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| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo | | Album = Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Released = December 18, 2007 | | Released = [[December 18]], [[2007]] <small>(''Alone'')</small> | ||
| Recorded = 1997 in Cambridge, MA | | Recorded = [[1997]] in Cambridge, MA | ||
| Length = 4:24 ( | | Length = 4:24 <small>(''Alone VI'')</small><br>3:16 <small>(''Alone'')</small> | ||
| Label = Geffen | | Label = Geffen | ||
| Writer = Rivers Cuomo | | Writer = Rivers Cuomo | ||
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*''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2007) | *''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2007) | ||
*''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (Live Video) (2009) | *''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (Live Video) (2009) | ||
*''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Alone liner notes|''Songs from the Black Hole'' morphed into ''Pinkerton'', which maintained an emphasis on personal, dramatic narrative and symphonic development, along the lines of Puccini. After that album came out, I started looking for a new, more minimalistic, less personal style. | {{Alone liner notes|''Songs from the Black Hole'' morphed into ''Pinkerton'', which maintained an emphasis on personal, dramatic narrative and symphonic development, along the lines of Puccini. After that album came out, I started looking for a new, more minimalistic, less personal style. | ||
One of the first things I tried was fantasy based songs--imagining a Romantic, flowery, tragic, and/or mystical setting and then describing it with words and music. That's how I wrote "Lover in the Snow", with lines like "deep in the shady glen." | One of the first things I tried was fantasy based songs--imagining a Romantic, flowery, tragic, and/or mystical setting and then describing it with words and music. That's how I wrote "Lover in the Snow", with lines like "deep in the shady glen." | ||
I was amazed that this song seemed to be just as powerful and emotional as my personal songs, even though it was all fantasy, an imagined experience that never happened.}} | I was amazed that this song seemed to be just as powerful and emotional as my personal songs, even though it was all fantasy, an imagined experience that never happened.|''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone liner notes|liner notes]]}} | ||
"Lover in the Snow" was | At the time of writing "Lover in the Snow", Cuomo was interested in pursuing a potential side-project, tentatively dubbed "[[Lovely]]."<ref>[[Riverpedia archive - 12/18/2020]]</ref> Described by Cuomo as a "reaction to the reaction to ''[[Pinkerton]]''", the music of Lovely would utilize more minimalist song structures and chord progressions, in contrast to the use of numerous chords and key changes of ''Pinkerton''. | ||
"Lover in the Snow" was recorded by Cuomo at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the winter of 1997/1998.<ref>[[Recording_History_-_Page_10#Winter 1997-8 : Various Rivers home demos, plus the unreleased "Homie" album|Weezer Recording History - Page 10]]</ref> It was first leaked by Cuomo on the [[Rivers Correspondence Board]] in [[2002]]. The song was hosted on his website, [[riverscuomo.com]], for a period of time after this. In [[2007]], the song was officially released (in an edited form), on the compilation ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. The edit shortened the original demo. The digital demo bundle ''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' included the original, unedited recording (the same demo released in 2002). | |||
On [[March 19]], [[2008]], a music video for "Lover in the Snow" was released via Cuomo's MySpace page. The video features a foreword in which Cuomo explains his history with the sport of soccer, and includes footage of himself training for and participating in Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge in January 2008. The video was directed by [[Karl Koch]]. | On [[March 19]], [[2008]], a music video for "Lover in the Snow" was released via Cuomo's MySpace page. The video features a foreword in which Cuomo explains his history with the sport of soccer, and includes footage of himself training for and participating in Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge in January 2008. The video was directed by [[Karl Koch]]. | ||
"Lover in the Snow" was performed by Cuomo with fans [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008|at Fingerprints record store in Long Beach, California]] on [[November 25]], [[2008]]. This performance was featured on the DVD release of ''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' in [[2009]]. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | {{Known recordings header}} | ||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Lover in the Snow|02 Lover In The Snow.mp3|[[1997]]|Cambridge, MA|4:23|''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]''|}} | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Lover in the Snow| | ||
*RC-1997-Lover_In_The_Snow.mp3 | |||
*02 Lover In The Snow.mp3|[[1997]]|Cambridge, MA|4:23| | |||
*Released on [[riverscuomo.com]] | |||
*''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Lover in the Snow||[[1997]]|Cambridge, MA|3:16|''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''|Truncated from above version}} | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Lover in the Snow||[[1997]]|Cambridge, MA|3:16|''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''|Truncated from above version}} | ||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]] et al.|Lover in the Snow||[[November 25]], [[2008]]|[[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008|Fingerprints Music, Long Beach, CA]]|4:20|''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | {{Known recordings footer}} | ||
==Personnel== | |||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals, percussion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar | |||
==Video/Audio== | ==Video/Audio== | ||
===Music video=== | ===Music video=== | ||
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===Audio=== | ===Audio=== | ||
<youtube>C1zB_fN-O48</youtube> | <youtube>C1zB_fN-O48</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>I wanna know | <poem>I wanna know | ||
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[[Category:Music videos directed by Karl Koch]] | [[Category:Music videos directed by Karl Koch]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone VI: The Black Room]] | |||
[[Category:Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Alone series]] | [[Category:Alone series]] | ||
[[Category:Soccer]] | [[Category:Soccer]] | ||
[[Category:Featured song]] | [[Category:Featured song]] | ||