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The verse lyrics and melody for "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" originate in a demo written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2002]] ([[Catalog O' Riffs]] entry #405, "[[Don't Give It Up (a)|Don't Give Me Love]]"). Two demo recordings from this period were released in November of [[2020]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'', labeled "oh she left me there" and "pachelbel strum." The latter suggests that the song's chord progression is based on [[Wikipedia:Pachelbel's Canon|Pachelbel's "Canon in D."]] | The verse lyrics and melody for "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" originate in a demo written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2002]] ([[Catalog O' Riffs]] entry #405, "[[Don't Give It Up (a)|Don't Give Me Love]]"). Two demo recordings from this period were released in November of [[2020]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'', labeled "oh she left me there" and "pachelbel strum." The latter suggests that the song's chord progression is based on [[Wikipedia:Pachelbel's Canon|Pachelbel's "Canon in D."]] | ||
In April of [[2016]], however, Cuomo spoke of the song's origins on an episode of the podcast ''Song Exploder''.<ref>"Weezer: Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" ''Song Exploder'', 18 April 2016. http://songexploder.net/weezer</ref> explaining that he compiles a Spotify playlist of songs with "cool chord-progressions," and that he lifted the chord progression from the song " | In April of [[2016]], however, Cuomo spoke of the song's origins on an episode of the podcast ''Song Exploder''.<ref>"Weezer: Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" ''Song Exploder'', 18 April 2016. http://songexploder.net/weezer</ref> explaining that he compiles a Spotify playlist of songs with "cool chord-progressions," and that he lifted the chord progression from the song "{{Wikipedia|Walk Away Renée}}" by [[Wikipedia:The_Left_Banke|The Left Banke]]. Cuomo titled an early version of the demo "Awaken Early" (a partial anagram of "Walk Away Renée). The final song's title came from an overheard conversation at a party at Rivers' daughter's school. One mother said that their husband called her "School-Year Elaine" during the year and "Summer Elaine" after the school year had ended, and another mother commented that her husband had two names for her as well, one of them being "Drunk Dori". Both mothers were thanked in the liner notes for ''[[The White Album]]''. Cuomo went on to explain that he uses a spreadsheet to compile stream-of-consciousness lyrics by syllable. Cuomo has stated that "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" is his favorite song from ''[[The White Album]]''. | ||
The song's bridge melody was repurposed from previous demos titled "[[Back of Your Heart]]" and "[[Rest in Peace]]", written prior to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright In The End]]''. Short snippets of Cuomo working on "Back of Your Heart" in the studio with producer [[Shawn Everett]] were released in a short YouTube clip originally uploaded by Cuomo in January of 2011.<ref>"new demo for weezer" ''YouTube''. (reupload) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCV4NWGWpo</ref> | The song's bridge melody was repurposed from previous demos titled "[[Back of Your Heart]]" and "[[Rest in Peace]]", written prior to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright In The End]]''. Short snippets of Cuomo working on "Back of Your Heart" in the studio with producer [[Shawn Everett]] were released in a short YouTube clip originally uploaded by Cuomo in January of 2011.<ref>"new demo for weezer" ''YouTube''. (reupload) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCV4NWGWpo</ref> | ||