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{{Rivers Cuomo quote|A sailor called Mortimer Collins falls in love with a woman at a brothel he visited. He brings her aboard the Resolution ship, but he catches Captain Buttress having sex with her. Mortimer stays the remainder of the night on the deck of the ship, then at sunrise jumps overboard. Drowning to death as he happily hallucinates amongst sea creatures.|"Ballad of the Briny" synopsis, [[Riverpedia]]<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Riverpedia''. 5 December 2020. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Sea%20Opera</ref>}} | {{Rivers Cuomo quote|A sailor called Mortimer Collins falls in love with a woman at a brothel he visited. He brings her aboard the Resolution ship, but he catches Captain Buttress having sex with her. Mortimer stays the remainder of the night on the deck of the ship, then at sunrise jumps overboard. Drowning to death as he happily hallucinates amongst sea creatures.|"Ballad of the Briny" synopsis, [[Riverpedia]]<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Riverpedia''. 5 December 2020. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Sea%20Opera</ref>}} | ||
A short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" was uploaded to Cuomo's YouTube channel in January of [[2011]]. The same year, [[AllThingsWeezer]] member Bleed0range confirmed the song's title from Cuomo's assistant [[Sarah C. Kim|Sarah Kim]].<ref>[[:File:Atw-Bleed0range-briney.png]]</ref> The narrative aspect of the song led many fans to believe that Cuomo was developing a [[Sea Opera|sea-themed concept album]] at the time, though Cuomo would later confirm this was not the case; the song was a one-off concept. The melodies are taken from earlier demos, "[[Now or Later]]" and "[[Stronger]]." The guitar solo featured in the song's bridge greatly resembles the song "[[The Trooper]]" by English heavy metal band | A short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" was uploaded to Cuomo's YouTube channel in January of [[2011]]. The same year, [[AllThingsWeezer]] member Bleed0range confirmed the song's title from Cuomo's assistant [[Sarah C. Kim|Sarah Kim]].<ref>[[:File:Atw-Bleed0range-briney.png]]</ref> The narrative aspect of the song led many fans to believe that Cuomo was developing a [[Sea Opera|sea-themed concept album]] at the time, though Cuomo would later confirm this was not the case; the song was a one-off concept. The melodies are taken from earlier demos, "[[Now or Later]]" and "[[Stronger]]." The guitar solo featured in the song's bridge greatly resembles the song "[[The Trooper]]" by English heavy metal band {{Wikipedia|Iron Maiden}} (which was previously partially covered by Weezer in concert in [[1996]]). | ||
The video uploaded to YouTube by Cuomo briefly flashes text that can be made out: | The video uploaded to YouTube by Cuomo briefly flashes text that can be made out: | ||