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==Weezer connections== | ==Weezer connections== | ||
{{Karl Koch quote|[[Black Market Flowers|BMF]]/[[Weezer]]/[[El Mag]] ... 3 bands, who along with Wax defined the mini-scene that weezer was a part of then, trying to forge a non-hair band -yet- non-grunge scene.|<ref>[[Historic event: 06/07/1993]]</ref>}} | {{Karl Koch quote|[[Black Market Flowers|BMF]]/[[Weezer]]/[[El Mag]] ... 3 bands, who along with Wax defined the mini-scene that weezer was a part of then, trying to forge a non-hair band -yet- non-grunge scene.|<ref>[[Historic event: 06/07/1993]]</ref>}} | ||
Weezer played "[[Conversationalist]]" live at a handful of shows in 1992. This was a reworked version of Wax's song "So Much Talk." | Weezer played "[[Conversationalist]]" live at a handful of shows in 1992. This was a reworked version of Wax's song "So Much Talk." | ||
"Wax" is mentioned repeatedly in the spoken | "Wax" is mentioned repeatedly in the spoken word verse parts of the 11/92 Demo tape version of "Undone" | ||
The inspiration for Matt's "stoked guy" character in the "Undone" spoken part (1st verse) on The Blue Album is Joe Sib. However this was done as a good natured homage. Joe was (and remains) a truly amazingly positive person who didn't seem to have a cynical bone in his body, and that was both alien and highly impressive to the (then) highly pessimistic Rivers and Matt. When the song's roles called for a stoked guy to play off Karl's "bummed guy", there was no better person to draw inspiration from. | The inspiration for Matt's "stoked guy" character in the "Undone" spoken part (1st verse) on The Blue Album is Joe Sib. However this was done as a good natured homage. Joe was (and remains) a truly amazingly positive person who didn't seem to have a cynical bone in his body, and that was both alien and highly impressive to the (then) highly pessimistic Rivers and Matt. When the song's roles called for a stoked guy to play off Karl's "bummed guy", there was no better person to draw inspiration from. | ||