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Before production for ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' even began, Cuomo began conceptualizing what Weezer's sophomore album would sound like, with the songs "[[I Swear It's True]]"{{citation needed}} and "[[Buddy Holly]]"<ref>''"Weezer - The Blue Album LIVE |Spotify THIRTY - The 30th Anniversary", Spotify, https://youtu.be/P_vI3FV1H4U''</ref> written for it. | |||
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|This was the last song I wrote before we went to make the ''Blue Album.'' I intended for it to be on our second album, which, at the time, I thought would be Weezer's new-wave/moog album.|on the song [[I Swear It's True]].}} | |||
But after the multi-platinum success of the ''Blue Album'', in late December [[1994]], Weezer took a break from touring for the Christmas holidays. Cuomo traveled back east to his home state of Connecticut, and using an eight-track recorder, he began piecing together demo material for Weezer's next album. Cuomo's original concept for Weezer's second album was to be a space-themed rock opera, ''Songs from the Black Hole''. The album was intended to feature songs that flowed together seamlessly and end with a special coda that briefly revisited the major musical elements of the piece. The band began demoing and working on Cuomo's concept through intermittent recording sessions in the spring and summer of [[1995]]. During this time, Cuomo, who was born with one leg shorter than the other, received leg surgery intended to stretch out his right leg. This would impact his songwriting for the album because he would be under the influence of painkillers. Sometime during this period Cuomo applied to study at Harvard University with an application letter describing how disillusioned he was with the rock lifestyle. | |||
Ultimately, the ''Songs from the Black Hole'' album concept was dropped. The album would instead feature songs composed before their first album (which had briefly been incorporated into the space-opera) as well as some new ones written while Cuomo was at Harvard. | Ultimately, the ''Songs from the Black Hole'' album concept was dropped. The album would instead feature songs composed before their first album (which had briefly been incorporated into the space-opera) as well as some new ones written while Cuomo was at Harvard. | ||