I Can't Forget the Way

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"I Can't Forget the Way"
Demo by Weezer
from the album Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe)
ReleasedNovember 1, 2024
RecordedFebruary 17, 1992
Length3:45
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Rivers Cuomo
RC#119
Producer(s)Weezer
Statusofficially released
Live debutMarch 19, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA
Last playedApril 7, 1992 in West Hollywood, CA
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Close Your Eyes and Gimmie a Kiss"
(RC# 118) 		"I Can't Forget the Way"
(RC# 119) 		"Chasm"
(RC# 120)
Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe) track listing
18 tracks
Disc 2
  1. "Say It Ain't So" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  2. "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  3. "Paperface" (The Kitchen Tape Demo)
  4. "Undone - The Sweater Song" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  5. "Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  6. "My Name Is Jonas" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  7. "Let's Sew Our Pants Together" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  8. "Only in Dreams" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  9. "I Can't Forget the Way" (Third Practice)
  10. "Undone - The Sweater Song" (Third Practice)
  11. "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" (Third Practice)
  12. "Windows Down" (Garage Practice)
  13. "My Name Is Jonas" (Garage Practice)
  14. "Only in Dreams" (Garage Practice)
  15. "Superman" (Garage Practice)
  16. "Dawn Sets upon Us" (Garage Practice)
  17. "Just What I Needed" (Rehearsal Demo)
  18. "Buddy Holly" (Rehearsal Demo)
This song is part of the "Byzantine" lineage of songs

"I Can't Forget the Way" (erroneously listed on packaging materials and streaming platforms as "I Can't Forget This Way") is a song by Weezer. It is notable for being the earliest song recorded by the band as well as the first song to be performed live at the band's first concert.

Appearances

Overview

"I Can't Forget the Way" was first demoed by Rivers Cuomo on January 1, 1992, as part of an effort known as "the 50 Song Project",[1] in which Cuomo and Pat Wilson attempted to write fifty songs in the musical style of bands such as the Pixies and Nirvana. The song was recorded during Weezer's third practice session on February 16, 1992, and performed live for the first time at Weezer's first show, at the club Raji's in Hollywood, on March 19. The song appeared on a spreadsheet compiled by Cuomo titled The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo, released online in 2008. Part of the song was later used as the bridge of "Byzantine" on The Black Album.

Cuomo's original demo was first released as part of the digital compilation Alone V: Before Weezer on November 22, 2020. A recording from Weezer's third rehearsal was released as part of the 30th Anniversary Deluxe reissue of The Blue Album.

Live performances

Lyrics

Rolling, crashing, breaking, smashing,
Giving, taking, making, breaking promises
Father, mother, sisters, brother
My best friend, my lover, my destroyer

Believe, I believe
Every time I build the castle
High upon the shore it happens again
It happens again

Here she comes, here he comes
Here I come, closer and closer
Crash and come down
Crash and come down
Crash and come down

I can't forget the way
I can't forget the way
I can't forget the way
I can't forget

Every time I'm sure I'm right
I'm wrong and then I'm wrong, wrong again
That's what I get when I pretend
Walls of sand will keep out
Keep out the waves
Crash and come down
Bring down the walls above us
Pull me closer

I can't forget the way
I can't forget the way
I can't forget the way
I can't forget the way

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Rivers Cuomo I Can't Forget the Way 14 I Can't Forget the Way.mp3 January 1, 1992 2914 Urban Ave., Santa Monica, CA 3:24 Alone V: Before Weezer
Rivers Cuomo I Can't Forget the Way I Can't Forget the Way       2.mp3 January 1, 1992 2914 Urban Ave., Santa Monica, CA 3:26 Alone V: Before Weezer Alternate rip of 14 I Can't Forget the Way.mp3
Weezer I Can't Forget the Way February 17, 1992 T.K. Productions, Los Angeles, CA 3:45 Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe) Weezer rehearsal.
Weezer I Can't Forget the Way March 30, 1992 Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA Live performance. Concert taped by Karl Koch
Weezer I Can't Forget the Way April 7, 1992 8121 Club, Los Angeles, CA Live performance. Concert taped by Karl Koch
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See also

References

  1. ↑ Weezer Recording History - Page 2
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