The Last Days of Summer
"The Last Days of Summer" | |||||
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Single by Weezer | |||||
Album | The Last Days of Summer | ||||
Released | December 22, 2016 | ||||
Format | Vinyl | ||||
Recorded | 2015-2016 at Infrasonic Sound, The Lair, Studio X, United Recording, and The Village | ||||
Length | 2:35 | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Ryan Spraker, Tom Peyton, Toby Wincorn | ||||
Producer(s) | Jake Sinclair | ||||
Status | Released | ||||
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This song is part of the "The Last Days of Summer" lineage of songs
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"The Last Days of Summer" is a single by Weezer, released exclusively as a 7"-vinyl for members of the Weezer Fan Club in 2016.
Overview
"The Last Days of Summer" was recorded during the sessions for Weezer's eponymous 2016 album (The White Album). It is the second Weezer Fan Club-exclusive 7"-vinyl single, following the 2015 release "Everybody Needs Salvation." It is, to date, the only Fan Club single to feature a B-side. The B-side, "Prom Night," previously appeared on the Japanese release of The White Album.
The lyric "Defeated by our own technology" appears to have originated as early as 2010.[1] Elements of the song also appeared in the Rivers Cuomo demo "There's Good News and Bad News," also from 2015.
Longtime Weezer photographer Sean Murphy is erroneously credited as "Shawn Murphy" on the single’s sleeve.
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo — guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson — percussion
- Brian Bell — guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner — bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jake Sinclair — producer, engineer
- Wesley Seidman — assistant engineer
- Claudius Mittendorfer — mixing
- Pete Lyman — mastering
- Sean Murphy — photography
- Karl Koch — art direction
Lyrics
It's fun to go sans air-conditioning
We feel the weather change
We spray each others face, we chase
Defeated by our own technology
We don't need birth control
Our kids would wear headphones anyway
The last days of summer
The last days of summer
Hear the rumbling thunder
It's the last days of summer
And we'll wrestle with a stranger by the fire
Sip some cocoa, keep your spirits high
And we'll meet again
I know we'll meet again
We're changing like New England countryside
Our trees have intertwined
You're my black labrador once more
We manage to pull out Excalibur
I'll be your sorcerer
You keep me up all night, alright
The last days of summer
The last days of summer
Hear the rumbling thunder
It's the last days of summer
And we'll wrestle with a stranger by the fire
Sip some cocoa, keep your spirits high
And we'll meet again
I know we'll meet again
The last days of summer
The last days of summer
Pack up the Highlander
The last days of summer
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Rivers Cuomo | Fucked Up | Fucked Up 2 The Last Days Of Summer @112.mp3 | ? | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Untitled1 13.mp3 | 2015 | 1:09 | Alone XII: The White Year | |||
Rivers Cuomo | Untitled3 7.mp3 | 2015 | 0:26 | Alone XII: The White Year | Voice note: "[Cuddle] with a stranger by the fire" | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Untitled3 9.mp3 | 2015 | 0:51 | Alone XII: The White Year | Partial chorus from "California Time" | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Untitled5 4.mp3 | 2015 | 0:17 | Alone XII: The White Year | Voice note: "[Cuddle] with a stranger by the fire" | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Untitled6 5.mp3 | 2015 | 0:32 | Alone XII: The White Year | Chorus from "Happy Hour" | ||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days Of Summer 3 verses.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days Of Summer 7 hot pepper.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days Of Summer 8 the bells.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days Of Summer 9 good news.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days Of Summer 11 new kids.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days Of Summer 12 new kids bells.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days Of Summer 18 doot-doo four chords.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days Of Summer 23 unbelievable.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days of Summer 24 rocket ship.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | The Last Days of Summer | Last Days of Summer 28 guitar solo.mp3 | 2015 | ||||
Weezer | The Last Days of Summer | 2015—2016 |
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2:35 | "The Last Days of Summer" | 7"-vinyl single |
See also
References
- ↑ @RiversCuomo. "Defeated by my own technology." Twitter. 17 Aug 2010. https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/21413910597 Screenshot