“Beverly Hills” is one of Weezer’s biggest hits – but frontman Rivers Cuomo says it’s one of the band’s most misunderstood songs.
“I don’t know if this is still the case, but I often heard that people thought I was making fun of Beverly Hills, that I was being sarcastic in the chorus when I say, ‘That’s where I want to be.’ I was 100 percent sincere when I wrote it.” Cuomo told Vulture, “I know it doesn’t sound all that virtuous to have a craving to live in Beverly Hills and be a real celebrity, but that is the feeling I was having in the moment I wrote that song. So I was surprised that people took it the other way.”
Weezer is currently headlining the ‘Indie Rock Roadtrip’ tour with Future Islands and Joyce Manor.
Did you think the lyrics were sarcastic? Find the “Beverly Hills” lyrics below:
Where I come from isn’t all that great
My automobile is a piece of crap
My fashion sense is a little wack
And my friends are just as screwy as me
I didn’t go to boarding schools
Preppy girls never looked at me
Why should they? I ain’t nobody
Got nothing in my pocketBeverly Hills
That’s where I want to be
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin’ in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rollin’ like a celebrity
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin’ in Beverly HillsLook at all those movie stars
They’re all so beautiful and clean
When the housemaids scrub the floors
They get the spaces in between
I wanna live a life like that
I wanna be just like a king
Take my picture by the pool
‘Cause I’m the next big thingBeverly Hills
That’s where I want to be
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin’ in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rollin’ like a celebrity
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin’ in Beverly HillsThe truth is
I don’t stand a chance
It’s something that you’re born into
And I just don’t belongNo I don’t, I’m just a no-class beat-down fool
And I will always be that way
I might as well enjoy my life
And watch the stars playBeverly Hills
That’s where I want to be
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin’ in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Rollin’ like a celebrity
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin’ in Beverly HillsBeverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Yeah, Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Livin’ in Beverly Hills