Your Room
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| Demo by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years | ||||
| Format | MP3 | ||||
| Recorded | 2001-2002 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| RC# | 625 | ||||
| COR# | 304 | ||||
| Producer(s) | Weezer | ||||
| Status | Demo circulating | ||||
| Live debut | September 29, 2001 in Wantagh, NY (Midget Tour) | ||||
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"Your Room" is a Maladroit-era Weezer demo.
Appearances
- MP3s released on weezer.com
- Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years (2020)
Overview
The Catalog O' Riffs lists the song as having been first written in 2001. "Your Room" shares its single-verse structure with the song "The Dawn", written around the same time.
"Your Room" is first known to have been demoed during the recording sessions at Sage and Sound Recording in Hollywood from August 29 through September 8, 2001, the first sessions to feature bassist Scott Shriner. The song was demoed extensively over the next several months. The song was on the "Black album" sets of demos recorded at Steakhouse Studios and Cello Studios. The song was played live by the band for the HBO show Reverb (wherein the band performed as "Goat Punishment") at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, though the performance of "Your Room" did not air. The song was performed at various shows in late 2001 during the Hyper-Extended Midget Tour. Karl Koch uploaded multiple soundboard recordings of the song from that tour to Weezer.com. Several in-progress recordings of the song were also uploaded by the band during the sessions for Maladroit, but the song was, ultimately, not included on the album.
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | Your Room | 304 Your Room.mp3 | 2001 | 3:43 | Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years | ||
| Weezer | Your Room | WEEZER-2001-9-6-SnSDemos_Your_Room_304.mp3 | August 29, 2001—September 8, 2001 | Sage and Sound Recording, Los Angeles, CA | 1:59 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Your Room | October 23, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix (Take 9) | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 23, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 23, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 23, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 24, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | "Very" rough mix (Round 1) | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 24, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | "Very" rough mix (Round 2) | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 24, 2001 | The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA | Filmed for HBO's Reverb. Did not air. | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 25, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 25, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 25, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 26, 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | October 27(?), 2001 | Steakhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA | "Final CD" rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | November 2, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | "Final CD" rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | November 3, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Unknown if same as November 2 recording | |||
| Weezer | Your Room | November 4, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Weezer | Your Room | WEEZER-11-13-01-Portland-Your_Room_304.mp3 | November 13, 2001 | Rose Garden, Portland, OR | 1:57 | Released on weezer.com | Live soundboard recording. |
| Weezer | Your Room | WEEZER-2001-12-05-Columbus04_Your_Room_304.mp3 | December 5, 2001 | Value City Arena, Columbus, OH | 1:56 | Released on weezer.com | Live soundboard recording. |
| Weezer | Your Room | WEEZER-2001-12-08-Cleveland04_Your_Room_304.mp3 | December 8, 2001 | CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH | 2:12 | Released on weezer.com | Live soundboard recording. |
| Weezer | Your Room | WEEZER-2001-12-09-Baltimore04_Your_Room_304.mp3 | December 9, 2001 | Arena Players Inc., Baltimore, MD | 1:57 | Released on weezer.com | Live soundboard recording. |
| Weezer | Your Room | WEEZER-2001-12-09-Baltimore-04_Your_Room_304.mp3 | December 9, 2001 | Arena Players Inc., Baltimore, MD | 2:35 | Released on weezer.com | Live soundboard recording. Same as above version, with different mix (repeated final chorus). |
| Weezer | Your Room | Weezer - Your room (2001-12-20).mp3 | December 20, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:04 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Your Room | Weezer - Your room (2001-12-21).mp3 | December 21, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:04 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Your Room | Weezer - Your room (2001-12-22).mp3 | December 22, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:00 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Your Room | Weezer - Your room (2001-12-29).mp3 | December 29, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:00 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Your Room | Weezer - Your room (2001-12-30).mp3 | December 30, 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 1:57 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Your Room | Weezer - Your room (2002-01-02).mp3 | January 2, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 1:58 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Your Room | Weezer - Your room (2002-01-12).mp3 | January 12, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:08 | Released on weezer.com |
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo - lead guitar, vocals
- Brian Bell - guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner - bass, backing vocals
- Patrick Wilson - drums
Lyrics
You're coming up worlds away
There's nothing that I can say
And all of these games you play
Will lead you to your room
