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''"I started longing for the safety, peace, quiet, simplicity and family structure of my New England childhood. I thought back to one of my favorite memories, lying in the bottom bunk, my brother in the top, in our bedroom in our farmhouse in Eastford, Connecticut, in the hot, hot, summer, 7, 8 p.m., sun still up, but having to go to sleep because it's our bedtime, one of those big box fans blowing, and my parents, Ma and Steve, sitting at our bedside, singing an old hippie song to us, to calm us down and ease us into sleep, "May the Long Time Sun Shine Upon You." ...I wrote it on my mom's piano when I was back in Connecticut at Christmas."'' | ''"I started longing for the safety, peace, quiet, simplicity and family structure of my New England childhood. I thought back to one of my favorite memories, lying in the bottom bunk, my brother in the top, in our bedroom in our farmhouse in Eastford, Connecticut, in the hot, hot, summer, 7, 8 p.m., sun still up, but having to go to sleep because it's our bedtime, one of those big box fans blowing, and my parents, Ma and Steve, sitting at our bedside, singing an old hippie song to us, to calm us down and ease us into sleep, "May the Long Time Sun Shine Upon You." ...I wrote it on my mom's piano when I was back in Connecticut at Christmas."'' | ||
Karl Koch noted in a recent interview that "Longtime Sunshine" was meant to close ''Pinkerton'' until "[[Butterfly]]" was written very late in the sessions. | Karl Koch noted in a recent interview that "Longtime Sunshine" was meant to close ''Pinkerton'' until "[[Butterfly]]" was written very late in the sessions. The song went on to be considered a [[Homie]] track in 1997 (although was one of two Homie tracks never played live). | ||
During the filming of the second video for "[[Island in the Sun]]" in 2001, Rivers played "Longtime Sunshine" on acoustic guitar for director [[Spike Jonze]]. A few seconds of this performance were included in a behind the scenes video released on [[Weezer.com]]. It is unknown, and surprising, for many Weezer fans as to why Cuomo would be playing this song for Jonze at this point in his career. | During the filming of the second video for "[[Island in the Sun]]" in 2001, Rivers played "Longtime Sunshine" on acoustic guitar for director [[Spike Jonze]]. A few seconds of this performance were included in a behind the scenes video released on [[Weezer.com]]. It is unknown, and surprising, for many Weezer fans as to why Cuomo would be playing this song for Jonze at this point in his career. | ||