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"'''Ballad of the Briny'''" is a song demoed by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. A short clip was uploaded to Cuomo's YouTube channel in January of [[2011]]. The same year, [[AllThingsWeezer]] member Bleed0range confirmed the song's title from Cuomo's assistant [[Sarah C. Kim|Sarah Kim]] (albeit spelled as "'''Ballad of the Briney'''")[http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/2011-sea-opera-clips-lets-keep-these-in-circulation.29275/#post-846715]. The YouTube | "'''Ballad of the Briny'''" is a song demoed by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | ||
==Overview== | |||
A short clip was uploaded to Cuomo's YouTube channel in January of [[2011]]. The same year, [[AllThingsWeezer]] member Bleed0range confirmed the song's title from Cuomo's assistant [[Sarah C. Kim|Sarah Kim]] (albeit spelled as "'''Ballad of the Briney'''")[http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/2011-sea-opera-clips-lets-keep-these-in-circulation.29275/#post-846715]. The YouTube clip's title, "Sea Opera Days", implies that Cuomo was, at one point, developing a sea-themed concept album. | |||
On [[August 21]], [[2020]], Cuomo confirmed[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Riverchat_botb.jpg] to members of the [[Riverchat]] chatroom that the ''[[Van Weezer]]'' track "[[Blue Dream]]" was a reworking of "[[Ballad of the Briny]]". | |||
===Plot=== | |||
==Plot== | |||
The video uploaded by Cuomo briefly flashes text that can be made out: | The video uploaded by Cuomo briefly flashes text that can be made out: | ||
He fell in love with her on the night before the Resolution (the ship)... her squalid life in a brothel to take her with him to Amer[ica.] | He fell in love with her on the night before the Resolution (the ship)... her squalid life in a brothel to take her with him to Amer[ica.] | ||
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he feels super happy and blissful as he hallucinates... then all goes black. | he feels super happy and blissful as he hallucinates... then all goes black. | ||
The song | The song appears to be sung from the point-of-view of the character Mortimer Collins. The video also contains the name of the female character, Candace, as well as the antagonist, Captain Duke Buttress. | ||
===Video clip=== | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>[...] | <poem>[...] | ||
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In the briny | In the briny | ||
[...]</poem> | [...]</poem> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery>Image:Mortimercollins1.png|Mortimer Collins | <gallery>Image:Mortimercollins1.png|Mortimer Collins | ||
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Image:Briny captain.jpg|Captain Duke Buttress | Image:Briny captain.jpg|Captain Duke Buttress | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of unreleased albums and assets]] | *[[List of unreleased albums and assets]] | ||