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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Image:Havesomemoresprite.jpg|left|baseline|thumb|300px|Scene from ''[[The Space Between]]'']]The lyric "Have some more Sprite" was lifted by [[Rivers Cuomo]] from the script of the [[2021]] film ''[[The Space Between]]'' (written by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017620/ Will Aldis]), wherein the character Micky Adams ([[Wikipedia:Kelsey Grammer|Kelsey Grammer]]) encourages Charlie Porter (Jackson White) to "have some more 'Sprite'" (actually a beverage laced with drugs). Cuomo, who sometimes employs the use of [[Wikipedia:Python (programming language)|Python]] scripting to choose lyrics,<ref>Heater, Brian. "Rockstar programmer: Rivers Cuomo finds meaning in coding" ''TechCrunch+'' 25 November 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/rock-star-programmer-rivers-cuomo-finds-meaning-in-coding/</ref> confirmed the connection in December of 2021, telling a fan, "I put the movie script into my machine. And when I was writing Piece of Cake, it suggested that line. I chose it without remembering where it came from."<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 28 December 2021. [[:File:Riverscuomo-discord-sprite.png]]</ref> Cuomo has stated that the "Betty" mentioned in the lyrics was a nonagenarian neighbor who moved away.<ref>[[Riverchat]] discussion; 2021. [[:File:Riverchat pieceofcake.png]]</ref><br clear=all> | [[Image:Havesomemoresprite.jpg|left|baseline|thumb|300px|Scene from ''[[The Space Between]]'']]The lyric "Have some more Sprite" was lifted by [[Rivers Cuomo]] from the script of the [[2021]] film ''[[The Space Between]]'' (written by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017620/ Will Aldis]), wherein the character Micky Adams ([[Wikipedia:Kelsey Grammer|Kelsey Grammer]]) encourages Charlie Porter (Jackson White) to "have some more 'Sprite'" (actually a beverage laced with drugs). Cuomo, who sometimes employs the use of [[Wikipedia:Python (programming language)|Python]] scripting to choose lyrics,<ref>Heater, Brian. "Rockstar programmer: Rivers Cuomo finds meaning in coding" ''TechCrunch+'' 25 November 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/rock-star-programmer-rivers-cuomo-finds-meaning-in-coding/</ref> confirmed the connection in December of 2021, telling a fan, "I put the movie script into my machine. And when I was writing Piece of Cake, it suggested that line. I chose it without remembering where it came from."<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 28 December 2021. [[:File:Riverscuomo-discord-sprite.png]]</ref> Cuomo has stated that the "Betty" mentioned in the lyrics was a nonagenarian neighbor who moved away.<ref>[[Riverchat]] discussion; 2021. [[:File:Riverchat pieceofcake.png]]</ref><br clear=all> | ||
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==Known recordings== | |||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||aku melody 1-1#-2sus--.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||0:45|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Piece of Cake|Piece of Cake 7 @79 -3.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Piece of Cake|Piece of Cake 10 talky @82 +1.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Piece of Cake|Piece of Cake 11 @82 -3.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Piece of Cake|piece of cake 12 zip @82 +0.mp3 |[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Piece of Cake|Piece of Cake 13 long verse melo @84 +2.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Piece of Cake|Piece of Cake 19 v3 short chorus @82 +0.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Piece of Cake|Piece of Cake 21 prod @83 +0.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]](?)|Piece of Cake|PieceofCake Matty Ref 3 Alt LIM.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]](?)|Piece of Cake|PieceofCake Matty Ref 7 LIM.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]](?)|Piece of Cake|PieceofCake Matty Ref 8 Alt LIM.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Piece of Cake||[[2018]]| | |||
*United Recording, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Federal Prism Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:17|''[[Weezer (The Black Album)]]''|}} | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||