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[[Image:JamieYoung2013.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jamie Young, c. 2013]] | |||
According to [[Recording_History_-_Page_4#5.2F93_Matt_and_Rivers_collaborate|the Weezer Recording History]], "Mrs. Young" was written by Matt Sharp in May of [[1993]], with [[Rivers Cuomo]] assisting on "some parts and harmonies". Like the Cuomo song "Jamie", written two months prior, "Mrs. Young" is an ode to Weezer's lawyer at the time, [[Jamie Young]]. The two "Jamie" songs were considered, at one point, for an independent single release, but this never materialized. On [[February 14]], [[2003]], Sharp wrote about recording the song on his personal website [https://web.archive.org/web/20031018015914/http://www.mattsharp.net/diary.html]: | According to [[Recording_History_-_Page_4#5.2F93_Matt_and_Rivers_collaborate|the Weezer Recording History]], "Mrs. Young" was written by Matt Sharp in May of [[1993]], with [[Rivers Cuomo]] assisting on "some parts and harmonies". Like the Cuomo song "Jamie", written two months prior, "Mrs. Young" is an ode to Weezer's lawyer at the time, [[Jamie Young]]. The two "Jamie" songs were considered, at one point, for an independent single release, but this never materialized. On [[February 14]], [[2003]], Sharp wrote about recording the song on his personal website [https://web.archive.org/web/20031018015914/http://www.mattsharp.net/diary.html]: | ||
<pre>honestly, i have a pretty good memory for most of the music i recorded a long time ago. although, i am pretty foggy on all the versions of "mrs. young" a.k.a. "jamie mach 2". the song was written for my old attorney and all the new found sense of confidence and security she instilled in me and the lads. the earliest version was recorded on mr. cuomo's tascam 8 track cassette machine and was intended as a b-side for a possible "jamie" 7" indie single (which was aborted) long before the release of the blue album. like i said, my memory on this one is awfully fuzzy, but as far as i remember rivers did most of the instrumentation except the bass and lead vox, i thought jason cropper played some acoustic guitar (i know he showed me how to play the chords for it on his acoustic), but then again i'm not so sure, it sounds like r.c. on drums, but it could be pat. the drums are so low in the bootleg mix you have, i can't tell and don't remember. later on the song morphed into "please, let that be you" and the lyrics changed, because i probably didn't want to sing about weezer related issues on "return of The Rentals" . | <pre>honestly, i have a pretty good memory for most of the music i recorded a long time ago. although, i am pretty foggy on all the versions of "mrs. young" a.k.a. "jamie mach 2". the song was written for my old attorney and all the new found sense of confidence and security she instilled in me and the lads. the earliest version was recorded on mr. cuomo's tascam 8 track cassette machine and was intended as a b-side for a possible "jamie" 7" indie single (which was aborted) long before the release of the blue album. like i said, my memory on this one is awfully fuzzy, but as far as i remember rivers did most of the instrumentation except the bass and lead vox, i thought jason cropper played some acoustic guitar (i know he showed me how to play the chords for it on his acoustic), but then again i'm not so sure, it sounds like r.c. on drums, but it could be pat. the drums are so low in the bootleg mix you have, i can't tell and don't remember. later on the song morphed into "please, let that be you" and the lyrics changed, because i probably didn't want to sing about weezer related issues on "return of The Rentals" . | ||