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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Ballad of the Briny
| Name    = Ballad of the Briny
| Cover    =  
| Cover    = Rivers Cuomo Alone XI.jpg
| Type    = Demo
| Type    = Demo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
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| Producer = [[Shawn Everett]]
| Producer = [[Shawn Everett]]
| Status  = Released
| Status  = Released
| RC's last song  =
| This RC song    =
| RC's next song  =
}}{{Template:Song lineage:Blue Dream}}
}}{{Template:Song lineage:Blue Dream}}
"'''Ballad of the Briny'''" (formerly "'''Ballad of the Brine'''") is a song demoed by [[Rivers Cuomo]].
"'''Ballad of the Briny'''" (formerly "'''Ballad of the Brine'''") is a song demoed by [[Rivers Cuomo]].
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*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020)
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
==Overview==
A short clip was uploaded to Cuomo's YouTube channel in January of [[2011]]. The same year, [[AllThingsWeezer]] member Bleed0range confirmed the song's title from Cuomo's assistant [[Sarah C. Kim|Sarah Kim]] (albeit spelled as "'''Ballad of the Briney'''")[http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/2011-sea-opera-clips-lets-keep-these-in-circulation.29275/#post-846715]. The narrative aspect of the song led many fans to believe that Cuomo was developing a [[Sea Opera|sea-themed concept album]] at the time, though Cuomo would later confirm this was not the case. The melodies are taken from an earlier demo known as "[[Now or Later]]".
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|A sailor called Mortimer Collins falls in love with a woman at a brothel he visited. He brings her aboard the Resolution ship, but he catches Captain Buttress having sex with her. Mortimer stays the remainder of the night on the deck of the ship, then at sunrise jumps overboard. Drowning to death as he happily hallucinates amongst sea creatures.|"Ballad of the Briny" synopsis, [[Riverpedia]]<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Riverpedia''. 5 December 2020. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Sea%20Opera</ref>}}
A short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" was uploaded to Cuomo's YouTube channel in January of [[2011]]. The same year, [[AllThingsWeezer]] member Bleed0range confirmed the song's title from Cuomo's assistant [[Sarah C. Kim|Sarah Kim]].<ref>[[:File:Atw-Bleed0range-briney.png]]</ref> The narrative aspect of the song led many fans to believe that Cuomo was developing a [[Sea Opera|sea-themed concept album]] at the time, though Cuomo would later confirm this was not the case; the song was a one-off concept. The melodies are taken from earlier demos, "[[Now or Later]]" and "[[Stronger]]." The guitar solo featured in the song's bridge greatly resembles the song "[[The Trooper]]" by English heavy metal band [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]] (which was previously partially covered by Weezer in concert in [[1996]]).


On [[August 21]], [[2020]], Cuomo confirmed[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Riverchat_botb.jpg] to members of the [[Riverchat]] chatroom that the ''[[Van Weezer]]'' track "[[Blue Dream]]" was a reworking of "[[Ballad of the Briny]]". On [[November 20]], [[2020]], three demos of the song were released on the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''.
The video uploaded to YouTube by Cuomo briefly flashes text that can be made out:
===Plot===
The video uploaded by Cuomo briefly flashes text that can be made out:
  He fell in love with her on the night before the Resolution (the ship)... her squalid life in a brothel to take her with him to Amer[ica.]
  He fell in love with her on the night before the Resolution (the ship)... her squalid life in a brothel to take her with him to Amer[ica.]
  .. her but finds that Captain Buttress is having sex with her... Captain Buttress with his pants down yells at Mortimer, "get back here"...
  .. her but finds that Captain Buttress is having sex with her... Captain Buttress with his pants down yells at Mortimer, "get back here"...
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  he feels super happy and blissful as he hallucinates... then all goes black.
  he feels super happy and blissful as he hallucinates... then all goes black.


The song appears to be sung from the point-of-view of the character Mortimer Collins. The video also contains the name of the female character, Candace, as well as the antagonist, Captain Duke Buttress.
On [[August 21]], [[2020]], Cuomo confirmed<ref>[[:File:Riverchat_botb.jpg]]</ref> to members of the [[Riverchat]] chatroom that the ''[[Van Weezer]]'' track "[[Blue Dream]]" was a reworking of "[[Ballad of the Briny]]". On [[November 20]], [[2020]], three demos of the song were released on the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''.
====Gallery====
==Known recordings==
<gallery>Image:Mortimercollins1.png|Mortimer Collins
{{Known recordings header}}
Image:Briny candace.jpg|Candace
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|We Are Solid|We Are Solid (gtr strum over A 126).mp3|[[2006]]—[[2010]]||0:41|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}}
Image:Briny captain.jpg|Captain Duke Buttress
{{Known recordings note|For other demos, see "[[Now or Later]]," "[[Stronger]]," and "[[Cancer]]"}}
</gallery>
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Ballad of the Brine|BALLAD OF THE BRINE - ROUGH 1 - NOV.mp3|November [[2010]]||3:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
===Video clip===
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Ballad of the Briny|BALLAD OF THE BRINy - ROUGH 4 - JAN.mp3|January [[2011]]||3:54|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
<youtube>Dh5TwLwJUQw</youtube>
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Ballad of the Briny|BALLAD OF THE BRINY - ROUGH 4 - SEPT.mp3|September [[2011]](?)||3:56|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings note|For subsequent demos, see "[[Blue Dream]]."}}
{{Known recordings footer}}
==Video==
<youtube>ccD9gy6iNRg</youtube>
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
===November version===
{{Lyric box|
===November 2010===
<poem>The fishes are my friends
<poem>The fishes are my friends
Here beneath the sea
Here beneath the sea
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Since I've found out you don't want me
Since I've found out you don't want me


The crew thought I was nuts
My mates thought I was nuts
Jumping off the edge
Jumping off the edge
But what'd I have to lose?
But what'd I have to lose?
Except pains inside my head
Except pains inside my head
Except pains inside my heart
And pains inside my heart
They wouldn't let me be
They wouldn't let me be
Now I'm better off
Now I'm better off
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Since I've found out you don't want me
Since I've found out you don't want me
Yeah, I'm at home here in the briny
Yeah, I'm at home here in the briny
Since I've found out you don't want me</poem>
Since I've found out you don't want me</poem>}}{{Lyric box|
 
===2011===
===January/September versions===
<poem>The fishes are my friends
<poem>The fishes are my friends
Here beneath the sea
Here beneath the sea
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But what'd I have to lose?
But what'd I have to lose?
Except pains inside my gourd
Except pains inside my gourd
Except pains inside my heart
And pains inside my heart
They wouldn't let me be
They wouldn't let me be
Now I'm better off
Now I'm better off
Captain of the sea
A captain of the sea


And I'm at home here in the briny
And I'm at home here in the briny
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And I'm at home here in the briny
And I'm at home here in the briny
Since I've found out you don't want me</poem>
Since I've found out you don't want me</poem>}}
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Sea Opera]]
*[[Sea Opera]]
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
{{References list}}
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]
[[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]
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