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I particularly like how conversational the vocal was. There's so many lyrics, it just sounds like somebody talking to you. But at the same time, it's sung, so there's a great, catchy melody there-- something I've always admired about certain composers going back to Pinkerton.

And then I think his manager was somehow related to my manager, and somehow they started talking, and next thing I know, I'm getting this song from Jermaine, and we're talking on the phone. RC : It certainly could be on a Weezer record.

Right now there are two versions of the song: there's Jermaine's original version, then there's the version with my music on Alone II. So it could go either way, I'm not sure. It depends on how the band feels about it. Also, like I say in the liner notes, I would have some qualms about singing it the original way, where it's clearly about doing drugs and drinking [ laughs ].

Which, at this point in my life, I can't really sing without qualm. RC : I don't really know how he works. My impression is that he just makes these demos, and then he tries to get other artists to re-record them and put them on their records. But my sense is that he probably has this gold mine of his personal demos that-- if they're anything like the one I heard-- they're just so cool. It's really cool to hear one of these really slick, like pro songwriter guys, but like before he's had a chance to have it done professionally or polished up.

It kind of sounds like his version of Alone , it's just him jamming out wherever he jams out [ laughs ]. And he's singing, and he's not a real singer, so it sounds kind of cool and funny. Pitchfork : It's interesting that you mention that he's a professional songwriter, since that's sort of your job as well. And it's interesting to read you writing about craft and things in these very particular ways, since a lot of songwriters don't get into process much.

It's obvious-- it's been obvious for a long time-- that that's been a major function of your songwriting in Weezer. Do you ever consider writing songs for other people, like Prince?

Not for Prince, of course, but like Prince? RC : The idea crosses my mind occasionally. I just wouldn't know-- writing a song for me, now, is so personal. It's so singular to me, or it's so idiosyncratic. I wouldn't know how to make it great, and for somebody else. So much of what I like about my songs are the parts that make it specific to me.

Songs with an area I could grow in. Pitchfork : Are you thinking about songs for the next album? Are they going through the same process of you recording them at home and then bringing them to the studio or the practice space? RC : Well, it's-- no, we're still focused on ideas to promote the Red Album. We're coming up with a lot of cool stuff. Then do some more touring next year and I know we have a list of cool stuff, but it's in my mind [ laughs ].

But we really believe in the songs, and we want to live with [them] for a while before we move on. Pitchfork : There was a report a little while back where they were saying you were planning to record immediately after this tour is over. But Brian [Bell, guitarist] gave another interview and said something like "that's not true, we want to get the most out of this record as we can.

In so much pop music now, there seems to be a constant struggle to keep putting out material to keep one's profile up, but that was almost a rejection of that. RC : Well, I don't know. The Red Album feels like this is something that can be part of our lives for a minute here. Come up with some more videos and cool things to do.

An album now is a breeding ground for other creative projects, you can really start digging into it. There's just so much you can do nowadays. Pitchfork : Building on that, the video you guys just made, the "Troublemaker" video where you broke all the records , how did you guys get all of that organized?

Pitchfork : You don't know? I never know how they make these videos happen. It's a miracle to me. I just show up, and there's Al from "Happy Days".

There's a bunch of wild animals-- chimpanzees and panthers that we're hanging out with. I don't know how they make it all happen [ laughs ]. But that's one of the great things about being in a rock band. You get all these weird experiences. To set all these records and do all of this stuff?

Or was it the band's idea that you sort of brought? RC : I think it was somebody at our management company. And I think it originally came from some of the projects that we were involved with, like the Hootenany tour. One of them was in L. Or the "Let's Write a Song" project I'm doing on YouTube, we're close to-- it's at 20 now, and, you know, so many people have contributed, I started thinking, "Man, the songwriting credits on the song are going to be so long, maybe we're breaking some kind of record here.

It was things like that that led to the idea for the video. Pitchfork : Speaking of working with a number of songwriters, has it been at all difficult to adapt to the fact that now you have other songwriters on these Weezer albums?

Does it feel at all strange to relinquish some control in that way? RC : I'm trying to think of a specific example So that didn't feel that unusual.

I'll tell you though, I really am exciting about collaborating now, for some reason, with the guys in Weezer, and also with other people.

I just feel like learning from other people, and just being put in new, strange boxes I have to get out of artistically. It's probably just the same as everything else I've gone through, but it does feel like something I am really into at the moment. Reaching out to other writers. Pitchfork : It seems from what I've gathered, that the plan for the next record-- however tentative-- is to maybe split some of the songwriting duties even further. Is that accurate, or is it way too early to tell any of that?

RC : I don't have I really don't know. I wouldn't say that with any confidence at this point. I will say though, that in one way or another, I think that Weezer is evolving towards a more free-flowing and collaborative, synergistic mode.

I don't know if it's totally lame to use the word 'synergistic' but I can't think of another one at the moment. RC : So I don't know if that means necessarily "songwriting", but you definitely see the guys singing a lot at shows now, and we're trading instruments and playing different kinds of roles. Oh Jonas. Please Remember. Come To My Pod. Don't Worry Baby.

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