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[[Rivers Cuomo]] demoed "Devotion" in the garage at [[2226 Amherst Ave.]] An initial demo, later dubbed "proto-devotion," was followed by another demo the same month. The song later resurfaced as a song in contention for the aborted concept album ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''. When that concept was scrapped in favor of ''[[Pinkerton]]'', "Devotion" was ultimately relegated to being a B-side for various retail CD releases of "[[El Scorcho]]." | [[Rivers Cuomo]] demoed "Devotion" in the garage at [[2226 Amherst Ave.]] An initial demo, later dubbed "proto-devotion," was followed by another demo the same month. The song later resurfaced as a song in contention for the aborted concept album ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''. When that concept was scrapped in favor of ''[[Pinkerton]]'', "Devotion" was ultimately relegated to being a B-side for various retail CD releases of "[[El Scorcho]]." | ||
"Devotion" is in the key of B♭ major for the majority of the song, but modulates | "Devotion" is in the key of B♭ major for the majority of the song, but modulates B♭ minor for the guitar solo. It is one of the slowest songs [[Weezer]] recorded in the 90s. The last line of the song's first stanza is direct quote from the 1977 song "All American Man," from the album ''[[Wikipedia:Alive_II|Alive II]]'' by [[KISS]]. | ||
"Devotion" is known to have been performed once in [[1997]]. Rivers Cuomo performed the song with fans at [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008|a release party]] for the album ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. It would not be performed again until it was played by Weezer at a [[2011]] concert on the [[Memories Tour]] in Japan. It was performed one additional time during [[Weezer concert: 01/21/2012|a concert]] on the first [[The Weezer Cruise|Weezer Cruise]]. Musician [[Daniel Brummel]] (of the band [[Ozma]]) covered the song, under the moniker [[Daniel Brummel and the Contraband]], for the tribute album ''[[Making Noise: A Tribute to Weezer]]''. | "Devotion" is known to have been performed once in [[1997]]. Rivers Cuomo performed the song with fans at [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008|a release party]] for the album ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. It would not be performed again until it was played by Weezer at a [[2011]] concert on the [[Memories Tour]] in Japan. It was performed one additional time during [[Weezer concert: 01/21/2012|a concert]] on the first [[The Weezer Cruise|Weezer Cruise]]. Musician [[Daniel Brummel]] (of the band [[Ozma]]) covered the song, under the moniker [[Daniel Brummel and the Contraband]], for the tribute album ''[[Making Noise: A Tribute to Weezer]]''. | ||
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