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"Any Friend of Diane's" is the name of the 6th episode of the 1st season of the TV show "Cheers." | "Any Friend of Diane's" is the name of the 6th episode of the 1st season of the TV show "Cheers." | ||
In an October 2017 interview for marketplace.org Rivers | In an October 2017 interview for marketplace.org, [[Rivers Cuomo]] indicated that the lyric about a "20 dollar tip" was based on a real event: "I delivered pizza for Domino's and on New Year's Eve I got a $20 tip. I've never forgotten that, it's just made my life." In [https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/27/560044425/how-weezer-traded-power-chords-for-pop an NPR interview] from the same month, Cuomo said that the song is not about a single woman, but rather many women who were very supportive and helpful during the early stages of his musical career. He gave the example of his former boss at Domino's Pizza who "painted [his] band's logo on the back of [his] jean jacket." | ||
==Audio== | |||
<youtube>WpUdprMBxtA</youtube> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
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I asked her if she had a boyfriend, she said no | I asked her if she had a boyfriend, she said no | ||
I asked her if she had a girlfriend | I asked her if she had a girlfriend | ||
She said " | She said "Hell, I wouldn't know." | ||
We went down to the bank of the river | We went down to the bank of the river | ||
An she washed my dirty hands | An she washed my dirty hands | ||
I'd been hanging around in a cloud of shame | I'd been hanging around in a cloud of shame | ||
'Til she let me taste the cold water | |||
Diane would help me pass out all the fliers | Diane would help me pass out all the fliers | ||
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I'd be lost without it, there's so much I want to say | I'd be lost without it, there's so much I want to say | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | ||