- Dreamin'
Infobox Song
Name = Dreamin'
Artist =Weezer
from Album = Weezer
Released = May 27, 2008 (iTunes)
Format =Digital download
Recorded = 2008
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 5:12
Label = Geffen
Composer =Rivers Cuomo
Producer =Rick Rubin "Dreamin
' " is a song released as an iTunes single (the fourth from the album) from alternative rock bandWeezer 's sixth album, "Weezer". It was released in digital form on May 27, 2008. [ [http://weezer.com/comments/default.aspx/cid/363/tid/141186 Weezer : 05/27/08 Dreamin iTunes Single, + new newz roundup ] ]In the booklet for the Rivers Cuomo's demo compilation album , Cuomo describes how the song "This Is the Way" was originally going to be used for the "Red Album" over "Dreamin'", then called "Daydreamer". Eventually, Cuomo was able to persuade other band members to choose the "epic, 6-minute, symphonic type of art song" Dreamin' instead. [Booklet and Linear Notes of "Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo"]
Brian Bell has commented that this song was written in thesonata form and the breakdown of the song has a formal name ("The Dream Sequence") and that it is his proudest moment on the record [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588728/20080604/weezer.jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler Weezer Reveal 'Hootenanny' Plans To Tay Zonday - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News ] ] .The song was released as a downloadable song for the game "Rock Band" along with the songs "
Troublemaker " and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived ."Personnel
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Rivers Cuomo –lead guitar ,lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – percussion,backing vocals
*Brian Bell –rhythm guitar ,backing vocals ,lead vocals
*Scott Shriner –bass guitar ,backing vocals References
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