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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"This Is Such a Pity" is the first released Weezer song since Butterfly to have no distortion. The song uses Casio keyboard synths and has an '80s feel to it. Rivers has expressed that it might be his favorite song on the record. The song was released in early 2006 as ''Make Believe's''' fourth single, but no official music video was ever made. | |||
===Band Commentary=== | |||
:'''THIS IS SUCH A PITY''' | |||
:'''Scott:''' That song was tough, and it was the first song we tried to track at Grandmaster, I think, it was like the first night, and we probably retracked the basic drums for that, like four or five different times and it was almost going to get thrown out. But somehow, at the last minute, it came together, and it sounds absolutely magical to me. And that’s one of my favorite songs on the album. | |||
:'''Pat:''' Yeah, it sounds awesome. Wicked melody. | |||
:'''Rivers:''' Yeah, that might be my favorite song on the record. I really like the solo Brian came up with too. | |||
:'''Brian:''' Ironically [laughs], I don’t play any of the guitars on it—but most all the guitars on it in the studio—and I don’t play of them live, which I think it kind of funny. It’s really fun to watch Bobby and Rivers play that song every night. It feels like— | |||
:'''Rivers:''' You’re the composer and we’re the performers | |||
:'''Brian:''' Yeah, yeah! It’s neat, it’s really cool. I love the notes that Rivers added to the solo. I feel that that song could be—that Weezer might—things that Weezer can do and go in the future, as far as texture, and the use of clean guitars. I don’t think there’s any distorted guitars on that song. | |||
:'''Rivers:''' All the keyboard sounds are from a $75 Casio. | |||
:'''Brian:''' We even tried using expensive Moogs and things, to try to, like, “this can’t be good enough, a $75 Casio?” and the tones just didn’t blend. And we ended up using the Casio. | |||
:'''Scott:''' It’s got a really cool, super consistent, like, kind of level from start to finish, which I think is really neat. | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||