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When played at a slower speed, the illusion is created that the band is playing the song in the correct time, yet moving in slow motion. The video marks one of the early directorial efforts of Spike Jonze, whose pitch was simply 'A blue stage, a steadicam, a pack of wild dogs.' The $60,000 video was shot on a steadicam in one unbroken take, featuring the band playing to a sped up version of the song. Yet, Geffen received twenty five treatments for the video, all involving sweaters, including one in which the band played in a sweater factory, and another wherein all four band members were together in one giant sweater. Luerssen, the band insisted that the video not have anything to do with a sweater. According to Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story by John D. The music video for 'Undone' was Weezer's first music video. By this point the band had abandoned hope of doing a serious take, and thank goodness! - Karl Koch on the 'Undone' music video, from the liner notes for Video Capture Device The reign of Spike Jonze begins here! This was roughly take 15 or 20 out of about 25.

Music Video How most of the world has introduced to the band. The distinct guitar tone for the 'Undone' intro came out of a specific section of The Blue Album recording process, during which Cuomo and original guitarist Jason Cropper spent a few days in the attic of Electric Ladyland studios focusing only on the record's guitar parts.

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The original radio edit had a run-time of 3:58, which was extended to 4:10 in the 'corrected' full guitar solo edit. Weezer had approved of this version of the song without hearing the edits made to the solo, and upon hearing this version of the song, they requested the solo edit be removed. While Weezer had agreed to a shortening of both the song's opening and closing sections, there was an additional adjustment made which shortened the song's final guitar solo by several seconds. When the song was chosen as the lead single for The Blue Album, the band's record label requested a shortened version of the song to be played on the radio. In the 2010s, however, the band began simply playing a recording of the dialogue heard on the album version. When performed live, these sections typically featured improvised banter by the band.

The tapes were then sent overnight to New York to be 'flown in' to the final mix. Late in the album's production, a spoken version of dialogue was recorded at the Amherst house, by bassist Matt Sharp and Koch, as well as a dialogue between Koch and Mykel Allan. This concept was carried through the recording of The Blue Album, but Geffen Records were wary of the cost of licensing the samples, and put a halt to that version. It just perfectly encapsulates Weezer to me – you’re trying to be cool like Velvet Underground but your metal roots just pump through unconsciously.' Įarly concepts for the dialogue sections in the song was to utilize a sound collage assembled by longtime friend of the band, Karl Koch. It wasn’t until years after I wrote it that I realized it’s almost a complete rip-off of ‘Sanitarium’ by Metallica. And it just feels so classic to me, even now when the band starts to play it, it just takes over the energy in the room and you’re just transported into the world of Weezer. I just picked up that acoustic guitar and the first thing I played was that riff. Said Cuomo, 'I was trying to write a Velvet Underground-type song because I was super into them, and I came up with that guitar riff. In 2009, Cuomo admitted to Rolling Stone that 'Undone (The Sweater Song)' was an 'almost complete rip-off' of ' Welcome Home (Sanitarium)' by the band Metallica. 'All I have to do is hold a single thread in your sweater and it will unravel as you walk away.' Eisenstein used the image to demonstrate the effectiveness of focused thesis statement in an essay. It was in my English class that I heard the analogy of the unraveling sweater.

Said Cuomo, 'I took typing, Psych 101, and English 101 that semester. Lead singer Rivers Cuomo has commented many times on the song's inception. Rivers Cuomo, press kit for Weezer (The Blue Album) It was supposed to be a sad song, but everyone thinks it's hilarious. 'Undone' is the feeling you get when the train stops and the little guy comes knockin' on your door.

Several Official Bootlegs (Live Version).

Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints (Live).

Weezer (The Red Album) - Japan Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD (Live Video).

Weezer (The Blue Album) - Deluxe Edition (Album and Demo Version).

Undone (French Retail CD/French Promo 7' Single (Blue Vinyl)).

Undone (UK Retail CD/UK Retail Cassette/UK 7' Single (Blue Vinyl)).

Undone (US Retail Cassette/US Promo 7' Jukebox Single (Black Vinyl)).

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