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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Unspoken | | Name = Unspoken | ||
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===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Hurley]]'' | *''[[Hurley]]'' | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In | In [https://www.spin.com/2010/08/qa-rivers-cuomo-weezer/ a Q&A with SPIN.com], Rivers explained the origin of the song: | ||
<blockquote>''"Unspoken" was written right after I got married and after living alone for so many years, having everything exactly how I wanted it, suddenly I'm living with somebody else and I have to start making compromises in my lifestyle and boy, part of my mind was really unhappy about having to compromise. It was just a real adjustment coming from my previous lifestyle.''</blockquote> | |||
Contemporary jazz musician Greg Vail plays flute on this song. A remix of the song by musician [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farrar Sam Farrar] appeared on the Japanese CD release of ''Hurley''. | |||
Contemporary jazz musician Greg Vail plays flute on this song. | |||
"Unspoken" has been performed in concert only twice, to date. The song has been performed multiple times in various other contexts, however, including a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUqBSnHt26c video of Cuomo performing the song solo for ''Rolling Stone''], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMCcz92a-E a performance for AOL subsidiary Cambio Music], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=durb6fvg5CY a performance during the Guitar Center Sessions] in [[2011]]. | |||
==Live performances== | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 10/01/2010 - Las Vegas, NV]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 06/06/2011 - Austin, TX]] | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - Lead vocals, Guitar | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] - Lead vocals, Guitar | ||
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*Avram Sills - Percussion | *Avram Sills - Percussion | ||
*Greg Vail - Flute | *Greg Vail - Flute | ||
==Audio/Video== | |||
===Album versions=== | |||
<youtube>9Cg2-VoQEcQ</youtube> <youtube>ith7dBi9g_4</youtube> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>Every morning, every day, I am hopin' for a chance to get away | <poem>Every morning, every day, I am hopin' for a chance to get away | ||