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| Type = album | | Type = album | ||
| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
| Released = May 14, 2002 | | Released = May 14, 2002 | ||
| Recorded = N/A | | Recorded = N/A | ||
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| Producer = Weezer | | Producer = Weezer | ||
| Status = Released | | Status = Released | ||
| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | ||
| Upper caption = Keep Fishin' (UK Retail CD #2) cover | | Upper caption = Keep Fishin' (UK Retail CD #2) cover | ||
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*''[[Maladroit]]'' | *''[[Maladroit]]'' | ||
*[[Keep Fishin']] (UK Retail CD #2) (Live) | *[[Keep Fishin']] (UK Retail CD #2) (Live) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Slob" was originally part of the [[ | "Slob" was originally written in [[2000]] as part of the "[[Summer Songs 2000]] batch of songs. A live soundboard recording of the song performed at The Troubadour on [[July 30]], [[2000]] was released to fans online as part of an [[Summer_Songs_of_2000#.22Official.22_SS2K_release|"official" SS2K album]] by Rivers Cuomo on [[November 11]], [[2001]]. At the urging of fans, "Slob" was brought back and included on Weezer's next album, ''[[Maladroit]]'', in [[2002]]. Said Cuomo in a [[Guitar World interview with Rivers Cuomo - May 2002|2002 interview with Guitar World]]: "I never would have thought to put the song "Slob" on the record if the fans did not request it." Cuomo was asked about the song's writing process during the same interview: | ||
<blockquote>{{Interviewer|GW|The song "Slob" reflects a really bleak state of mind. Do you frequently feel a sense of desperation?}} | |||
{{Rivers|That kind of song was written in a very emotionally extreme moment. It's not often that I feel that way. Maybe once a week or something I'll get overwhelmed by a situation in my life and write a song about it. If I were to put all those songs on an album you'd think I have a really bleak life, or I'm an emotional wreck or something. But, really, I only feel that way for an hour or two. Most of the time I'm a pretty cool character.}}</blockquote> | |||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
In 2003, [[Karl Koch]] assembled a music video for the song out of prerecorded footage. The video contains lots of live performances and footage of [[Rivers Cuomo]] playing the song. Notably, the video contains footage of the then-existing [[Rivers Correspondence Board]], which Cuomo frequented during the Maladroit album cycle. | In 2003, [[Karl Koch]] assembled a music video for the song out of prerecorded footage. The video contains lots of live performances and footage of [[Rivers Cuomo]] playing the song. Notably, the video contains footage of the then-existing [[Rivers Correspondence Board]], which Cuomo frequented during the Maladroit album cycle. | ||
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<youtube>f6YaasY0GTI</youtube> | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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*[[Brian Bell]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals | *[[Brian Bell]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals | ||
*[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar | *[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar | ||
==Audio== | |||
===Demos=== | |||
<youtube>7g3js3Lj5Ew</youtube> <youtube>05xa6zT4Xhk</youtube> | |||
===Official releases=== | |||
<youtube>6Q_kG-ckM5U</youtube> <youtube>Y9oUo3okn-A</youtube> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>Leave me alone | <poem>Leave me alone | ||
I won't pick up the phone | I won't pick up the phone | ||
And I won't listen to messages | And I won't listen to messages | ||
Sent by someone who calls up and says | Sent by someone who calls up and says | ||
I don't like how you're living my life. | I don't like how you're living my life. | ||
Get yourself a wife | Get yourself a wife | ||
Get yourself a job | Get yourself a job | ||
You're living in a dream | You're living in a dream | ||
Don't you be a slob | Don't you be a slob | ||
Leave me again | Leave me again | ||
Don't hang out in my den | Don't hang out in my den | ||
Waiting for little clues to appear | Waiting for little clues to appear | ||
That I drank some of granddaddy's beer | That I drank some of granddaddy's beer | ||
Waiting for little clues to appear | Waiting for little clues to appear | ||
That I drank some of granddaddy's beer | That I drank some of granddaddy's beer</poem> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||