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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Charlie Brown | | Name = Charlie Brown | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Rivers Cuomo Alone XI.jpg | ||
| Type = demo | | Type = demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | | Album = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| Released = [[2020]] | | Released = [[November 23]], [[2020]] | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = [[2011]]-[[2014]] | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
| Status = Released | | Status = Released | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''Charlie Brown'''" is a | "'''Charlie Brown'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. Demos of the song were released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 23]], [[2020]]. | ||
===Appearences=== | |||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | |||
[[Suzy Shinn]], producer of {{PN|Weezer}} [[2021]] album ''[[Van Weezer]]'', mentioned in an interview that she wanted "Charlie Brown" to appear as a track on ''Van Weezer'', but that the band "wasn't on board."<ref>Daniel Przybysz. "Van Weezer Zoom Event w/ Suzy Shinn and Charlie Brand — 5/14/2021" 15 May 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2ijAwqhOmE?t=1960</ref> | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
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| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]] | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Charlie Brown | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>Charlie Brown.mp3</samp> | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[2011]]-[[2014]] | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"| | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:13 | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Added to bundle [[November 23]], [[2020]] | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="cccccc"|[[Rivers Cuomo]] | |||
| bgcolor="cccccc"|Charlie Brown | |||
| bgcolor="cccccc"|<samp>Charlie Brown 1.mp3</samp> | |||
| bgcolor="cccccc"|[[2011]]-[[2014]] | |||
| bgcolor="cccccc"| | |||
| bgcolor="cccccc"|3:13 | |||
| bgcolor="cccccc"|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' | |||
| bgcolor="cccccc"|Duplicate of <samp>Charlie Brown.mp3</samp> | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]] | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Charlie Brown | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>Charlie Brown 3.mp3</samp> | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[2011]]-[[2014]] | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"| | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:33 | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Added to bundle [[November 23]], [[2020]] | |||
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|} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
===Version 1=== | ===Version 1=== | ||
{{Lyrics}} | {{Lyrics}} | ||
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I don't wanna deal with tasteless food | I don't wanna deal with tasteless food | ||
It's the '90s so we oughta get some attitude | It's the '90s so we oughta' get some attitude | ||
I was in Japan when the earthquake struck | I was in Japan when the earthquake struck | ||
It felt like Jehovah was mad as fuck | It felt like Jehovah was mad as fuck | ||
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That's why they call me Charlie Brown | That's why they call me Charlie Brown | ||
Don't wanna deal with 3-piece suiters | Don't wanna deal with 3-piece-suiters | ||
Telling me that I should get a job at Hooters | Telling me that I should get a job at Hooters | ||
What do these people know about expression? | What do these people know about expression? | ||
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I'm buying records at the shopping mall | I'm buying records at the shopping mall | ||
Picking my shirt with the | Picking my shirt with the ??? | ||
That's what I love about the modern world | That's what I love about the modern world | ||
Everybody gets a chance to be absurd | Everybody gets a chance to be absurd | ||
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Charlie Brown | Charlie Brown | ||
Don't wanna deal with | Don't wanna deal with three-piece-suiters | ||
Telling me that I should get a job at Hooters | Telling me that I should get a job at Hooters | ||
What do these people know about expression? | What do these people know about expression? | ||
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That is why they call me Charlie Brown | That is why they call me Charlie Brown | ||
Charlie Brown | Charlie Brown | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' | |||
{{Reference list}} | |||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]] |