L.A. Girlz

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"L.A. Girlz"
L.A. Girlz cover
Album track by Weezer
Album Weezer (The White Album)
Released February 17, 2016
Recorded 2015
Length 3:29
Label Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell, Luther Russell
Producer(s) Jake Sinclair
Status Officially released
Live debut March 22, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA[1]
Stream Spotify
Apple Music
Weezer (The White Album) track listing
15 tracks
  1. "California Kids"
  2. "Wind in Our Sail"
  3. "Thank God for Girls"
  4. "(Girl We Got a) Good Thing"
  5. "Do You Wanna Get High?"
  6. "King of the World"
  7. "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori"
  8. "L.A. Girlz"
  9. "Jacked Up"
  10. "Endless Bummer"
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
  2. "I Love the USA"
  3. "Jacked Up" (Remix)
  4. "Friend of a Friend"
  5. "Fake Smiles and Nervous Laughter"
Japanese bonus track
  2. / 15. "Prom Night"
This song is part of the "L.A. Girlz" lineage of songs

"L.A. Girlz" is the eighth track from The White Album. It was the fourth song to be officially released prior to the album's release.

Appearances

Overview

The melody for "L.A. Girlz" was originally written by Weezer guitarist Brian Bell. Musician Luther Russell, who has frequently produced and co-written songs for Bell's band The Relationship, is also credited as a co-writer. On June 18, 2019, Bell posted a clip of his original demo to his Instagram account.

Rivers Cuomo's lyrics for the song contain several references to literature and pop-culture, including Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky poem ("gyre and gimble in the wabe"), the 2014 film Whiplash, and the characters of Dante and Beatrice from The Divine Comedy. The lyric used in the bridge ("Does anybody love anybody...") strongly resembles a tweet posted by Cuomo in 2010.[2]. This lyric was demoed by Cuomo in consideration for use with other songs in 2015. The lyric about "mixing ammonia and bleach" was based on a real incident from Cuomo's first job at Jonathan's, a fast-food restaurant formerly on campus at the University of Connecticut.[3]

"L.A. Girlz" premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show on February 17, 2016.[4] The song debuted live on March 22 at the KROQ Red Bull SoundSpace private radio show.

Personnel

Music video

The music video was directed by Scantron and premiered on February 17, 2016 and stars actress and bodybuilder Jill Rudison.

Audio

Brian Bell demo clip

Lyrics

L.A. girls, please act your age
You treat me like I have the plague
As I gyre and gimble in the wabe
L.A. girls, please act your age
Sweeten up your lemonade
And meet me down at Tower 28

I think I'm in Whiplash; I'm losing it
Mixing ammonia and bleach
I get off at Pico and sell my possessions
So you will know just how I feel
I love your long hair
But you just don't care
So please help me fathom this world without music
And, by the way, when can we talk?

L.A. girls, please act your age
You treat me like I have the plague
As I gyre and gimble in the wabe
L.A. girls, please act your age
Sweeten up your lemonade
And meet me down at Tower 28

So would you mind if I was pregnant
I'll sleep on the edge of your bed
Like Dante and Beatrice, we'll light up our candles
But how is this going to end?
The kids are asleep
We're haunting their dreams
And some women swear it's more painful than labor
To die with your sins on your head

Does anybody love anybody as much as I love you, baby?
Does anybody love anybody as much as I love you, baby?
Does anybody love anybody as much as I love you, baby?
Does anybody love anybody as much as I love you, baby?

(L.A. girls)

L.A. girls, please act your age
You treat me like I have the plague
As I gyre and gimble in the wabe
L.A. girls, please act your age
Sweeten up your lemonade
And meet me down at Tower 28

L.A. girls, all fancy free
They'll never get the best of me
Never get the best of me
They like certain guys, you see
I'm the type I know I'll never be
The kind I know I'll never be

I’m new to this town, all alone
So invisible I could just cry
I wait at the bus stop and watch
As they step on the gas and just pass me right by

I wish they could see what's right about me
But all that I hold is a skateboard, a walkman,
And backpack that sits on my knee

L.A. Girls[...]

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
For additional demos, see "Does Anybody Love Anybody"
Brian Bell L.A. Girlz 1:00 Uploaded to Instagram Partial clip
Rivers Cuomo L.A. Girlz LA Girls rough no gtr bridge 78 bpm.mp3
Weezer L.A. Girlz 2015
  • Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Lair, Los Angeles, CA
  • Studio X, Sonoma, CA
  • United Recording, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Village, Los Angeles, CA
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See also

References

  1. ↑ Live debut per recording of the performance
  2. ↑ File:Lagirlzlyric2010.jpeg
  3. ↑ Cuomo, Rivers. Discord. 10 October 2022. Screenshot: File:Mrn-discord-ammoniableach.png
  4. ↑ Goodman, Jessica. "Weezer fire off new cut “LA Girlz” on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show" The Line of Best Fit. 18 February 2016. https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/weezer-share-new-track-la-girlz
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