Pacific Sunset
"Pacific Sunset" | ||
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Demo by Rivers Cuomo | ||
Album | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |
Released | 2020 | |
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |
Status | Demo circulating | |
This song is part of the "Run, Raven, Run" lineage of songs
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"Pacific Sunset" (originally titled "Vehement Uprising"[1]) is a demo by Rivers Cuomo. Several demos were released as part of the digital compilations Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years and Alone XII: The White Year. Sections of the song later became part of the Weezer track "Run, Raven, Run."
Appearances
- Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years (2020)
- Alone XII: The White Year (2020)
Overview
"Pacific Sunset" was originally written in 2015 in contention for Weezer's (White Album), alongside a variation titled "Spirit Animal". Demos of the song were released in 2020 as part of the compilations Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years and Alone XII: The White Year (though several of the demos included in Alone XI were recorded after demos included in Alone XII, due to an apparent oversight). On December 10, 2020, the project files for the song, for use with the music software Ableton, were made available as the first "Master Sessions" to be sold on the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com.
According to Rivers Cuomo, "Pacific Sunset" was later demoed for the Weezer album OK Human. The song was possibly briefly a contender for Weezer's SZNS series of EPs, though Cuomo confirmed on April 29, 2021 that the song was no longer in contention (but that he was interested in repurposing the song's bridge).[2] The bridge (as well as the song's climax and final chorus) were ultimately appropriated as the bridge and climax of the SZNZ: Autumn track "Run, Raven, Run."
Founding Weezer member Jason Cropper contributed vocals to a cover of "Pacific Sunset" by YouTube musician Ukulele Jack in 2023.[3]
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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For the Ableton project files, see Master Session: Pacific Sunset | |||||||
Rivers Cuomo | tearing me 6_8 piano.mp3 | ? | 5:46 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |||
Rivers Cuomo | tearing me apart piano 6_8.mp3 | ? | 1:00 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Spirit Animal | spirit_animal_2015_2_15_11_37_28.mp3 | February 15, 2015 | 3:47 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Spirit Animal | Spirit Animal.mp3 | 2015 | 0:56 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset Riff.mp3 | ? | 0:21 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 2.mp3 | March 10, 2015 | 0:38 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 3 @123 lyrics.mp3 | March 21, 2015 | 1:22 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 4 verse two and 6.8.mp3 | March 25, 2015 | 2:04 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 5 extendo.mp3 | March 26, 2015 | 2:39 | Alone XII: The White Year | Interpolates "I'll Love You Every Day" and "Guiding Light" | |
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 6 show me.mp3 | March 27, 2015 | 3:01 | Alone XII: The White Year | Interpolates "Guiding Light" and "Show Me That Again" | |
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 7.mp3 | March 31, 2015 | 1:37 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 8 solo sketch.mp3 | April 6, 2015 | 3:19 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 9 INST.mp3 | July 30, 2015—May 11, 2018 | 1:06 | Instrumental; Removed from Alone XI bundle September 24, 2022 | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 9 more solo guitars.mp3 | July 30, 2015—May 11, 2018 | 3:34 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | Instrumental | |
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 11 @124 to 184.5 +1 to -3.mp3 | May 23, 2018 | 3:34 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 12 cleaned solo @124 to 185 +1 to -3.mp3 | June 7, 2018 | 3:39 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Pacific Sunset | Pacific Sunset 13 @124 to 185 +1 to -3.mp3 | November 2018 | 3:42 | Removed from Alone XI bundle March 2, 2021 |
Lyrics
I was dragging my feet
I got home and fell right asleep
And my girl, she gave me a kiss
And I was just too tired to resist
Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Chill in the air, Pacific sunset
They left the bodies under the pier
And made their troubles all disappear
So I know that this is my place
If I can only make an escape
Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Chill in the air, Pacific sunset
Pacific sunset, Pacific sunset
Tearing me apart
Leave me in a daze
And I'd do anything
To taste the love you bring
There's only you, you, you
Only you, only you
Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Chill in the air, Pacific sunset
Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Chill in the air, Pacific sunset
Pacific sunset, Pacific sunset
See also
References
- ↑ Master Session: Pacific Sunset
- ↑ Cuomo, Rivers. Mister Rivers' Neighborhood, 29 April 2021. Screenshot: File:SZNS_ps.jpg
- ↑ Ukulele Jack. "Weezer - Pacific Sunset - (Feat. Jason Cropper) [OK Human Orchestral Cover]" YouTube. 21 November 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIi-jjEDLek