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"'''Byzantine'''" is the ninth track from ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|The Black Album]]''. | "'''Byzantine'''" is the ninth track from ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|The Black Album]]''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Most of the lyrics were written by [[Laura Jane Grace]] | Most of the lyrics were written by musician [[Laura Jane Grace]] (of the band Against Me!) via text message. Said Cuomo, "She did most of the lyrics, and she sent them to me as text messages, and I turned it into a song." [https://ew.com/music/2019/02/27/rivers-cuomo-weezer-black-album-interview/] Grace commented on the collaboration in a Rolling Stone article in December of 2019 [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/laura-jane-grace-decade-recap-925222/]: | ||
<blockquote>''Rivers one day tweeted, “Will someone write lyrics for me?” And I responded, “OK, I will.” And then he DM’d me. It was so fucking wild and such a cool experience. I will forever be in Rivers’ debt. It was a song called “Byzantine” off of the Black Album. I find his songwriting process really interesting and to be let into that in a scientific way was really cool to see from the inside.''</blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>With “Byzantine,” the bridge is from a pre-Weezer band that [drummer Patrick Wilson] and I were in in 1991, called Fuzz. I searched for the key and the tempo and the basic vibe I was looking for, and it popped up. All of my little bits and pieces of music will find a home eventually</blockquote> | According to [[Rivers Cuomo]], the bridge was taken from a [[1991]] [[Fuzz]] track, described as “a very early-’90s grunge Soundgarden-type of song” [https://ew.com/music/2019/02/27/rivers-cuomo-weezer-black-album-interview/]. In an [https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8500614/weezer-rivers-cuomo-data-driven-approach-interview interview with Billboard], Cuomo explained: | ||
<blockquote>''With “Byzantine,” the bridge is from a pre-Weezer band that [drummer Patrick Wilson] and I were in in 1991, called Fuzz. I searched for the key and the tempo and the basic vibe I was looking for, and it popped up. All of my little bits and pieces of music will find a home eventually''</blockquote> | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
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