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"'''Mexican Fender'''" is the opening track from ''[[Pacific Daydream]]'' and the second song that was officially released prior to the album's release. | "'''Mexican Fender'''" (originally titled "'''My June Bride'''") is the opening track from ''[[Pacific Daydream]]'' and the second song that was officially released prior to the album's release. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Mexican Fender" was co-written by Rivers Cuomo with producer/songwriter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Gad Toby Gad]. The track was originally in contention for ''[[The White Album]]'', but was incomplete by the time that album came together. According to Rivers, White Album producer [[Jake Sinclair]] was "instrumental" in making the song what it was. The song was based on Cuomo's interactions with Katy Goodman, singer of the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Sera La Sera] [https://twitter.com/iamkatygoodman/status/923675989393018880?lang=en]. Cuomo included screenshots of their correspondence on the Genius.com page for the song [https://genius.com/12519409]. The guitar shop mentioned in the lyrics is [https://www.truetonemusic.com/ Truetone Music] in Santa Monica, California. | "Mexican Fender" was co-written by Rivers Cuomo with producer/songwriter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Gad Toby Gad]. The track was originally in contention for ''[[The White Album]]'' under the title "My June Bride", but was incomplete by the time that album came together. The phrase "June bride" would be used for the bridge of "[[Feels Like Summer]]". According to Rivers, White Album producer [[Jake Sinclair]] was "instrumental" in making the song what it was. The song was based on Cuomo's interactions with Katy Goodman, singer of the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Sera La Sera] [https://twitter.com/iamkatygoodman/status/923675989393018880?lang=en]. Cuomo included screenshots of their correspondence on the Genius.com page for the song [https://genius.com/12519409]. The guitar shop mentioned in the lyrics is [https://www.truetonemusic.com/ Truetone Music] in Santa Monica, California. | ||
For ''Pacific Daydream'', the song was produced by [[Butch Walker]] and mixed by [[Eric Valentine]]. Walker appeared on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGVMrcjSpA an episode of Valentine's YouTube show ''Making Records with Eric Valentine''] in [[2019]] to discuss the recording process. Like the rest of the tracks on ''Pacific Daydream'', "Mexican Fender" was recorded with each band member separately. Walker recalled that [[Pat Wilson]] heard the song's lyrics for the first time while tracking the song and, upon hearing the lyrics "Met her at a guitar shop on Santa Monica and 7th Street", remarked "That's Truetone!" Walker said that [[Brian Bell]] came up with ten different tracks for the song at home, writing everything on sheet music. Walker recalled that Bell forgot his sheet music one day and had to drive two hours across town to get it and then come back. | For ''Pacific Daydream'', the song was produced by [[Butch Walker]] and mixed by [[Eric Valentine]]. Walker appeared on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGVMrcjSpA an episode of Valentine's YouTube show ''Making Records with Eric Valentine''] in [[2019]] to discuss the recording process. Like the rest of the tracks on ''Pacific Daydream'', "Mexican Fender" was recorded with each band member separately. Walker recalled that [[Pat Wilson]] heard the song's lyrics for the first time while tracking the song and, upon hearing the lyrics "Met her at a guitar shop on Santa Monica and 7th Street", remarked "That's Truetone!" Walker said that [[Brian Bell]] came up with ten different tracks for the song at home, writing everything on sheet music. Walker recalled that Bell forgot his sheet music one day and had to drive two hours across town to get it and then come back. | ||