18,305
edits
Basketball: Difference between revisions
m
minor tweaks
m (→Lyrics) |
m (minor tweaks) |
||
| Line 33: | Line 33: | ||
*''[[SZNZ: Winter]]'' (2022) | *''[[SZNZ: Winter]]'' (2022) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] | [[Rivers Cuomo]] stated in [[2021]] that musical elements from the verses of his unrecorded [[1995]] demo "[[Hello, Concubine]]" would be used for the verses in "Basketball."<ref>[[Rivers Cuomo|Cuomo, Rivers]]. (October 31, 2021). ''[[Riverpedia]]''. Archive of the original entry, [[Riverpedia archive - 10/31/2021]]</ref> | ||
Weezer (under the [[Goat Punishment]] moniker) performed ''SZNZ: Winter'' in its entirety (including "Basketball") [[Weezer concert: 09/19/2022|at a secret show in West Hollywood]] on [[September 19]], [[2022]], months ahead of the EP's release. | Weezer (under the [[Goat Punishment]] moniker) performed ''SZNZ: Winter'' in its entirety (including "Basketball") [[Weezer concert: 09/19/2022|at a secret show in West Hollywood]] on [[September 19]], [[2022]], months ahead of the EP's release. | ||
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
Under the bleachers hiding for an hour | Under the bleachers hiding for an hour | ||
Coach is looking for me cuz his job is to empower | Coach is looking for me 'cuz his job is to empower | ||
I don’t want to go and I won't make a difference | I don’t want to go and I won't make a difference | ||
I don’t need a stupid award | I don’t need a stupid award | ||
I’m still in my parka watching condensation | I’m still in my parka watching condensation | ||
I’d be glad to stay here | I’d be glad to stay here 'til the end of all creation | ||
I wish you will cue me, give a little whistle | I wish you will cue me, give a little whistle | ||
Maybe just a wink of your eye | Maybe just a wink of your eye | ||
| Line 60: | Line 60: | ||
And tell me that you want me on the team | And tell me that you want me on the team | ||
I can’t throw this basketball into my own arms | I can’t throw this basketball into my own arms | ||
Basketball | Basketball | ||
Basketball | Basketball | ||
| Line 73: | Line 73: | ||
And tell me that you want me on the team | And tell me that you want me on the team | ||
I can’t throw this basketball into my own arms | I can’t throw this basketball into my own arms | ||
Basketball | Basketball | ||
Basketball | Basketball | ||
| Line 86: | Line 86: | ||
Don’t make me go alone | Don’t make me go alone | ||
Ohh, ohh | |||
Over and over and over | Over and over and over, and over, and over | ||
I can’t throw this basketball into my own arms | I can’t throw this basketball into my own arms | ||
Could you be there for me | Could you be there for me | ||
And tell me that you want me on the team | And tell me that you want me on the team | ||
I can’t throw this basketball into my own arms | I can’t throw this basketball into my own arms | ||
Basketball | Basketball | ||
Basketball | Basketball | ||