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[[Weezer]] | {{Template:Infobox Concert | ||
| Name = Weezer: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert | |||
| Artist = Weezer | |||
| Cover = Weezer NPR tiny desk.png | |||
| Tour = [[Weezer/Pixies Tour]] | |||
| Venue = NPR Music Studios | |||
| Location = Washington, D.C. | |||
| Date = [[April 1]], [[2019]] | |||
| Released = [[April 9]], [[2019]] | |||
| Associated album = ''[[The Black Album]]'' | |||
| Last show = [[Weezer concert: 03/31/2019 - Madison, WI|03/31/2019 - Madison, WI]] | |||
| This show = '''04/01/2019 - Washington, D.C. (Tiny Desk performance)''' | |||
| Next show = [[Weezer concert: 04/05/2019 - Nampa, ID|04/05/2019 - Nampa, ID]] | |||
}} | |||
[[Weezer]] performed an acoustic set in the NPR Music offices for the Tiny Desk concert series on [[April 1]], [[2019]]. The session was released on [[April 9]], [[2019]]. | |||
[[ | ==Overview== | ||
===NPR YouTube description=== | |||
<blockquote>April 1, 2019 | Robin Hilton -- This is probably the loosest you'll ever see Weezer. Known for meticulously produced — and electric — live shows, frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]] and the rest of the band settled in behind the Tiny Desk for an entirely acoustic set without the in-ear monitors, click track or vocal separation they usually employ to stay locked-in and tight for bigger performances. The result is surprisingly intimate, with songs that feel lived-in and rumpled, like an old flannel shirt from the '90s. | |||
Weezer opened with one of the band's rarer songs: "[[Longtime Sunshine]]," a [[1994]] track that's only appeared as a Rivers Cuomo home recording on bootlegs and [[Alone I|compilations]], and on the deluxe edition of ''[[Pinkerton]]''. Then the band performed a stripped-down version of its electro-pop song "[[Living in L.A.]]," from Weezer's new self-titled "[[Black|Black Album]]," followed by another deep cut, "[[Across the Sea]]." It's a song Cuomo originally wrote in his early 20s, inspired by a fan letter he'd received from a young woman in Japan. While beloved by many Gen-Xers who'd first heard it on [[1996|1996's]] ''Pinkerton'', the song's lyrics haven't aged terribly well. | |||
Weezer returned to its newest material to close the set with "[[High as a Kite]]," from the new album. A song of innocence and escapism, Cuomo sings about daydreaming and how he wants to disappear — which is exactly what the band did once the song was over, but not before Cuomo told the crowd, "We are Weezer, from the planet Earth. Have a nice life!"</blockquote> | |||
==Video== | |||
<youtube>t8UKQJZsv4o</youtube> | |||
==Set list== | ==Set list== | ||
The inclusion of "[[Longtime Sunshine]]" and "[[Across the Sea]]" is somewhat rare in Weezer's setlists. | |||
{{Setlist | |||
| title1 = [[Longtime Sunshine]] | |||
| title2 = [[Living in L.A.]] | |||
| title3 = [[Across the Sea]] | |||
| title4 = [[High as a Kite]] | |||
}} | |||
==Personnel== | |||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - guitars, vocals | |||
*[[Brian Bell]] - guitars, vocals, piano | |||
*[[Scott Shriner]] - bass, vocals | |||
*[[Patrick Wilson]] - drums | |||
===Production=== | |||
*Robin Hilton - Producer | |||
*Morgan Noelle Smith - Producer | |||
*Bob Boilen - Creative Director | |||
*Josh Rogosin - Audio Engineer | |||
*Morgan Noelle Smith - Videographer | |||
*Beck Harlan - Videographer | |||
*Kimani Oletu - Videographer | |||
*Bobby Carter - Associate Producer | |||
*Adelaide Sandstrom - Production Assistant | |||
*Amr Alfiky/NPR - Photo | |||
==See also== | |||
* ''[[AOL Sessions Best Buy Exclusive DVD]]'' | |||
* [[Sessions@AOL (2008)]] | |||
* [[Sessions@AOL (2009)]] | |||
* [[List of studios Weezer has recorded at]] | |||
[[Category:Studio performance]] | |||
[[Category:Weezer concerts - April 2019]] | [[Category:Weezer concerts - April 2019]] | ||