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[[Brian Bell]] originally heard the song when he went to Cuomo's home at a time when Cuomo was writing all of his demo's names on the walls. The title instantly caught his attention, as did the song. On the audio commentary for the song's music video on ''[[Video Capture Device]]'', Bell expressed that it "might be [his] favorite [[Weezer]] song." | [[Brian Bell]] originally heard the song when he went to Cuomo's home at a time when Cuomo was writing all of his demo's names on the walls. The title instantly caught his attention, as did the song. On the audio commentary for the song's music video on ''[[Video Capture Device]]'', Bell expressed that it "might be [his] favorite [[Weezer]] song." | ||
The song went through a number of changes during the sessions for ''The Green Album'', and in fact was, at one time, more of an upbeat rocker. This version can be heard during the documentary footage of the making of ''The Green Album'' on ''[[Video Capture Device]]''. Remarked [[Karl Koch]]: "'Island in the Sun', the unusual song that has always taken the most time and effort to get right. Tom worked all day and the results were wonderful! It feels great to find the "answers" for that song and say 'wow, it's finished'." | The song went through a number of changes during the sessions for ''The Green Album'', and in fact was, at one time, more of an upbeat rocker. This version can be heard during the documentary footage of the making of ''The Green Album'' on ''[[Video Capture Device]]''. Remarked [[Karl Koch]]: "'Island in the Sun', the unusual song that has always taken the most time and effort to get right. Tom worked all day and the results were wonderful! It feels great to find the "answers" for that song and say 'wow, it's finished'." [[Ric Ocasek]] reportedly made the band practice the song's chord progression for long stretches of time before they recorded it, to attain the right feel[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5NuDUkSs0k]. | ||
The final ''Green'' recording has a very unique and clean production. It is also the first Weezer recording to be released that has a fade-out, rather than a definite ending. However, the band uses a proper ending for the song for the live performances. | The final ''Green'' recording has a very unique and clean production. It is also the first Weezer recording to be released that has a fade-out, rather than a definite ending. However, the band uses a proper ending for the song for the live performances. | ||