). [https://www.audacy.com/national/music/rivers-cuomo-was-obliterated-by-radioheads-1997-album Rivers Cuomo reveals he was 'completely obliterated' by Radiohead's 'OK Computer']. ''Audacy''. Retrieved July 17, 2022.</ref> | |||
The song is referenced directly in the lyrics of "[[Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori]]". | The song is referenced directly in the lyrics of "[[Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori]]". | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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God loves his children | God loves his children | ||
God loves his children, yeah</poem> | God loves his children, yeah</poem> | ||
==References== | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer cover songs]] | *[[List of Weezer cover songs]] | ||