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"'''Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori'''" is the seventh track from ''[[Weezer (The White Album)|The White Album]]''. | "'''Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori'''" is the seventh track from ''[[Weezer (The White Album)|The White Album]]''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Rivers has stated that "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" is his favorite song from [[The White Album]]. He expanded on the song's development, both lyrically and sonically, on the | Rivers has stated that "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" is his favorite song from ''[[The White Album]]''. He expanded on the song's development, both lyrically and sonically, on the [http://songexploder.net/weezer SongExploder podcast]. | ||
The song was written about an overheard conversation from Rivers' daughter's school. One said that their husband called her "Summer Elaine" after the school year had ended, and the other said that she was known as "Drunk Dori" when drunk. They were both thanked in the liner notes for [[The White Album]]. | The song was written about an overheard conversation from Rivers' daughter's school. One said that their husband called her "Summer Elaine" after the school year had ended, and the other said that she was known as "Drunk Dori" when drunk. They were both thanked in the liner notes for ''[[The White Album]]''. | ||
The bridge melody was taken from an unnamed, unreleased song from 2011. You can see it being played in the first 15 seconds of this video: | The bridge melody was taken from an unnamed, unreleased song from 2011. You can see it being played in the first 15 seconds of this video: | ||
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==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
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