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"'''The Other Way'''" is the tenth track from ''[[Make Believe]]''. | "'''The Other Way'''" is the tenth track from ''[[Make Believe]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
* ''[[Make Believe]]'' | * ''[[Make Believe]]'' | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"The Other Way" was written by [[ | [[Image:Super-Chrono-20031108-a.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The band recording in their office space]] | ||
"The Other Way" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and demoed acoustically, directly to a Marantz CD burner recorder with [[Todd Sullivan]], on [[November 8]], [[2003]] at Weezer's [[Office Demos|office space]] . Cuomo has described the song as being about the desire to console his former-girlfriend, [[Jennifer Chiba]], after the death of her then-current boyfriend, singer-songwriter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Smith Elliott Smith], while questioning his motives for wanting to do so. Smith passed away weeks earlier, from an apparent suicide, on [[October 21]]. | |||
===Band Commentary=== | ===Band Commentary=== | ||
:'''Pat''': That song sounds like every note is placed exactly where it’s supposed to go, like…it’s one of those songs where nothing sounds out of place, it just sounds great to me. | :'''Pat''': That song sounds like every note is placed exactly where it’s supposed to go, like…it’s one of those songs where nothing sounds out of place, it just sounds great to me. | ||
:'''Rivers:''' I wrote that song for Jennifer Chiba after Elliott died, and I wanted to console her, but I was confused and skeptical about my own motives for wanting to do so, so I wrote that song about that. | :'''Rivers:''' I wrote that song for Jennifer Chiba after Elliott died, and I wanted to console her, but I was confused and skeptical about my own motives for wanting to do so, so I wrote that song about that. | ||
The album recording features saxophone playing by [[Jason Freese]], the brother of [[Josh Freese]]. The song is only known to have been performed once during the tours in support of ''Make Believe'', at [[Weezer concert: 10/03/2005 - Rosemont, IL|a concert on October 3, 2005]]. The song is not known to have been played again live until [[2014]], when it was added to acoustic set lists during the [[Everything Will Be Alright in the End Tour|''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' Tour]]. | |||
==Known performances== | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 10/03/2005 - Rosemont, IL]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 10/25/2014 - Philadelphia, PA]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 10/26/2014 - Cambrige, MA]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 10/27/2014 - New York, NY]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 11/02/2014 - San Francisco, CA]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 11/06/2014 - Pomona, CA]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 11/07/2014 - Los Angeles, CA (b)]] | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | ||
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*[[Jason Freese]] - saxophone | *[[Jason Freese]] - saxophone | ||
*[[Rick Rubin]] - producer | *[[Rick Rubin]] - producer | ||
==Audio== | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
[[Image:Elliottjenn.jpg|thumb|200px|Jennifer Chiba and Elliott Smith.]] | [[Image:Elliottjenn.jpg|thumb|200px|Jennifer Chiba and Elliott Smith.]] | ||