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==Back Story== | ==Back Story== | ||
'''''Simpleton''''' is the name of a fictitious, fourth [[Weezer]] album created by Weezer fans as a prank | '''''Simpleton''''' is the name of a fictitious, fourth [[Weezer]] album created by Weezer fans as a prank. | ||
==Overview== | |||
Just as ''[[The Green Album]]'' was seen as a stylistic follow-up to the ''[[The Blue Album]]'', it only made sense that ''The Green Album'''s follow-up, ''Simpleton'', was to be a sequel of sorts to ''[[Pinkerton]]'', complete with album art from a Japanese painting and a similar name. | |||
As an April Fools joke, ''Simpleton'''s release was 'scheduled' for April 1, 2002. Photos of the album in a box with The White Stripes' "Elephant" were used to further the ruse, claimed to have been delivered to a record store in such fashion. | |||
The title, ''Simpleton'', was chosen for two reasons. Firstly, the word ''simpleton'' is very similar to ''Pinkerton'', both having nine letters and ending in "ton." Secondly, ''simpleton'' literally means "fool", which was a way of foreshadowing the joke's true nature. | |||
In 2006, members of the Weezer online message board community produced and recorded original songs based on the fake song titles that appeared on the Simpleton packaging. | In 2006, members of the Weezer online message board community produced and recorded original songs based on the fake song titles that appeared on the Simpleton packaging. | ||
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==Fake track listing== | ==Fake track listing== | ||
# "Happy Grunge"(S) | # "[[Happy Grunge]]"(S) | ||
# "Three Sixty-Seven"(S)(D) (aka "[[367]]") | # "Three Sixty-Seven"(S)(D) (aka "[[367]]") | ||
# "All Too Long" | # "All Too Long" | ||