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 | This RC song    = "Blast Off!"<br>(RC# 199)
 | RC's next song  = "[[Who You Callin' Bitch?]]"<br>(RC# 200)
-| Album           = Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
 | Album type      = demo
 | Previous track  = "[[Longtime Sunshine]]"<br>(7)
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-"'''Blast Off!'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]] which was intended to be the opening track to the unfinished rock opera, ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''.  Although previously leaked, this song saw an official release on ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', where it has a fixed intro (the original has the word 'blast' truncated) and also leads directly into "[[Who You Callin' Bitch?]]" as was intended for [[Songs_from_the_Black_Hole#Track_Lists|Track List 2]].
+"'''Blast Off!'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]] which was intended to be the opening track to the unfinished rock opera, ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''.  Although previously leaked, this song saw an official release on ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', where it has a fixed intro (the original has the word 'blast' truncated) and also leads directly into "[[Who You Callin' Bitch?]]".
 ==Appearances==
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 ==Overview==
-The lead-off track (Act 1, Scene 1) for Songs from the Black Hole is a dramatic rock song with a high-reaching melody and shifting dynamics. The song takes place on the main deck of the spaceship Betsy II on May 10, 2126.  The lyrics are a conversation between the main character [[Jonas]] and his shipmates [[Wuan]] and [[Dondó]]. Jonas is excited yet reserved about the prospect of doing what he thinks is his dream job, that is, going out into space to save [[Nomis]] from being swallowed by it's sun. Wuan and Dondó are much more upbeat about the experience. In the middle of the song, [[M1]] interjects via vocoder to remind them of the task at hand. In the last verse we find that a female character, [[Maria]], the ship's cook, has entered the scene and that Jonas has a history with her from back at [[Star Corps Academy]].
+The lead-off track (Act 1, Scene 1) for ''Songs from the Black Hole'' takes place on the main deck of the spaceship [[Betsy II]] on May 10, 2126.  The lyrics are a conversation between the main character [[Jonas]] and his shipmates [[Wuan]] and [[Dondó]]. Jonas is excited yet reserved about the prospect of doing what he thinks is his dream job, that is, going out into space to save [[Nomis]] from being swallowed by it's sun. Wuan and Dondó are much more upbeat about the experience. In the middle of the song, [[M1]] interjects via vocoder to remind them of the task at hand. In the last verse we find that a female character, [[Maria]], the ship's cook, has entered the scene and that Jonas has a history with her from back at [[Star Corps Academy]].
-An interesting parallel in this song (and indeed the whole album) is the space mission concept being a metaphor for the rock star life that Rivers was about to embark upon, heading out on tour and up the charts with a rock band.
+The song was initially released to fans online by Cuomo in [[2002]]. In response to a thread on the [[Rivers Correspondence Board]] analyzing the song alongside [[Death and Destruction]], Rivers (posting as 'ace') mentioned "blast off is one of the greatest melodies ANYONE'S ever written. pure billy joel." He went on to add, "BO is a better melody. D+D is a better song."
-Blast Off was played live for the first time with the full band on [[August 19]], 2011, in Seattle. It was the encore song after a "Double Memories Night", during which the band performed both the Blue album and Pinkerton in their entirety.
+The version found on [[Alone]] is edited in some areas, as the original master tape was damaged. According to [[Karl Koch]], a full-band version was attempted during the sessions for ''[[Pinkerton]]'' and was in consideration for release on the Deluxe Edition of that album in [[2010]], but Cuomo and drummer Pat Wilson ultimately decided the performance wasn't adequate. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH16IrQRjvk&t=1689]
-====Rivers====
+"Blast Off!" was played live for the first time with the full band on [[August 19]], [[2011]] at [[Weezer concert: 08/19/2011 - Seattle, WA|a concert at WaMu Theater in Seattle, WA]]. It was the encore song after a "Double Memories Night", during which the band performed both the Blue album and Pinkerton in their entirety.
-Before the track was officially released onto [[Alone]], it was leaked online during 2002. In response to a thread on the Rivers Correspondence Board analyzing the song alongside [[Death and Destruction]], Rivers (posting as 'ace') mentioned "blast off is one of the greatest melodies ANYONE'S ever written. pure billy joel", thought to be a tongue-in-cheek. He went on to say "BO is a better melody. D+D is a better song."
-The version found on [[Alone]] features edits, as the original master tape was damaged.
 ==Liner notes==
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 The music video was directed by [[Karl Koch]] and released via iTunes and YouTube to promote [[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]] although it saw it's debut on Yahoo! on January 11th 2008.  The footage is of Rivers in Japan visiting [[Kyoko Ito|Kyoko's]] family in December 2007.  It was the first time fans saw Rivers with a mustache.
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+:''For additional lyric variants, see [[Songs from the Black Hole, draft 2]].''
 ==See also==