Don't Let Go: Difference between revisions
Fixed intro, which is not kick drum, and added "Don't Let Go 2.0."
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Don't Let Go" is a fan favorite off ''The Green Album''. In the 2005 [[AOL Sessions (2005)|AOL Sessions]], [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] said that the inspiration for this song, as with most of ''The Green Album'', was instantaneous. He would sit down, start playing something, and within few minutes, the song was written - and he didn't even know what it was supposed to mean. The song's lyrics tell of a man clinging for his girlfriend not to leave him. The song was featured on a [[2000]] demo tape submitted by the band to Interscope/Geffen in hopes of receiving approval for a third album[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Karl%27s_Corner_-_11/07/2000]. The song is instantly notable for it's 1-2-3-4 | "Don't Let Go" is a fan favorite off ''The Green Album''. In the 2005 [[AOL Sessions (2005)|AOL Sessions]], [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] said that the inspiration for this song, as with most of ''The Green Album'', was instantaneous. He would sit down, start playing something, and within few minutes, the song was written - and he didn't even know what it was supposed to mean. The song's lyrics tell of a man clinging for his girlfriend not to leave him. The song was featured on a [[2000]] demo tape submitted by the band to Interscope/Geffen in hopes of receiving approval for a third album[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Karl%27s_Corner_-_11/07/2000]. The song is instantly notable for it's 1-2-3-4 snare drum/tom-tom intro. | ||
The lyric "Anything you desire / I will set at your feet" also appears in the ''Green''-era outtake "[[No Way]]." | The lyric "Anything you desire / I will set at your feet" also appears in the ''Green''-era outtake "[[No Way]]." | ||
===Live Revamp=== | ===Live Revamp=== | ||
"Don't Let Go" has received a major revamping in the live setting. | "Don't Let Go" has received a major revamping in the live setting. On December 6, 2001, Weezer posted a live version of the song to their website under the name "Don't Let Go 2.0" with a different vocal pattern in the chorus and pre-chorus. The favorite version of many fans is the 2005 [[AOL Sessions]] version. During this live performance, the song is in a higher key, and regular-guitarist [[Brian Bell]] adds synthesizer, most notable in the intro. During the pre-chorus, Cuomo takes the vocal part up the scale rather than down the scale, and turns the "ooh-whoa-whoa" in the choruses to falsetto yells, an octave above the recorded version. Furthermore, the guitar solo is altered from just the verse melody to a more dynamic guitar part. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||