Weezer (The Green Album): Difference between revisions

As the days went by, backup vocals were recorded.  "O Girlfriend" took a last minute key change.  After much of the guitars were recorded, and the album was really coming together, Rivers contracted a very sore throat.  After many days, Karl said, "Rivers' terrible sore throat got no better today. He continues to be barely able to speak, and singing is totally out of the question. Various lead vocal parts remain unfinished, so this really puts the completion of the album in jeopardy. He is taking medicine, but so far no improvement. the waiting continues... "  Finally, Rivers throat got well enough that he could take numbing medication which allowed for brief hours of vocal takes followed by relaxing his voice.  During some songs, [[Justin Fisher]], Ric Ocasek and Karl Koch provided gang vocals.  The album was finally ready for mixing on [[January 31]] in Miami, Florida.  While in Florida, the band continued to do some tweaks to songs.  At one point, a wild "girl's night only" part was taking place while they tried to record, which Karl said made things difficult to focus.  Ric and [[Mikey Welsh|Mikey]] sang gang vocals on "[[Don't Let Go]]" as the party went on.  While the band waited for mixes to be made, they often played golf. [[Image:Rivers playing golf 1 2001.jpg|right|thumb]]  While in Miami, Rivers decided that "Teenage Victory Song" needed gang vocals.  Fans were known to hang around the outside of the recording studio in small numbers, so Rivers went out to ask a group of them he had seen earlier if they would come in and provide gang vocals, but they had unfortunately left.