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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
=== | ===''Alone II'' version=== | ||
"Can't Stop Partying" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Jermaine Dupri]]. Dupri wrote the lyrics and gave them to Cuomo claiming that, as the ''Alone II'' liner notes say, "the rock world and the hip-hop world were really the same: they were both all about partying." Initially, Cuomo would give the song what he called a predictable upbeat, "punk rock" sound. After being dissatisfied with the results (and for the song's message, something Rivers took issue with), he opted to juxtapose the "party" lyrics with a more somber feel, musically, employing a minor key, acoustic guitars, and organs. The previous upbeat take on the song has not been released. | "Can't Stop Partying" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Jermaine Dupri]]. Dupri wrote the lyrics and gave them to Cuomo claiming that, as the ''Alone II'' liner notes say, "the rock world and the hip-hop world were really the same: they were both all about partying." Initially, Cuomo would give the song what he called a predictable upbeat, "punk rock" sound. After being dissatisfied with the results (and for the song's message, something Rivers took issue with), he opted to juxtapose the "party" lyrics with a more somber feel, musically, employing a minor key, acoustic guitars, and organs. The previous upbeat take on the song has not been released. | ||
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"Can't Stop Partying" was first performed live at the [[Alone II Jam Session]] before the album was released. It was Cuomo's personal pick for the set list, naming it as his favorite song from ''Alone II''. | "Can't Stop Partying" was first performed live at the [[Alone II Jam Session]] before the album was released. It was Cuomo's personal pick for the set list, naming it as his favorite song from ''Alone II''. | ||
=== | ==="Coconut Teaser" version=== | ||
While headlining a [[2009-07-24 - Jisan, Korea|festival in Korea]] in the summer of 2009, Weezer performed a new and very different arrangement of the song, featuring a rock drum beat, distorted guitars, a new bridge. The chorus lyric was also slightly altered, replacing, "I gotta have Patron, I gotta have the E" with "I gotta have the boom, I gotta have the beat," seemingly stemming from Cuomo's previously stated objection to the original's glorification of drugs. A studio version with a very similar arrangement was released (with the notation "Coconut Teaser mix" in the title) as | While headlining a [[2009-07-24 - Jisan, Korea|festival in Korea]] in the summer of 2009, Weezer performed a new and very different arrangement of the song, featuring a rock drum beat, distorted guitars, a new bridge. The chorus lyric was also slightly altered, replacing, "I gotta have Patron, I gotta have the E" with "I gotta have the boom, I gotta have the beat," seemingly stemming from Cuomo's previously stated objection to the original's glorification of drugs. A studio version with a very similar arrangement, with the addition of a children's choir, was released (with the notation "Coconut Teaser mix" in the title) as part of the ''Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes pass'' bundle. This version was named as the favorite version of Weezer bassist [[Scott Shriner]]. | ||
===''Raditude'' version=== | ===''Raditude'' version=== | ||
The "rock" version underwent a heavily altered remix by Polow da Don, featuring only the vocals and very minimal guitar over a more hip-hop oriented sound, as well as an entirely new bridge featuring a rap verse by [[Lil Wayne]]. Brian Bell stated in a [[2010]] interview with [http://thewaster.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=759%3Aweezer-the-icons-of-a-generation-return-to-their-roots&catid=1%3Ainterview&Itemid=2 thewaster.com] that the Lil Wayne verse was suggested by Jermaine Dupri, and was added as they needed "something different for the third verse". The lyrics in the chorus were again subtly alterered, restoring the "Patron" lyric but keeping the "beat" lyric. The demo's stripped-down, acoustic qualities were scrapped entirely. | The "rock" version underwent a heavily altered remix by Polow da Don, featuring only the vocals and very minimal guitar over a more hip-hop oriented sound, as well as an entirely new bridge featuring a rap verse by [[Lil Wayne]]. Brian Bell stated in a [[2010]] interview with [http://thewaster.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=759%3Aweezer-the-icons-of-a-generation-return-to-their-roots&catid=1%3Ainterview&Itemid=2 thewaster.com] that the Lil Wayne verse was suggested by Jermaine Dupri, and was added as they needed "something different for the third verse". The lyrics in the chorus were again subtly alterered, restoring the "Patron" lyric but keeping the "beat" lyric. The demo's stripped-down, acoustic qualities were scrapped entirely. | ||
===''iTunes Originals'' version=== | |||
In November 2010 the iTunes compilation album ''iTunes Originals - Weezer'' was released featuring a 4th version of "Can't Stop Partying". Even though not specifically labeled, this version is similar to the ''Raditude'' version, but with real drums and bass guitar and more electric guitars in the mix. It has the same vocals, lyrics and bridge as the ''Raditude'' version. This version was previously heard on Weezer's MySpace page and therefore is sometimes referred to as "MySpace Mix", or "MySpace version". | |||
==Band Commentary== | ==Band Commentary== | ||