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[[Karl Koch]]'s commentary from the liner notes of ''[[Buddyhead Presents: Gimme Skelter|Gimme Skelter]]'':
[[Karl Koch]]'s commentary from the liner notes of ''[[Buddyhead Presents: Gimme Skelter|Gimme Skelter]]'':


''"This track was written and recorded by Rivers as a home demo in early 1995, and was intended for the second Weezer album.  At the time, the second album was to be called ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' and was intended to be a "space opera", along the lines of ''Tommy'' or ''Jesus Chrsit Superstar''.
''"This track was written and recorded by Rivers as a home demo in early 1995, and was intended for the second Weezer album.  At the time, the second album was to be called ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' and was intended to be a "space opera", along the lines of ''Tommy'' or ''Jesus Christ Superstar''.


''The song's lyrics may seem confusing, but what must be understood is that there are two different characters here, one male and one female, and that on this demo, Rivers is singing both parts.  The song is really a conversation between two characters.  To tell the story on the album, the plan was to get other guest vocalists in on the action to sing the various characters' other parts.  In the case of this song, the female vocalist was designated to be [[Joan Wasser]] of The Dambuilders (who never knew she was earmarked for the task!).
''The song's lyrics may seem confusing, but what must be understood is that there are two different characters here, one male and one female, and that on this demo, Rivers is singing both parts.  The song is really a conversation between two characters.  To tell the story on the album, the plan was to get other guest vocalists in on the action to sing the various characters' other parts.  In the case of this song, the female vocalist was designated to be [[Joan Wasser]] of The Dambuilders (who never knew she was earmarked for the task!).
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