Almost 13 years later, I still wonder why the uploader chose that cityscape picture to start the video Still one of my fav "never released on any album" weezer song ever made tho
This song is super like spooky almost. It’s weird how the same band that had Buddy Holly and Holiday on their debut could’ve had this really atmospheric freaky emo track on it
@@gavinjohnstonmusic I've rambled in other videos about this (and this song as well-- my favorite Weezer track, this particular version at least as there are now even more leaks which rules in its own regard) time and time again, but I'll say it once more... Ric Ocasek took their sound as it was, a grungy but power-pop alt. rock group with a bit of that 90s emo thing going on, and he refined it all a bit too much to the point where I think he was trying to turn them into The Cars of the '90s. I also think Pinkerton was such a failure initially because everyone who jumped on the wagon with Blue were completely thrown off by it at first, expecting Blue 2.0. To me, they're similar albums as far as songwriting goes. Pinkerton's b-sides are a bit out there and probably thanks to SFTBH being partially why.... Blue demos- - released officially or otherwise (especially this gem which was from the Kitchen Tapes I think, or at least this particular version.... the other is fine for a shorter demo, but this one is unreal) are all great, and I like them more than the final cuts at this point. I think it's pretty easy to hear the production difference. They're both great albums for different reasons, but I lean on Pinkerton if we're talking studio tracks due to what I mentioned above about Ocasek's production. But if we're talking demos, I could listen to all of the Blue album demos over and over still (and I will sometimes). I saw Weezer a ton... and the last two times would have been back-to-back nights on the Memories tour. I'd probably see them again if they ever played somewhere other than an arena or huge place with seats (once saw them at Summerfest w/ the pt show they have near me, and I'm in a huge city... arena bullshit. Just not my way to enjoy a band like this when I saw them in smaller places w/ a floor a ton of times thankfully. Still remember tossing my sweater on stage during undone at a show, it was one of the first couple of times I saw them and rivers wrapped it around his microphone stand. Wish cellphone cams were around back then only to see that one moment ...but I guess it was nice when they weren't obstructing all view paths.
Yeah, people talk about Weezer declining after Sharp’s departure but really they should really be talking about Cropper’s departure during the making of Blue.
I still don't understand how this never made it to an album. More than any of the hundreds of other great songs that rivers wrote and never put out over the years, this one baffles me the most. Like this song would've been a classic, i don't get it.
That opening riff is just so amazing. gets me everytime. I didnt hear this song until a few years ago, but when I hear it, i feel like its back in the 90s again. it has a sad and dark feel to it, but at the same time, cheerful because of the nostalgia.
@@DapperDomDX This is me on a newer account, and yes, I definitely still feel this. Also wow this comment is 15 years old lol, that was half of my life ago
It is one of those pieces of music that rises above what you would normally expect from any song for just that brief period of time. Another one of those from Weezer for me personally has been "Across the Sea" where it all builds up into "how I need a hand in mine to feel." Weezer was truly something special back in the 90's and while most bands fade away etc it's still sad to think of what could have been had Pinkerton not been a commercial disaster.
When I first listened to this, I had no idea what this genre was but it left me craving more. Now, coming back, I realize this a cleaner version of what is known today as Midwest Emo. Makes me think that maybe this was another one of the songs that inspired the Emo trend from the late 90s to still today. Maybe this was the push and Pinkerton was the shove.
To this day, my favorite Weezer song. The fact it wasn't included on the Blue album deluxe edition is a crime. I have no idea why it has not been released. Rivers seems to bury his best work sometimes. This is literally the best Weezer song that captures both the Blue and Pinkerton eras in one. And it has been my favorite for over 20+ years now.... since the first time I found a bootleg and heard it to be honest. There's something special. And the solo just hits at the right time. There's another demo of it but it's nowhere near this one's energy level or just... anywhere close. Still cool though. Hope more surface...
@@Brodysautism That's pretty awesome, but I admittedly get really tired of super deluxe reissues... and I have tons of vinyl... so I probably will end up with it anyway. But it's frustrating to have to constantly update the same album...
why is nobody talking about how the solo is literally the best weezer solo ever written? don't get me wrong, i love a lot of weezer solos but there isn't one quite like this one definitely crazy he can make me feel emotion from a solo
Thief, of silent dreams Of golden scenes Stole away All that was in me It wasn't me Who slipped away [Chorus] Now I stand with skin and bones Without a dime to call my home Only a voice to tell you Thief, you've taken all that was me [Verse 2] Rain, it laughed so hard It cried on me You rain on me Cleanse, cleanse my soul The soul to be The me to be [Chorus] Now I stand with skin and bones Without a dime to call my home Only a voice to scream at you Now I stand with skin and bones Without a dime to call my home Only a voice to scream at you Thief, you've taken all that was me You've taken all that was me You've taken all that was me You've taken all that was me [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Now I stand with skin and bones Without a dime to call my home Only a voice to scream at you Thief, you've taken all that was me You've taken all that was me You've taken all that was me You've taken all that was me [Outro] (All that was me) Why me (All that was me) Woah, oh oh Taken me (All that was me) You've taken, you've taken You've taken, take-take-take-take-take-take-taken
@lilol3chrdme the problem is that this captures them as people and musicians from that era. If they re-recorded it now I can almost guarantee it will have no rawness to it like the old Weez. It will be an unadulterated pristine studio copy that Rivers obsesses over. They were the producers of Pinkteron which is why it's so awesome and stripped down. It's just the guys rocking and usually in one take all together with overdubs for solos and vocals. I agree with MarcFuentos, THIS is their sound.
In an alternate universe I see Weezer consisting of Rivers, Matt, Jason, Brian, and Patrick. Making great record after great record! No Raditude or even the version of Make Believe we got. I see them with a sound similar to this.
I totally agree with you, I was just spitballing about which song, if you absolutely had to, you would cut of you wanted to keep the ten song album format. Since Weezer seems to like releasing LP's with only ten songs.
This is a Top 5 all-time Weezer song for me. A fully produced studio version on Blue would have been incredible. If they wanted to keep the track list at 10, I would have dropped Surf Wax America. I love that song but it's the weakest track on Blue.
because then there would be 11 songs instead of 10. duh. No, but really, i have no idea. Definitely should have gone on blue. but if they did have to kick one to make room, i would definitely miss it. why not blue deluxe?
Kel Sanders except the fact that there are more words that don't follow the rule than one's that do. But, I know that the joke was because of the title.
StoneColdMiracle Lol why would you say that? Its not on the delux album, its a demo from Opposite sides of the same good ol fence. The ones from that demo that are on the delux album is Only In Dreams, Paperface, and Undone-The Sweater Song. Wish they put all the songs in their instead of more live versions.
There were a couple good songs on the Green Album: Photograph, Island in the Sun, and Crab. The rest weren't good. Hash Pipe was almost as awful as Beverly Hills. Still can't believe Rivers chose those as singles....
My biggest gripe with Green is that, yeah, some of the songs were "good", but every guitar solo on that album is literally just Rivers playing the chorus or verse on guitar instead of singing it. Zero creativity in the solos. In my mind they became a Weezer tribute band on Green. There is something missing in the soul.
![Weezer - Live on MTV 120 Minutes (August 1994) [Most Complete]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3t00xiJ4byk/mqdefault.jpg)
Almost 13 years later, I still wonder why the uploader chose that cityscape picture to start the video
Still one of my fav "never released on any album" weezer song ever made tho
its very fitting to me for some reason
Because it's a vibe
Toronto landscape too … must be a shout out to his city maybe??
Leaked video clip script?
I don’t know what it is, but there’s a feeling I can only get listening to this song.
I see you in the comments of every weezer demo video. You must be cool.
Surf Waxer thank
Surf Waxer that’s actually the opposite of cool
@@wallywutsizface6346 Hmmmm good point
@@wallywutsizface6346 That's called facetiousness.
This song is super like spooky almost. It’s weird how the same band that had Buddy Holly and Holiday on their debut could’ve had this really atmospheric freaky emo track on it
Highla I love ambience in this song
leave it to weezer to make songs that sound nothing like weezer
and can’t stop partying
Paperface and The Answer Man are pretty different too
This is the best sound they’ve ever done in my opinion.
The video screenshots certainly help.
Totally agree. I wish the kept going in this direction
@@gavinjohnstonmusic I've rambled in other videos about this (and this song as well-- my favorite Weezer track, this particular version at least as there are now even more leaks which rules in its own regard) time and time again, but I'll say it once more... Ric Ocasek took their sound as it was, a grungy but power-pop alt. rock group with a bit of that 90s emo thing going on, and he refined it all a bit too much to the point where I think he was trying to turn them into The Cars of the '90s. I also think Pinkerton was such a failure initially because everyone who jumped on the wagon with Blue were completely thrown off by it at first, expecting Blue 2.0.
To me, they're similar albums as far as songwriting goes. Pinkerton's b-sides are a bit out there and probably thanks to SFTBH being partially why.... Blue demos- - released officially or otherwise (especially this gem which was from the Kitchen Tapes I think, or at least this particular version.... the other is fine for a shorter demo, but this one is unreal) are all great, and I like them more than the final cuts at this point.
I think it's pretty easy to hear the production difference. They're both great albums for different reasons, but I lean on Pinkerton if we're talking studio tracks due to what I mentioned above about Ocasek's production. But if we're talking demos, I could listen to all of the Blue album demos over and over still (and I will sometimes).
I saw Weezer a ton... and the last two times would have been back-to-back nights on the Memories tour. I'd probably see them again if they ever played somewhere other than an arena or huge place with seats (once saw them at Summerfest w/ the pt show they have near me, and I'm in a huge city... arena bullshit. Just not my way to enjoy a band like this when I saw them in smaller places w/ a floor a ton of times thankfully. Still remember tossing my sweater on stage during undone at a show, it was one of the first couple of times I saw them and rivers wrapped it around his microphone stand. Wish cellphone cams were around back then only to see that one moment ...but I guess it was nice when they weren't obstructing all view paths.
This was the original Weezer. It's a sad tragedy of the universe that they didn't continue with this sound.
Yeah, people talk about Weezer declining after Sharp’s departure but really they should really be talking about Cropper’s departure during the making of Blue.
@@Urlocallordandsavior Implying pinkerton isn’t their best?
@@gsuhz41 It’s cynical that even on Blue album material Pinkerton fans have to tell you that Pinkerton is the best. We get it - shut up.
@@MuseBySecrecy He was implying that weezer declined after the blue album lol
I think the world had had enough of the pixies. What Weezer ended up bringing to the table was way more unique than this and twice as iconic
I wish there was a studio version so badly
There’s a new “restored” version. Go check that one out people.
@@Urlocallordandsavior where?
now there is, in the 30th anniversary super deluxe version of the blue album.
I still don't understand how this never made it to an album. More than any of the hundreds of other great songs that rivers wrote and never put out over the years, this one baffles me the most. Like this song would've been a classic, i don't get it.
This sounds like....something billy corgan would write. Kudos to Rivers, this is a sweet song.
omg yeah
It would be heavier if it was SP but I can hear it.
Never thought about this before! It DEFINITELY sounds like Smashing Pumpkins.
That solo is killer. Never heard another one quite like it.
That opening riff is just so amazing. gets me everytime. I didnt hear this song until a few years ago, but when I hear it, i feel like its back in the 90s again. it has a sad and dark feel to it, but at the same time, cheerful because of the nostalgia.
I hope you still feel this
@@DapperDomDX This is me on a newer account, and yes, I definitely still feel this. Also wow this comment is 15 years old lol, that was half of my life ago
@@TheAbandonedAccount7so awesome that you're still coming back to this song all these years later
weezer not using this song for one of their albums is the biggest mistake they've ever made
dont blame weezer dude, believe me youth is needed to create this kinds of song
This comment is even truer nowadays :(
Happy 50th birthday rivers
It would be amazing if they do an album based on old "lost stuff"
is it just me, or is this the most kickass guitar solo they've ever written..
It is one of those pieces of music that rises above what you would normally expect from any song for just that brief period of time. Another one of those from Weezer for me personally has been "Across the Sea" where it all builds up into "how I need a hand in mine to feel." Weezer was truly something special back in the 90's and while most bands fade away etc it's still sad to think of what could have been had Pinkerton not been a commercial disaster.
the original weezer, this will always be my comfort song.
hey ..
@@paigester💀
@@BriansYellowCamaro STOP
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@@BriansYellowCamaro aw okay 😞
I frankly have no idea why this happens, but having thief misspelled in the title... kinda adds to the ambience the song projects?
so sick they released it officially
if any song shows how much this band was influenced by The Pixies, its this one.
powerofktulu Hey! I’m future man!
They’re doing a tour with them this summer!
AVeryFestiveMedic hey I’m a future future man! I might be going to one of the shows!
TheSexelentMedic Did you get your profile pic from r/weezer?
Super late reply, but also Tired Of Sex
@@tommywright1492 Hey I'm a future person! I went to that tour and will be going to their upcoming one
So much emotion in his voice
Holy wow
When I first listened to this, I had no idea what this genre was but it left me craving more. Now, coming back, I realize this a cleaner version of what is known today as Midwest Emo. Makes me think that maybe this was another one of the songs that inspired the Emo trend from the late 90s to still today. Maybe this was the push and Pinkerton was the shove.
this video, this comment section, this exact internet link is my safe space
Where I feel safe.
Honestly same
@@crispybaboy In the Garage?
yees
@@crispybaboy No one cares about my ways.
To this day, my favorite Weezer song. The fact it wasn't included on the Blue album deluxe edition is a crime. I have no idea why it has not been released. Rivers seems to bury his best work sometimes. This is literally the best Weezer song that captures both the Blue and Pinkerton eras in one. And it has been my favorite for over 20+ years now.... since the first time I found a bootleg and heard it to be honest. There's something special. And the solo just hits at the right time. There's another demo of it but it's nowhere near this one's energy level or just... anywhere close. Still cool though. Hope more surface...
We getting on the triple deluxe
@@Brodysautism That's pretty awesome, but I admittedly get really tired of super deluxe reissues... and I have tons of vinyl... so I probably will end up with it anyway. But it's frustrating to have to constantly update the same album...
sounds like heavy rain on a dark winter evening
Shame that best Weezer guitar solo is on a demo
2:39 kinda sounds like the solo in “Only In Dreams”
yeah the later part of it sounds a lot like how the guitar solo in OID quietens down
the little descending bit there on the major scale?
pretty sure they’re both in the same key of F#
Blue Album and Pinkerton were the best.
I wish they released SFTBH though.
whats a SFTBH
wait this comment is 10 years old im not getting a reply
@@larf3995 songs from the black hole, it was a space-themed rock opera that turned into pinkerton
@@marstheleanvampirequeen696 from*
Best song Rivers ever wrote
I never even thought of it that way, but a lot of this does sound a little like Billy Corgan...
my favorite nirvana song
Long live Weezer fan videos, unlike them Beatles videos that constantly gets removed by their music company.
I love this song
I Thought it was billy corgan at the beginning
God, I wish things could get better
Tristan it’s been about a year, did they get better?
It's been a year, hope things got better. Everything will be alright in the end.
Cosmic Remix things are much better, and I have the drive to keep em better
@@ponzufeels yay
Tristan this gives me hope
Why was this song never released? - it is superb!
"I just threw out the love of my dreams"
wish I could hear this song for the first time again
thats some stuff we gonna tell our kids we were rocking in youth
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I need to be able to download this somewhere
why is nobody talking about how the solo is literally the best weezer solo ever written?
don't get me wrong, i love a lot of weezer solos but there isn't one quite like this one
definitely crazy he can make me feel emotion from a solo
Holy Shit! I listened to this song about 4 years ago. Never caught the name and lost it forever. Today, I found this song again. Thank you, good sir.
0:54 reminds me of Lounge Act by Nirvana
Hello there.
hhans3n General Kenobi!
OMFG Why have I never Heard this!?!? My Ears just @#$%ing Exploded from this MasterPiece!! =w=
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Thief, of silent dreams
Of golden scenes
Stole away
All that was in me
It wasn't me
Who slipped away
[Chorus]
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my home
Only a voice to tell you
Thief, you've taken all that was me
[Verse 2]
Rain, it laughed so hard
It cried on me
You rain on me
Cleanse, cleanse my soul
The soul to be
The me to be
[Chorus]
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my home
Only a voice to scream at you
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my home
Only a voice to scream at you
Thief, you've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my home
Only a voice to scream at you
Thief, you've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me
[Outro]
(All that was me) Why me
(All that was me) Woah, oh oh
Taken me (All that was me)
You've taken, you've taken
You've taken, take-take-take-take-take-take-taken
thank you.
DoggleDZ Ten years later and you’ve still never gotten “you’re welcome”
@lilol3chrdme the problem is that this captures them as people and musicians from that era. If they re-recorded it now I can almost guarantee it will have no rawness to it like the old Weez. It will be an unadulterated pristine studio copy that Rivers obsesses over. They were the producers of Pinkteron which is why it's so awesome and stripped down. It's just the guys rocking and usually in one take all together with overdubs for solos and vocals. I agree with MarcFuentos, THIS is their sound.
Greatest song of all time
In an alternate universe I see Weezer consisting of Rivers, Matt, Jason, Brian, and Patrick. Making great record after great record! No Raditude or even the version of Make Believe we got. I see them with a sound similar to this.
I LOVE this song!
rivers created masterpiece only not to release them
I have news for you
@@TheAbandonedAccount7 OMG I SAW 😭😭😭😭
This is a pretty good song. Wonder why they didn't put this on the Blue Album?
loving the picture of toronto here
I mean, yeah, Weezer is definitely heavily influenced by The Pixies. But does this track not sound like something inspired by Dinosaur Jr???
It definitely does, it's got the energy of The Wagon or Out There.
Cool vibe weerrezr videdo
@tes4o I'm not bummed, if they had released SFTBH then Pinkerton probably never would of happend.
This is fucking great
I totally agree with you, I was just spitballing about which song, if you absolutely had to, you would cut of you wanted to keep the ten song album format. Since Weezer seems to like releasing LP's with only ten songs.
i just threw out the love of my dreams
This is a Top 5 all-time Weezer song for me. A fully produced studio version on Blue would have been incredible. If they wanted to keep the track list at 10, I would have dropped Surf Wax America. I love that song but it's the weakest track on Blue.
Ah I think you're crazy. I'd take Surf over In The Garage or Holiday anytime
KrikKiller I agree. Holiday I feel is the most generic on the album.
@@KrikZ32 in the garage is my favorite song on blue
@@Edgepotts01 I still feel like Buddy Holly is the most generic song on Blue, but it would've been a terrible idea to leave it off the album
Holiday is weakest for me
Really good song
o.o thanks!!!!!this song sounds great !!
:D
dose anyone know whatthe weezer b side song that has a girl singing in it is called?
fuckyacum ik your comment is 7 years old but it's I just threw out the love of my dreams
I want to hear this remastered
AHHHH!!!!
because then there would be 11 songs instead of 10. duh.
No, but really, i have no idea. Definitely should have gone on blue. but if they did have to kick one to make room, i would definitely miss it. why not blue deluxe?
A million times better than everything they've done post 2005.
not anymore
fact.
post 1997
+Benjamin Neumann maladroit
jadkins00
I happen to think White is a masterpiece. I'd rank it right Under Blue and Pinkerton. Just my opinion. But it's a fact.
sounds like smashing pumpkins
Throw some fuzz on and it would fit right in on Mellon Collie
I agree.
Poor Weezer, peaking with the first song on their first proper demo tape.
WHY wasn't this on Pinkerton, and who the actual fuck thought it was a good idea not to finish this?
Zebra Castle What? This doesn’t even sound like it could be on Pinkerton.
More like the blue album
"I' before "e" except after "c."
Weird.
Kel Sanders except the fact that there are more words that don't follow the rule than one's that do. But, I know that the joke was because of the title.
Thceif
Weezerbox 20
sounds kinda better at 0.75x speed imo
it sounds smashing pumpkin-ish
Anyone know the chords?
i before e my friend
Not much for the screaming/hoarse Rivers of the pre-Blue demos, but this guitar solo is out of control.
this song reminds me of 1979 by the smashing pumpkins
real?
yes
foreshadowing ay
pumpkins
=w=!
@RedFromPallet Really? That's "weird".
What album did they put this on?
I cant find it on Spotify
Its not on an album its a demo
+alb7597 Before Blue Album
Go into the blue album deluxe
StoneColdMiracle Lol why would you say that? Its not on the delux album, its a demo from Opposite sides of the same good ol fence. The ones from that demo that are on the delux album is Only In Dreams, Paperface, and Undone-The Sweater Song. Wish they put all the songs in their instead of more live versions.
shit you're right. I forgot about
Thief is spelled wrong in the title :)
@mekore
Or at least Matt Sharp.
is this released on some album???
Kitchen tapes 1992.
@jadkins00
Better than anything they've done post-Pinkerton
I hate Maladroit. The Green album is excellent though
Fact. Don't know why people keep saying the Green album is bad...there're some quite solid pop rock songs.
There were a couple good songs on the Green Album: Photograph, Island in the Sun, and Crab. The rest weren't good. Hash Pipe was almost as awful as Beverly Hills. Still can't believe Rivers chose those as singles....
My biggest gripe with Green is that, yeah, some of the songs were "good", but every guitar solo on that album is literally just Rivers playing the chorus or verse on guitar instead of singing it. Zero creativity in the solos. In my mind they became a Weezer tribute band on Green. There is something missing in the soul.
hey beep beep they have 2 singles from their newest album and it doesn't seem bad.
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^ Cheap comment.
@@Urlocallordandsavior no