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Cuomo reportedly struggled with completing "The World Has Turned" more than most songs during the ''Blue'' recording process. According to [[Karl Koch]], Cuomo couldn't settle on the song's guitar solo, and was holed up in a corner of the Electric Lady studio "laying on his back... with his guitar perched on his chest, his legs squished up the walls," discouraged with writer's block. Producer [[Ric Ocasek]] eventually helped prompt him into completing it, however, when he "hummed a little melody over the talkback mic" and suggested "something like ''da-dada-dee-dee-dee''"<ref>[[The Story of Making the Blue Album]]. Koch, Karl. October 30, 2003.</ref>. | Cuomo reportedly struggled with completing "The World Has Turned" more than most songs during the ''Blue'' recording process. According to [[Karl Koch]], Cuomo couldn't settle on the song's guitar solo, and was holed up in a corner of the Electric Lady studio "laying on his back... with his guitar perched on his chest, his legs squished up the walls," discouraged with writer's block. Producer [[Ric Ocasek]] eventually helped prompt him into completing it, however, when he "hummed a little melody over the talkback mic" and suggested "something like ''da-dada-dee-dee-dee''"<ref>[[The Story of Making the Blue Album]]. Koch, Karl. October 30, 2003.</ref>. | ||
"The World Has Turned" had not been performed live by the band since the {{Pinkerton | "The World Has Turned" had not been performed live by the band since the {{tour|Pinkerton}} until it was resurrected to be played as a part of the [[Memories tour]] in [[2010]]. Since then, it has had performances in [[2017]] and [[2019]], though infrequent. | ||
Scans of Cuomo's handwritten lyrics were included with the [[Catalog:Weezer (The Blue Album)#Japan, UICY-7236/7, 2004, 2xCD, Deluxe Edition, Reissue|2004 ''Blue'' reissue in Japan]]. The scan for "World Has Turned" indicates that the song is dedicated to "Mayela," though the full name is incomplete.<ref>[[:File:Bluedeluxejapbooklet6.jpg]]</ref> Cuomo repeated this assertion during [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Weezer_concert:_11/06/1996_(b) a performance in 1996.] | Scans of Cuomo's handwritten lyrics were included with the [[Catalog:Weezer (The Blue Album)#Japan, UICY-7236/7, 2004, 2xCD, Deluxe Edition, Reissue|2004 ''Blue'' reissue in Japan]]. The scan for "World Has Turned" indicates that the song is dedicated to "Mayela," though the full name is incomplete.<ref>[[:File:Bluedeluxejapbooklet6.jpg]]</ref> Cuomo repeated this assertion during [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Weezer_concert:_11/06/1996_(b) a performance in 1996.] | ||