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 {{Cleanup}}{{Infobox song
 | Name     = They Are Stupid
-| Cover    =
+| Cover    = Riverscuomo-aloneix.jpg
-| Type     = outtake
+| Type     = demo
-| Artist   = Weezer
+| Artist   = Rivers Cuomo
-| Recorded = July-October 2004<br>at Grandmaster Recorders - Los Angeles, CA
+| Recorded = [[2004]]
 | Writer   = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
 | COR#     = 526
-| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
+| Producer =
 | Status   = demo circulating
 }}{{Template:Song lineage:They Are Stupid}}
-'''"They Are Stupid"''' (formerly known as '''"[[Et Tu Brute]]"''' and '''"[[Over the Mountain]]"''') is an unreleased Weezer song originally recorded for ''[[Make Believe]]''.  It is part of the so-called [[The Fallen Soldiers|Fallen Soldiers]].
+'''"They Are Stupid"''' is a song recorded by [[Weezer]] during the studio sessions for the band's fifth album, ''[[Make Believe]]''. It was ultimately unused, and has since been dubbed by [[Karl Koch]] as one of the "[[The Fallen Soldiers|Fallen Soldiers]]." [[Rivers Cuomo]] released demos of the song in [[2020]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''.
+===Appearances===
+*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' (2020)
 ==Overview==
-The song, when it was still called "Et Tu Brute", was first demoed acoustically by the band in July/August of [[2003]] at [[Rod Cervera|Rod Cervera's]] 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 "Et Tu Brute") 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 on [[February 6]], 2004 at the S.I.R. rehearsal studio. Further "S.I.R. pre-production demos" recorded by Cuomo followed in May and June of 2004, first as "Over The Mountain", then as "They Are Stupid".
+"They Are Stupid" is a reworking of previous demos "[[Et Tu Brute]]" and "[[Over the Mountain]]." Cuomo worked on the song at S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles throughout June and July of [[2004]] during pre-production on ''[[Make Believe]]''. Cuomo's final known demo, dated [[July 20]] (two days before the band entered the studio to begin recording the album), features a wholly different chorus melody from the one used in previous demos of "They Are Stupid" (and its prior incarnations). "They Are Stupid" was one of twelve songs that Cuomo felt was right for the album at the beginning of production.<ref name="rechist15" /> The song was completed (sans final mix) at Grandmaster Recorders in Los Angeles between [[July 22]] and [[October 5]], [[2004]]. By late September, the song had—in the words of Koch—"morphed into quite a disco jam [...] complete with keyboard effects, [and] walking basslines." Until as late as March of [[2005]], the song was listed as the tenth track on Amazon.com store page for ''Make Believe''.<ref>[[:File:Amazon screenshot (1).jpg]]</ref> Ultimately, the song went unused and has never been released.
-The final studio version of the song was 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 one of 12 songs that Cuomo asked to band to only concentrate on, which he felt were the right songs for the album. According to the [[Recording History]] the song had turned into a "disco jam" at this point, complete with keyboard effects, walking bass lines etc. Until early [[2005]], the song was designated to be the seventh track. Ultimately the song was excluded from the final track list for unknown reasons and remains unreleased to this day. However, a Rivers demo from 2004 was on the [[riverscuomo.com demos|riverscuomo.com storefront]].
+On [[November 7]], [[2020]], a demo of the song was [[2020 riverscuomo.com leak|leaked]] through the [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]]. Multiple demos of the song were made available for purchase on [[November 22]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
+==Known recordings==
+{{Known recordings header}}
+| bgcolor="ffffaa" colspan="8"|For previous demos derived from this song lineage, see [[526 (disambiguation)|526]].
+|-
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|They Are Stupid|03 526 They Are Stupid (gtr intro).mp3|[[June 4]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:45|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|They Are Stupid|- 03 526 They Are Stupid (gtr intro) I (23828).mp3|[[June 4]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|0:45|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|Intro only}}
+{{Known recordings entry||[[Rivers Cuomo]]|They Are Stupid||[[June 7]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist15" />|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||Possibly same as above}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|They Are Stupid||[[June 11]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist15">[[Recording History - Page 15|Weezer Recording History - Page 15]]</ref>|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|They Are Stupid||[[July 3]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist15" />|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|They Are Stupid|02 526 They Are Stupid.mp3|[[July 20]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|4:03|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|They Are Stupid|526 They Are Stupid INTRO.mp3|[[July 20]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|0:55|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|Intro only}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|They Are Stupid||[[September 25]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist15" />|Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA|||Rough mix}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|They Are Stupid||[[October 4]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist15" />|Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA|||Completed; no final mix}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
+==Lyrics==
+{{Lyric box|
+===[[June 4]], [[2004]]===
+<poem>I've never seen such a group of total fools
+I can't believe that you would even think they're slightly cool
+See, you and them, I thought, were on completely different levels
+You are such an angel and they were such the devils
+But now I see that you are just as bad as all the rest
+You haven't got the slightest clue of who or what is best
+You only want the one thing that makes you feel alive
+And so your power of discrimination can't survive
+They are stupid
+How can you stand them?
+You shouldn't hang with them at all
+They are stupid
+Pompous and vapid
+How can you answer when they call?
+I thought that you were the coolest from the start
+The things you said and how you said 'em really moved my heart
+You and me both listened to all the same bands
+We read the same books and we held each other's hands
+But I can see you getting giddy when they come around
+And seeing you excited makes me want to put 'em down
+'Cause you don't know what you are doing when you leave my side
+And if you go for good, then I'll know at least I tried
+They are stupid
+How can you stand them?
+You shouldn't hang with them at all
+They are stupid
+Pompous and vapid
+How can you answer when they call?
-[[Karl Koch]] named the 11 songs that were finished but not used for ''Make Believe'' "[[The Fallen Soldiers]]".
+Don't go to the dark side
+You can forget all about me
+When will I find somebody right?
-==Lyrics==
+They are stupid
-<poem>
+How can you stand them?
-I never seen such a group of total fools
+You shouldn't hang with them at all
+They are stupid
+Pompous and vapid
+How can you answer when they call?
+</poem>}}{{Lyric box|
+===[[July 20]], [[2004]]===
+<poem>I never seen such a group of total fools
 I can't believe that you would think they're even slightly cool
-See, baby you and them are on completely different levels
+See, baby, you and them are on completely different levels
-You are such an angel, and they are such devils
+You are such an angel, and they are such the devils
 They only want the pleasure from living in the moment
-They have not thought at all about the places they are going
+They have no thought at all about the places they are going
 I'm telling you that they will not amount to anything
-And you will wish that you had never...
+And you will wish that you had never
 They are stupid
@@ Line 36: / Line 94: @@
 The things you said and how you said 'em really moved my heart
 You and I both listen to all the same bands
-We read the same books, and we held eachothers' hands
+We read the same books, and we held each other's hands
 But I can see you getting giddy when they come around
 And seeing you excited makes me wanna put 'em down
@@ Line 47: / Line 105: @@
 Don't go to the dark side
-You will forget
+You will forget all about me
-All about me
+When will I find somebody right?
-When will I find
-Somebody right
 I guess if I think about it from your point of view
 I can see why they are so attractive to you
 But some day you may want something more from your life
-And then you will look back and say
+And then you will look back and say "yeah, he was right"
-"Yeah he was right"
 They are stupid
 And you deserve so much better
 Don't give in to them
-They are stupid
+</poem>}}
-And you deserve so much better
-Don't give in to them
-They are stupid
-And you deserve so much better
-Don't give in to them
-</poem>
 ==See also==
 *[[List of Weezer songs]]
 *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
-*[[List of unreleased Weezer songs]]
+*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
-[[Category:Unreleased Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Weezer songs]]
+{{Reference list}}
+[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]