They Are Stupid
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |
| COR# | 526 | |
| Status | demo circulating | |
This song is part of the "They Are Stupid" (COR# 526) lineage of songs
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"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 "Fallen Soldiers." Rivers Cuomo released demos of the song in 2020 as part of the digital compilation Alone IX: The Make Believe Years.
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Overview
"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.[1] 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.[2] Ultimately, the song went unused and has never been released.
On November 7, 2020, a demo of the song was leaked through the 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
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| For previous demos derived from this song lineage, see 526. | |||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Rivers Cuomo | They Are Stupid | June 7, 2004[1] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Possibly same as above | |||
| Rivers Cuomo | They Are Stupid | June 11, 2004[1] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo | They Are Stupid | July 3, 2004[1] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Weezer | They Are Stupid | September 25, 2004[1] | Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | They Are Stupid | October 4, 2004[1] | Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | Completed; no final mix | |||
Lyrics
June 4, 2004I've never seen such a group of total fools |
July 20, 2004I never seen such a group of total fools |
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