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| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = | | Album = Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Released = | | Released = 2020 | ||
| Recorded = 2011 | | Recorded = 2011 | ||
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"'''Ballad of the Briny'''" is a song demoed by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | "'''Ballad of the Briny'''" is a song demoed by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==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 | 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 narrative aspect of the song led many fans to believe that Cuomo was developing a [[Sea Opera|sea-themed concept album]] at the time, though Cuomo would later confirm this was not the case. | ||
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]]". | 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]]". On [[November 20]], [[2020]], three demos of the song were released on the digital compilation ''[[Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]''. | ||
===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
====Gallery==== | |||
<gallery>Image:Mortimercollins1.png|Mortimer Collins | |||
Image:Briny candace.jpg|Candace | |||
Image:Briny captain.jpg|Captain Duke Buttress | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Video clip=== | ===Video clip=== | ||
<youtube>Dh5TwLwJUQw</youtube> | <youtube>Dh5TwLwJUQw</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | ===November version=== | ||
<poem>The fishes are my friends | |||
And | Here beneath the sea | ||
Swimming all around | |||
They're foot-massaging me | |||
The octopus says "Hi" | |||
I say "Hey man, what's up?" | |||
I go to bump his fist | |||
But he got too much love | |||
I'm at home here in the briny | |||
Since I've found out you don't want me | |||
The crew thought I was nuts | |||
Jumping overboard | |||
But what'd I have to lose? | |||
Except pains inside my head | |||
Except pains inside my heart | |||
They wouldn't let me be | |||
Now I'm better off | |||
Yeah, I've been set free | |||
And I'm at home here in the briny | |||
Since I've found out you don't want me | |||
Yeah, I'm at home here in the briny | |||
Since I've found out you don't want me</poem> | |||
===January/September versions=== | |||
<poem>The fishes are my friends | |||
Here beneath the sea | |||
Swimming all around | |||
They're foot-massaging me | |||
The octopus says "Hi" | |||
I say "How do you do?" | |||
He's quite the gentleman | |||
To give me eight salutes | |||
I'm at home here in the briny | |||
Since I've found out you don't want me | |||
The crew thought I was nuts | |||
Jumping overboard | |||
But what'd I have to lose? | |||
Except pains inside my gourd | |||
Except pains inside my heart | |||
They wouldn't let me be | |||
Now I'm better off | |||
Captain of the sea | |||
And I'm at home here | And I'm at home here in the briny | ||
Since I've found out you don't want me | |||
Yeah, I'm at home here in the briny | |||
Since I've found out you don't want me | |||
I went to schools | |||
I went to ministry | |||
</ | But they don't match the soothing of the sea | ||
I'm back where I began my primal life | |||
I am dissolved into the murky brine | |||
(You wanted me to be a practical man, | |||
And now I see how things were) | |||
And I'm at home here in the briny | |||
Since I've found out you don't want me</poem> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of unreleased albums and assets]] | *[[List of unreleased albums and assets]] | ||
*[[Sea Opera]] | *[[Sea Opera]] | ||
*''[[Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]]'' | |||
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[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The EWBAITE Years]] | |||