I will have to give Say It Ain’t So the title of Song of the Day since I played with a few people today and the best sounding song was this 1994 Weezer single off of their debut album Weezer (Blue Album). This song was written with the verse “Say it ain’t so” and the music all written. Rivers Cuomo needed verses and recalled an incident when he was in high school and and he came home to find a beer bottle in the fridge left by his step-father. He immediately felt betrayed since he was under the impression that his biological father split up with his mom due to alcoholism. The feeling that his step-father was soon going the way as his biological father brings upon the phrase, say it ain’t so. The song is a very fun song to play since the parts are pretty simple but all merge very well together while the singer belts out a great chorus. The drums are a simple 4/4 beet between the high-hat, ride and alternating a crash symbol during the chorus, the rhythm guitar chords are easy to pick up so that the lead can go off during some parts into solo.
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- Say It Ain’t So – Single
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- Rivers Cuomo
The Music Court 
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