Keep Fishin'

"Keep Fishin'" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer. It is the second single from the band's fourth album, Maladroit.

## Background

"Keep Fishin'" was originally demoed as a band on May 27, 2001 during sessions at Monster Island Studios in Washington, D.C.. It was later demoed for the BBC Radio 1 program The Evening Session on June 13. The song was performed live at several shows throughout the summer of 2001.

After being properly recorded for Maladroit, Rivers Cuomo felt the recording was lacking in some way. When the band decided to release the song as the album's second single, he took it as a perfect opportunity to re-record the track entirely, embellishing it significantly. This new version, completed in the spring of 2002, is the so-called "Radio Version" featured on various single releases, as well as the music video.

The Franklin Mint version of the song is an all-keyboards instrumental take created by Pat Wilson. A clip of this version was released by Karl Koch at the official site, but the US CD single remains the only place to (legally) acquire the full recording.

The US CD single is, to date, only the second retail Weezer CD single officially released in the United States - the first being the "Hash Pipe" two-track. It was released in selected areas as a marketing experiment by the record company.

The song "Mo' Beats", demoed by Weezer in the summer of 2002, explicitly references "Keep Fishin'" in its lyrics ("I got mo' beats than y'all / "Keep Fishin'" still seems small")

Julia Nunes, a Youtube star, performed a ukulele cover version of this song.

## Music Video

The music video for the song originally aired on July 8, 2002 and features the band as guests on The Muppet Show. It was directed by Marcos Siega, who previously directed videos for "Hash Pipe", "Island in the Sun", and "Dope Nose" (and would later direct the video for "Beverly Hills"). The production was the feature of an episode of MTV's Making The Video series. As a result of the video, many promotional and retail items featuring both Weezer and the Muppets were created, such as the CD single cover(s) and T-shirts.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You'll never be a better kind

If you don't leave (the world) the world behind

[Pre-Chorus]

Waste my days (waste my days)

You're drowned aways (drowned aways)

[Chorus]

It's just the thought of you in love with someone else

It breaks my heart to see you hanging from your shelf

[Verse 2]

You'll never do the things you want

If you don't move (and get) and get a job

[Pre-Chorus]

Waste my days (waste my days)

You're drowned aways (drowned aways)

[Chorus]

It's just the thought of you in love with someone else

It breaks my heart to see you hanging from your shelf

[Post-Chorus]

Oh girl, when I'm in love with you

Keep fishin' if you feel it's true

There's nothin' much that we can do

To save you from yourself

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]

Waste my days (waste my days)

You're drowned aways (drowned aways)

[Chorus]

It's just the thought of you in love with someone else

It breaks my heart to see you hanging from your shelf

[Post-Chorus]

Oh girl, when I'm in love with you

Keep fishin' if you feel it's true

There's nothin' much that we can do

To save you from yourself

[Outro]

You'll never be a better kind, you'll never be a better kind

Waste my days (Whoa-oh), waste my days (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh)

Waste my days (Oh, oh), waste my days (Oh, oh)

Waste my days (Oh, oh), waste my days, waste my days...

## See Also

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