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The Christmas Song: Difference between revisions
Various minor housekeeping, added YT and alt. lyrics.
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| Type = EP | | Type = EP | ||
| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
| Released = December 7, 2000 (radio promo) | | Released = December 7, 2000 (radio promo) | ||
| Recorded = October 2000 | | Recorded = October 2000 | ||
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| Status = Officially released | | Status = Officially released | ||
| Live debut = [[December 14]], [[2000]] | | Live debut = [[December 14]], [[2000]] | ||
| RC's last song = "Swearing To You"<br>(RC# 511) | | RC's last song = "Swearing To You"<br>(RC# 511) | ||
| This RC song = "The Christmas Song"<br>(RC# 512) | | This RC song = "The Christmas Song"<br>(RC# 512) | ||
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*''[[The Christmas CD]]'' (remix) (2000) | *''[[The Christmas CD]]'' (remix) (2000) | ||
*''[[The Green Album]]'' (international editions) | *''[[The Green Album]]'' (international editions) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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Noticeable differences in the two versions are a cymbal count-in on the original (removed for the remix), and a short bit of final drums on the remix that was inaudible on the original due to an early fade. | Noticeable differences in the two versions are a cymbal count-in on the original (removed for the remix), and a short bit of final drums on the remix that was inaudible on the original due to an early fade. | ||
The song, along with its companion "[[Christmas Celebration]]," was performed live a handful of times at shows in late 2000, namely at [[Goat Punishment]] shows, the December KROQ ''Almost Acoustic Xmas'', and New Year's Eve [[blink-182]] opening-slot gigs. | The song, along with its companion "[[Christmas Celebration]]," was performed live a handful of times at shows in late 2000, namely at [[Goat Punishment]] shows, the December KROQ ''Almost Acoustic Xmas'', and New Year's Eve [[blink-182]] opening-slot gigs. The song continued to be played at various shows into [[2001]], with the song seeing its final performance, to date, at [[Weezer concert: 04/26/2001 - Tokyo, Japan|a show in Japan in April]] of that year. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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*[[Mikey Welsh]] – bass guitar, backing vocals | *[[Mikey Welsh]] – bass guitar, backing vocals | ||
*[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer (remix version) | *[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer (remix version) | ||
==Audio== | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
===EP version=== | |||
<poem>You told me you would be here by my side | <poem>You told me you would be here by my side | ||
Warming my hearth on this cold winter's night | Warming my hearth on this cold winter's night | ||
Here I sit waiting beside the tree all by myself ( | Here I sit waiting beside the tree all by myself (By myself) | ||
You told me you would move heaven and earth | You told me you would move heaven and earth | ||
Cheering my spirits with laughter and mirth | Cheering my spirits with laughter and mirth | ||
Here I sit waiting beside the tree all by myself ( | Here I sit waiting beside the tree all by myself (By myself) | ||
Ah, could you ever know how much I care? (How much I care?) | |||
Could you ever know that out somewhere | Could you ever know that out somewhere (That out somewhere?) | ||
There's a boy who really hurts? ( | There's a boy who really hurts? (Really hurts) | ||
Since I found you | Since I found you | ||
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Now I am warm | Now I am warm | ||
Ah, could you ever know how much I care? (How much I care?) | |||
Could you ever know that out somewhere | Could you ever know that out somewhere (That out somewhere) | ||
There's a boy who really hurts? ( | There's a boy who really hurts? (Really hurts?)</poem> | ||
===Original lyrics=== | |||
<poem>[...] | |||
You told me you would bring presents and treats | |||
Cheering my spirits with homemade sweet meats | |||
Here I sit waiting beside the tree all by myself (By myself) | |||
[...] | |||
</poem> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||