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* ''[[Weezer (The Red Album)]]'' (2008) | * ''[[Weezer (The Red Album)]]'' (2008) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Weezer lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] has stated that when he wrote the song he was listening to Eminem, and that was his overall influence. However, the song is mainly about his days as a teenager in Connecticut, and the shenanigans he and his friends would get into. They called their antics " | Weezer lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] has stated that when he wrote the song he was listening to Eminem, and that was his overall influence. However, the song is mainly about his days as a teenager in Connecticut, and the shenanigans he and his friends would get into. They called their antics "getting dangerous". [[Adam Orth]], a longtime friend of Cuomo and a member of [[Homie]], posted a [[Getting Dangerous|blog entry]][https://web.archive.org/web/20080610144622/http://web.mac.com/adamorth/adam_orth/words./Entries/2008/6/3_we_should_have_died_a_long_time_ago..html] on his website explaining the stories that were the basis for Cuomo's writing of this song. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals (verses, bridge) | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals (verses, bridge) |