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Say It Ain't So
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| Single by Weezer from the album Weezer (The Blue Album) |
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| Released | 1995 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | August-September, 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, NYC | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Hard Rock | ||||
| Length | 4 min 18 s | ||||
| Label | DGC Records | ||||
| Producer | Ric Ocasek | ||||
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"Say It Ain't So" is the third single by American rock band Weezer, released in 1995 as both a single and as a part of their self-titled debut album, The Blue Album.
Written by Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo, it is revealed in a DNTO Podcast that the song came to be after he had all the music finished and one line, "Say it Ain't So." He asked himself, "What am I saying this to?" Rivers made a connection to an incident in high school where he came home and saw a bottle of beer in the fridge. He believed his parents split up when he was four because his dad was an alcoholic.[1] All of a sudden there was this beer in the fridge and he knew it wasn't his, his brother's or his mom's... it must be his step-dad's. This made Rivers fear his stepfather would leave his family, so he wrote the song about that moment of seeing that beer.
It turns out many years later, to his surprise, that this wasn't true. The only reason he had to believe his real father drank was due to a photograph that he had of him wearing a wifebeater shirt, smoking a cigar with a bottle of beer in his hand. This was his dad to him because he didn't really know him. His mother told him, "What are you talking about? Your dad didn't drink!" It turns out his dad was just goofing off and posing like that in the photo.[citation needed]
As noted in the Weezer DVD collection "Video Capture Device," and the slip cover of the re-released special edition of their debut album, the video was filmed at the old "Amherst House" where the band used to rehearse and record. The video also features a cameo by the band's webmaster/band photographer/archivist and close friend for many years, Karl Koch. It got #23 on The New Zealand show U Choose 40 Sing-A-Long Classics.
The song is featured on the music video game Rock Band as a playable track.
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There are two mixes of the song. On the original album pressings, a mix with slightly different sounding drums and no guitar feedback was used. However, when they released the single, they used the mix that kept the guitar feedback in the song. The band liked this mix so much that they asked for it to replace the version on the album, after the album had sold 3 million copies. The single version is now the version on the album, and on the deluxe edition, both mixes appear.
- Say It Ain't So (remix) (4:17)
- No One Else (live acoustic) (3:15)
- Jamie (live acoustic) (3:53)
Live acoustic tracks recorded at Cat's Paw Studios, Atlanta, GA on April 1st, 1995.
The music video for "Say It Ain't So", directed by Sophie Muller, was less successful than the previous two Weezer videos directed by Spike Jonze, however the song was still successful climbing to the top 10 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It featured the band performing in the garage of their former house, and the bandmates playing hacky sack in the backyard.[2]
The band Further Seems Forever performs a cover of this song for their album "Hope This Finds You Well" and the Deftones (Along with The Fall of Troy during their current concert span) have covered the song several times at their concerts. Another cover by Mozella was featured on the Season 4 finale of One Tree Hill. Juliana Hatfield covered the song at a show in 1995[3]. Oddly enough, Hatfield's bassist, Mikey Welsh, joined Weezer in 1998. In 2008 The Realatively unknown San Mateo Band: This Side Up Is set to cover this song on their first single and album: Handle With Care.
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar
- Matt Sharp – bass guitar
- Ric Ocasek – producer
- ^ Luerssen D., John. Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story. ECW Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55022-619-3 p. 110-111
- ^ Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 146–147
- ^ Juliana Hatfield - Say It Ain't So (weezer) (Live 1995). YouTube. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
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| Brian Bell · Rivers Cuomo · Scott Shriner · Patrick Wilson Jason Cropper · Matt Sharp · Mikey Welsh |
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| Albums | Weezer (The Blue Album) · Pinkerton · Weezer (The Green Album) · Maladroit · Make Believe · Untitled |
| EPs | The Good Life · The Lion and the Witch · Winter Weezerland |
| DVD | Video Capture Device |
| Singles | "Undone - The Sweater Song" · "Buddy Holly" · "Say It Ain't So" · "El Scorcho" · "The Good Life" · "Pink Triangle" · "Hash Pipe" · "Island in the Sun" · "Photograph" · "Dope Nose" · "Keep Fishin'" · "Beverly Hills" · "We Are All on Drugs" · "Perfect Situation" · "This Is Such a Pity" |
| Related bands | The Rentals · The Special Goodness · The Relationship · Avant Garde · Homie · Karlophone · Space Twins |
| Related articles | Discography · Karl Koch · Songs from the Black Hole · The Kitchen Tapes · Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo · Foozer |