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"'''Oh Jonas'''" (also known as "'''Maria's Theme'''") is the eighth track on ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo | "'''Oh Jonas'''" (also known as "'''Maria's Theme'''") is the eighth track on ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
* ''[[Alone II | * ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2008) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Alone liner notes|In '93 I had spent a lot of time listening to ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. In '94, on the road with Weezer, I listened to ''Les Miserables'', Verdi's ''Aida'' and Puccini's ''Tosca'' and ''Madama Butterfly''. I loved how these works married music and drama, how the different characters would sing to each other instead of talk and how the story unfolded through song. I realized that musical-drama could be the larger scale composition I wanted to write for Weezer's second record: a new-wave influenced rock musical in which I could explore my feelings about relationships, stardom, and my life in Weezer. I would call the musical, ''Songs from the Black Hole''. I purchased an Electro-Harmonix keyboard and a Korg keyboard from Center Music in Newington, Connecticut on January 3, 1995, to add a sci-fi tone to Weezer's guitar crunch. I got excited, now knowing what I wanted to do. I started planning and writing out sketches, music, and songs. To stand for my relationship with [[Jennifer Chiba|Chiba]], I imagined a character named [[Maria]] (a role which I hoped to be sung by [[Joan Wasser]]man{{sic}} of the Dambuilders, though I abandoned the project before asking her.) In the liner notes to ''Alone I'', I quoted the opening scene of ''The Black Hole'' in which Maria lets the guys known how she feels about being called a "b***h". Next Maria opens up to Jonas in private. | |||
{{Alone liner notes|In '93 I had spent a lot of time listening to ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. In '94, on the road with Weezer, I listened to ''Les Miserables'', Verdi's ''Aida'' and Puccini's ''Tosca'' and ''Madama Butterfly''. I loved how these works married music and drama, how the different characters would sing to each other instead of talk and how the story unfolded through song. I realized that musical-drama could be the larger scale composition I wanted to write for Weezer's second record: a new-wave influenced rock musical in which I could explore my feelings about relationships, stardom, and my life in Weezer. I would call the musical, ''Songs from the Black Hole''. I purchased an Electro-Harmonix keyboard and a Korg keyboard from Center Music in Newington, Connecticut on January 3, 1995, to add a sci-fi tone to Weezer's guitar crunch. I got excited, now knowing what I wanted to do. I started planning and writing out sketches, music, and songs. To stand for my relationship with Chiba, I imagined a character named Maria (a role which I hoped to be sung by Joan | |||
<blockquote>{{#tag:span style="color:#aa0000"|<u>The Black Hole</u> synopsis<br>Act I<br>10 May 2126<br>Scene I (The Main Deck)}} | <blockquote>{{#tag:span style="color:#aa0000"|<u>The Black Hole</u> synopsis<br>Act I<br>10 May 2126<br>Scene I (The Main Deck)}} | ||
{{#tag:span style="color:#aa0000"|...Jonas tries to calm Maria, taking her into the hall. Maria says she loves him.}}</blockquote> | {{#tag:span style="color:#aa0000"|...Jonas tries to calm Maria, taking her into the hall. Maria says she loves him.}}</blockquote>|''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]}} | ||
"Oh Jonas" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and likely first demoed in February of [[1995]], at a studio in Hamburg, Germany, where [[Weezer]] had to stay for a week to allow bassist [[Matt Sharp]] to fly back to the United States after his father suffered a stroke. The song was intended as an interstitial track for the unrealized concept album ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''. Cuomo pitch-shifted his vocals to sing the character of [[Maria]]. Early drafts of ''Songs from the Black Hole'' suggest that the song (referred to as "Maria's Theme") was considered as a recurring leitmotif for the character.<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]''. [[2011]]. Self-published</ref> Prior to its release, the song was covered numerous times by fans using sheet music that Cuomo published online. "Oh Jonas" was released as part of the compilation album ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' in [[2008]]. | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - guitar, synthesizer, vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] - guitar, synthesizer, vocals | ||
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Nobody else loves you like I do | Nobody else loves you like I do | ||
Oh Jonas, I need you | Oh Jonas, I need you | ||
Nobody else, nobody else | Nobody else, nobody else | ||
Loves me, loves me, like you | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | * [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
{{References list}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=717 Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Oh Jonas"] | *[http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=717 ''Teenage Victory Songs'' entry for "Oh Jonas"] | ||
[[Category:Songs from the Black Hole]] | [[Category:Songs from the Black Hole]] | ||
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone II]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone II]] | ||
[[Category:Alone series]] | [[Category:Alone series]] | ||