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Songwriting for the band's fifth album began before ''[[Maladroit]]'' had even been released, with demos being recorded as early as March of [[2002]]. In an [[AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo - January 8, 2002|AIM chat]] with [[Rivers Cuomo]] on [[January 8]], [[2002]], Cuomo described the sound of Weezer's fifth album as "a combination of ''[[The Green Album]]'' and ''[[Pinkerton]]'', if that's possible! And some ''[[Maladroit]]''. But really it's a new different style." A number of these songs, including "[[The Organ Player]]" and "[[Running Man]]", featured a shift to third-person storytelling. These sessions also featured songs primarily written and sung by band members other than Cuomo. Ultimately, though none of the songs from these sessions would appear on the final album, some song elements were re-appropriated into new songs that would appear on ''Make Believe''. | Songwriting for the band's fifth album began before ''[[Maladroit]]'' had even been released, with demos being recorded as early as March of [[2002]]. In an [[AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo - January 8, 2002|AIM chat]] with [[Rivers Cuomo]] on [[January 8]], [[2002]], Cuomo described the sound of Weezer's fifth album as "a combination of ''[[The Green Album]]'' and ''[[Pinkerton]]'', if that's possible! And some ''[[Maladroit]]''. But really it's a new different style." A number of these songs, including "[[The Organ Player]]" and "[[Running Man]]", featured a shift to third-person storytelling. These sessions also featured songs primarily written and sung by band members other than Cuomo. Ultimately, though none of the songs from these sessions would appear on the final album, some song elements were re-appropriated into new songs that would appear on ''Make Believe''. | ||
Following the summer of 2002, producer [[Rick Rubin]] agreed to work with the band on their next album. From September of 2002 through May of 2003, the band recorded new songs at S.I.R. Studios. Some songs that eventually appeared on ''Make Believe'', including "[[Perfect Situation]]" and "[[Hold Me]]", were demoed as a band for the first time. However, Cuomo wasn't pleased with the music he was making.<ref name="grigoriadis">Grigoriadis, Vanessa. "Weezer's Weird World" ''Rolling Stone'' Issue 973. 5 May 2005. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rivers-cuomo-weezers-invisible-man-76590/</ref> Said drummer [[Pat Wilson]], "“He didn’t believe in the music, because he didn’t believe in himself [...] Didn’t matter how many times we said, ‘That’s rad, Dude.’ There were times he was physically ill coming out of the studio." Rubin, wanting to help Cuomo, gave him a copy of ''The Gift'', a book of poems by the fourteenth-century Sufi poet | Following the summer of 2002, producer [[Rick Rubin]] agreed to work with the band on their next album. From September of 2002 through May of 2003, the band recorded new songs at S.I.R. Studios. Some songs that eventually appeared on ''Make Believe'', including "[[Perfect Situation]]" and "[[Hold Me]]", were demoed as a band for the first time. However, Cuomo wasn't pleased with the music he was making.<ref name="grigoriadis">Grigoriadis, Vanessa. "Weezer's Weird World" ''Rolling Stone'' Issue 973. 5 May 2005. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rivers-cuomo-weezers-invisible-man-76590/</ref> Said drummer [[Pat Wilson]], "“He didn’t believe in the music, because he didn’t believe in himself [...] Didn’t matter how many times we said, ‘That’s rad, Dude.’ There were times he was physically ill coming out of the studio." Rubin, wanting to help Cuomo, gave him a copy of ''The Gift'', a book of poems by the fourteenth-century Sufi poet {{Wikipedia|Hafez}}. Hafez, who wrote hundreds of [[Wikipedia:Ghazal|ghazals]] about different forms of love, led Cuomo to an epiphany: | ||
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|Hafiz wrote hundreds of ghazals [or love songs], finding ways to bring new depth and meaning to the lyrics without losing the accustomed association of a love song…He explored different forms and levels of love: his delight in nature’s beauty, his romantic courtship of that ideal unattainable girl, his sweet affection for his wife, his tender feelings for his child…his relationship with his teacher and his adoration of God. | {{Rivers Cuomo quote|Hafiz wrote hundreds of ghazals [or love songs], finding ways to bring new depth and meaning to the lyrics without losing the accustomed association of a love song…He explored different forms and levels of love: his delight in nature’s beauty, his romantic courtship of that ideal unattainable girl, his sweet affection for his wife, his tender feelings for his child…his relationship with his teacher and his adoration of God. | ||
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===Packaging=== | ===Packaging=== | ||
[[Image:Makebelievebooklet.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Liner notes cover art]] | [[Image:Makebelievebooklet.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Liner notes cover art]] | ||
The liner notes feature art direction by [[Francesca Restrepo]] with illustrations by [[Wikipedia:Carson_Ellis|Carson Ellis]] and photography by [[Sean Murphy]] and [[Karl Koch]]. The booklet also features a monologue from [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] play '' | The liner notes feature art direction by [[Francesca Restrepo]] with illustrations by [[Wikipedia:Carson_Ellis|Carson Ellis]] and photography by [[Sean Murphy]] and [[Karl Koch]]. The booklet also features a monologue from [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] play ''{{Wikipedia|The Tempest}}''. The monologue is taken from Act 5, Scene 1 of the play in which Prospero gives up his magic: ''"This rough magic I here abjure, and, when I have required some heavenly music, which even now I do, To work mine end upon their senses that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever plummet sound I'll drown my book."'' | ||
The words "del cammin" and "vita" can also be seen hidden in the liner note illustrations, a possible reference to the opening line of Dante's Inferno, "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita" meaning "When I had journeyed half of our life's way."<ref>''Attempts: A reality-based blog by Stephen Saperstein Frug''. "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita" 9 March 2006. http://stephenfrug.blogspot.com/2006/03/nel-mezzo-del-cammin-di-nostra-vita.html</ref> | The words "del cammin" and "vita" can also be seen hidden in the liner note illustrations, a possible reference to the opening line of Dante's Inferno, "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita" meaning "When I had journeyed half of our life's way."<ref>''Attempts: A reality-based blog by Stephen Saperstein Frug''. "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita" 9 March 2006. http://stephenfrug.blogspot.com/2006/03/nel-mezzo-del-cammin-di-nostra-vita.html</ref> | ||