Blue Dream
"Blue Dream" | ||
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Album track by Weezer | ||
from the album Van Weezer | ||
Released | May 7, 2021 | |
Recorded | 2020 | |
Length | 2:50 | |
Label | Crush Music/Atlantic Records | |
Songwriter(s) | Bob Daisley, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Rivers Cuomo | |
Producer(s) | Suzy Shinn | |
Status | Released | |
Stream | Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Spotify | |
Van Weezer track listing | ||
12 tracks
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Promotional cover art | ||
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This song is part of the "Blue Dream" lineage of songs
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"Blue Dream" is the sixth track from Van Weezer.
Appearances
- Van Weezer (2021)
Overview
The song existed with another riff. The song was good, but the riff was... It was OK, but it wasn't the greatest guitar riff of all time, which I felt like it should be. Coincidentally, at the same time, our manager said "Hey, you guys should sample the 'Crazy Train' riff in a song." I know he was thinking: "What's going to get people talking? What is going to confuse the internet?" He had no idea what I was making, but it just seemed to me like the perfect suggestion. So we tried it. The tempo fit, and it all just seemed to come together.
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"Blue Dream" is a reworking of the 2010 Rivers Cuomo demo "Ballad of the Briny", a conceptual reworking of the previous demos "Now or Later" and "Stronger." Cuomo first teased a short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" in a video on his YouTube channel on January 18, 2011.[2] The song title "Blue Dream" was first revealed to be a track for Van Weezer in an article from the June 2020 issue of the magazine Guitar Player.[3] The article confirmed that the song featured a 'note-for-note cribbing of Randy Rhoads' iconic riff from Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train."' According to Cuomo, Crush Management founder and manager Jonathan Daniel suggested the sampling of "Crazy Train."[1] On August 21, 2020, Cuomo confirmed "Blue Dream" to be a reworking of the 2011 demo "Ballad of the Briny."[4]
On May 7, 2020, a press release announced that Weezer would be guest-starring in an episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons airing on May 10 and that the debut of "Blue Dream" would be featured.[5] In the episode, a segment of the song's guitar solo can be heard during a chase sequence.[6]
Audio
Lyrics
The fishes are my friends
Underneath the sea
Swimming all around
They want to be with me
The octopus says hi
I say, "How do you do?"
He's quite the gentleman
To give me eight salutes
I'm at home here
In this blue dream
Since I found out
You don't want me
Everyone gets lei'd
When they get to the beach
I bet you really wish
You were here with me
I jumped off the deep end
And left it all ashore
What'd I have to lose?
I've been through this before
I'm at home here
In this blue dream
Since I found out
You don't want me
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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For previous demos, see "Now or Later", "Stronger," "Cancer," and "Ballad of the Briny" | |||||||
Rivers Cuomo | Blue Dream | Blue Dream 2 Outkast vibe @ 125.mp3 | ? | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Blue Dream | Blue Dream 3 @135 to 128 -2 BG Van Weezer 14.mp3 | ? | ||||
Rivers Cuomo/Weezer(?) | Blue Dream | blue dream demo 061019_04.mp3 | June 10, 2019(?) | ||||
Rivers Cuomo/Weezer(?) | Blue Dream | blue dream 2 demo 061519_01.mp3 | June 15, 2019(?) | ||||
Rivers Cuomo/Weezer(?) | Blue Dream | Blue Dream 062519.mp3 | June 25, 2019(?) | ||||
Rivers Cuomo/Weezer(?) | Blue Dream | BlueDream Matty Ref 6 Alt LIM.mp3 | ? | ||||
Rivers Cuomo/Weezer(?) | Blue Dream | BlueDream Matty Ref 6 Alt2 LIM.mp3 | ? | ||||
Rivers Cuomo/Weezer(?) | Blue Dream | BlueDream Matty Ref 11 LIM.mp3 | ? | ||||
Weezer | Blue Dream | 2018—2019 |
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2:50 | Van Weezer | ||
Weezer | Blue Dream | 06. Blue Dream (Instrumental).flac | 2018—2019 |
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2:50 | Leaked online | Instrumental version of final mix. Leaked online in 2021. |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guitar World. July 2021.
- ↑ Cuomo, Rivers. "2011-01-18" Originally uploaded to YouTube, 18 January 2011. Reuploaded by Weezer B-Sides, 4 April 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5TwLwJUQw
- ↑ Bienstock, Richard. "Unchained: Rivers Cuomo Let's the Shred-Obsessed Kid Inside Him Break Free on Van Weezer, a Record That's Half Blue Album, Half '80s Metal." Guitar Player. June 2020
- ↑ Cuomo, Rivers. Mister Rivers' Neighborhood. 21 August 2020. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Riverchat_botb.jpg
- ↑ Strauss, Matthew. Pitchfork. 7 May 2020. https://pitchfork.com/news/weezer-to-appear-on-new-episode-of-the-simpsons-play-theme-song-watch/
- ↑ YouTube. 17 May 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGAhwLX9Jk