Eulogy for a Rock Band

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"Eulogy for a Rock Band" (formerly known by several titles, including "Shining Star", "The Band We Loved the Most", "Rock Star", "Superfan", "Superstars" and "Beatle That We Loved the Most") is the third track on Everything Will Be Alright in the End.
==Overview==
According to attendees of fan listening parties in 2013 and 2014, the song that would eventually become "Eulogy" originally went by the titles "Shining Star" and "The Band We Loved the Most", and featured portions of suicide note in the bridge. The existence of these early titles were confirmed when several title iterations of "Eulogy" were listed on the riverscuomo.com demo storefront in October of 2020.
The liner notes for Everything Will Be Alright in the End groups songs by one of three themes. "Eulogy for a Rock Band" is grouped under the category "Patriarchia" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with father figures). Ryen Slegr and Daniel Brummel of the band Ozma have writing credits on the song. Rivers Cuomo, when asked about the meaning of the song in an interview for the Wall Street Journal, said that the song was about one of Weezer's "fore-fathers:"Ayers, Mike. "Rivers Cuomo: ‘I Can’t Imagine Weezer Stopping’ The Wall Street Journal. 7 October 2014. "http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/10/07/rivers-cuomo-weezer-interview/
The song contains a seemingly ambiguous lyric ("Fifteen/fifty years of ruling the planet"). Though the album version seems to use the lyric "fifteen", the earlier version of the song leaked online seems to use "fifty". The album's liner notes reinforce this ambiguity, displaying lyrics for the song with an inkblot over the word in question. In an episode of the podcast Post-Pinkerton, host John Carroll observed that Cuomo was known to have listened to the Beach Boys album That's Why God Made the Radio via Spotify a year prior to EWBAITE's release, an album released nearly fifty years into the band's career, suggesting that Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, known to have been a massive influence in Weezer's early sound, may be the musician described in "Eulogy".Carroll, John. "Eulogy for a Rock Band" Post-Pinkerton. 28 August 2019. https://postpinkerton.com/eulogy-for-a-rock-band In 2020, various demos were released as part of the digital compilation Weezma: Daniel, Ryen & Rivers, including an earlier version titled "Beatle That We Loved the Most," suggesting that the song may refer to a member of the rock band the Beatles (most likely ). When asked who, specifically, the song was about during a Reddit AMA in 2014, Cuomo replied "We'll tell you on the day he dies."u/rivercuomo "I am Rivers Cuomo from weezer. AMA." Reddit. 20 November 2014. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2mxh4o/i_am_rivers_cuomo_from_weezer_ama/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Shortly after EWBAITE's release, an instrumental-only version of the album was leaked online. In December 2017, an early version of the album was leaked, featuring an early iteration of "Eulogy" previously heard in a teaser video for the album.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – drums
*Brian Bell – guitar, backing vocals
*Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
*Daniel Brummel - keyboard, piano
*Ric Ocasek - producer
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
The lyrical variants for "Eulogy for a Rock Band" are too numerous to list here. For an exhaustive list, see Lyrics: Eulogy for a Rock Band.
====Eulogy for a Rock Band====
Goodbye, heroes
You had a good run
Fifteen years of ruling the planet
But now your light is fading
Adios, rock band that we loved the most
This is a toast to what you did
And all that you were fighting for 
Who could do more?
When time marches on
Worlds come and go
We will sing the melodies that you did long ago
Women were screaming
Guys were copying you
As you moved the people to sobbing, inspiring
You spoke for the world in your songs
Adios, rock band that we loved the most
This is a toast to what you did
And all that you were fighting for
Who could do more?
When time marches on
Worlds come and go
We will sing the melodies that you did long ago
Ooh, we'll never forget the jams you made
Ooh, let it fade
Ooh, it's time that we laid you in your grave
Ooh, let it fade
Ooh, goodbye
Adios, rock band that we loved the most
This is a toast to what you did
And all that you were fighting for
Who could do more?
When time marches on
Worlds come and go
We will sing the melodies that you did long ago
==Known recordings==
== See also ==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Weezer songs produced by Ric Ocasek
Category:Everything Will Be Alright in the End
Category:Songs on Weezma: Daniel, Ryen & Rivers
Category:Ozma
Category:Known recordings table
Category:Ryen Slegr songs
Category:Daniel Brummel songs
Category:Featured song
Category:Co-writing credit