Diamond Rings

"Diamond Rings"
Demo by Weezer
Album	Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
Length	2:58
Label	none
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	610
COR#	291
Producer(s)	Weezer
Status	Bootleg, demo circulating
Live debut	October 24, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Rejuvenation" (RC# 609) "Diamond Rings" (RC# 610) "Through Other's Eyes" (RC# 611)
This song is part of the "Troublemaker" lineage of songs "Diamond Rings" (2001) "Special"/"Rock Star" (2006—2007) "Troublemaker" (2008)

Diamond Rings (also known as "Anything but Love") is a demo by Weezer, recorded in contention for the album that would eventually become Maladroit.

Appearances

• Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years (2020)

Overview

"Diamond Rings" was first written and recorded by Rivers Cuomo onto his personal recorder in 2001. The song was first known to have been demoed by Weezer at Sage & Sound Studios in late summer of that year, the first sessions to feature bassist Scott Shriner. The band continued demoing the song and performing it at concerts throughout the following months, debuting at a Goat Punishment concert at the Knitting Factory. The only live recording known to exist in fan circulation is from a concert in December of 2001. Though the song did not appear on Maladroit, the song was reworked years later into the song "Special", an earlier iteration of the song "Troublemaker", the first track and second single from the band's self-titled 2008 album.

Live performances

• Weezer concert: 10/24/2001
• Weezer concert: 11/06/2001
• Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
• Weezer concert: 11/08/2001
• Weezer concert: 12/02/2001

Lyrics

So it goes and down the line
You wanna dance? Wanna have a good time?
And if you do we'll have some fun
And in the end you'll be kicking my bum

I'll give you anything
Anything but love
My heart beats diamond rings
Diamonds from above

You like to go and run around
I can never tell if you're digging my sound
Basic flip with lots of guys
And in the end I just wanna know why

I'll give you anything
Anything but love
My heart beats diamond rings
Diamonds from above

Take control
Don't you know?
You can have anything you want,
And then let go
Let me go
Let me go

Known recordings

about this table

Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Anything but Love	291 Anything But Love.mp3	2001		4:17	Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
Weezer	Diamond Rings		August 29, 2001—September 8, 2001	Sage and Sound Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 22, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rough mix (Take 2)
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 22, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rough mix (Take 3)
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 22, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rough mix (Take 4)
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 23, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rough mix
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 23, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rough mix
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 23, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rough mix
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 24, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			"Very" rough mix
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 24, 2001	The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA			Filmed for HBO's Reverb. Did not air.
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 25, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rough mix
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 26, 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rough mix
Weezer	Diamond Rings		October 27(?), 2001	Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA			"Final CD" rough mix
Weezer	Diamond Rings		November 4, 2001	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Diamond Rings		November 4, 2001	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Alternate
Weezer	Diamond Rings		December 2, 2001	Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI	2:57		Audience bootleg
For subsequent demos, see "Special" and "Troublemaker"

See also

• Maladroit
• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs

External Links

• Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Diamond Rings"