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|an interview]] that "P" was a reference to Paulina Porizkova, the wife of [[Weezer's]] producer for ''[[The Blue Album]]'', [[Ric Ocasek]]. The album art for the "Friends of P." single shows both [[Patrick Wilson]] and [[Petra Haden]] without their heads. [[Karl Koch]] explained: "[[Geffen]] did not allow its recording artists Patrick Wilson and Petra Haden's faces on the artwork, so Matt had their heads photoshopped away. This rather haunting image also appeared on large promo posters!" | |an interview]] that "P" was a reference to Paulina Porizkova, the wife of [[Weezer's]] producer for ''[[The Blue Album]]'', [[Ric Ocasek]]. The album art for the "Friends of P." single shows both [[Patrick Wilson]] and [[Petra Haden]] without their heads. [[Karl Koch]] explained: "[[Geffen]] did not allow its recording artists Patrick Wilson and Petra Haden's faces on the artwork, so Matt had their heads photoshopped away. This rather haunting image also appeared on large promo posters!" | ||
==Covers== | ==Covers== | ||
In [[2008]], the band [[Tokyo Police Club]] covered this song on a digital-only Rentals tribute EP, ''[[Friends of P - Tribute to the Rentals]]'' (released in Japan as ''Lost Out in the Machinery: The Songs of The Rentals'') and on the final date as the opening artists on Weezer's [[Troublemaker Tour]]. | In [[2008]], the band [[Tokyo Police Club]] covered this song on a digital-only Rentals tribute EP, ''[[Friends of P - Tribute to the Rentals]]'' (released in Japan as ''Lost Out in the Machinery: The Songs of The Rentals'') and on the final date as the opening artists on Weezer's [[Troublemaker Tour]]. The band [[Ozma]] covered the song in [[2011]] accompanied by [[Matt Sharp]] (along with the songs "[[Getting By]]" and "[[Waiting]]")[https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ozma/2011/the-glass-house-pomona-ca-73d1ce09.html] and covered the song again in [[2012]] during [[the Weezer Cruise]] [https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ozma/2012/carnival-destiny-miami-fl-5bdeeb24.html]. | ||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
"Friends of P"'s music video was responsible for the bulk of the song's exposure. According to Matt Sharp, the video was filmed on [[Rod Cervera]]'s World War II-era camera [https://www.pastemagazine.com/noisetrade/music/the-rentals/sep-24-2007-daytrotter-studio-rock-island-il]. The video portrays the band as vaguely Eastern-European setting, with the song's lyrics subtitled in Russian. According to Sharp in an interview with Matt Pinfield on ''120 Minutes'', the idea came from "[Sharp] and [[Tom Grimley]] playing so much Intellivision" and suggested that, because Sharp was already on the DGC label with Weezer, they decided to "make it so we weren't even from this country and I didn't have anything to do with anything from America at all." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5S-1Mt8DJs] Sharp, during this period, would put on an Eastern-European accent during appearances such as Weezer interviews and at the 1995 Video Music Awards. A still from the video shoot was used for the ''Return of the Rentals'' album cover. | "Friends of P"'s music video was responsible for the bulk of the song's exposure. According to Matt Sharp, the video was filmed on [[Rod Cervera]]'s World War II-era camera [https://www.pastemagazine.com/noisetrade/music/the-rentals/sep-24-2007-daytrotter-studio-rock-island-il]. The video portrays the band as vaguely Eastern-European setting, with the song's lyrics subtitled in Russian. According to Sharp in an interview with Matt Pinfield on ''120 Minutes'', the idea came from "[Sharp] and [[Tom Grimley]] playing so much Intellivision" and suggested that, because Sharp was already on the DGC label with Weezer, they decided to "make it so we weren't even from this country and I didn't have anything to do with anything from America at all." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5S-1Mt8DJs] Sharp, during this period, would put on an Eastern-European accent during appearances such as Weezer interviews and at the 1995 Video Music Awards. A still from the video shoot was used for the ''Return of the Rentals'' album cover. | ||