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{{Box rating 3|California Kids|Soymilkrev|Teenage Victory Songs|[[May 14]], [[2016]]|Mixed}} | {{Box rating 3|California Kids|Soymilkrev|[[Teenage Victory Songs]]|[[May 14]], [[2016]]|Mixed}} | ||
On paper, “California Kids” holds one of the stranger positions in [[Weezer’s]] discography. It’s both the opener and weakest song of [[2016|2016’s]] remarkable return to form, ''[[The White Album]]''. It’s the one song I’d maybe want to replace, and yet it’s the lynchpin of the album’s central conceit – a beach-combing, day-and-night exploration of present day Los Angeles. In fact, demoing “California Kids” at producer [[Jake Sinclair|Jake Sinclair’s]] home studio is how he and [[Rivers Cuomo]] warmed to the idea of making an album-length update of the young [[Brian Wilson|Brian Wilson’s]] iconic West Coast sound (apparently new management [[Crush Music]]’s suggestion)… but it was originally released as a single by the Japanese-language side project [[Scott & Rivers]] in [[2014]]. Weezer’s eventual ''White Album'' arrangement would redact most of the Japanese take’s harmonies (sung by the song’s co-writer, [[Semisonic]] frontman [[Dan Wilson]]), which, if retained, would have been made for the most [[Beach Boys]]-esque moment on Weezer’s most consciously Beach Boys-inspired album. | On paper, “California Kids” holds one of the stranger positions in [[Weezer’s]] discography. It’s both the opener and weakest song of [[2016|2016’s]] remarkable return to form, ''[[The White Album]]''. It’s the one song I’d maybe want to replace, and yet it’s the lynchpin of the album’s central conceit – a beach-combing, day-and-night exploration of present day Los Angeles. In fact, demoing “California Kids” at producer [[Jake Sinclair|Jake Sinclair’s]] home studio is how he and [[Rivers Cuomo]] warmed to the idea of making an album-length update of the young [[Brian Wilson|Brian Wilson’s]] iconic West Coast sound (apparently new management [[Crush Music]]’s suggestion)… but it was originally released as a single by the Japanese-language side project [[Scott & Rivers]] in [[2014]]. Weezer’s eventual ''White Album'' arrangement would redact most of the Japanese take’s harmonies (sung by the song’s co-writer, [[Semisonic]] frontman [[Dan Wilson]]), which, if retained, would have been made for the most [[Beach Boys]]-esque moment on Weezer’s most consciously Beach Boys-inspired album. | ||