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Alternative Press interview with Weezer - January 1997: Difference between revisions
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"Sometime this spring, I was taking some pretty serious narcotics for my leg," says Cuomo. "At this point I’d been living by myself for about seven months. I had an enormous beard, long hair, and I hadn’t really talked to anyone in seven months. I didn’t have any friends. I was taking these percocets, and I felt like I had really tapped into something. These songs came out. Now I’ve got to have some other operation so I can get more of those percocets," he laughs. | "Sometime this spring, I was taking some pretty serious narcotics for my leg," says Cuomo. "At this point I’d been living by myself for about seven months. I had an enormous beard, long hair, and I hadn’t really talked to anyone in seven months. I didn’t have any friends. I was taking these percocets, and I felt like I had really tapped into something. These songs came out. Now I’ve got to have some other operation so I can get more of those percocets," he laughs. | ||
Then came the letter from Japan, which Cuomo turned almost verbatim into the first verse of "[[Across the Sea]]" (he’s sharing royalties with the fan) | Then came the letter from Japan, which Cuomo turned almost verbatim into the first verse of "[[Across the Sea]]" (he’s sharing royalties with the fan). The song bristles with the frustration of having someone he likes so far away, ending with this clever restatement of the relationship between rock star and fan: "I’ve got your letter, you’ve got my song." Cuomo had his first new song in months. ''Pinkerton'', which presents ten songs in chronological order as written, has a 20-second instrumental bridge before "Across the Sea" to symbolize Cuomo’s period of depression. | ||
"I had fantasies over this letter," he admits. "I realized that I’d completely shut myself off from life, but I was still aware of Eros inside me. I hadn’t eliminated that part of me at all. I wasn’t a monk. I was just a perverted hermit." | "I had fantasies over this letter," he admits. "I realized that I’d completely shut myself off from life, but I was still aware of Eros inside me. I hadn’t eliminated that part of me at all. I wasn’t a monk. I was just a perverted hermit." | ||