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*''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (Live Video) | *''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (Live Video) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Small quote box|I didn't shave my head but I asked my mother if I could, and I said I wanted to be a monk, but my parents talked me out of it. And technically I was asking to be a sannyasa, not a Catholic monk|Rivers Cuomo, 2014 ''Reddit'' Q&A<ref>[[Reddit Q&A with Rivers Cuomo - November 2014]]</ref>}}[[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote "Across the Sea" in [[1996]] while attending [[Harvard]].<ref name="thepinkertondiaries">Cuomo, Rivers. ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]''. 2011. Self-published</ref> The previous spring, Cuomo had undergone a painful surgical procedure to lengthen his leg, which had grown shorter than the other due to a congenital femoral deficiency,<ref name="thepinkertondiaries" /><ref name="ilizarov">[https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Ilizarov%20Procedure Ilizarov Procedure], ''[[Riverpedia]]''.</ref> requiring him to maneuver with the aid of a cane. While at Harvard, Cuomo went unrecognized by fans, to his delight, but he found himself lonely and struggled to write new songs. "I don't have any meaningful relationships here at school" Cuomo wrote to fans in February of 1996,<ref name="thepinkertondiaries" /><ref name="weezine6">[[Weezine Issue 6 - Spring 1996]], pg. 4</ref> "and, unfortunately, relationships are the only thing I know how to write about." | |||
Cuomo | In the spring of 1996, Cuomo received a letter from a Japanese fan asking questions about his life. "When I got the letter, I fell in love with her. It was such a great letter. I was very lonely at the time, but at the same time I was very depressed that I would never meet her. Even if I did see her, she was probably some fourteen-year-old girl, who didn't speak English."{{citation needed}} Cuomo subsequently used the contents of the letter to write a song, "Across the Sea." "She basically wrote the lyrics to the first verse and part of the chorus, too," Cuomo later said of the girl.<ref name="courant">Catlin, Roger. "[[Hartford Courant interview with Rivers Cuomo - December 4, 1996|Weezer's worry]]" ''The Hartford Courant''. 4 December 1996.</ref> She has since, reportedly, received royalties for her contribution.<ref name="courant" /><ref name="ap">Daley, David. "[[Alternative Press interview with Weezer - January 1997|Happy [cancelled] Days]]". ''Alternative Press'', January 1997.</ref> When [[Weezer]] later toured Japan, Cuomo considered meeting her, but ultimately decided it would have been too embarassing.<ref name="courant" /><ref name="newjersey">Michele, Amabile. "[[The Central New Jersey Home News article - June 20, 1997|Setting the record straight]]" ''The Central New Jersey Home News'' 20 June 1997.</ref> "I don't know anything about her and I've never contacted her." said Cuomo.<ref>[[Rivers Cuomo Fan Interview 2006]]</ref> | ||
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The lyrics also make mention of Cuomo's adolescent consideration of becoming a monk to win the favor of older women, as well as the idea that his mother is responsible for his romantic shortcomings. | |||
In the beginning of the song, while the piano plays, the sounds of a door opening, drummer [[Pat Wilson]] laughing, and several random notes being played on a nylon guitar can be heard. The piano instrumental has been said to symbolize Cuomo's depression while attending Harvard.<ref name="ap"></ref> The song's guitar solo contains a relatively complex chord progression, during which the key modulates from G major to E major (the parallel major of the original key's relative minor). The following bridge remains in the key of E major, then modulates back to G for the final verse and chorus. | In the beginning of the song, while the piano plays, the sounds of a door opening, drummer [[Pat Wilson]] laughing, and several random notes being played on a nylon guitar can be heard. The piano instrumental has been said to symbolize Cuomo's depression while attending Harvard.<ref name="ap"></ref> The song's guitar solo contains a relatively complex chord progression, during which the key modulates from G major to E major (the parallel major of the original key's relative minor). The following bridge remains in the key of E major, then modulates back to G for the final verse and chorus. | ||