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'''"Where to Start"''' (also known as '''"All I Need to Know Is Where to Start"''', | {{Song lineage|{{Song lineage:Where to Start}}}} | ||
'''"Where to Start"''' (also known as '''"All I Need to Know Is Where to Start"''') is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and demoed by [[Weezer]] in contention for the band's [[2005]] album, ''[[Make Believe]]''. The song is a reworking of an earlier Cuomo demo titled "'''[[Clearer Eyes]]'''." It is one of several scrapped songs from the album sessions dubbed "the [[The Fallen Soldiers|Fallen Soldiers]]" by [[Karl Koch]]. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Where to Start" was first demoed acoustically under the title "[[Clearer Eyes]]" by the band in July/August of [[2003]] at {{PN|Rod Cervera}} studio. During the band's first attempt at making ''[[Make Believe]]'' at [[Cello Studios]] in December of 2003, the song was not considered for the album. However, for 2 days late in the Cello session, [[Rivers Cuomo]] decided to record solo demos of many songs (including "Clearer Eyes") that had been dismissed in the weeks of pre-production. The likely purpose was to revisit the material to either insure it wasn't needed, or resurrect it for the album. Cuomo recorded another demo, now titled "All I Need to Know Is Where to Start", on [[February 3]], [[2004]] at the S.I.R. rehearsal studio. Another "S.I.R. pre-production demo" recorded by Cuomo followed in May of 2004 with the shortened title "Where to Start".<br> | |||
The final studio version of the song was mostly recorded during the band's second attempt at making ''Make Believe'', at Grandmaster Recorders in Los Angeles, CA. The sessions lasted from July 22 to October 22, 2004. It was not among the 12 songs that Cuomo asked to band to only concentrate on, which he felt were the right songs for the album. It was brought back by [[Pat Wilson]], [[Brian Bell]] and [[Scott Shriner]] while Cuomo was back in Harvard. Wilson, Bell and Shriner used one of Cuomo's demos as guide to record the song from scratch. When Cuomo returned from his semester in February of 2005, he overdubbed new guitar parts and lead vocals to finish the recording. Ultimately the song was excluded from the final track list for unknown reasons and remains unreleased to this day. "Where to Start" is the only song that was brought back by Wilson, Bell and Shriner (the others being "[[We Are All on Drugs]]", "[[Peace]]" and "[[The Damage in Your Heart]]"), while Cuomo was at Harvard, that did not end up on ''Make Believe''. It was listed on Cuomo's spreadsheet of [[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo|4 and 5 Star Demos]].<br> | The final studio version of the song was mostly recorded during the band's second attempt at making ''Make Believe'', at Grandmaster Recorders in Los Angeles, CA. The sessions lasted from July 22 to October 22, 2004. It was not among the 12 songs that Cuomo asked to band to only concentrate on, which he felt were the right songs for the album. It was brought back by [[Pat Wilson]], [[Brian Bell]] and [[Scott Shriner]] while Cuomo was back in Harvard. Wilson, Bell and Shriner used one of Cuomo's demos as guide to record the song from scratch. When Cuomo returned from his semester in February of 2005, he overdubbed new guitar parts and lead vocals to finish the recording. Ultimately the song was excluded from the final track list for unknown reasons and remains unreleased to this day. "Where to Start" is the only song that was brought back by Wilson, Bell and Shriner (the others being "[[We Are All on Drugs]]", "[[Peace]]" and "[[The Damage in Your Heart]]"), while Cuomo was at Harvard, that did not end up on ''Make Believe''. It was listed on Cuomo's spreadsheet of [[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo|4 and 5 Star Demos]].<br> | ||
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All I need to know is where to start | All I need to know is where to start | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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*[[Rick Rubin]] - producer | *[[Rick Rubin]] - producer | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category: | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category:Weezer songs]] | |||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]] | |||
[[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | ||