Paperface

"Paperface" (sometimes rendered as two words, "Paper Face") is an early song by Weezer. The band's original 1992 demo was released in 2004 as the tenth track on the Deluxe release of The Blue Album. original home demo was released in 2008 as the fourteenth track on Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo.
===Appearances===
* The Kitchen Tape (1992)
* Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets (2004)
* Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (Demo, 2008)
* Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints (DVD, 2009)
*Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe) (2024)
==Overview==
"Paperface" was first recorded by Rivers Cuomo as a solo demo in May of 1992. This demo would later see release on the compilation album Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo in 2008. The song begins with Rivers singing, "Scratch track, momma, scratch track momma," possibly implying Cuomo meant to redo the vocal.
Later in 1992, Weezer recorded the song for their second attempt at a demo (later dubbed The Kitchen Tape). The Kitchen Tape version was included on the Deluxe Edition of The Blue Album in 2004. The bridge featured in this version was later repurposed as the intro to the Weezer song "No One Else.":File:Mrn-discord-paperfacelineage.png In 2009, Rivers Cuomo recorded an acoustic rendition of the song, with musician Joe LoPiccolo on guitar, for Sirius Satellite Radio. This version later appeared as a bonus track on the DVD release of Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints.
"Paperface" is known to have been performed live only a handful of times throughout 1992 before being retired. In 2023, Weezer played a concert at the Glass House in Pomona, California to try out potential songs for the band's then-forthcoming Indie Rock Road Trip tour. At this show, "Paperface" was performed live for the first time in more than thirty years (although it would not be played on the subsequent tour).
==Live performances==
*Weezer concert: 06/11/1992
*Weezer concert: 07/09/1992
*Weezer concert: 07/18/1992
*Weezer concert: 07/27/1992
*Weezer concert: 08/12/1992
*Weezer concert: 08/13/1992
*Weezer concert: 08/15/1992
*Weezer concert: 08/16/1992
*Weezer concert: 09/01/1992
*Weezer concert: 10/21/1992
*Weezer concert: 10/24/1992
*Weezer concert: 04/24/2023
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Jason Cropper – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Matt Sharp – bass guitar
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
<tabber>
|-|Rivers Cuomo demo=
Amy Moore blew her top
Stole a car, shot a cop (bang)
Sped away 2000 miles
Didn't stop until she hit New Orleans
That's alright
There's just one thing
Her wedding ring, or anything
She left behind, she didn't pack
How is she ever gonna get it back?
Paperface
Paperface
I never heard of paperface
Until I moved to the west coast (L.A)
Where I found that to be smooth
I'd have to wear a paperface
That's alright
There's just one thing
How am I supposed to sing
With this thing in my way
With this thing
In my paperface
Paperface
Paperface
Paperface
Let's see what you have got inside (You received a call)
Underneath your paperface (From your dear old mom)
Let's see what you've got inside (You received a call)
Underneath, underneath (You received a call)
Amy Moore blew her top
Stole a car, shot a cop
Sped away 2000 miles
Didn't stop 'til she hit New Orleans
That's alright
There's just one thing
Her wedding ring, or anything
She left behind, she didn't pack
How is she ever gonna get it back?
Paperface
Paperface
Go, go go!
Let's see what you've got inside (You received a call)
Underneath your paperface (From your dear old mom)
Let's see what you've got inside (You received a call)
Underneath (From your dear old mom)
(You received a call)
|-|Weezer demo=
Amy Moore blew her top
Stole a car, shot a cop
Sped away 2000 miles
Didn't stop until she hit New Orleans
That's alright
There's just one thing
Her wedding ring, or anything
She left behind, forgot to pack
How the hell is she gonna get it back?
Paperface
Paperface
I never heard of paperface
'Til I moved to the west coast
Where I found that to be smooth
I'd have to wear a paperface
That's alright
There's just one thing
How am I supposed to sing
With this thing in my way
With this thing
In my face
Paperface
Paperface
Paperface
Only hope to see
See what's underneath
Only hope to be
The me that's underneath
Amy Moore blew her top
Stole a car, shot a cop
Sped away 2000 miles
Didn't stop until she hit New Orleans
That's alright
There's just one thing
Her wedding ring, or anything
She left behind, forgot to pack
How the hell is she gonna get it back?
Paperface
Paperface
Paperface
Paperface
Paperface
Paperface
Paperface
Paper-paperface</tabber>
==Known recordings==
==See also==
* Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
* List of Weezer songs
* List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==External links==
* Teenage Victory Songs entry for Paperface
==References==
Category: Weezer songsCategory:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list
Category:Songs on Weezer (The Blue Album)
Category:Songs on Alone II
Category:Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Alone series
Category:Teenage Victory Songs The Very Best