Dope Nose
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| Single by Weezer | ||||||||||||||
| Album | Maladroit | |||||||||||||
| Released | February 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | December 2001-February 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Length | 2:17 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Geffen | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||||||||||||
| RC# | 484 | |||||||||||||
| COR# | 177 | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Weezer, Rod Cervera, Chad Bamford | |||||||||||||
| Status | Officially released | |||||||||||||
| Live debut | June 16, 2000 | |||||||||||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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"Dope Nose" is the second track and lead single from Maladroit.
Contents
Appearances
- Songs from the Forthcoming Maladroit (2002)
- Maladroit (2002)
- The Lion and the Witch (2002)
- Weezer (The Red Album) (Japanese Deluxe Edition bonus DVD)
- Official Bootleg series (various releases)
Overview
"Dope Nose", along with "Hash Pipe" and "Slob", is one of the few Summer Songs of 2000 tracks to be fully recorded and released on an album. The song went through a slight metamorphosis during the Maladroit sessions, as its arrangement tightened up and became a more streamlined power pop tune. Cuomo commented on the songwriting process during a 2002 interview:
CDNOW: What were the circumstances surrounding the composition of the first single, "Dope Nose"?
Rivers: It's not about anything. It's just a bunch of garbage lyrics. [It was] six in the morning. I had three shots of tequila, and I forget how many milligrams of Ritalin, and I just went in my backyard and sat down. In like half an hour I was just like foaming at the mouth, and I just wrote it in one manic burst of about three minutes. Sitting there in the chair, composing in my head. Not even with a guitar. Just all in my mind. Bam. There's "Dope Nose."
Early mixes of the song were delivered to radio prior to the album's release, when Rivers Cuomo took it upon himself to distribute material from the album during its mixing/mastering process. At least two different versions of the promo went out, with different mixes of "Keep Fishin'" and this song. These versions featured backup vocals in different sections, or no backup vocals at all, and its original, fade-in intro - as opposed to the isolated riff that begins the LP version.
"Dope Nose" is one of the songs playable in the PlayStation 2 video game Amplitude, developed by Harmonix. An interview in Electronic Gaming Monthly with the creators of the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero (also developed by Harmonix) mentioned the game's early builds were based on "Dope Nose". The song also appears in an episode of the TV series Monk, "Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show" and on the TV series Psych in the episode "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet". The song is a playable track in Guitar Hero: Van Halen.
Music video
The music video was directed by Marcos Siega, who previously directed the video for "Keep Fishin'" and would later direct the video for "Beverly Hills". Before Weezer's label decided to hire Marcos Siega for the music video, Karl Koch purchased and rented props with the intent to direct his own music video for approximately $1000.[1][2]
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Going back to the rock with Marcos, who dug up some wacky motorcycle gangs for a midnight romp thru Griffith Park in L.A. Pat always wanted to play hexagonal syn-drums back in his youth, so now he finally got the chance. |
Known recordings
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Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
Lyrics
Oh
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Debt on my head
Wasting time on my own (Oh yeah)
Sleep rescue me
Take me back to my home (Oh, take me home)
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
Oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Cheese smells so good
On a burnt piece of lamb (Piece of what?)
Fag of the year
Who could beat up your man
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
Oh, this dope nose
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
(Take me back, take me home baby)
For the times that you wanna go and
Bust rhymes real slow
I'll appear, slap you on the face and
Enjoy the show
Oh, this dope nose
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
See also
References
- Spotify-link page
- Apple Music-link page
- Weezer songs
- Rivers Cuomo songs
- Weezer singles
- Allmusic track picks
- Songs on Maladroit
- Self-produced Weezer songs
- Weezer songs produced by Rod Cervera
- Weezer songs produced by Chad Bamford
- Summer Songs of 2000
- Music videos directed by Marcos Siega
- Songs on The Lion and the Witch
- Catalog O' Riffs
- 2002 releases
