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 | Type     = demo
 | Artist   = Weezer
-| Album    = Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
 | Released = December 18, 2007
 | Recorded = 1994
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 | This track = "Longtime Sunshine"<br>(16)
 | Next track = "[[Longtime Sunshine|Longtime Sunshine (Reprise)]]"<br>(17)
+}}
+{{Extra track listing
+| Album = Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
+| Type = Demo
+| Previous track = "[[Now I Finally See]]"<br>(15)
+| This track = "Longtime Sunshine"<br>(16)
+| Next track = "[[I'm Lonely on a Saturday Night]]"<br>(17)
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 | Misc        = {{Extra album cover 2
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-"'''Longtime Sunshine'''" (sometimes written '''"Long Time Sunshine"''') was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1994]].
+"'''Longtime Sunshine'''" (sometimes written '''"Long Time Sunshine"''') is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1994]].
 ===Appearences===
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 ==Overview==
-"Longtime Sunshine" was written in January of 1994.  At the time, Rivers was feeling very nervous about the uncertainty of his future.  Said Rivers,<br>
+"Longtime Sunshine" was written in January of 1994.  At the time, Rivers was feeling very nervous about the uncertainty of his future.  Said Rivers in the liner notes for ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'',<br>
   In the midst of struggling to make it as a rock star in Los Angeles, 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 Longtime Sun Shine Upon You."
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   When I recorded this track, I had just bought a clarinet and figured out how to play a few notes. Because of my poor embouchure it sounds very much like a kazoo.
-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). Rivers' demo was eventually released on the 2007 collection ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', while the Pinkerton sessions version (with the special coda ending) was released in 2010 on the deluxe edition of ''Pinkerton''.
+The song was later considered for the unfinished "rock-opera" concept album ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''. In the context of the album, "Longtime Sunshine" is a slow, piano-driven ballad about lead character [[Jonas]]' dissatisfaction with life, wanting to return to times when things were more simple for them. In some iterations of the story, the song concludes the story, and contrasts Jonas' feelings about the space mission in the very first track, "[[Blast Off!]]", simply wanting to give everything up and return to simpler times. The track was later dropped from Track List 2.
-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 a [[Memories Tour]] concert in June 2011 in Austin, TX the song premiered live with a new arrangement.
-The song has been available in MP3 form since [[2002]].
-==Closing SFTBH==
+Though the ''Black Hole'' would ultimately be scrapped, [[Karl Koch]] has noted that "Longtime Sunshine" was meant to close ''[[Pinkerton]]'' until "[[Butterfly]]" was written, very late in the sessions. The song lived on, however, and was considered for Cuomo's [[Homie]] music project in [[1997]] (though it was never played live). Cuomo released the original demo to fans online in 2002, and it was later included on the [[2007]] collection ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. Later, a version recorded during the ''Pinkerton'' sessions (with a special coda ending) was released in [[2010]] on the Deluxe Edition of ''Pinkerton''. A short, Cuomo-only demo of a reprise of "Longtime Sunshine" also appeared on the compilation ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]'' (listed simply as "Longtime Sunshine") in [[2011]]. The track also includes a short, instrumental reprise of the song "[[Superfriend]]".
-In the context of ''Songs from the Black Hole'', "Longtime Sunshine" is a slow, piano-driven ballad about (lead ''Songs from the Black Hole'' character) [[Jonas]]' dissatisfaction with life, wanting to return to times when things were more simple for them. It is assumed that the song would be from Jonas' point of view after the chaotic events of the whole opera. The song acts as a contrary to Jonas' feelings about the space mission in the very first track, "[[Blast Off!]]", simply wanting to give everything up and return to simpler times. The track was later dropped from the Track List 2.
+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 why Cuomo was playing the song.
-The song was leaked onto the internet by Cuomo before being officially released as a demo on [[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]].
+During a [[Memories Tour]] [[Weezer concert: 06/07/2011 - Austin, TX|concert]] on [[June 7]], [[2011]] in Austin, TX, Weezer performed the song live for the first time, featuring a new arrangement. The song was played live a number of additional times, including on [[The Weezer Cruise]]. The song was brought back for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8UKQJZsv4o|a performance at an NPR Music Tiny Desk concert] in [[2019]].
-It is assumed that this song, much like "[[Tired of Sex]]" and "[[Devotion]]", was originally a reflection of Rivers Cuomo and then later into ''SFTBH''. The song was recorded during early ''Pinkerton'' sessions, and this version was released on the Deluxe Edition of Pinkerton.
 ===Special Coda Mix===
-A "Special Coda Mix" of the song was experimented with at the time of ''SFTBH'', consisting of an overlapping medley of vocals from "Longtime Sunshine", "[[Why Bother?]]", "[[No Other One]]", "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]", and "Blast Off!". "[[Waiting On You]]" may have been included on Rivers' demo of the song, as listed in the recording history, but does not appear on the final version.
+The "Special Coda Mix" is a version of the song experimented with while the band was working with the ''Black Hole'' concept, and is the version that appears on the Deluxe Edition of ''Pinkerton''. It consists of an overlapping medley of vocals from "Longtime Sunshine", "[[Why Bother?]]", "[[No Other One]]", "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]", and "[[Blast Off!]]".
-The "Special Coda Mix" is included on the deluxe edition of ''[[Pinkerton]]'', while the reprisal version was included on the third edition of River's ''Alone'' albums.
 ==Personnel==
 *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – piano, lead vocals, percussion, bass guitar
+==Audio==
+<youtube>kifG4IcB_hU</youtube> <youtube>44USiU5Nglo</youtube>
+<youtube>0qoEFDRHnyo</youtube> <youtube>fuQgWjgfiJY</youtube>
 ==Lyrics==
 ===Rivers demo===
-<poem>Sometimes I wanna pack it all up, get on a bus and move to Vermont,
+<poem>Sometimes I wanna pack it all up
-Or Maine, or any of those states back east that I remember.
+Get on a bus and move to Vermont
-Sometimes I wanna go back to school, an east coast college with some history.
+Or Maine, or any of those states back east
-I'd be satisfied, I know, in the simple things.
+That I remember.
+Sometimes I wanna go back to school
+An east coast college with some history
+I'd be satisfied, I know, in the simple things
-Longtime sunshine.
+Longtime sunshine
-Longtime sunshine upon me.
+Longtime sunshine upon me
-Sometime I wanna build a house with a wood stove or a fire place.
+Sometime I wanna build a house
-In the middle of the living room an old piano.
+With a wood stove or a fire place
-Sometimes it don't seem so bad to settle down with a good woman;
+In the middle of the living room
-Leave this lonely life behind forever, and ever.
+An old piano
+Sometimes it don't seem so bad
+To settle down with a good woman
+Leave this lonely life behind forever, and ever
-Longtime sunshine.
+Longtime sunshine
-Longtime sunshine upon me.
+Longtime sunshine upon me
-Sometimes I wanna get in a car, close my eyes and drive real fast;
+Sometimes I wanna get in a car
-Keep on going 'til I get some place where I can truly rest.
+Close my eyes and drive real fast
+Keep on going 'til I get some place
+Where I can truly rest
-Longtime sunshine.
+Longtime sunshine
-Longtime sunshine upon me.
+Longtime sunshine upon me
 </poem>
 ===''Pinkerton'' sessions===
-<poem>Sometimes I wanna pack it all up, get on a bus and move to Vermont,
+<poem>[...]
-Or Maine, or any of those states back east that I remember.
+Goodbye friends, goodbye my girl
-Sometimes I wanna go back to school, an east coast college with some history.
+Close my eyes as you fly away
-I'd be satisfied, I know, in the simple things.
+Keep on going 'til you get some place
+Where you can truly rest.
-Longtime sunshine.
-Longtime sunshine upon me.
-Sometime I wanna build a house with a wood stove or a fire place.
-In the middle of the living room an old piano.
-Sometimes it don't seem so bad to settle down with a good woman;
-Leave this lonely life behind forever, and ever.
-Longtime sunshine.
-Longtime sunshine upon me.
-Goodbye friends, goodbye my girl, close my eyes as you fly away
-Keep on going 'til you get some place where you can truly rest.
-Longtime sunshine.
+Longtime sunshine
-Longtime sunshine upon me.
+Longtime sunshine upon me
-Rivers, repeated: Long time sunshine, long time sunshine upon me.
+(Rivers, repeated:) Longtime sunshine, longtime sunshine, longtime sunshine upon me
-Brian, repeated: Why bother? It's gonna hurt me, it's gonna kill when you desert me.
+(Brian, repeated:) Why bother? It's gonna hurt me, it's gonna kill when you desert me
-Matt, repeated: He is in my eyes, he is in my ears, he is in my blood, he is in my tears.
+(Matt, repeated:) He is in my eyes, he is in my ears, he is in my blood, he is in my tears
-Rivers (falsetto), repeated: No, there is no other one, no, there is no other one, can't have any other one, even though I would with one.
+(Rivers:) No, there is no other one. No, there is no other one. Can't have any other one, even though I would with one
-Rivers: Blast off! Up to the stars we go, and leave behind everything I use to know
+(Rivers:)Blast off! Up to the stars we go, and leave behind everything I use to know
 Somebody's giving me a whole lot of money to do what I think I want to
-So why am I still feeling blue? Oh Wuan and Dondo.
+So why am I still feeling blue?
+Oh, Wuan and Dondó
 </poem>
 ==See Also==
 * [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
+* [[List of Weezer songs]]
+[[Category: Weezer songs]]
 [[Category: Rivers Cuomo]]
 [[Category:Homie songs]]
 [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]]