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"'''Undone - The Sweater Song'''" is the first single from [[Weezer]]. It premiered on their self titled debut, ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' ''(The Blue Album)''. The song was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. Rivers said of the song, "I took typing, Psych 101, and English 101 that semester. It was in my English class that I heard the analogy of the unraveling sweater. Dr. Eisenstein used the image to demonstrate the effectiveness of focused thesis statement in an essay. “All I have to do is hold a single thread in your sweater and it will unravel as you walk away.” | |||
The original concept for the dialogue spoken in the song was to juxtapose an upbeat person and a depressed person having a conversation. At some point during the recording of various demos of the song early in the band's existence, they decided to allow longtime friend of the band, [[Karl Koch|Karl]], to insert various sound clips into the song, creating a collage of left-and-right-speaker nonsense. This concept was carried through the recording of ''[[The Blue Album]]'', but [[Geffen Records]] were wary of the cost of licensing the samples, and put a halt to that version. In the eleventh hour, a spoken version of dialogue was recorded at the Amherst house, by then-bassist [[Matt Sharp]] and Karl, as well as an "intermission" set of dialogue between Karl and one of the founding members of Weezer's official fan club and early supporter of the band, [[Mykel and Carli Allan|Mykel Allan]]. The tapes were then sent overnight to New York to be 'flown in' to the final mix. This version, as heard on the finished product, resurrected the original happy/sad conversation concept. This dialogue is frequently ad-libbed by Brian and the various bassists during concerts and other live recordings. | |||
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