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===Attending Harvard=== | ===Attending Harvard=== | ||
At Harvard, Rivers began to abandon his space opera concept. A bad case of writers block kept Rivers from writing any material for quite some time. The only thing Rivers knew was that Weezer's next album should be completely without gimmick. At Harvard, Rivers was unrecognizable to most. He walked with a cane, had a | At Harvard, Rivers began to abandon his space opera concept. A bad case of writers block kept Rivers from writing any material for quite some time. The only thing Rivers knew was that Weezer's next album should be completely without gimmick. At Harvard, Rivers was unrecognizable to most. He walked with a cane, had a thick beard, long hair, and thick glasses. According to Rivers, fans would walk by in Weezer shirts and not recognize him. | ||
Rivers writers block let up when he received a letter from a Japanese fan girl. The letter would inspire the song "[[Across the Sea]]", and help to kill the ''Black Hole'' project. The song's lyrics reveal that the letter meant so much, and he was in such need of attention, that he would lick the envelope where she licked it, and have sexual fantasies about the girl. Around this time, Rivers was also reading lots of [[Joe Matt]] comics, studying classical composition, had a strong interest in ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'', and was inspired by the guitar stylings of Yngwie Malsteem. All of these things played a strong roll in the songs he wrote. "Across the Sea" featured references to Japanese culture, had chord changes, dynamics and complexity like that of a classical composition, and the guitar was fast and relentless much like Malsteem's. Furthermore, the idea of holding nothing back and exposing everything is similar to the comics Joe Matt makes such as ''Spent''. Cuomo would also fall in love with girls at Harvard, most of whom he was terrified of approaching, one of which turned out to be a lesbian. This prompted the songs "[[Pink Triangle]]" and "[[El Scorcho]]". "[[The Good Life]]" chronicled the lifestyle of Rivers at Harvard. Rivers walked with an "old man cane", was "bitter and alone", was looking more bizarre than he ever had ("who's that funky dude?"), etc. "[[Falling for You]]", another song Rivers wrote at Harvard, made reference to the girl he sang about in "El Scorcho". | Rivers writers block let up when he received a letter from a Japanese fan girl. The letter would inspire the song "[[Across the Sea]]", and help to kill the ''Black Hole'' project. The song's lyrics reveal that the letter meant so much, and he was in such need of attention, that he would lick the envelope where she licked it, and have sexual fantasies about the girl. Around this time, Rivers was also reading lots of [[Joe Matt]] comics, studying classical composition, had a strong interest in ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'', and was inspired by the guitar stylings of Yngwie Malsteem. All of these things played a strong roll in the songs he wrote. "Across the Sea" featured references to Japanese culture, had chord changes, dynamics and complexity like that of a classical composition, and the guitar was fast and relentless much like Malsteem's. Furthermore, the idea of holding nothing back and exposing everything is similar to the comics Joe Matt makes such as ''Spent''. Cuomo would also fall in love with girls at Harvard, most of whom he was terrified of approaching, one of which turned out to be a lesbian. This prompted the songs "[[Pink Triangle]]" and "[[El Scorcho]]". "[[The Good Life]]" chronicled the lifestyle of Rivers at Harvard. Rivers walked with an "old man cane", was "bitter and alone", was looking more bizarre than he ever had ("who's that funky dude?"), etc. "[[Falling for You]]", another song Rivers wrote at Harvard, made reference to the girl he sang about in "El Scorcho". | ||