Less than a week until Weezer in Durham, NC! I can't wait!
The fortieth Weezer Song of the Day is My Best Friends are Gone, which is another summer songs of 2000 demo, which was revived and reworked on for a Green album b-side.
The forty-first Weezer Song of the Day is Brightening Day, which is what My Best Friends are Gone evolved into and was officially released on the UK Island in the Sun single.
Brightening Day by Weezer
I have never seen either of these songs performed live! According to Setlist.fm neither have ever been played live by Weezer!
Brightening Day is one of the few Summer songs of 2000 which actually got an official release! The evolution from My Best Friends are Gone seems to be little more than a name change and Ric Ocasek's production. It is a short and powerful pop tune. The guitar solo is long and awesome, and quite different from most Green album work.
The interesting part of this song is the song structure. It has no real chorus. The lyrics are about being abandoned by your friends and ending up in hell.
So we'll burn in hell
And think that it's swell
Just as long as we get our own rooms.
What do you guys think?
Weezerpedia Entry for Brightening Day.
Who is ready for the new Weezer album?
Project Info:
So why did I create this blog? To document my Weezer Song Project. Over the next year, I am going to attempt to listen to every...EVERY Weezer song recorded. All the album tracks and b-sides will be easy, but there are some unreleased songs that may or not be accessible. Hopefully, the search (and destroy) will be fun to follow. At the moment, the list has 214 songs! My list includes You Gave Your Love to me Softly, Longtime Sunshine, Turn Me Round, Getting Up and Leaving, Waiting on You, and Back to the Shack. We learned early this year that a new Weezer record is on the way and we got to hear Back to the Shack twice on the Weezer Cruise II.
So here is the master list from Karl et al. on Weezerpedia!
I will soon publish my Google Doc Spreadsheet, which will document my progress.
Here is my Spotify playlist.
Paul Loves Weezer YOUTUBE Playlist
PLW Rater! It's not quite Leonard Maltin, but it will work.
1 - Go get a beer...It's still a Weezer song, but it's a good time to rent a beer
2 - Head Bobber...The song causes at least moderate movement
3 - Rock it out...Banging of the head and the arm is in the air \m/
4 - Undone...No choice but to jump around
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