ITunes Originals band commentary - 2010: Difference between revisions
ITunes Originals band commentary - 2010 (view source)
Revision as of 09:18, 9 July 2022
, 9 July 2022more later
(greatest man and dope nose) |
WeInTheUSA (talk | contribs) (more later) |
||
| Line 106: | Line 106: | ||
'''Pat:''' You took some tequila? | '''Pat:''' You took some tequila? | ||
'''Rivers:''' Yeah? I had... | '''Rivers:''' Yeah? I had... what is it? | ||
''' | '''Brian:''' Oh, you had it exactly measured out too, for sure. | ||
'''Rivers:''' Yeah cause I was a scientist. This is an experiment. This is an experiment in songwriting. So what happens when you wake up at six in the morning and take these substances and try to write a song? And the first morning I did it, I wrote Dope Nose, and it took about the length of the song, three minutes done. And then I was like, whoa, that's cool. So the next morning, I did the same experiment again and I wrote Hash Pipe, and there were two singles just like that. And then, for some reason, I lost interest in that particular method and moved on. | '''Rivers:''' Yeah cause I was a scientist. This is an experiment. This is an experiment in songwriting. So what happens when you wake up at six in the morning and take these substances and try to write a song? And the first morning I did it, I wrote Dope Nose, and it took about the length of the song, three minutes done. And then I was like, whoa, that's cool. So the next morning, I did the same experiment again and I wrote Hash Pipe, and there were two singles just like that. And then, for some reason, I lost interest in that particular method and moved on. | ||
| Line 115: | Line 115: | ||
'''Rivers:''' Well, that's the irony of searching for the one method to write a great song, and that's that whatever works once probably isn't going to work more than one, or two times more than that, and then you have to move on. So there's really no point in trying to find the one method. | '''Rivers:''' Well, that's the irony of searching for the one method to write a great song, and that's that whatever works once probably isn't going to work more than one, or two times more than that, and then you have to move on. So there's really no point in trying to find the one method. | ||
===A Fun and Steady Stream of Inspiration=== | ===A Fun and Steady Stream of Inspiration=== | ||
''Commentary for "[[Keep Fishin']]". Details Weezer uploading [[Maladroit demos|''Maladroit'' demos]] to [[weezer.com]] and the feedback they would receive from fans.'' | |||
''Commentary for "[[Keep Fishin']]".'' | |||
'''Rivers:''' Well, in around 2001, we had been pretty seriously using our website for about a year, weezer.com, and we're just starting to realize the potential of the internet in a lot of different ways. And one of the things we decided to do was, after we were in the studio each day, at the end of the night, post up the day's progress in the form of an mp3, and the fans would download it and they would give us their opinion of what they thought. And sometimes it was just like, "Oh, I like this idea, "I don't like that idea," and sometimes it would have even more specific suggestions, "Try a solo more like that other one you used to play," or something like that. And I look for inspiration wherever I can get it, and I'm always open to hearing anyone's idea. So it was fun and very steady of inspiration for me at that time, and that resulted in the album "[[Maladroit]]". | |||
===Flying Under the Radar of That Whole World=== | ===Flying Under the Radar of That Whole World=== | ||
{{expand section}} | {{expand section}} | ||
| Line 131: | Line 134: | ||
'''Scott:''' I think we might be gearing up to do that soon, and we rehearse that song for hours, man. Just the vocals alone, you can rehearse for a week. | '''Scott:''' I think we might be gearing up to do that soon, and we rehearse that song for hours, man. Just the vocals alone, you can rehearse for a week. | ||
===Eating Pork and Beans With Candy=== | ===Eating Pork and Beans With Candy=== | ||
''Commentary for "[[Pork and Beans]]". Details Weezer turning in a draft of ''The Red Album'' and Geffen asking for more radio-friendly single material.'' | ''Commentary for "[[Pork and Beans]]". Details Weezer turning in a draft of ''The Red Album'' and Geffen asking for more radio-friendly single material.'' | ||