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"'''The Purification of Water'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and the third track from ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. | "'''The Purification of Water'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and the third track from ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2008) | *''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2008) | ||
*''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | *''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Alone liner notes|In the first months of Weezer's existence, I roadied occasionally for my friend Kevin's band, King Size, helping out the bassist with his gear. I was surprised that he wanted me to rub his strings with isopropyl alcohol in between every song of their set, but I did my best to comply, despite my lack of motivation. King Size happened to win a competition to travel, all expenses paid, to Guatemala to perform in front of what we imagined would be a packed arena of screaming fans. I was invited to come along and happily accepted, wanting to practice my Spanish and experience a Kerouac-ian adventure. And perhaps do a little bass tech-ing too. | {{Alone liner notes|In the first months of Weezer's existence, I roadied occasionally for my friend Kevin's band, King Size, helping out the bassist with his gear. I was surprised that he wanted me to rub his strings with isopropyl alcohol in between every song of their set, but I did my best to comply, despite my lack of motivation. King Size happened to win a competition to travel, all expenses paid, to Guatemala to perform in front of what we imagined would be a packed arena of screaming fans. I was invited to come along and happily accepted, wanting to practice my Spanish and experience a Kerouac-ian adventure. And perhaps do a little bass tech-ing too. | ||
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That night the band and the crew were able to meet some of the girls in the crowd. I met a girl named Aliss. Aliss didn't speak English so I was extra-stimulated by my interaction with her. I was forced to exercise my Spanish language muscles. Over the next few days, she showed me around the city. She took me to her home where I was surprised to see her family living all together in one room, as did the other families in the area. Everyone seemed happy and cozy in spite of the conditions. Aliss and I had a great time together and I noted with pride that I actually seemed to be having more luck than the actual "rock stars," none of whom had yet paired off with anyone. The arena concert on the twentieth turned out to be a complete bust. For reasons unknown to me, hardly anyone attended the concert, apart from the thirty or so kids who had organized it. The arena looked totally barren. | That night the band and the crew were able to meet some of the girls in the crowd. I met a girl named Aliss. Aliss didn't speak English so I was extra-stimulated by my interaction with her. I was forced to exercise my Spanish language muscles. Over the next few days, she showed me around the city. She took me to her home where I was surprised to see her family living all together in one room, as did the other families in the area. Everyone seemed happy and cozy in spite of the conditions. Aliss and I had a great time together and I noted with pride that I actually seemed to be having more luck than the actual "rock stars," none of whom had yet paired off with anyone. The arena concert on the twentieth turned out to be a complete bust. For reasons unknown to me, hardly anyone attended the concert, apart from the thirty or so kids who had organized it. The arena looked totally barren. | ||
The next day Aliss and I said goodbye to each other as the King Size crew returned to L.A. She gave me a tape of a Guatemalan band named Garibaldi which I took with me and listened to a few times, thinking back wistfully on my Latin girlfriend. I recognized that the heartache I felt apart from Aliss was another good subject for a song. Specifically, I wanted to capture my pessimistic belief that the love I seek in relationships will always break my heart because all relationships must come to an end. I used a metaphor to stand in for my romantic longing: a thirsty gringo traveling south of the border, made sick by the water he so desperately seeks. The song was called '''"The Purification of Water" (Track 3)'''}} | The next day Aliss and I said goodbye to each other as the King Size crew returned to L.A. She gave me a tape of a Guatemalan band named Garibaldi which I took with me and listened to a few times, thinking back wistfully on my Latin girlfriend. I recognized that the heartache I felt apart from Aliss was another good subject for a song. Specifically, I wanted to capture my pessimistic belief that the love I seek in relationships will always break my heart because all relationships must come to an end. I used a metaphor to stand in for my romantic longing: a thirsty gringo traveling south of the border, made sick by the water he so desperately seeks. The song was called '''"The Purification of Water" (Track 3)'''|''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]}} | ||
"The Purification of Water" is first known to have been recorded in the summer of [[1992]]. This early version of the song was first heard by fans in [[2020]] when it was leaked through the [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], before being made available for purchase thereafter as part of the compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''. A second version of the song, recorded by Cuomo in July of [[1993]] and the first to be heard by fans, was initially uploaded online by Cuomo in the early 2000s. A higher-quality version of this recording was released in [[2008]] as part of the album ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. | |||
==Known recordings== | ==Known recordings== | ||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Purification of Water|02 The Purification of Water.MP3|Summer [[1992]]|[[Amherst House|2226 Amherst Avenue]]|2:53|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Purification of Water||July [[1993]]||3:55|''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]|}} | |||
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==Personnel== | |||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals, percussion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboard | |||
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==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube>4G04tiJtvBA</youtube> | <youtube>4G04tiJtvBA</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
[[Image:The purification of water.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Handwritten lyrics sheet]] | [[Image:The purification of water.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Handwritten lyrics sheet]] | ||
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It's bad for your health | It's bad for your health | ||
But | But God, it's hot; I had no choice | ||
The sun it burned down on me | The sun it burned down on me | ||
Even though they told me so | Even though they told me so | ||
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The sweetest of all sin | The sweetest of all sin | ||
But | But God, it's hot; I had no choice | ||
The sun it burned down on me | The sun it burned down on me | ||
Even though they told me so | Even though they told me so | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | * [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[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:Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Alone series]] | [[Category:Alone series]] | ||