# WTF is the girl saying in Weezer's 'Beverly Hills'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398 "2005-05-18T13:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/1 "2005-05-18T13:31:04Z")
In the chorus there’s a sample of a girl saying something, but damned if I can figure out what it is. I can’t stand to listen to the song because it annoys me so much that I can’t figure it out. I spot-checked a few lyrics sites, but the ones I looked at didn’t seem to say. Sounds kind of like “be me” or “believe me”. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/2 "2005-05-18T13:33:12Z")
I thought she was saying “Do me, do me!” ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/3 "2005-05-18T13:35:31Z")
I always heard it as “Living” Living, Living, Living in Beverly Hills. But one site I just checked quoted: Gimme. I’m not so sure. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/4 "2005-05-18T13:55:45Z")
Sounds more like “Gimme” that “living” or “do me” (or what I mentioned in the OP). Could be that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/5 "2005-05-18T14:43:22Z")
I think it’s “beverly”. Split up like Bev-er-ly. ---
**Author:** ![OatmealB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@OatmealB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OatmealB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/6 "2005-05-18T14:57:12Z")
In the sheet music in this month’s issue of Guitar World, it’s written as “Can you gimme”. I think it sounds more like “gimme gimme”, which I guess makes sense in the context of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/7 "2005-05-18T14:57:25Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > I think it’s “beverly”. Split up like Bev-er-ly. I thought you might be right, but I listened again and it doesn’t sound like it. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/8 "2005-05-18T15:02:11Z")
I’m going crazy now Revtim, because I can’t listen to it at work and I am dying to find out. I was positive that it was “beverly”. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/9 "2005-05-18T15:07:34Z")
I know. WHY IS THIS SO ANNOYING!!! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/10 "2005-05-18T16:11:58Z")
FYI, looks like you can listen to it and even watch the video here: [http://www.weezer.com/downloads/](http://www.weezer.com/downloads/) ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/11 "2005-05-18T18:05:24Z")
Yet another vote for “gimme gimme”. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/12 "2005-05-19T13:35:06Z")
It could be “can you” gimme, that part it kinda stepped on by the music and nearly impossible to hear, at least on what I’m listening to it on. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/13 "2005-05-19T15:06:18Z")
**Revtim** , I’m glad you’ve opened this discussion. It’s driving me crazy, and I almost started a thread of my own. (I really like this song, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/14 "2005-05-19T20:47:38Z")
Too bad there’s really no hope of us getting a definitive answer, unless a member of Weezer happens to be lurking. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/15 "2005-05-23T13:04:10Z")
Anybody know a member of the band? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/16 "2005-05-23T13:41:01Z")
This site claims it’s gimme: [http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/weezer/beverlyhills.html](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/weezer/beverlyhills.html) - WARNING: Pop up hell, as with most lyrics sites. > [@](#): > > [Chorus] > Beverly Hills - That’s where I want to be! (Gimme Gimme) > Living in Beverly Hills… > Beverly Hills - Rolling like a celebrity! (Gimme Gimme) > Living in Beverly Hills… ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/17 "2005-05-26T11:23:21Z")
Upon further review, I believe the mystery lyric to be: “I’m living” Beverly Hills, That’s where I want to be! (I’m living, I’m living) Living in Beverly Hills. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/18 "2005-05-26T12:44:44Z")
Sounds more like “Gimme” than “I’m Living”. Too much of an open “ee” sound at the end, and I can detect no v sound. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/19 "2005-05-26T15:54:18Z")
When they played the song at Coachella Festival, of course there was no girl on stage, so we the audience took it upon ourselves to fill in the blanks. I thought it was “Jimmy” or “Gimme” but I heard a lot of “Living” being shouted out. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Big\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_G)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/20 "2005-05-26T16:13:08Z")
About the closest I’ve seen to official word is by Karl, weezer’s webmaster and photographer, found [here.](http://www.weezer.com/news/default.asp?assetid=1153704&artistid=479&title=03%2F24%2F05+take+my+picture+by+the+pool) He mentions different versions of “Beverly Hills” floating around with the “gimme gimme” lyrics sung by male and female voices. So, it seems to be “gimmie gimmie”. G [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398.md?page=2)