Blue Dream
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| Album | Van Weezer | ||||
| Released | May 7, 2021 | ||||
| Recorded | 2020 | ||||
| Length | 2:50 | ||||
| Label | Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Bob Daisley, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| Producer(s) | Suzy Shinn | ||||
| Status | Released | ||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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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.
Overview
"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.[1] 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.[2] 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 that the sampling of "Crazy Train."[3] 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]
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 | ||
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
See more
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Guitar World. July 2021.
- ↑ 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
