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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Trainwrecks" was the first song [[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote following an incident in which his tour bus crashed during [[Weezer]]'s ''[[Raditude Tour]]'' in December [[2009]],<ref>Gaston, Peter "Q&A: Rivers Cuomo of Weezer" ''SPIN''. 10 August 2010. https://www.spin.com/2010/08/qa-rivers-cuomo-weezer/</ref> in which Cuomo sustained five cracked ribs and internal bleeding.<ref>Vallejos, Tamara. "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Recovers from Bus Crash" ''SPIN''. 15 January 2010. https://www.spin.com/2010/01/weezers-rivers-cuomo-recovers-bus-crash/</ref> Cuomo co-wrote the song with songwriter [[Desmond Child]], who also performed piano on the song. According to Cuomo (via the website [[Riverchat]]), Child likened Cuomo to the character of [[Wikipedia:Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]] from Shakespeare's ''[[Wikipedia:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', and that "Trainwrecks" was written with Cuomo in mind as Puck.<ref>[[:File:Riverchat_20200727-153156.png]]</ref><ref>[[:File:Riverchat_20200727-153126.jpg]]</ref> | "Trainwrecks" was the first song [[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote following an incident in which his tour bus crashed during [[Weezer]]'s ''[[Raditude Tour]]'' in December [[2009]],<ref>Gaston, Peter "Q&A: Rivers Cuomo of Weezer" ''SPIN''. 10 August 2010. https://www.spin.com/2010/08/qa-rivers-cuomo-weezer/</ref> in which Cuomo sustained five cracked ribs and internal bleeding.<ref>Vallejos, Tamara. "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Recovers from Bus Crash" ''SPIN''. 15 January 2010. https://www.spin.com/2010/01/weezers-rivers-cuomo-recovers-bus-crash/</ref> Cuomo co-wrote the song with songwriter [[Desmond Child]], who also performed piano on the song. According to Cuomo (via the website [[Riverchat]]), Child likened Cuomo to the character of [[Wikipedia:Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]] from Shakespeare's ''[[Wikipedia:A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', and that "Trainwrecks" was written with Cuomo in mind as Puck.<ref>[[:File:Riverchat_20200727-153156.png]]</ref><ref>[[:File:Riverchat_20200727-153126.jpg]]</ref> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] — lead vocals, guitar | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] — lead vocals, guitar | ||
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That's the story of our lives | That's the story of our lives | ||
We are trainwrecks</poem> | We are trainwrecks</poem> | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Trainwrecks|- TRAINWRECK Piano.mp3|?||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Trainwrecks||[[2010]]| | |||
*Zeitgeist Studios, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Red Bull Studios, Santa Monica, CA | |||
*The Village, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Threshold Sound & Vision, Santa Monica, CA | |||
*Hurley Studios, Costa Mesa, CA|3:21|''[[Hurley]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||