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| This track = "Negativland"<br>(4) | | This track = "Negativland"<br>(4) | ||
| Next track = "[[You Gave Your Love To Me Softly]]"<br>(5)}}{{Song lineage:El Scorcho}}}} | | Next track = "[[You Gave Your Love To Me Softly]]"<br>(5)}}{{Song lineage:El Scorcho}}}} | ||
'''"Negativland"''' | '''"Negativland"''' is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1993]]. It is the fourth track on ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]''. Its lyrics address the avant-garde [[Wikipedia:Negativland|band of the same name]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years]]'' (2011) | *''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]'' (2011) | ||
*''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | *''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The song is known best as an early prototype of "[[Blast Off!]]". | In [[1991]], experimental music band [[Wikipedia:Negativland|Negativland]] released the EP [[Wikipedia:U2 (EP)|''U2'']], featuring the title "U2" in large type and the name "Negativland" in very small type. The EP parodied the band [[Wikipedia:U2|U2]] and sampled the band's music, as well as a profane rant by disc jockey [[Wikipedia:Casey Kasem|Casey Kasem]]. Negativland was subsequently sued by U2's label, Island Records, nearly bankrupting Negativland.<ref>Berry, Colin. "The Letter U and the Numeral 2" ''Wired''. https://www.wired.com/1995/01/negativland/</ref> | ||
The [[Rivers Cuomo]] song "Negativland" was recorded in May of [[1995]]<ref>[[Recording_History_-_Page_4|Weezer Recording History - Page 4]]</ref> and is known best as an early prototype of another Cuomo song, "[[Blast Off!]]". Cuomo had been a fan of Negativland at the time that he first started writing material for {{PN|Weezer}} eponymous [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|debut album]].<ref>[[Rivers Cuomo Fan Interview 2006]]</ref> [[Karl Koch]] described the song in a post on the [[Albumsix]] message boards in August 2009 saying: "it's lyrics were actually about the band Negativland, specifically how they got sued into oblivion by Casey Kasem and U2 for the song 'U2', which sampled U2 and Kasem's voice. It was a sad song -- commiserating with a band he'd never met about their severe problems."<ref>[[:File:Karlophone-080809-negativland.png]]</ref> The song was heard by fans for the first time when it appeared on the compilation CD ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]'' in [[2011]]. | |||
Though the song's lyrics were eventually completely rewritten when the song became "Blast Off!", elements from the lyrics from "Negativland" are still present in the [[Songs from the Black Hole, draft 1|earliest draft]] of ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' ("I'm so sorry Wuan and Dondó"[...]"I'm off to the corner of the room I don't wanna face another living soul") | Though the song's lyrics were eventually completely rewritten when the song became "Blast Off!", elements from the lyrics from "Negativland" are still present in the [[Songs from the Black Hole, draft 1|earliest draft]] of ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' ("I'm so sorry Wuan and Dondó"[...]"I'm off to the corner of the room I don't wanna face another living soul") | ||
== | ==Known recordings== | ||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Negativland||May [[1993]]||0:59|''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]'' (CD)|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|cccccc|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Negativland|01 Negativland.mp3|May [[1993]]||1:04|''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years]]'' (''Alone IV'')|Same as above recording + snippet of "[[Mykel and Carli]]"}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|cccccc|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Negativland|04 Negativland.mp3|May [[1993]]||1:03|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''|Same as above recording}} | |||
{{Known recordings note|For subsequent demos, see "[[Blast Off!]]"}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>I'm so sorry, Negativland | <poem>I'm so sorry, Negativland | ||
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I'd pull my britches down for you | I'd pull my britches down for you | ||
Oh, Negativland</poem> | Oh, Negativland</poem> | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
{{References list}} | |||
[[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]] | ||
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[[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]] | ||
[[Category:Alone series]] | [[Category:Alone series]] | ||