Summer Songs of 2000

The Summer Songs of 2000 (also known as SS2K) are a group of songs that were demoed in 2000 and performed live by Weezer on their comeback Summer tour that year. It is also the de facto name of an "album" created and leaked by Rivers Cuomo on the internet with altered versions of the songs in 2001.
==Background==
After a flurry of solo demos in late 1999 and early 2000, Cuomo reconvened Weezer in order to lay down some recordings and prepare for an upcoming tour. The band, (then consisting of Cuomo, Mikey Welsh, Pat Wilson, and Brian Bell), were made an offer to join that year's Vans Warped Tour, a popular annual punk and alt rock festival. This exposure led to a series of dates on their own as well. Weezer's setlists during the tour typically consisted of classics from The Blue Album, Pinkerton, a couple of B-sides, and a rotation of as many as four of fourteen new songs. Many fans assumed that these songs would be recorded for a third Weezer album, and shortly thereafter, when referencing the songs, labeled them the "Summer Songs of 2000" (commonly abbreviated as SS2K).
==Spring demos==
Beginning in april of 2000, various DA-88 recordings were made by the band, for purposes of self-review. They were multitracked with some overdubs added (i.e. extra guitar and vocals).
===Session #1===
Recorded at Cole Rehearsals, L.A.; 5/3/00
*"The Ska Song"
*"No More Disappointments"
*"I Screwed It All Up"
*"Torture" (aka "We Dont Have to Torture (Ourselves Anymore)")
*"My Best Friends Are Gone" (aka "Brightening Day")
*"Dope Nose"
*"Stupid Bitch"
===Session #2===
Recorded at Cole Rehearsals, L.A.; 5/3/00
*"You're Fun To Play With"
*"My Brain" (aka "My Brain Is Working Overtime")
*"O Girl"
*"Peace and Quiet"
===Session #3===
Recorded at Cole Rehearsals, L.A.; 6/??/00
*"Ev'ry Nite"
*"Preacher's Son"
*"Hash Pipe"
===Session #4===
Recorded at Cole Rehearsals, L.A.; 7/??/00
*"Too Late to Try"
*"Mad Kow"
*"Modern Dukes"
*"Slob"
==Summer Tour demos==
Recorded live with a mobile unit during soundchecks and sometimes the shows themselves. These demos were compiled from hundreds of hours of recordings. Most of the post-warped tour US shows in summer/fall 2000 were fully recorded on the mobile 8 track unit, including the soundchecks, which is when the new songs were demoed.
===Tour Demos Set #1, 7/00===
*"Too Late to Try"
*"Superstar"
*"Slob"
*"Dope Nose"
*"Preacher's Son"
*"Modern Dukes"
*"No More Disappointments"
*"Mad Kow"
*"Hash Pipe"
*"You're Fun To Play With"
*"My Brain Is Working Overtime"
*"My Best Friends (Are Gone)"
*"The Sister Song"
*"O Girl"
*"Ev'ry Nite"
*"We Don't Have to Torture (Ourselves Anymore)"
===Tour Demos Set #2, 9/00===
*"Mad Kow"
*"Too Late to Try"
*"Peace and Quiet"
*"Superstar"
*"O Girl"
*"The Sister Song"
*"Ev'ry Nite"
*"On the Edge"
*"Dope Nose"
*"No More Disappointments"
*"Modern Dukes"
*"Preacher's Son"
*"My Best Friends Are Gone"
=="Official" SS2K release==
When only "Hash Pipe" made the cut for The Green Album, fans of the songs started a petition demanding the release of studio versions. 
Pleasantly surprised, and in response to the fan involvement, Rivers personally created an "official" ten-song album track listing that featured trimmed and rearranged versions of the SS2K songs. The alterations were accomplished with digital editing, by Karl using Wavelab 1.0 software, the results of which were approved by Rivers before release. Having been over a year since the songs were recorded, Rivers felt that he was able to determine better song structures, and wanted the definitive versions to be released. The source material for this project were demos and live recordings done in the summer of 2000. On November 17, 2001, the songs were given to the fan site www.summersongs2k.com for distribution.Karl's Corner - 11/18/2001
==Official track listing==
* The recording of "O Girl" is from a show at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI on August 27, 2000.
* The recording of "Slob" is from a show at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA on July 30, 2000.
* The recording of "Superstar" is from a show at Ogden Theatre in Denver, CO on September 15, 2000.
==Other released tracks==
* "Burning Sun" (November 2000 Rivers Cuomo demo) - 2:29
* "Cryin' and Lonely" (Fall 2000 demo) - 2:11
* "Dope Nose" (Fall 2000 demo) - 2:56
* "Ev'ry Night" (2000 demo) - 3:16
* "Hash Pipe" (2000 demo) - 2:57
* "Modern Dukes" (2000 demo) - 2:41
* "Modern Dukes" (2000 recording; later cut down for "official" track listing) - 2:01
* "My Brain Is Working Overtime" (2000 demo) - 3:27
* "New Joint" (Fall 2000 demo) - 2:29
* "O Girl" (2000 demo) - 2:44
* "On The Edge" (2000 recording; later cut down for "official" track listing) - 3:49
* "Peace and Quiet" (2000 soundboard recording) - 2:39
* "Peace and Quiet" (2000 recording; later cut down for "official" track listing) - 3:26
* "Preacher's Son" (2000 demo) - 2:46
* "Superstar" (July 30, 2000 soundboard recording) - 2:47
* "Superstar" (2000 recording; later cut down for "official" track listing) - 2:48
* "Too Late to Try" (2000 demo) - 2:42
* "Too Late to Try" (2000 recording; later cut down for "official" track listing) - 2:51
===Bonus material===
* "Intro"
**A sound collage created using audio from 'The Brady Bunch', assembled by Pat and Karl and used during Summer/Fall 2000 shows.
* "Been in the Storm"
**A traditional song performed a capella by the four members of Weezer as a pre-show vocal excercise. Due to its release proximity, it is often grouped in with other SS2K releases, though it was actually recorded in December 2001.
==Commercial release==
To date, three of these songs have appeared on Weezer albums - "Hash Pipe", "Dope Nose" and "Slob". "My Brain" was released on Rivers' second Alone album as "My Brain Is Working Overtime". However, other SS2K songs such as "Mad Kow", "Superstar", and "Modern Dukes" were later demoed in 2002 during the Album 5 Demos, though again did not appear on an album release.
==See also==
*Summer 2000 Tour
*List of Weezer songs
*Hiatus Demos
*Green Album Demos
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