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| Artist  = Weezer
| Artist  = Weezer
| Length  = 2:16
| Length  = 2:16
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| RC#      = 604
| RC#      = 604
| COR#    = 285
| COR#    = 285
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| This RC song    = "Zep Jamb"<br>(RC# 604)
| This RC song    = "Zep Jamb"<br>(RC# 604)
| RC's next song  = "[[December|December (Only Love)]]"<br>(RC# 605)
| RC's next song  = "[[December|December (Only Love)]]"<br>(RC# 605)
}}
}}{{Song lineage|{{Song lineage:Tell Me What You Want}}}}
{{Song lineage|{{Song lineage:Tell Me What You Want}}}}
"'''Zep Jamb'''" (previously known as "'''The Zep Song'''," "'''Not in Love'''," "'''I'm Not In Love'''," and "'''I'm Not in Love with You'''") is a song by [[Weezer]], demoed in contention for the album that would eventually become ''[[Maladroit]]''.
"'''Zep Jamb'''" (previously known as "'''The Zep Song'''" and "'''I'm Not In Love'''") is a [[Maladroit Demos|Maladroit-era Demo]].
==Overview==
==Overview==
"Zep Jamb" is first known to have been demoed under the title "I'm Not In Love" during the [[Hooptie Tour]] at [[DC Demos|Monster Island Studios]] in Washington, D.C. on [[May 27]], [[2001]]. This recording was among several from those sessions released to the band's [[weezer.com|official website]] as a free MP3. The song was recorded again for the [[BBC_Sessions#2001|BBC Radio 1]] show ''The Evening Session'' on [[June 13]], 2001, but was not broadcast and was not finished until the band returned to Los Angeles on [[July 9]]. The song was performed live (under the title "Zep Song") at every concert on the [[Euro Freak Out Tour]], and at two shows in [[Karl's Corner - 07/24/2001|New York]] and [[Karl's Corner - 07/25/2001|Philadelphia]], respectively. The song was attempted only once (under the title "Zep Jamb") during the [[Maladroit Demos|studio sessions for ''Maladroit'']], on [[January 9]], [[2002]], before the song was, ultimately, abandoned.
"Zep Jamb" is first known to have been demoed under the title "I'm Not In Love" during the [[Hooptie Tour]] at [[DC Demos|Monster Island Studios]] in Washington, D.C. on [[May 27]], [[2001]]. This recording was among several from those sessions released to the band's [[weezer.com|official website]] as a free MP3. The song was recorded again for the [[BBC_Sessions#2001|BBC Radio 1]] show ''The Evening Session'' on [[June 13]], 2001, but was not broadcast and was not finished until the band returned to Los Angeles on [[July 9]]. The song was performed live (under the title "Zep Song") at every concert on the [[Euro Freak Out Tour]], and at two shows in [[Karl's Corner - 07/24/2001|New York]] and [[Karl's Corner - 07/25/2001|Philadelphia]], respectively. The song was attempted only once (under the title "Zep Jamb") during the [[Maladroit Demos|studio sessions for ''Maladroit'']], on [[January 9]], [[2002]], before the song was, ultimately, abandoned.


The song's title is a likely reference to the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin]. The lyrics "lay money down" are similar to lyrics from the songs ''[https://genius.com/Led-zeppelin-living-loving-maid-shes-just-a-woman-lyrics Living Loving Maid]'' and ''[https://genius.com/Led-zeppelin-heartbreaker-lyrics Heartbreaker]'' ("''you better lay your money down''", "''How the fellas lay their money down''").
The song's title is a likely reference to the band [[Wikipedia:Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin]]. The lyrics "lay money down" are similar to lyrics from the songs "[[Wikipedia:Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)|Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)]]" and "[[Wikipedia:Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song)|Heartbreaker]]" ("you better lay your money down;" "How the fellas lay their money down").


The guitar riff and verse from "Zep Jamb" were later appropriated as the bridge to the song "[[Tell Me What You Want]]", recorded in contention for (though ultimately excluded from) the [[2021]] album ''[[Van Weezer]]''.
The guitar riff and verse from "Zep Jamb" were later appropriated as the bridge to the song "[[Tell Me What You Want]]", recorded in contention for (though ultimately excluded from) the [[2021]] album ''[[Van Weezer]]''. The track appeared in the video game ''Wave Break'' and received a 7"-vinyl single release.
==Known recordings==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em; font-size:.8em;
!Performer(s)
!Title
!Filename
!Date of recording
!Recording location
!Length
!Appeared on
!Notes
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
*Not in Love with You<ref name="rechist13">[[Recording_History_-_Page_13|Weezer Recording History - Page 13]]</ref>
*Zep Song
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>zep_song.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[May 27]], [[2001]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Monster Island Studios, Washington, D.C.
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|2:31
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Released on [[weezer.com]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Zep Song
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|<samp>Weezer - Zep Jamb (2002-01-09).mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[June 13]], [[2001]], [[July 9]], [[2001]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[BBC Sessions|BBC Studios]], London, England
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Recorded for BBC Evening Sessions. Not finished until [[July 9]].<ref name="rechist13" />
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Zep Jamb
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>Weezer - Zep Jamb (2002-01-09).mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[January 9]], [[2002]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|2:16
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Released on [[weezer.com]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
|}
==Audio==
==Audio==
<youtube>x3PGftBrAgg</youtube> <youtube>tRqKKUDGlGk</youtube>
<youtube>x3PGftBrAgg</youtube> <youtube>tRqKKUDGlGk</youtube>
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*[[Weezer concert: 07/25/2001 - Camden, NJ]]
*[[Weezer concert: 07/25/2001 - Camden, NJ]]
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
==="Zep Song", Summer 2001===
==="Zep Song" (Summer 2001)===
<poem>Say baby, love me
<poem>Say baby, love me
Lay money down
Lay money down
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All right</poem>
All right</poem>


==="Zep Jamb", Maladroit Sessions (January 9, 2002)===
==="Zep Jamb" (January 9, 2002)===
<poem>All right
<poem>All right
Say baby, love me
Say baby, love me
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
* [[Maladroit Demos]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
* [[DC Demos]]
*[[Maladroit demos]]
* [[BBC Sessions]]
*[[DC Demos]]
 
*[[BBC Sessions]]
[[Category: Weezer songs]]
{{Reference list}}
[[Category: Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Catalog O' Riffs]]
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