michael trejo actually im pretty sure i read somewhere that Karl just forgot to bring the tape recorder with all the sound bytes so they had to improvise with the spoken word bits
OP is right, Proto_Dodo is wrong. Karl assembled a similar sound collage for the blue album version, but it couldn't be used due to copyrights, trademarks etc. so the band hastily recorded the dialogue by Karl, Matt, and Mykel Allan (one of the founders of the Weezer Fan Club) on Rivers' 4-track and had to mail the recording to New York in order for it to be used on the album version.
That moment about 1:16 where Pat leaves the first snare out of the measure at the 2, and comes back in at the 4, that is like some tasty shit that he deserves major dynamic cred for
This depressing mess it better? Its great on its own but it can’t stand up to the happy rock that the blue album was. Which was desperately needed after years of grunge
@@10smackers88 don't know why i am currently replying to a 3 year old comment but eh.. sure, weezer (blue album) comes off as "happy rock", but if you actually listen to the lyrics, it's not happy at all. surf wax america, holiday, buddy holly, and my name is jonas are the only "happy sounding" songs on the whole album. i would have to say that yes, this "depressing mess" was / is better than the released version. solo is 100x better, the little sounds from all sorts of different things and shows is 10x better than the producer of the album having a conversation a fake conversation with himself is better, and the guitar at the end is better than the eerie piano. i felt / feel that this song was intended to be sloppy and messy, hence, the songs title and lyrics. i am just glad to have this song. either way, it's a masterpiece of emotions, and it is wonderful just like the rest of the album. gotta let you live, especially on a 3 year old comment thread, hope you didn't take this the wrong way and i hope you're still listening to weezer man. have a good one.
This sounds like a more chaotic mental breakdown than the final, but I prefer the final product cause it shows everything going fine until BOOM you're dying. Thought that added ending was cool
Pretty cool. These sound a bit more like Pinkerton. More raw, less polished. I think the originals are great and wouldn’t change them, but this is really cool to hear and I like it. It’s ok to like both people, you don’t have to chose a team.
Pinkerton sounds nothing like this lmao when will Weezer fans accept Pinkerton hardly has raw production and stop treating it like a crust punk record.
While they are nice, I like the original album better, because let's face it, that album was mixed to perfection. Some may say over-polished, but I think they sound epic. These versions are pretty awesome, though. :)
I've honestly been listening to this demo since 2011. It reminds me of my first job. Absolutely love it, I think it's way better than the album version. I just want to say, thank you so much for uploading this. It's meant so much to me for so long.
I like the demo versions of this song even more than the album version. The other demo version ive heard is from the Deluxe edition i think, and its more similar to the album version but its even better.
No, i don't think so But there's 3 demos of this song. This one, one from 1992 and one from 1991. If one of them's the first recorded weezer song it's prolly the 1991 one
@hk47ray yeah...wow, its crazy how much better these demos are...the album is great, obviously, but this definetely has a more "live vibe" to it...Rivers' vocals also sound a lot more bright. love it.
3:45 I really wish they kept the beautiful melody they sung. It adds a more sad beauty to how unraveling the sweater hurts. It gives a sense of how others aren’t alone when it comes to being shafted for being the way they are. Not only that but it just sounds beautiful and fits perfectly to what can feel like a sad song
Hey brah, how are you doing man? Alright It's been a while man, life's so rad This band's my favorite man, don't ya love them? Yeah Aw man, you want a beer? All right Aww man, hell brah, this is the best, man I'm so glad we're all back together and stuff This is great, man Yeah Hey, did you know about the party after the show? Yeah Aww man, it's gonna be the best I'm so stoked, take it easy brah I'm me Me be Goddamn I am I can Sing and Hear me Know me If you want to destroy my sweater Hold this thread as I walk away Hey, what's up? Not much Um, did you hear about the party? Yeah I think I'm gonna go, but umm My friends don't really wanna go, could I get a ride? Oh no It go It gone Bye bye Who I I think I sink And I die If you want to destroy my sweater (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa) Hold this thread as I walk away (as I walk away) Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked Lying on the floor Lying on the floor I've come undone If you want to destroy my sweater (whoa, whoa, whoa) Hold this thread as I walk away (as I walk away) Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked Lying on the floor Lying on the floor I've come undone I don't want to destroy your (if you want to destroy my sweater) Let's be friends and just walk away (hold this thread as I walk away) It's good to see you lying there (watch me unravel) In your Superman skivvies (I'll soon be naked) Lying on the floor Lying on the floor I've come undone
I'm surprised people are so critical of this demo...I think it's better than the album version...more energy, cool samples, the solo kicks ass, the playing sounds more inspired, just more of an overall passion/raw vibe. True, it lacks studio polish, but in some ways the studio "magic" ruined the song.
I remember the second or third time I saw Weezer live... I was honestly not expecting a whole lot, maybe because my friend was being such a downer, but I got him to come along and we met-up with two of these cute girls we knew. We were all kind of hanging in the crowd and chatting, when everything began to start... and then Tired of Sex rang out, and I'll be damned if a hoard of bulls didn't push everyone in front of them a good 15 feet closer to the stage. This was at the Aragon in Chicago I believe (not 100%- I saw memories there though for sure, I think, cuz I lived down there)... so it is big. But the stage was just rushed and filled with any room there was. Later that night, near the end of the show, maybe even their encore, when they played Undone something told me to throw my sweater since I was pretty close and I was sweating through it anyway. So I took it off and threw it and another crowd member caught it, and got the gist thankfully. He or she tossed it even closer to the stage until someone else got it on stage, and Rivers put it around the microphone stand like a scarf. I wish iPhone cameras were around back then, because it would be a fun memory to get to see again. I have seen some stuff that was filmed by a potato from various shows I was at 15+ years ago but they're very low-fi, potato quality.,,, I wanted to try to get the sweater back, too, but oh well. As the song says: it go, it gone, bye-bye-bye! Great memories... That was a killer show as well, with a great setlist. I think I've heard Undone at every Weezer show I've been to with the one exception being the PInkerton half of the Memories tour. They didn't play it that night from what I can remember.
These don't have Brian in them. Even the final, official blue album doesn't have Brian playing guitar on it, he only does some backing vocals on the blue album. But yeah, this demo came out after the kitchen tape demos.
demos are like scribbles on a notepad... seeds of ideas that grow into bigger things. what's up with you people expecting polished and pressed versions?
They couldn't get all the licensing for all the soundbites. That's why there's a dialogue in the album version.
michael trejo actually im pretty sure i read somewhere that Karl just forgot to bring the tape recorder with all the sound bytes so they had to improvise with the spoken word bits
@@PrototheDodo you are replying to a 10 year old comment
@@Kyle-wc3sj you are replying to a 1 year old comment
OP is right, Proto_Dodo is wrong. Karl assembled a similar sound collage for the blue album version, but it couldn't be used due to copyrights, trademarks etc. so the band hastily recorded the dialogue by Karl, Matt, and Mykel Allan (one of the founders of the Weezer Fan Club) on Rivers' 4-track and had to mail the recording to New York in order for it to be used on the album version.
@Reinald I'm replying to a 1 month old comment.
That moment about 1:16 where Pat leaves the first snare out of the measure at the 2, and comes back in at the 4, that is like some tasty shit that he deserves major dynamic cred for
Pat Wilson didn't record the demo, during this period they had different members, the only one that's still around from this recording is Rivers.
Luke B Nope, pats been around since the beginning
Pats awesome he’s one of my favorite drummers
@@julialuanna pat founded the band with rivers, they’ve never changed drummers permanently
@@julialuanna dud just look at the pic. Under the D theres Pat 😁👍🏻
I think the demos are as good or better than the studio versions, which is saying a lot because the album is ridiculously perfect.
thedogoffaleash
Hipster
This depressing mess it better? Its great on its own but it can’t stand up to the happy rock that the blue album was. Which was desperately needed after years of grunge
TheSexelentMedic the sweater song is a depressing song either way
@@10smackers88 don't know why i am currently replying to a 3 year old comment but eh.. sure, weezer (blue album) comes off as "happy rock", but if you actually listen to the lyrics, it's not happy at all. surf wax america, holiday, buddy holly, and my name is jonas are the only "happy sounding" songs on the whole album. i would have to say that yes, this "depressing mess" was / is better than the released version. solo is 100x better, the little sounds from all sorts of different things and shows is 10x better than the producer of the album having a conversation a fake conversation with himself is better, and the guitar at the end is better than the eerie piano. i felt / feel that this song was intended to be sloppy and messy, hence, the songs title and lyrics. i am just glad to have this song. either way, it's a masterpiece of emotions, and it is wonderful just like the rest of the album. gotta let you live, especially on a 3 year old comment thread, hope you didn't take this the wrong way and i hope you're still listening to weezer man. have a good one.
@@blooskerz1966 Dont know why im currently replying to a 3 year old comment but hi
This sounds like a more chaotic mental breakdown than the final, but I prefer the final product cause it shows everything going fine until BOOM you're dying. Thought that added ending was cool
I didn't know darth vader was in weezer
Obi Wan as well
i like the random scary voice in the backround in the beginning
I'm going to be singing Ode to Joy whenever I hear this song now.
I hate you...
Cryptic Wrath who me?
I'm not sure if you are Brianna S, but now every time I hear this song I hear Ode to Joy.
Ode to grunge❗️
Pretty cool. These sound a bit more like Pinkerton. More raw, less polished. I think the originals are great and wouldn’t change them, but this is really cool to hear and I like it. It’s ok to like both people, you don’t have to chose a team.
"You can't hate yourself and like Weezer. Well, except for pinkerton. You can hate yourself and like pinkerton."
Pinkerton sounds nothing like this lmao when will Weezer fans accept Pinkerton hardly has raw production and stop treating it like a crust punk record.
Something about that Ode to Joy part starting at 3:55 hits hard bruh 🥶
The demos have a much darker grunge blues feel to em. Way better than actual releases
While they are nice, I like the original album better, because let's face it, that album was mixed to perfection. Some may say over-polished, but I think they sound epic. These versions are pretty awesome, though. :)
this was recorded in 92
psiplelepa Rivers is the self-proclaimed "#1 Nirvana fan"
It sounds way too 90s-ish, even though this has way more angst I think the original release has a more original approach
psiplelepa
Hipster
I didn't I could love this song any more... Wow, just wow.
I've honestly been listening to this demo since 2011. It reminds me of my first job. Absolutely love it, I think it's way better than the album version. I just want to say, thank you so much for uploading this. It's meant so much to me for so long.
this comment showed up right above the comment you left 10 years ago haha. the internet can be a real time capsule sometimes.
@@cheekybananaboy3361 Hard to believe it's been that long. Still listening to this amazing demo though! Really never gets old.
that nikocado avocado profile pic is insane
Love Darth Vader at 1:22
I don't hear it lol
ThatGuy55 yeah
Nvm😂
I hear Obi Wan saying "You'll never find a more wretched hive"
"You are a part of the rebel alliance and a traitor. Take her away!"
Much darker than studio version
omg this version is fucking sick!!! im glad i could hear it, thanks!
how the fuck have you had the same oyutube account since 2007
@@tongs197 Whoa there partner. When did language become a factor in this situation?
@@disasterpiece16 you talk like youre 60 years old just answer my question
@@tongs197 I sell Propane and propane accessories
I like the Ode to Joy segment at the end.
I like the solo better in the demo than the final mix
i know! i can't believe they chose to go with the other solo!
so damn raw i could taste it!
If these demos were remastered (though unlikely as the source audio is poor) This would be my new favorite album.
With how River is, I doubt he doesn't have the sheets for the demos saved somewhere. I'd love for them to release an album of the demos
I like the demo versions of this song even more than the album version. The other demo version ive heard is from the Deluxe edition i think, and its more similar to the album version but its even better.
The guitar mix in this demo sounds better than the version in the album.
✨ I love that Ode to Joy at the end 👏 ✨
So.. this is actually Weezer's first recorded song?!
where did you hear that? lol
No, i don't think so
But there's 3 demos of this song. This one, one from 1992 and one from 1991. If one of them's the first recorded weezer song it's prolly the 1991 one
@@IkinBBfromAnthologyOfTheKillerpretty sure it was undone
awesome solo!!
This version rules!!
@hk47ray yeah...wow, its crazy how much better these demos are...the album is great, obviously, but this definetely has a more "live vibe" to it...Rivers' vocals also sound a lot more bright. love it.
Nirvanablue89
Hipster piece of shit
that end..
Wow, I like this so much more than the album version. The intro is so much better...
3:45 I really wish they kept the beautiful melody they sung. It adds a more sad beauty to how unraveling the sweater hurts. It gives a sense of how others aren’t alone when it comes to being shafted for being the way they are. Not only that but it just sounds beautiful and fits perfectly to what can feel like a sad song
I don't know how I listen to this more than the original
this version is soooooo much better than the album version, and i love the album version so thats saying something
the beggining is literally serve the servants
suciedad serve the servants hadn’t been released yet when this was recorded though
I remember first reading this not knowing what that song was, now it’s one of my favorite songs haha
@@Cris18Martinezso rivers cuomo IS kurt cobain then? 🤔
Agreed, ode to joy is fucking perfect
greatest demo ever
good song, its very easy in guitar
It’s got that little winy guitar sound the pixies had
This is so great
5:00 this melody bring my mind to remember anime evangelion
1:27 makes me scream
Blue Album and Pinkerton were the best.
This song reminds me of a friend
This is before Bell joined Weezer
Weezer!! \m/
10/10 gorgeous
ZERWEE
raw
Pretty awesome
they should put the demos on a seperate album
Hey brah, how are you doing man?
Alright
It's been a while man, life's so rad
This band's my favorite man, don't ya love them?
Yeah
Aw man, you want a beer?
All right
Aww man, hell brah, this is the best, man
I'm so glad we're all back together and stuff
This is great, man
Yeah
Hey, did you know about the party after the show?
Yeah
Aww man, it's gonna be the best
I'm so stoked, take it easy brah
I'm me
Me be
Goddamn
I am
I can
Sing and
Hear me
Know me
If you want to destroy my sweater
Hold this thread as I walk away
Hey, what's up?
Not much
Um, did you hear about the party?
Yeah
I think I'm gonna go, but umm
My friends don't really wanna go, could I get a ride?
Oh no
It go
It gone
Bye bye
Who I
I think
I sink
And I die
If you want to destroy my sweater (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Hold this thread as I walk away (as I walk away)
Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked
Lying on the floor
Lying on the floor
I've come undone
If you want to destroy my sweater (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Hold this thread as I walk away (as I walk away)
Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked
Lying on the floor
Lying on the floor
I've come undone
I don't want to destroy your (if you want to destroy my sweater)
Let's be friends and just walk away (hold this thread as I walk away)
It's good to see you lying there (watch me unravel)
In your Superman skivvies (I'll soon be naked)
Lying on the floor
Lying on the floor
I've come undone
i like... a lot
Yeah, it is.
It's called:
Undone (The Sweater Song)
this version feels very Pixies esque
this is actually better than the album version tbh
I'm surprised people are so critical of this demo...I think it's better than the album version...more energy, cool samples, the solo kicks ass, the playing sounds more inspired, just more of an overall passion/raw vibe. True, it lacks studio polish, but in some ways the studio "magic" ruined the song.
3:49
The beginning reminds me of Ain’t Got Nobody
I remember the second or third time I saw Weezer live... I was honestly not expecting a whole lot, maybe because my friend was being such a downer, but I got him to come along and we met-up with two of these cute girls we knew. We were all kind of hanging in the crowd and chatting, when everything began to start... and then Tired of Sex rang out, and I'll be damned if a hoard of bulls didn't push everyone in front of them a good 15 feet closer to the stage. This was at the Aragon in Chicago I believe (not 100%- I saw memories there though for sure, I think, cuz I lived down there)... so it is big. But the stage was just rushed and filled with any room there was.
Later that night, near the end of the show, maybe even their encore, when they played Undone something told me to throw my sweater since I was pretty close and I was sweating through it anyway. So I took it off and threw it and another crowd member caught it, and got the gist thankfully. He or she tossed it even closer to the stage until someone else got it on stage, and Rivers put it around the microphone stand like a scarf. I wish iPhone cameras were around back then, because it would be a fun memory to get to see again. I have seen some stuff that was filmed by a potato from various shows I was at 15+ years ago but they're very low-fi, potato quality.,,,
I wanted to try to get the sweater back, too, but oh well. As the song says: it go, it gone, bye-bye-bye! Great memories... That was a killer show as well, with a great setlist. I think I've heard Undone at every Weezer show I've been to with the one exception being the PInkerton half of the Memories tour. They didn't play it that night from what I can remember.
the solo and before is better than the album but album's version ending is better
OMG... this beats the Album's version Ass
Romel Lherisson
Hipster piece of shit
You listen to rap.
Ash M Shut up
@@10smackers88 how is that an insult
@@davecarsley8773 how does that make you a hipster
I bleed - pixies
Really like the one chord at the start instead of the drum intro, wonder why they changed it
Tyree Flores It sounds very, very, very similar to Serve The Servants. That may not be the reason, but... it’s damn similar.
@@irairairuuhhh some of the first chords are the same shape of some serve the servants chords
@@irairairuuhhhwoah it really is
I prefer this to the studio version, wouldn't say that about the other demos
where did you find these?
Rob Mentality kitchen tapes
These are different than the Kitchen Demos. This has Brian in them, I think. Kitchen didn't have Brian.
These don't have Brian in them. Even the final, official blue album doesn't have Brian playing guitar on it, he only does some backing vocals on the blue album. But yeah, this demo came out after the kitchen tape demos.
Nerd-grunge
Did I hear a porky the pig laugh???
Probably
3:20 is boss
When ur too scared to sing infront of people
FUNKe pls
+Passa Chan Saya-Chan? :v
1994.
Brown.
@63chicago6 epic..
What demo/album/whatever is this from?
'in the garage'
pat's snare tone aint it chief
A beautiful mess, weezer's prime
Where's Fred
WEEZER OH MY GAMMIT ITS WEEZER
@Mdou245 thank you Mdou245
@Hollywood7779 what?
@flaperise seriously?
do the song at 0.9 speed
Back here again. 🤦🤦
@AwfulWalrus beethoven
Edgy
Diet Water says the person who has shrek as his profile picture and has a name of diet water
that's not edgy
great profile
subscribed
kinda gives all musicians hope what magic producers can do to what seems like crap.
Bill Hicks
"Musicians" don't need magic producers
demos are like scribbles on a notepad... seeds of ideas that grow into bigger things. what's up with you people expecting polished and pressed versions?
Weezer if they were a bad band
I glad this wasn't made,sounds too much like something off Raditude..
It doesnt sound like raditude