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"'''Say It Ain't So'''," | "'''Say It Ain't So'''," is the third single and seventh track from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]''. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
* ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' | * ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' | ||
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* ''[[The Kitchen Tape]]'' (Demo) | * ''[[The Kitchen Tape]]'' (Demo) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Originally, Cuomo had written all of the music and had only the line "Say it ain't so". He made the connection between the line and an experience he had in high school where he came home to find a bottle of alcohol (belonging to his stepfather, [[Stephen Kitts]]) in the refrigerator. | "Say It Ain't So" was also released on [[July 13]], [[1995]] as a radio single, making it the final single released from ''The Blue Album'' Originally, [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] had written all of the music and had only the line "Say it ain't so". He made the connection between the line and an experience he had in high school where he came home to find a bottle of alcohol (belonging to his stepfather, [[Stephen Kitts]]) in the refrigerator. Cuomo recalled that around the time his biological father left, he started drinking. He began to fear that Stephen, his step father, would soon leave his mother much the way his father did. | ||
In the song, | In the song, Cuomo draws parallels between his own drinking and his family falling apart, which is evident in the climax of the bridge section in which Cuomo states, "Like father, step father, the son is drowning in the flood." | ||
As noted in the Weezer DVD collection ''[[Video Capture Device]]'' and the slip cover of the re-released special edition of their debut album, the video was filmed at the old "[[Amherst House]]" where the band used to rehearse and record. The video also features a cameo by the band's webmaster/band photographer/archivist and close friend for many years, [[Karl Koch]]. It reached #23 on The New Zealand show ''U Choose 40 Sing-A-Long Classics''. | As noted in the Weezer DVD collection ''[[Video Capture Device]]'' and the slip cover of the re-released special edition of their debut album, the video was filmed at the old "[[Amherst House]]" where the band used to rehearse and record. The video also features a cameo by the band's webmaster/band photographer/archivist and close friend for many years, [[Karl Koch]]. It reached #23 on The New Zealand show ''U Choose 40 Sing-A-Long Classics''. | ||