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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Close Your Eyes and Gimme a Kiss | | Name = Close Your Eyes and Gimme a Kiss | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Theyeastmaster-cover.jpeg | ||
| Caption = ''Alone V'' cover art | |||
| Type = Demo | | Type = Demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = | | Album = | ||
| Released = | | Released = [[2020]] | ||
| Format = | | Format = | ||
| Recorded = [[ | | Recorded = December [[1991]] | ||
| Length = 2:00 | | Length = 2:00 | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
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| RC's next song = "[[I Can't Forget the Way]]"<br>(RC#119) | | RC's next song = "[[I Can't Forget the Way]]"<br>(RC#119) | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''Close Your Eyes and Gimme a Kiss'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]], written in 1991 as a part of the [[50 Song Project]] as a song intended for what would eventually become [[Weezer]]. It appeared on the compilation ''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''. | "'''Close Your Eyes and Gimme a Kiss'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]], written in December [[1991]] as a part of the "[[50 Song Project]]" as a song intended for what would eventually become the band [[Weezer]]. It appeared on the compilation ''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]'' in [[2020]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*[[Alone V: Before Weezer]] (2020) | *[[Alone V: Before Weezer]] (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Close Your Eyes and Gimme a Kiss" was written in [[1992]] for the [[50 Song Project]] collaboration between | "Close Your Eyes and Gimme a Kiss" was written in [[1992]]<ref name="rechist2">[[Recording_History_-_Page_2|Weezer Recording History - Page 2]]</ref> for the "[[50 Song Project]]" collaboration between Cuomo and [[Pat Wilson]]. The song eventually became a part of the [[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|1991-1992 Weezer]] cassette tape that contained songs intended for the [[Weezer]] project. On [[February 14]], the band that would soon thereafter be named Weezer rehearsed together for the first time. On [[February 16]], the third day of rehearsals, the band began recording to tape. "Close Your Eyes and Gimme a Kiss" was among the songs rehearsed.<ref name="rechist3">[[Recording_History_-_Page_3|Weezer Recording History - Page 3]]</ref> | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Close Your Eyes and Give Me a Kiss|08 Close Your Eyes and Give Me a Kiss.mp3|December [[1992]]<ref name="rechist2" />|[[2914 Urban Ave.]], Santa Monica, CA|2:00|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Close Your Eyes and Give Me a Kiss||[[February 16]], [[1992]]<ref name="rechist3" />|[[2226 Amherst Ave.]], Los Angeles, CA|||Practice}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
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*''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'' | *''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'' | ||
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]'' | *''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]'' | ||
{{References list}} | |||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:50 Song Project songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:50 Song Project songs]] | ||