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Early concepts for the dialogue sections in the song was to utilize a sound collage assembled by longtime friend of the band, [[Karl Koch]]. This concept was carried through the recording of ''[[The Blue Album]]'', but [[Geffen Records]] were wary of the cost of licensing the samples, and put a halt to that version. Late in the album's production, a spoken version of dialogue was recorded at the Amherst house, by bassist [[Matt Sharp]] and Koch, as well as a dialogue between Koch and [[Mykel and Carli Allan|Mykel Allan]]. The tapes were then sent overnight to New York to be 'flown in' to the final mix. When performed live, these sections typically featured improvised banter by the band. In the 2010s, however, the band began simply playing a recording of the dialogue heard on the album version. | Early concepts for the dialogue sections in the song was to utilize a sound collage assembled by longtime friend of the band, [[Karl Koch]]. This concept was carried through the recording of ''[[The Blue Album]]'', but [[Geffen Records]] were wary of the cost of licensing the samples, and put a halt to that version. Late in the album's production, a spoken version of dialogue was recorded at the Amherst house, by bassist [[Matt Sharp]] and Koch, as well as a dialogue between Koch and [[Mykel and Carli Allan|Mykel Allan]]. The tapes were then sent overnight to New York to be 'flown in' to the final mix. When performed live, these sections typically featured improvised banter by the band. In the 2010s, however, the band began simply playing a recording of the dialogue heard on the album version. | ||
==Music Video== | ==Music Video== | ||
''<blockquote>How most of the world has introduced to the band. The reign of [[Spike Jonze]] begins here! This was roughly take 15 or 20 out of about 25. By this point the band had abandoned hope of doing a serious take, and thank goodness!</blockquote>'' | |||
:-[[Karl Koch]] on the "Undone" music video, from the liner notes for ''[[Video Capture Device]]'' | |||
The music video for "Undone" was Weezer's first music video. According to ''[[Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story]]'' by John D. Luerssen, the band insisted that the video not have anything to do with a sweater. Yet, Geffen received twenty five treatments for the video, all involving sweaters, including one in which the band played in a sweater factory, and another wherein all four band members were together in one giant sweater. The video marks one of the early directorial efforts of [[Spike Jonze]], whose pitch was simply "A blue stage, a steadicam, a pack of wild dogs." The $60,000 video was shot on a steadicam in one unbroken take, featuring the band playing to a sped up version of the song. When played at a slower speed, the illusion is created that the band is playing the song in the correct time, yet moving in slow motion. The one take was shot over twenty five times and the final version is somewhere between shot #15 and shot #20, in which the band had abandoned the idea of taking the video seriously at all. The humor was brought on by the frustration of shooting the same take over and over to a sped up version of the song as well as the fact that one of the dogs defecated on [[Patrick Wilson]]'s bass drum pedal. The video became an instant hit on MTV. | The music video for "Undone" was Weezer's first music video. According to ''[[Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story]]'' by John D. Luerssen, the band insisted that the video not have anything to do with a sweater. Yet, Geffen received twenty five treatments for the video, all involving sweaters, including one in which the band played in a sweater factory, and another wherein all four band members were together in one giant sweater. The video marks one of the early directorial efforts of [[Spike Jonze]], whose pitch was simply "A blue stage, a steadicam, a pack of wild dogs." The $60,000 video was shot on a steadicam in one unbroken take, featuring the band playing to a sped up version of the song. When played at a slower speed, the illusion is created that the band is playing the song in the correct time, yet moving in slow motion. The one take was shot over twenty five times and the final version is somewhere between shot #15 and shot #20, in which the band had abandoned the idea of taking the video seriously at all. The humor was brought on by the frustration of shooting the same take over and over to a sped up version of the song as well as the fact that one of the dogs defecated on [[Patrick Wilson]]'s bass drum pedal. The video became an instant hit on MTV. | ||