Tastes Like Pain
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| Album track by Rivers Cuomo | |||||
| Album | SZNZ: Autumn | ||||
| Released | September 22, 2022 | ||||
| Recorded | 2022 | ||||
| Length | 2:02 | ||||
| Label | Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| Producer(s) | Tyler Cole, Suzy Shinn, Daniel Omelio | ||||
| Status | Released | ||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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| SZNZ: Autumn track listing | |||||
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"Tastes Like Pain" is the sixth track on SZNZ: Autumn.
Contents
Appearances
- SZNZ: Autumn (2022)
Overview
Cuomo mentioned the song title "Tastes Like Pain" to users of the website Riverchat on April 7, 2021, indicating that he was reading a Wikipedia article about torture methods for the song.[1][2] Cuomo himself edited the page for "SZNZ" on Riverpedia to indicate that "Tastes Like Pain" was in consideration for SZNZ: Winter,[3] though the song ultimately appeared on SZNZ: Autumn. A snippet of the song was teased on September 20, 2022 as the solution for solving the day's puzzle on Cuomo's web game, Weezle.
Despite its appearance on the autumn-themed SZNZ album, "Tastes Like Pain" interpolates the melody from the Allegro non molto movement of the "Winter" (L'inverno) concerto from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.[4]
A demo of "Tastes Like Pain" was leaked online in December of 2022.
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | Tastes Like Pain | Tastes Like Pain 2021-04-07 16.06.mp3 | April 7, 2021 | 2:02 | Leaked online | ||
| Weezer | Tastes Like Pain | 2022 |
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2:02 | SZNZ: Autumn |
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo — lead vocals, guitar
- Brian Bell — rhythm guitar
- Scott Shriner — bass
- Patrick Wilson — drums
Audio
Demo
Lyrics
I hate me, I'm loser
I'm dummkopf, I'm stupid
I hate you, I'm sorry
I'm awful, I'm evil
Forgive me, I should be
Castrated, mutilated,
And stripped down
And burned at the stake
Compliments to the chef
It's good as it gets
But I'm afraid
I'm afraid
I just want this problem to go away
Sprinkle in a little self-hate
Drop a pinch of bottled-up rage
Mix it up and serve it on a plate
It tastes like pain, it tastes like pain
It tastes like pain, it tastes like pain
It tastes like pain
And I'm to blame, and I'm to blame
And I'm to blame
See also
References
- ↑ "Cuomo Quotes" Mister Rivers' Neighborhood. 9 April 2021. https://www.riverscuomo.com/wiki/Cuomo%20Quotes
- ↑ "Cuomo Quotes" Mister Rivers' Neighborhood. 9 April 2021. Retrieved from Internet Archive website 9 April, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409215738/https://www.riverscuomo.com/wiki/Cuomo%20Quotes
- ↑ "SZNS" Mister Rivers' Neighborhood. 14 May 2021. Retrieved from Internet Archive website 14 May, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514230620/https://riverscuomo.com/wiki/SZNS
- ↑ Evan Bennet. "Four Seasons ~ Vivaldi" YouTube. 30 January 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA&t=1968s
