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===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
* ''[[Make Believe]]'' | * ''[[Make Believe]]'' (2005) | ||
*''[[Weezer (The Red Album)]]'' Japanese Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD | * "This Is Such a Pity" promo Cd (radio mix) (2005) | ||
*''[[Weezer (The Red Album)]]'' Japanese Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD (2008) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"This Is Such a Pity" is the first released Weezer song since "[[Butterfly]]" to have no distortion. The song employs the use of a Casio keyboard and has an 80s, [[The Cars|Cars]]-like feel to it. Rivers has expressed that "Pity" might be his favorite song on the record. | "This Is Such a Pity" is the first released Weezer song since "[[Butterfly]]" to have no distortion. The song employs the use of a Casio keyboard and has an 80s, [[The Cars|Cars]]-like feel to it. Rivers has expressed that "Pity" might be his favorite song on the record. | ||
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In the live performance for the Japanese ''Across The Sea'' DVD and TV special, [[Brian]] introduces a new move: "[[The Power Rise]]". | In the live performance for the Japanese ''Across The Sea'' DVD and TV special, [[Brian]] introduces a new move: "[[The Power Rise]]". | ||
===List of Incarnations=== | ===List of Incarnations=== | ||
"This | "This Is Such a Pity" shares its [[COR|Catalog Of Riffs]] number with an early Album 5 demo track, "[[She Who Is Militant]]". The songs only share a mild similarity in one chord progression. Also listed with the same COR were other songs, assumed to share different elements of "This is Such a Pity" and "She Who Is Militant" as well as other unheard sections. These titles include: | ||
*"[[She Who Is Militant]]" | *"[[She Who Is Militant]]" | ||
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*"What Is Going On" | *"What Is Going On" | ||
*"Happy On Your Own" | *"Happy On Your Own" | ||
Curiously, multiple artists from Scandanavian countries have 'borrowed' elements of this song for use in their own material. One case in particular sounds almost exactly the same, down to the vocal melodies, but the lyrics are not a direct trnslation of the original English lyrics. None of these examples liste Cuomo as a songwriter of paid any royalties to him. | |||
===Band Commentary=== | ===Band Commentary=== | ||