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| Cover = Rivers alonevi.jpg | | Cover = Rivers alonevi.jpg | ||
| Type = demo | | Type = demo | ||
| Artist = | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = Alone VI: The Black Room | | Album = Alone VI: The Black Room | ||
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*''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' (2020) | *''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Ayleen" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] at | "Ayleen" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] while living at an apartment on Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles in [[1999]]. The song was later demoed by Weezer and featured on a demo tape in [[2000]], submitted by the band to Interscope/[[Geffen]] in hopes of receiving approval for a third album<ref>Koch, Karl. ''Karl's Corner''. 7 November 2000. Archived on ''Weezerpedia'' https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Karl%27s_Corner_-_11/07/2000</ref>. The song remained in contention for ''[[The Green Album]]'' during recording sessions at Cuomo's home studio, but was retired by the time the band entered the studio in December of 2000. The song was among hundreds of Cuomo's demos [[Riverscuomo.com_demos#Leak.2Ffirst_wave|leaked online through the demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], [[2020]]. A few weeks later, on [[November 22]], the song was sold as part of the digital demo compilation ''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]''. | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
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[[Category:Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone VI: The Black Room]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone VI: The Black Room]][[Category:Catalog O' Riffs]] |