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| This track = "Trippin' Down the Freeway"<br>(06) | | This track = "Trippin' Down the Freeway"<br>(06) | ||
| Next track = "[[Love is the Answer]]"<br>(07) | | Next track = "[[Love is the Answer]]"<br>(07) | ||
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{{Extra album cover 2 | |||
| Upper caption = Alternate Cover | |||
| Type = album | |||
| Cover = Trippingsingle.jpg | |||
| Lower caption = Digital single cover | |||
}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''"Trippin' Down the Freeway"''' is the sixth track on ''[[Raditude]]''. | '''"Trippin' Down the Freeway"''' is the sixth track on ''[[Raditude]]''. | ||
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*''[[Raditude]]'' (on both Standard and Deluxe releases) | *''[[Raditude]]'' (on both Standard and Deluxe releases) | ||
*''Tripping Down the Freeway'' digital-45 single (iTunes Canada only) | *''Tripping Down the Freeway'' digital-45 single (iTunes Canada only) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
This song was confirmed to be on ''Raditude'' by Rivers Cuomo on August 21, 2009 in an interview with Billboard magazine. [[Patrick Wilson]], the band's drummer and sometimes guitarist, plays the guitar solo on this song. The song is notable for featuring something closer to the classic Weezer sound on the otherwise more pop-oriented ''Raditude''. | This song was confirmed to be on ''Raditude'' by Rivers Cuomo on [[August 21]], 2009 in an interview with Billboard magazine. [[Patrick Wilson]], the band's drummer and sometimes guitarist, plays the guitar solo on this song. The song is notable for featuring something closer to the classic Weezer sound on the otherwise more pop-oriented ''Raditude''. | ||
Wilson has named the song as a recent favorite in the band's catalog, and was known to have, along with [[Karl Koch]], pushed for the song to be a single. | Wilson has named the song as a recent favorite in the band's catalog, and was known to have, along with [[Karl Koch]], pushed for the song to be a single. | ||
Weezer, when performing the song live at Bonaroo in 2010, were accompanied by YouTube musician [[Julia Nunes]], who had previously covered the Weezer song "[[Keep Fishin']]". A video of the band rehearsing with Nunes was released as [[List of Weezer webisodes|Weezer Webisode]] #18 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7E76U2jsmQ]. | |||
===Band Commentary=== | ===Band Commentary=== | ||
'''Rivers:''' "Tripping Down the Freeway" I wrote like right after I wrote "Pork and Beans". It just sounds like a classic Weezer song. Actually it may sound similar to "Pork and Beans" 'cause it was written right at the same time. I don't know. [ | '''Rivers:''' "Tripping Down the Freeway" I wrote like right after I wrote "[[Pork and Beans]]". It just sounds like a classic Weezer song. Actually it may sound similar to "Pork and Beans" 'cause it was written right at the same time. I don't know. | ||
==Live performances== | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 06/04/2010 - Kansas City, MO]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 06/05/2010 - Milwaukee, WI]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 06/11/2010 - Elizabeth, IN]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 06/12/2010 - Manchester, TN]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/09/2010 - Minneapolis, MN]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/10/2010 - Sarnia, ON, Canada]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/11/2010 - Canandaigua, NY]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/15/2010 - Mashantucket, CT]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/16/2010 - New York, NY]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/18/2010 - Ottawa, ON, Canada]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/22/2010 - St. John's, NL, Canada]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 07/31/2010 - Columbus, OH]] | |||
*[[Live on the Weezer Cruise - Palladium Lounge (Pinkerton)|Weezer concert: 01/21/2012 - The Weezer Cruise]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 11/10/2012 - Orlando, FL]] | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead vocals, Guitar | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead vocals, Guitar | ||
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*[[Scott Shriner]] - bass guitar, Backing vocals | *[[Scott Shriner]] - bass guitar, Backing vocals | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube>BCXPnuyWtm8</youtube> | <youtube>BCXPnuyWtm8</youtube> <youtube>2Tp4MJA4W_I</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>I told you that you had put on some weight | <poem>I told you that you had put on some weight | ||