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| Name = Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008 | |||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | |||
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| Tour = | |||
| Venue = Fingerprints Music | |||
| Location = Long Beach, CA | |||
| Date = [[November 25]], [[2008]] | |||
| Associated album = ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' | |||
| Supporting acts = | |||
| Debuts = | |||
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| Personnel = | |||
| Bootleg = Filmed for official release | |||
| Attendance = 150 | |||
| Tour Mngr = | |||
| Last show = [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 06/01/2005|06/01/2005 - Wiesbaden, Germany]] | |||
| This show = 11/25/2008 - Long Beach, CA | |||
| Next show = [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 02/19/2011|02/19/2011 - Chicago, IL]] | |||
}} | |||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] organized '''a release party at Fingerprints Music in Long Beach, California''' on [[November 25]], [[2008]] for the release of the compilation CD ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. The event was done in the "[[hootenanny]]" style (as utilized by [[Weezer]] during the [[Troublemaker Tour]] that same year), with fans providing instrumentation and Cuomo providing only vocals. Approximately 150 fans attended the event. | |||
The '' | The event was filmed and released in both CD and DVD formats the following year as ''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]''. | ||
==Overview== | |||
[[Image:Karlscorner-20081127.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Rivers Cuomo with fans at the event]] | |||
The idea for an ''Alone II'' hootenanny was first publicly mentioned by Cuomo a month prior in [[Pitchfork Media interview with Rivers Cuomo - October 27, 2008|an interview with ''Pitchfork'']] published on [[October 27]].<ref>Thompson, Paul. "Rivers Cuomo Talks Alone II, Weezer, That Hair" ''Pitchfork''. 27 October 2008. https://pitchfork.com/news/33865-rivers-cuomo-talks-alone-ii-weezer-that-hair/</ref> | |||
{{Quote box|[[Image:Rivershead.png]]|"I want to do a really cool event to promote ''Alone II'' on the day of release. It's basically another Hootenanny, but it's a little different. Anyone can come, you don't have to bring an instrument, but if you want to, you can bring an instrument, and you the audience will pick the songs we play, and it can be anything. And I'll just print up the lyrics right there on the spot, I'll have to have a computer there or something, I'll get them off line, off the Internet. It can be any of my songs or any cover, and so, in some cases, it might just be one person [who] says, like, "Oh! Let's play this obscure B-side!" or something, some song from [unfinished Weezer disc Songs From] the Black Hole, and he may be the only person in the room [who] knows it, besides me, and then it will just be me and that person giving a concert to the rest of the room. And then the next song, there might be 20 people who know it. So that will be a very dynamic event, and very fun for me. And I won't have to bring a guitar [laughs]."}} | |||
The event was announced on Myspace on [[November 5]]: | |||
<blockquote>''Fingerprints is ecstatic to announce an album release event straight from the imagination of Rivers Cuomo. It's a bit different for us, so read all the way through, including the details at the bottom about how you can join us for this once-in-a-lifetime event.'' | |||
''Rivers talked about the event in a recent interview with Pitchfork... here's how he explained what will be happening on our humble little stage on Tuesday, November 25th:'' | |||
''"I am doing a really cool event to promote Alone II on the day of release. It's basically another Hootenanny, but it's a little different. Anyone can be a part of it, you don't have to bring an instrument. But if you do bring an instrument, you will be part of the team that gets to pick the songs we play. It can be any song, in some cases, it might just be one person who says, like, "Oh! Let's play this obscure B-side!", and he may be the only person in the room who knows it, besides me, and then it will just be me and that person giving a concert to the rest of the room. And then the next song, there might be 20 people who know it. So that will be a very dynamic event and very fun for me. And I won't have to bring a guitar [laughs]. | |||
" - Rivers Cuomo'' | |||
''We will be opening the guest list at 11:00am on Thursday, November 6th. The list will be open to people that pre-order Rivers' new album, Alone II: The Home Recordings , with a limit of two spots per person. We are looking for both musicians and non-musicians and will be managing the list to make sure we have enough of both, please don't buffalo us by saying you'll play if you won't. Space will be more limited than usual, as we're leaving a bit of extra room to move around with instruments.'' | |||
== | ''** Please note that we will be accepting RSVP pre- orders for this performance via phone (562.433.4996) and in-person, but purchasing through the website will not get you in to see the performance.''</blockquote> | ||
==Set list== | |||
{{Setlist | |||
| title1 = [[Blast Off!]]"/"[[Who You Callin' Bitch?]] | |||
| title2 = [[Across the Sea]] | |||
| title3 = [[Buddy Holly]] | |||
| title4 = [[Butterfly]] | |||
| title5 = [[Can't Stop Partying]]"/"[[Pork and Beans]] | |||
| title6 = [[Devotion]] | |||
| title7 = [[El Scorcho]] | |||
| title8 = [[Getting Up and Leaving]] | |||
| title9 = [[Lover in the Snow]] | |||
| title10 = [[Susanne]] | |||
| title11 = [[Waiting on You]] | |||
| title12 = [[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)]] | |||
| title13 = [[Undone (The Sweater Song)]] | |||
}} | |||
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==== Blast Off! ==== | ==== Blast Off! ==== | ||
To start of the song, Cuomo said that the song would require three more male, lead vocalists. Eventually, a fourth lead was cast to play kazoo over [[M1]]'s part (bringing the total vocalists on stage to five). Weezerpedia co-founder [[User:Ohjonas (admin)|ohjonas]] sang the part of [[Dondó]]. The song was given three takes and at the end of the final take, the crowd sang "[[Who You Callin' Bitch?]]" after Weezerpedia user [[User:MyNameIsJason|MyNameIsJason]] suggested adding it at the end to Cuomo. He eventually laughingly joined in on the song. | To start of the song, Cuomo said that the song would require three more male, lead vocalists. Eventually, a fourth lead was cast to play kazoo over [[M1]]'s part (bringing the total vocalists on stage to five). Weezerpedia co-founder [[User:Ohjonas (admin)|ohjonas]] sang the part of [[Dondó]]. The song was given three takes and at the end of the final take, the crowd sang "[[Who You Callin' Bitch?]]" after Weezerpedia user [[User:MyNameIsJason|MyNameIsJason]] suggested adding it at the end to Cuomo. He eventually laughingly joined in on the song. | ||
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==== Undone (The Sweater Song) ==== | ==== Undone (The Sweater Song) ==== | ||
[[Undone]] was performed onstage by fans after Cuomo left the stage and went into the back room of the store. It appears on both the CD and DVD releases of the show. | [[Undone]] was performed onstage by fans after Cuomo left the stage and went into the back room of the store. It appears on both the CD and DVD releases of the show. | ||
== Albumsix Interaction== | |||
On the night of the event, ohjonas and johnny12ockets each updated live twitter feeds with the event's proceedings. By doing so, [[Albumsix]] boardies were able to follow the events of the hootenanny as the unfolded.<br><br> | |||
There were several Albumsix boardies and Weezerpedia users in attendance. Ohjonas, MyNameIsJason, Soupandballoons, BenHogan77, Robotanachi, mutantmanifesto, mawlahdroyt, it really happened, the nest, wentlyman, wATER bISCUIT, trite3825, riverz, tstrapac, burntpork, johnny12rockets, jackssmirkingrevenge, and polyrhythm all participated in the event. | |||
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==Performers== | ==Performers== | ||
*Ryan Booth | *Ryan Booth | ||
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*Sean Ye | *Sean Ye | ||
*Caroline Yeh | *Caroline Yeh | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* ''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' | * ''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090502060218/http://twitter.com:80/ohjonas | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090502060218/http://twitter.com:80/ohjonas Ohjonas' Twitter (archive)] | ||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo]] | <references /> | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts]] | |||
[[Category:Featured article]] | [[Category:Featured article]] | ||