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'' | "The fallen soldiers" (named by Karl Koch in reference to the fact that the songs did not make the ''[[Make Believe]]'' album) are a group of songs which were recorded for a fifth [[Weezer]] album, but ultimately scrapped in favor of the twelve that appear on ''[[Make Believe]]''. The "fallen soldiers" have since become somewhat of a holy grail for Weezer fans, akin to ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' and the [[Homie]] recordings. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Final major changes included the removal of "Average Person", "Losing My Mind", "You're The One" and "Love Is The Answer", and the addition of "The Other Way", "[[Pardon Me]]", "[[My Best Friend]]" (all a bit out of left field, and last seen in Rivers' "Non A-List Contenders" list of 7/3/04), and "[[Haunt You Every Day]]", which had always been a strong 'maybe' to that point. All four of the new additions were 12/03 Cello recordings (like "Peace" and "Drugs") that were finally finished up at this late hour."'' | Final major changes included the removal of "Average Person", "Losing My Mind", "You're The One" and "Love Is The Answer", and the addition of "The Other Way", "[[Pardon Me]]", "[[My Best Friend]]" (all a bit out of left field, and last seen in Rivers' "Non A-List Contenders" list of 7/3/04), and "[[Haunt You Every Day]]", which had always been a strong 'maybe' to that point. All four of the new additions were 12/03 Cello recordings (like "Peace" and "Drugs") that were finally finished up at this late hour."'' | ||
In a | In a stickam.com chat, Koch played a few short clips of several "fallen soldiers" songs including "[[Last Chance]]". | ||
"Love Is The Answer" | "Love Is The Answer" appears on Sugar Ray's new album "Music For Cougars" released in 2009, given to the band by Rivers. In addition, Rivers does additional vocals on the song and the guitar solo was lifted directly from the ''Make Believe'' era recording of the song. | ||
===Sound Clips=== | ===Sound Clips=== | ||
Several sound clips of | Several sound clips of "fallen soldier" tracks can be heard on the "Making of Make Believe" video. These clips include "Love Is The Answer" and "You're The One". They appear due to the tracklist rapidly changing up until the last minute and no one being sure which songs would make the album. | ||
==Song list== | ==Song list== | ||