The Paul Loves Weezer Project - Song 43 My Brain & Song 44 Losing My Mind

Weezer is on tour!  Check the front page of Weezerpedia.com and Weezertix.com for the details.

So I got to see Weezer twice in three days in Durham and St Pete.  The show I didn't go to in St. Augustine, because of travel, Pat did this:

The Second Angle Really Shows how Impressive it was!

I am saddened to learn of the death of Rik Mayall.  He, along withe other three Young Ones, changed my life.  If you have never seen The Young Ones, seek it out.  It is disgustingly hilarious.  It was shown on MTV in the late 1980's in the middle of the night.  My brother and I would stay up to watch it and record it on VHS tapes.  The humor in this show was nothing like anything I had seen before and 'primed me' for the punk rock I would discover and appreciate over the next few years.  Watching The Young Ones was one of the ways I spent time with Michael then.  We often made jokes referencing TYO for the decade to come.

The forty-third  Weezer Song of the Day is My Brain, which is another summer songs of 2000 demo, which was officially released on Alone II as My Brain is Working Overtime.

The forty-forth Weezer Song of the Day is Losing My Mind, which is a heavily reworked version of  My Brain, which contended for the Make Believe and was eventually released on Death to False Metal.

My Mind is Working Overtime by Weezer

My Brain Demo by Weezer

Losing My Mind by Weezer

I have never seen any version of this song performed live.  According to Setlist.fm My Brain was played a few times in 2000, but Losing My Mind has never been played live.

The original demo has been through a lot of rework and the lyrics are completely different for the finally released song, Losing My Mind.  

My Brain is more of a rock song focused on guitars, while Losing My Mind is focused on vocals and the guitar is almost muted.  Except for the electric solo, which is interestingly broken into small pieces and distributed throughout the song.

I have to say that I enjoy all three, but the SS2K demo version is my favorite.

Pretty Rad!

What do you guys think?

Weezerpedia Entry for My Brain.

Weezerpedia Entry for Losing My Mind.

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