Eulogy for a Rock Band

"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 Kurt Cobain's 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.

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". 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 Paul McCartney). 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."

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.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Goodbye heroes

You had a good run

Fifteen years of

Ruling the planet

But now your light is fadin'

[Chorus]

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

Words come and go

We will sing the melodies that you did long ago

[Verse 2]

Women were screaming

Guys were copying you

'Cause you moved the people

To sobbing, inspiring

You spoke for the world in your songs

[Chorus]

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

Words come and go

We will sing the melodies that you did long ago

[Bridge]

We'll never forget the jams you made

Don't let 'em fade

It's time that we laid you in your grave

Let 'em fade

Ooh, goodbye

[Chorus]

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

Words come and go

We will sing the melodies that you did long ago

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