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| Name = East Coast | | Name = East Coast or West Coast | ||
| Type = Demo | | Type = Demo | ||
| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
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| RC's next song = "???"<br>(RC# ???) | | RC's next song = "???"<br>(RC# ???) | ||
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"'''''East Coast | "'''''East Coast or West Coast'''''" (also known as "East Coast vs. West Coast") is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2006]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
As Cuomo [[Harvard Crimson interview with Rivers Cuomo - April 26, 2006| | Originally in contention for release on Weezer's [[Weezer (The Red Album)|2008 self-titled album]], "East Coast or West Coast" was reportedly also in contention for release on their 2014 album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. However, the song failed to make the cut for either. As Cuomo [[Harvard Crimson interview with Rivers Cuomo - April 26, 2006|explained in a 2006 interview]]: | ||
<blockquote>"When I was in [a 2006] meditation course, I was obsessing about “Where do I want to live—East Coast or West Coast?” And so many thoughts would come up about either coast, and I said, “Hey, I should write a song about that.” So, what it’s gonna be, is I’m gonna be in the center speaker, wondering what I should do. Then, [[Brian Bell|Brian]]’s gonna be in the left speaker, arguing on behalf of the West Coast, and [[Scott Shriner|Scott]] will be on the right, arguing on behalf of the East Coast. And we’ll all just be singing and rapping to each other."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"When I was in [a 2006] meditation course, I was obsessing about “Where do I want to live—East Coast or West Coast?” And so many thoughts would come up about either coast, and I said, “Hey, I should write a song about that.” So, what it’s gonna be, is I’m gonna be in the center speaker, wondering what I should do. Then, [[Brian Bell|Brian]]’s gonna be in the left speaker, arguing on behalf of the West Coast, and [[Scott Shriner|Scott]] will be on the right, arguing on behalf of the East Coast. And we’ll all just be singing and rapping to each other."</blockquote> | ||
In the song, it isn't made clear which coast wins, however, Cuomo mentions that the West Coast won in real life. | In the song, it isn't made clear which coast wins, however, Cuomo mentions that the West Coast won in real life. | ||
Though unheard by fans for many years after its existence became known, various low resolution clips of the song were played in a Tinychat on [[November 19]], [[2017]]. Two days later, a [[2007]] demo of the song (albeit with an overdub featuring [[Pat Wilson]] on drums from 2012, plus an entirely new bridge from the same year) surfaced, along with demos of the unreleased songs "[[Call the Police]]", "[[Caveman]]", and "[[El Presidente]]". | |||
Several recordings of this song from the ''EWBAITE''-era were included on the compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' in [[2020]], though many of the versions were removed shortly thereafter (due to featuring members of the band other than Cuomo). Some of these demos interpolate the chorus of the demo "[[Up in the Clouds]]" into the chorus of "East Coast or West Coast". | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||