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"'''Blue Dream'''" is the sixth track from '' [[Van Weezer]]''. | "'''Blue Dream'''" is the sixth track from '' [[Van Weezer]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Van Weezer]]'' (2021) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Blue Dream" is a reworking of the [[2010]] [[Rivers Cuomo]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]", a conceptual reworking of the previous demos "[[Now or Later]]" and "[[Stronger]]." Cuomo first teased a short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" in a video on his YouTube channel on [[January 18]], [[2011]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "2011-01-18" Originally uploaded to ''YouTube'', 18 January 2011. Reuploaded by Weezer B-Sides, 4 April 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5TwLwJUQw</ref> The song title "Blue Dream" was first revealed to be a track for ''Van Weezer'' in an article from the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player''.<ref>Bienstock, Richard. "Unchained: Rivers Cuomo Let's the Shred-Obsessed Kid Inside Him Break Free on ''Van Weezer'', a Record That's Half Blue Album, Half '80s Metal." ''Guitar Player''. June 2020</ref> The article confirmed that the song featured a 'note-for-note cribbing of [[Randy Rhoads]]' iconic riff from {{PN|Ozzy Osbourne}} "Crazy Train."' According to Cuomo, [[Crush Management]] founder and manager [[Jonathan Daniel]] suggested | {{Small quote box|The song existed with another riff. The song was good, but the riff was... It was OK, but it wasn't the greatest guitar riff of all time, which I felt like it should be. Coincidentally, at the same time, our manager said "Hey, you guys should sample the 'Crazy Train' riff in a song." I know he was thinking: "What's going to get people talking? What is going to confuse the internet?" He had no idea what I was making, but it just seemed to me like the perfect suggestion. So we tried it. The tempo fit, and it all just seemed to come together.|Rivers Cuomo, ''Guitar World'' interview<ref name="guitarworld" />}} | ||
"Blue Dream" is a reworking of the [[2010]] [[Rivers Cuomo]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]", a conceptual reworking of the previous demos "[[Now or Later]]" and "[[Stronger]]." Cuomo first teased a short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" in a video on his YouTube channel on [[January 18]], [[2011]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "2011-01-18" Originally uploaded to ''YouTube'', 18 January 2011. Reuploaded by Weezer B-Sides, 4 April 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5TwLwJUQw</ref> The song title "Blue Dream" was first revealed to be a track for ''Van Weezer'' in an article from the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player''.<ref>Bienstock, Richard. "Unchained: Rivers Cuomo Let's the Shred-Obsessed Kid Inside Him Break Free on ''Van Weezer'', a Record That's Half Blue Album, Half '80s Metal." ''Guitar Player''. June 2020</ref> The article confirmed that the song featured a 'note-for-note cribbing of [[Randy Rhoads]]' iconic riff from {{PN|Ozzy Osbourne}} "Crazy Train."' According to Cuomo, [[Crush Management]] founder and manager [[Jonathan Daniel]] suggested the sampling of "Crazy Train."<ref name="guitarworld">''Guitar World''. July 2021.</ref> On [[August 21]], [[2020]], Cuomo confirmed "Blue Dream" to be a reworking of the [[2011]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]."<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. 21 August 2020. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Riverchat_botb.jpg</ref> | |||
On [[May 7]], [[2020]], a press release announced that [[Weezer]] would be guest-starring in [[Weezer TV appearance: 05/10/2020 - The Simpsons|an episode of the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'']] airing on [[May 10]] and that the debut of "Blue Dream" would be featured.<ref>Strauss, Matthew. ''Pitchfork''. 7 May 2020. https://pitchfork.com/news/weezer-to-appear-on-new-episode-of-the-simpsons-play-theme-song-watch/</ref> In the episode, a segment of the song's guitar solo can be heard during a chase sequence.<ref>''YouTube''. 17 May 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGAhwLX9Jk</ref> | On [[May 7]], [[2020]], a press release announced that [[Weezer]] would be guest-starring in [[Weezer TV appearance: 05/10/2020 - The Simpsons|an episode of the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'']] airing on [[May 10]] and that the debut of "Blue Dream" would be featured.<ref>Strauss, Matthew. ''Pitchfork''. 7 May 2020. https://pitchfork.com/news/weezer-to-appear-on-new-episode-of-the-simpsons-play-theme-song-watch/</ref> In the episode, a segment of the song's guitar solo can be heard during a chase sequence.<ref>''YouTube''. 17 May 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGAhwLX9Jk</ref> | ||
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The octopus says hi | The octopus says hi | ||
I say, "How do you do?" | I say, "How do you do?" | ||
He's quite the gentleman | He's quite the gentleman | ||
To give me eight salutes | |||
I'm at home here | I'm at home here | ||
Since I found out | In this blue dream | ||
Since I found out | |||
You don't want me | |||
Everyone gets lei'd | Everyone gets lei'd | ||
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I've been through this before | I've been through this before | ||
I'm at home here | I'm at home here | ||
Since I found out | In this blue dream | ||
Since I found out | |||
You don't want me | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==Known recordings== | ==Known recordings== | ||