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| | "[[The Odd Couple]]"
| | "[[The Odd Couple]]"
| | <small>''The odd couple is what we are in reality<br>But we are so happy in everything we do<br>The odd couple is what they're saying of you and me<br>But we know the feeling that we share is true</small>''
| | <small>''The odd couple is what we are in reality<br>But we are so happy in everything we do<br>The odd couple is what they're saying of you and me<br>But we know the feeling that we share is true</small>''
| | According to Karl Koch, this is an autobiographical song about Rivers Cuomo and his wife.
| | According to Karl Koch, this is an autobiographical song about Rivers Cuomo and his wife. Kyoko Cuomo is also referenced on "[[Back to the Shac
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| | [[Michael Jackson]]<br>[[Image:Michael Jackson.jpg|100px]]
| | [[Michael Jackson]]<br>[[Image:Michael Jackson.jpg|100px]]
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| | <small>''It's the hits, it's the flops<br>Billie Jean and She Bop</small>''
| | <small>''It's the hits, it's the flops<br>Billie Jean and She Bop</small>''
| | Lauper's 1984 hit "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Bop She Bop]" is referenced here, alongside Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
| | Lauper's 1984 hit "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Bop She Bop]" is referenced here, alongside Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
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==''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' (2014)==
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! style="background: #7ad;" |Person
! style="background: #7ad;" |Song
! style="background: #7ad;" |Lyric
! style="background: #7ad;" |Note
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| | [[The Astronauts]]<br>[[Image:Fullband Astronauts.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Ain't Got Nobody]]"
| | ''<small>In the "Where Are They Now?" category:<br>The Astronauts, with their first big hit...</small>''
| | A fictional band at the center of the on-and-off narrative that structures the entire record, the Astronauts are based on Weezer and Cuomo's career.
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| | [[Bella]]<br>[[Image:Bella.png|100px]]
| | Throughout the album
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| | Bella is one of the characters devised as part of the album's narrative. She is a romantic interest of [[Sebastian]], the character based on [[Rivers Cuomo]].
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| | [[George Blotkin]]<br>[[Image:Georgeblotkin.jpg|100px]]
| | Throughout the album
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| | George Blotkin is one of the characters devised as part of the album's narrative. He is an executive of Electric Records, alongside [[Cleo]].
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| | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_coat_(military_uniform)#American_War_of_Independence British soldiers in the American Revolutionary War]<br>[[Image:Battle of bunker hill by percy moran.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[The British are Coming]]"
| |''<small>Punk-ass redcoats trying to run the show<br>Telling me what to do and where to go</small>''
| | Though initially taking [[The British Are Coming#Early lyrics|a more abstract approach]] to the song's lyrics, Cuomo would revise them to write a fairly straight-ahead recounting of the American Revolutionary War.
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| | [[Claire]]<br>[[Image:Clairemom.jpg|100px]]
| | Throughout the album
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| | Claire is one of the characters devised as part of the album's narrative. She is the mother of [[Sebastian]], the character based on [[Rivers Cuomo]]. Ostentisibly she is based on [[Beverly Shoenberger]], Cuomo's real-life mother.
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| | [[Cleo]]<br>[[Image:Cleopicture.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Cleopatra]]"
| |''<small>You can't control me no more, Cleopatra</small>''
| | Cleo is one of the characters devised as part of the album's narrative. She is an executive of Electric Records, the record label that [[The Astronauts]] are signed to.
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| | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra Cleopatra]<br>[[Image:Cleopatra portrait.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Cleopatra]]"
| |''<small>You can't control me no more, Cleopatra</small>''
| | The song discusses an aging woman. It is also a reference to [[Cleo]], one of the many characters devised for the album's narrative.
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| | [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo]]<br>[[Image:Kyoko Ito.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Back to the Shack]]"
| | ''<small>I finally settled down with my girl and I made up with my dad<br>Had to go and make a few mistakes so I could find out who I am</small>''
| | Rivers Cuomo married Kyoko Ito in 2006.
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| | [[Frank Cuomo]]<br>[[Image:Frank-cuomo.png|100px]]
| | "[[Ain't Got Nobody]]"<br><br>"[[Back to the Shack]]"<br><br>"[[Foolish Father]]"
| | AGN:<br>''<small>My daddy loved me<br>No one could touch me<br>Until he went up and left me lonely</small>''<br><br>BttS:<br>''<small>I finally settled down with my girl and I made up with my dad<br>Had to go and make a few mistakes so I could find out who I am</small>''<br><br>FF:<br>''<small>Forgive your foolish father<br>He did the best that he could do</small>''
| | On "Ain't Got Nobody," the lyric addresses the fact that Frank Cuomo left his family when Rivers Cuomo was very young. Their reunion much later in life is described on "Back to the Shack." On "Foolish Father," the lyrics double as both Rivers addressing his father and Rivers' own children addressing him. Fatherhood is [[Everything Will Be Alright in the End#Themes on the Album|a persistent theme]] of ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End''. Frank Cuomo is also referenced on "[[Say It Ain't So]]."
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| | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom George III]<br>[[Image:George III.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[The British are Coming]]"
| |''<small>This is the night<br>Light up a fire in the forge<br>We're not the coins in the coffer of old King George</small>''
| | Though initially taking [[The British Are Coming#Early lyrics|a more abstract approach]] to the song's lyrics, Cuomo would revise them to write a fairly straight-ahead recounting of the American Revolutionary War.
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| | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Stephen Hawking]<br>[[Image:Stephen Hawking.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Da Vinci]]"
| |''<small>Even Da Vinci couldn't paint you<br>And Stephen Hawking can't explain you<br>Rosetta Stone could not translate you<br>I'm at a loss for words</small>''
| | In true Weezer fashion, the song heaps praise on a love interest of the narrator. She is so fascinating to him that he can't understand her.
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| | [[KISS]]<br>[[Image:Kiss.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Ain't Got Nobody]]"<br><br>"[[Eulogy for a Rock Band]]" ''<small>(specultated)</small>''
| | ''<small>"Look, rock is dead. Guitars are dead."</small>''
| | This is a nod to a then-recent quote by KISS's guitarist Gene Simmons: "[https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/interviews/a26330/gene-simmons-future-of-rock/ Rock is finally dead.]" Critics and fans have wondered if KISS is the band referenced in "Eulogy for a Rock Band," though Cuomo hasn't yet revealed who the song is addressed to. KISS is referenced in many Weezer other songs, including "[[In the Garage]] and "[[Devotion]]."
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| | [[Joe Laffoley]]<br>[[Image:Laffoley.png|100px]]
| | Throughout the album
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| | Joe Laffoley is one of the characters devised as part of the album's narrative. He is viewing the narrative of the album unfold via transmissions from the future. He discovers through these transmissions that they center on his son, [[Sebastian]], who is based on [[Rivers Cuomo]].
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| | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty The Sons of Liberty]<br>[[Image:Sons of Liberty.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[The British are Coming]]"
| |''<small>We'll show 'em we are the true sons of liberty</small>''
| | The Sons of Liberty was a secret revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. Though initially taking [[The British Are Coming#Early lyrics|a more abstract approach]] to this song's lyrics, Cuomo would revise them to write a fairly straight-ahead recounting of the American Revolutionary War.
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| | [[Sebastian]]<br>[[Image:Sebastian.png|100px]]
| | Throughout the album
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| | Sebastian is the lead character of the album's narrative. He is the lead musician in a band called [[The Astronauts]].
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| | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere Paul Revere]<br>[[Image:Paul Revere.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[The British are Coming]]"
| |''<small>One if by land<br>Two if they come by the sea</small>''
| | Though initially taking [[The British Are Coming#Early lyrics|a more abstract approach]] to this song's lyrics, Cuomo would revise them to write a fairly straight-ahead recounting of the American Revolutionary War.
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| | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci Leonardo da Vinci]<br>[[Image:Da Vinci Portrait.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Da Vinci]]"
| |''<small>Even Da Vinci couldn't paint you<br>And Stephen Hawking can't explain you<br>Rosetta Stone could not translate you<br>I'm at a loss for words</small>''
| | In true Weezer fashion, the song heaps praise on a love interest of the narrator. She is so fascinating to him that he can't understand her.
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| | [[:Category:Fandom|Weezer fans]]<br>[[Image:Screenshot-6.png|150px]]
| | "[[Back to the Shack]]"<br><br>"[[I've Had It Up to Here]]"
| | BttS:<br>''<small>"Sorry guys, I didn't realize that I needed you so much<br>I thought I'd get a new audience, I forgot that disco sucks<br>I ended up with nobody and I started feeling dumb"</small>''<br><br>IHIUTH:<br>''<small>I tried to give my best to you<br>But you plugged up your ears<br>And now I just can't take no more<br>I've had it up to here</small>''
| | On "Back to the Shack," Cuomo is apologizing for steering the band away from the sound and style preferred by the band's more devoted fanbase. The band has wrestled for much of their career with the [[Pinkerton#Cuomo's reactions|legacy of their 90's output]] and its perceived superiority to everything they've released since. On "I've Had It Up To Here," Cuomo is less conciliatory.
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| | Initial line-up of [[Weezer]]<br>[[Image:Diystour.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Back to the Shack]]"
| |''<small>Take me back, back to the shack<br>Back to the strat with the lightning strap<br>Kick in the door, more hardcore<br>Rocking out like it's '94</small>''
| | The "shack" is a likely reference to the [[Amherst House]], a home the band and its friends shared in the early days. [[The Garage]], immortalized in the music video for "[[Say It Ain't So]]," was a frequent rehearsal / recording spot for the band there.
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| | Current line-up of [[Weezer]]<br>[[Image:Weezerwall.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Back to the Shack]]"
| |''<small>We belong in the rock world<br>There is so much left to do<br>If we die in obscurity, oh well<Br>At least we raised some hell</small>''
| | Cuomo had written "[[Brave New World]]" on ''[[Hurley]]'' about the rest of the band not wanting to explore other genres of music. He appears to be walking that criticism back here. He would, of course, veer Weezer into very new (and decidedly non-rock) genre territories on both ''[[The Black Album]]'' and ''[[Pacific Daydream]]''.
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| | [[Brian Wilson]]<br>[[Image:Brian Wilson.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Eulogy for a Rock Band]]" ''<small>(speculated)</small>''
| | The entire song is addressed to, according to Cuomo, one of Weezer's "forefathers."
| | Some fans and critics have wondered if Wilson is the subject of this song.
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| | [[Pat Wilson]]<br>[[Image:Patrick1.jpg|100px]]
| | "[[Back to the Shack]]"
| |''<small>Maybe I should play the lead guitar and Pat should play the drums</small>''
| | Starting with his contribution of "[[Automatic]]" on ''[[The Red Album]]'', Wilson began regularly playing guitar for Weezer, both live and in the studio. [[Josh Freese]] filled Wilson's role frequently behind the drums. Wilson is also referenced on "[[In the Mall]]" from ''Raditude''.
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