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| Writer = Rivers Cuomo, Brendon Urie | | Writer = Rivers Cuomo, Brendon Urie, Spencer Smith | ||
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| Status = Unreleased | | Status = Unreleased | ||
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"'''Freckles'''" is a demo written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] with [[Panic! at the Disco]] frontman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendon_Urie Brendon Urie]. | "'''Freckles'''" is a demo written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] with [[Panic! at the Disco]] frontman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendon_Urie Brendon Urie] and drummer Spencer Smith. The song is not currently in circulation, but has been described by people who have heard it. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Freckles" was written in [[2010]] after producer [[Butch Walker]] introduced Urie and Smith to Cuomo, who had recently worked with Walker on ''[[Raditude]]''.<ref name="CHORUSFM">Bautts, Jonathan. "Interview: Spencer Smith of Panic! at the Disco" ''chorus.fm''. 11 April 2011. https://chorus.fm/features/interviews/spencer-smith-of-panic-at-the-disco/</ref><ref name="PRESSPLUS1">PressPlus1. "Panic! at the Disco Interview (Part 2)" ''YouTube''. 8 April 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKzP6N2oGDI/</ref> The two worked with Cuomo at his home, and wrote the song in a four hour writing session.<ref name="ArtisanNewsService">ArtisanNewsService. "PANIC! AT THE DISCO WRITES WITH WEEZER'S RIVERS CUOMO, RELEASE ON THE WAY?" ''YouTube''. 5 Feb 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RGBKIWcF-Q/</ref><ref name="SPIN">"SPIN Staff". "Panic!’s Brendon Urie Answers Fan Questions!" ''SPIN''. 9 February 2011. https://www.spin.com/2011/02/panics-brendon-urie-answers-fan-questions/</ref> | |||
The song was demoed and in contention for Panic! At The Disco's then-upcoming album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vices_%26_Virtues ''Vices & Virtues''], but ultimately went unreleased as more songs were written.<ref name="PRESSPLUS1" /><ref>[[Riverpedia archive - 08/23/2020]]</ref> Brendon Urie also felt it didn't sound like a Panic! song and thus didn't fit with the rest of the album. It was briefly in contention for Weezer's [[2014]] album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' but, similar to Urie, Rivers Cuomo wasn't sure it felt like a Weezer song and thus wasn't used.<ref name="DORK">Shutler, Ali. "Panic! At The Disco: Death becomes him" ''DORK''. 15 January 2016. https://readdork.com/features/panic-at-the-disco-death-becomes-him/</ref> | |||
Urie and Cuomo would later collaborate on "[[Victorious]]", a single from Panic! At The Disco's [[2016]] album ''Death of a Bachelor''. | |||
==Descriptions== | |||
===Description by [[Notes on EWBAITE-era demos by anonymous A&R assistant|anonymous A&R assistant]]=== | ===Description by [[Notes on EWBAITE-era demos by anonymous A&R assistant|anonymous A&R assistant]]=== | ||
< | <blockquote>Freckles (8/10) | ||
-Interesting synth intro, pretty cool | -Interesting synth intro, pretty cool | ||
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-The chorus melody would be the only thing I’d want to change however, rest of the song is really cool. | -The chorus melody would be the only thing I’d want to change however, rest of the song is really cool. | ||
-Harmonies sound awesome</ | -Harmonies sound awesome</blockquote> | ||
===Description by [[AllThingsWeezer]] user | ===Description by [[AllThingsWeezer]] user [http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/new-huge-ewbaite-demo-list-with-details-on-each-song.52867/page-3#post-1767615 the nest]=== | ||
< | <blockquote>it's so funny that Freckles has popped up here. that was definitely one of my favorite EWBAITE demos, even though it absolutely didn't belong on EWBAITE. in the song, Rivers lyrics use freckles as an analogy to a constellation. The song is about a long distance relationship. | ||
the person is right about the "la la la la's".......at the time i kinda compared it to the intro to Chelsea Dagger from the The Fratellis, only because the la's grab you right away at the start of the song. however that's the end of the comparison, as Freckles definitely is not a "singalong in the pub, drunk" song the way Chelsea Dagger is & perfects. | the person is right about the "la la la la's".......at the time i kinda compared it to the intro to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Dagger Chelsea Dagger] from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fratellis The Fratellis]{{sic}}, only because the la's grab you right away at the start of the song. however that's the end of the comparison, as Freckles definitely is not a "singalong in the pub, drunk" song the way Chelsea Dagger is & perfects. | ||
the song chugs in the middle which is really cool and kinda heavy. there were so many of these type of songs that you just kind of forget about how great they were. i wouldn't say it was a song that would be some massive single - it wouldn't. but it's a great song that with some heavy guitar & bass added i could actually see fitting on Van Weezer. | the song chugs in the middle which is really cool and kinda heavy. there were so many of these type of songs that you just kind of forget about how great they were. i wouldn't say it was a song that would be some massive single - it wouldn't. but it's a great song that with some heavy guitar & bass added i could actually see fitting on ''[[Van Weezer]]''. | ||
although in retrospect i can see his influence, i honestly didn't know that brandon urie was involved with it; Rivers doesn't really let on who he's cowritten a song with until it gets further along & decides to pursue it. i always have thought that's because he doesn't want a big name cowriter attached to a song to influence how the song is initially received in the early demo stage. | although in retrospect i can see his influence, i honestly didn't know that brandon urie was involved with it; Rivers doesn't really let on who he's cowritten a song with until it gets further along & decides to pursue it. i always have thought that's because he doesn't want a big name cowriter attached to a song to influence how the song is initially received in the early demo stage. | ||
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Freckles was so catchy & simple the lyrics stuck in my head big time. It's definitely not everything but here's what I remember: | Freckles was so catchy & simple the lyrics stuck in my head big time. It's definitely not everything but here's what I remember: | ||
We talk almost every night<br> | |||
And now my battery is dead<br> | |||
I close my eyes to go to sleep<br> | |||
But you're still in my head<br> | |||
I hear you each and every night<br> | |||
I see you when I turn out the light<br> | |||
Your freckles are the dust to a constellation<br> | |||
The distance between where we are<br> | |||
And where we need to be<br> | |||
Your freckles are the dust to a constellation | |||
The distance between where we are | |||
And where we need to be | |||
It's starting to feel like I can't go on | It's starting to feel like I can't go on<br> | ||
I look at the distance, I want to throw it away | I look at the distance, I want to throw it away<br> | ||
What can I say | What can I say<br> | ||
Take what you love, what you don't throw to the ground | Take what you love, what you don't throw to the ground<br> | ||
The air that surrounds me, it's really amazing | The air that surrounds me, it's really amazing<br> | ||
It sets me free | It sets me free<br> | ||
Your freckles are the dust to a constellation | Your freckles are the dust to a constellation<br> | ||
The distance between where we are | The distance between where we are<br> | ||
And where we need to be </ | And where we need to be</blockquote> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Victorious]] | |||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
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[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:RC demos not circulating]] | [[Category:RC demos not circulating]] | ||
[[Category:Co-writing credit]] | [[Category:Co-writing credit]] | ||