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"Back to the Shack" is the comeback single for the band after a few years of radio silence post-''[[Hurley]]''. The song's lyrics are self-referential, pertaining to returning to the core fanbase after alienation in the late 2000s. The song was released as a limited edition 7 inch record in the UK with no b-side. In December 2017, an early version of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album. | "Back to the Shack" is the comeback single for the band after a few years of radio silence post-''[[Hurley]]''. The song's lyrics are self-referential, pertaining to returning to the core fanbase after alienation in the late 2000s. The song was released as a limited edition 7 inch record in the UK with no b-side. In December 2017, an early version of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album. | ||
The liner notes for ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' groups songs by one of three themes. "Back to the Shack" is grouped under the category "The Panapticon Artist" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with his fans). The song contains numerous references to the band's past. The line "I forgot that disco sucks" seems to refer to Cuomo's past desire to chase pop trends, specifically on album's such as [[2009]]'s ''[[Raditude]]'', while simultaneously alluding to the "Disco Sucks" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night slogan that came to prominence in the late 70s]. Shock jock and anti-disco campaigner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dahl Steve Dahl] was featured in a [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Discosucks.jpeg photograph] in the late 70s wearing a "Disco Sucks" t-shirt that used the [https://www.linotype.com/1470/shatter-family.html Shatter typeface] also used for the album artwork for ''Raditude''. The lyric about Rivers and Pat playing lead guitar and drums, respectively, refers to Weezer's enlistment of drummer [[Josh Freese]] during tours beginning in [[2009]] to allow [[Pat]] to play guitar and Rivers to focus on vocals and more freely interact with the crowd. | The liner notes for ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' groups songs by one of three themes. "Back to the Shack" is grouped under the category "The Panapticon Artist" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with his fans). The song contains numerous references to the band's past. The line "I forgot that disco sucks" seems to refer to Cuomo's past desire to chase pop trends, specifically on album's such as [[2009]]'s ''[[Raditude]]'', while simultaneously alluding to the "Disco Sucks" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night slogan that came to prominence in the late 70s]. Shock jock and anti-disco campaigner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dahl Steve Dahl] was featured in a [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Discosucks.jpeg photograph] in the late 70s wearing a "Disco Sucks" t-shirt that used the [https://www.linotype.com/1470/shatter-family.html Shatter typeface] also used for the album artwork for ''Raditude''. The lyric about Rivers and Pat playing lead guitar and drums, respectively, refers to Weezer's enlistment of drummer [[Josh Freese]] during tours beginning in [[2009]] to allow [[Pat]] to play guitar and Rivers to focus on vocals and more freely interact with the crowd. Despite seemingly breaking away from the album's conceit surrounding the fictional band [[The Astronauts]], the music video for the song features Weezer playing on the moon, with Cuomo apparently dressed in character, wearing a jumpsuit with a nametag that reads [[Sebastian]]. The music video also features the band moving in slow-motion, a possible reference to Weezer's first music video, for "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]". | ||
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