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| The '''Acoustic Office Demos''' were a series of mostly-acoustic recordings made by [[Weezer]] throughout the second half of 2003.
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| ==Overview==
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| In [[June]] of [[2003]], after the [[S.I.R. Demos]], Weezer began to rent office space in Los Angeles where they would rehearse with acoustic guitars and record demos directly into Rivers Cuomo's laptop. The office was a standard business office in an industrial park and not designed for band rehearsals. The four members of Weezer would play sitting on chairs and couches around a coffee table facing each other. In addition to acoustic guitars played by Rivers, Brian or Pat, and acoustic bass played by Scott, other instruments used on the demos were Pat's Stratocaster and a Nord synthesizer.
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| The sessions at the office carried through to November 4th. During this time, there was strong talk of all members of the band contributing songs. Brian and Pat put forth several tunes, including a several demos Pat made by himself at home, and then presented to the band at rehearsal.
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| Beginning on November 5th, the band returned to [[Make Believe Demos|full-band, electric recordings]] that led directly into the first round of [[Make Believe Sessions]].
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| Four of these acoustic recordings have been commercially released: "[[I Can Love]]", "[[It's Easy]]" (both were iTunes bonus tracks on ''[[The Red Album]]''), "[[The Story Of My Life]]" (iTunes bonus track on ''[[Raditude]]''), and "[[The Rat Race]]" (on the charity compilation ''[[The Right Track: Tunes To Target Cancer]]'').
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| ==song list==
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| Songs recorded during these acoustic sessions include:
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| *"[[Let Me Go]]"
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| *"[[Pardon Me]]"
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| *"[[My Life Is My Life]]"
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| *"[[My Best Friend]]"
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| *"[[Drama Queen]]"
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| *"[[The Way You Used To]]"
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| *"[[Bus Stop]]" (possible Hollies cover?)
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| *"[[The Formula]]"
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| *"[[In The End]]"
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| *"[[We Are All On Drugs]]"
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| *"[[On My Own]]"
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| *"[[The Message]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Give It Up]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Pretty Mama]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Can't Stop Loving You]]" (Pat home demo - later by full band)
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| *"[[Myself]]" (Pat home demo)
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| *"[[Today, Tomorrow, And Yesterday]]" (Pat home demo - later by full band)
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| *"[[Wasted]]" (Pat home demo - later by full band)
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| *"[[Save The Day]]"
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| *"[[I Was Scared]]"
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| *"[[Blowin' My Stack]]"
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| *"[[You Should Have Thought Of That]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Reason to Worry]]" (Pat)
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| *"[[Let Go Of Me]]" (possibly the same as "Let Me Go"?)
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| *"[[E Tu Brute]]"
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| *"[[What Goes On]]" (Pat)
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| *"[[Dead Man's Float]]"
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| *"[[Ugly Days]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Mr. Mastermind]]"
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| *"[[Clearer Eyes]]"
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| *"[[It's Only Love]]"
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| *"[[The Way You Used To]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Give It Up]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Too Bad I'm On My Own]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Lost In The Translation]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[It's Easy]]" (Brian - aka "It's So Easy")
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| *"[[The Rat Race]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[I Can Love]]"
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| *"[[Let's Get Married]]"
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| *"[[Stand By My Side]]"
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| *"[[Save Me]]"
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| *"[[Why Oh Why]]"
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| *"[[The Story]]"
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| *"[[In The First Place]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Perfect Body]]"
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| *"[[Looking For A Fight]]"
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| *"[[Attention Defecit Disorder]]"
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| *"[[Pure Sap]]" (Pat - later demoed solo)
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| *"[[Ghosttown life]]" (Pat home demo)
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| *"[[Sun Off The Sea]]" (Pat home demo)
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| *"[[You've Been Taken]]" (Pat home demo - later by full band)
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| *"[[My Haircut Needs A Change]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Memories]]"
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| *"[[Hold On]]" (aka "Hold On To My Loving")
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| *"[[Mama's Song]]"
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| *"[[The Story Of My Life]]"
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| *"[[I'm Afraid (Lost Bread Crumbs)]]"
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| *"[[We Belong In Each Other's Arms]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Talk About Your Feelings]]" (Pat)
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| *"[[Patterns Of Love]]" (Brian)
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| *"[[Leave Me Alone]]"
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| *"Kings Of Money" (aka "[[Prodigy Lover]]")
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| ==See also==
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| *[[S.I.R. Demos]]
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| *[[Make Believe Demos]]
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| *[[Make Believe Sessions]]
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| *''[[Make Believe]]''
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