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"'''Across the Sea'''" is the fifth track on ''[[Pinkerton]]''. | "'''Across the Sea'''" is the fifth track on ''[[Pinkerton]]''. | ||
== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Pinkerton]]'' | |||
*''[[Come On and Kick Me!: The String Quartet Tribute to Weezer]]'' | |||
*''[[Only in Dreams: Classical Music Inspired by Weezer]]'' | |||
*''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (Live Video) | |||
In the beginning while the piano plays, | ==Overview== | ||
Across the Sea is one of the most emotionally charged songs in the entire [[Weezer]] canon. [[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote the song while at [[Harvard University]], and it is has been cited as one of the key turning points Cuomo experienced when deciding to go forth with the concept for Pinkerton in place of [[Songs From the Black Hole]].<br><br>In the beginning of the song, while the piano plays, the sounds of a door opening, drummer [[Pat Wilson]] laughing, and several random notes being played on a nylon guitar can be heard. The song's guitar solo has a relatively complex chord progression, during which the key modulates from G major to E major (the parallel major of the original key's relative minor). The following bridge remains in the key of E major, then modulates back to G for the final verse and chorus.<br><br>In a performance on the [[2005]] [[Make Believe Tour]], the song was played and a recording of it was posted on Youtube. When discovered online by fans, it was almost universally praised.<br><br><youtube>HjCdFW2du_U</youtube> | |||
The song | ==Writing== | ||
Cuomo wrote "Across The Sea" after receiving a fan letter from a Japan. A young girl wrote to him, asking several questions about his everyday life during the depressing winter he spent at Harvard University in [[1995]]. Some of these questions actually appear in the song, as the opening lyrics show. On his relationship with the girl, Cuomo remarked, "When I got the letter, I fell in love with her. It was such a great letter. I was very lonely at the time, but at the same time I was very depressed that I would never meet her. Even if I did see her, she was probably some fourteen-year-old girl, who didn't speak English." When asked in [[2006]] about the girl, he commented, "I don't know anything about her and I've never contacted her." The lyrics also make mention of Cuomo's adolescent consideration of becoming a monk to win the favor of older women, as well as the idea that his mother is responsible for his romantic shortcomings. | |||
== | ==Fan reception== | ||
Across the Sea is considered by many longtime fans of Weezer to be one of, if not the best overall song the band has released. On the Weezer songblog, [[Teenage Victory Songs]], Across the Sea was distinguished in "The Very Best" category of Weezer's discography. Additionally, when ranked on an [[AllThingsWeezer]] thread that asked fans to give the song a ranking out of 10, Across the Sea recieved a 99.23%, making it the highest-ranked song as of January [[2010]]. | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||