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Weezer's Rivers Cuomo: "How can I marry rock with hip-hop?"
The inside story on Weezer's new album Raditude
Joe Bosso, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 4:00 pm UTC
"Yeah, that's cool. I wasn't really inspired by him per se. What's interesting is, the song came about because of some arguments with the band, just my way of saying, 'Can't we make this better? Can't we make our relationships easier?'
"I liked bringing in Amrita Sen on vocals. That was the last step of the process in recording the song, and she really brought it to another level."
What would you say is your best guitar solo on the record?
"I don't do any of the solos. If I had to pick a great solo, however, it would be on the song Tripping Down The Freeway. I sort of sketched out the idea for the solo and Pat Wilson played it."
Pat played it? Wow, it's terrific.
"See? I told you, he's getting pretty good!"
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