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QB Blitz
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| Album track by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Pacific Daydream | ||||
| Released | October 27, 2017 | ||||
| Length | 3:17 | ||||
| Label | Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| Producer(s) | Butch Walker | ||||
| Status | Officially released | ||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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| Pacific Daydream track listing | |||||
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"QB Blitz" is the sixth track from Pacific Daydream
Contents
Appearances
- Pacific Daydream (2017)
- Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years (2021)
Overview
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"QB Blitz" is about another person in my creative life, a collaborator. That one’s ultimately about disappointment with decisions that had been made, and that feeling of, "Why did I trust other people when I should have just been going with my own creative instincts?" I just need to get back in touch with my instincts and go for it, rather than relying on the advice of the experts.
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"QB Blitz" was inspired by the lack of commercial breakthrough with Weezer's previous album (the self-titled White Album) following the band's signing to Crush Management[2] (ironically, Pacific Daydream would perform even more poorly than The White Album, having the lowest peak position on the Billboard 200 of the band's career, at the time of release[3]). Cuomo said of the song's title, "The phrase...just came to me while writing stream of consciousness. Maybe it means I have to resort to drastic measures after being frustrated with more conservative play." "QB Blitz" references the ice planet of Hoth from the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back. According to Cuomo, the "algebra" lyric was inspired by his inability to get his wife to take a Khan Academy algebra course with him.[4] Cuomo's interest in algebra later led to his interest in computer programming.
Demos of "QB Blitz" were released as part of the digital demo compilation Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years in 2021.
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 1 @100.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 0:28 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 3 drums @99.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 0:38 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 4 verse @98.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 3:01 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 5 lyric tweaks @98.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 2:17 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 6 soft @98.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 2:12 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 8 weezer @101.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 2:13 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 9 qb bridge @101.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 3:24 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | Bridge from "Any Friend of Diane's" | |
| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 11 music box @102.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 2:10 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | QB Blitz | QB Blitz 13 @102.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 3:22 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years | "Gonna hang out with Miley" bridge | |
| Weezer(?) | QB Blitz | QB BLITZ 6.9.17.mp3 | June 9, 2017 | ||||
| Weezer(?) | QB Blitz | QB BLITZ 7.19.17_01.mp3 | July 19, 2017 | ||||
| Weezer(?) | QB Blitz | QB BLITZ.ld.2ndpass.mp3 | 2017(?) | ||||
| Weezer | QB Blitz | 2017 | Ruby Red Productions, Santa Monica, CA | 3:17 | Pacific Daydream |
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner - bass guitar, backing vocals
Lyrics
Album VersionAll of my conversations die a painful death, you see |
QB Blitz (ver. 9)All of my conversations die a painful death, you see |
QB Blitz (ver. 13)All of my conversations die a painful death, you see |
See also
References[edit]
- ↑ Shutler, Ali. "Only in Dreams" Upset Magazine, November 2017. pg. 24. https://issuu.com/upsetmag/docs/upset__november_2017
- ↑ Riverpedia. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/QB%20Blitz
- ↑ "Weezer Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/artist/weezer/chart-history/tlp/
- ↑ Hilton, Robin. "How Weezer Traded Power Chords For Pop: A Conversation With Rivers Cuomo" NPR. 27 October 2017. https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/27/560044425/how-weezer-traded-power-chords-for-pop
