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* ''[[Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)]]'' (Studio "Coda Mix") | * ''[[Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)]]'' (Studio "Coda Mix") | ||
* ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]'' (Demo reprise) | * ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]'' (Demo reprise) | ||
* [[List of | * [[List of official bootlegs|Several official bootleg]] (Live) | ||
* [[Songs from the Black Hole]] (Tracklist 1) | * ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' (Tracklist 1) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Longtime Sunshine" was written in January of 1994. At the time, Rivers was feeling very nervous about the uncertainty of his future. Said Rivers in the liner notes for ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'',<br> | "Longtime Sunshine" was written in January of 1994. At the time, Rivers was feeling very nervous about the uncertainty of his future. Said Rivers in the liner notes for ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'',<br> | ||
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During a [[Memories Tour]] [[Weezer concert: 06/07/2011 - Austin, TX|concert]] on [[June 7]], [[2011]] in Austin, TX, Weezer performed the song live for the first time, featuring a new arrangement. The song was played live a number of additional times, including on [[The Weezer Cruise]]. The song was brought back for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8UKQJZsv4o| a performance at an NPR Music Tiny Desk concert] in [[2019]]. | During a [[Memories Tour]] [[Weezer concert: 06/07/2011 - Austin, TX|concert]] on [[June 7]], [[2011]] in Austin, TX, Weezer performed the song live for the first time, featuring a new arrangement. The song was played live a number of additional times, including on [[The Weezer Cruise]]. The song was brought back for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8UKQJZsv4o| a performance at an NPR Music Tiny Desk concert] in [[2019]]. | ||
===Title origins=== | |||
=== | The "old hippy song" that the song is based on is the last four minutes of "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_Cellular_Song A Very Cellular Song]," which appears on the Incredible String Band's 1968 album ''The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter'' and was written by band member Mike Heron. The original song does in fact use a Jew's harp, a kazoo-like instrument. As the standalone song "May the Long Time Sun Shine On You," this excerpt became very popular among the hippie movement and even in Sikh religious services after its release and has often been assumed to be a much older or more traditional composition.<ref>Wittstamm, Willem. "May the Long Time Sun Shine Upon You: Where It All Began..." ''Aquarian Times'' Feb/March 2009. https://studentsofyogibhajan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Where-it-all-began.pdf</ref> | ||
The "old hippy song" that the song is based on is the last four minutes of "A Very Cellular Song," which appears on the Incredible String Band's 1968 album ''The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter'' and was written by band member Mike Heron. The original song does in fact use a Jew's harp, a kazoo-like instrument. As the standalone song "May the Long Time Sun Shine On You," this excerpt became very popular among the hippie movement and even in Sikh religious services after its release and has often been assumed to be a much older or more traditional composition. | |||
===Special Coda Mix=== | ===Special Coda Mix=== | ||
The "Special Coda Mix" is a version of the song experimented with while the band was working with the ''Black Hole'' concept, and is the version that appears on the Deluxe Edition of ''Pinkerton''. It consists of an overlapping medley of vocals from "Longtime Sunshine", "[[Why Bother?]]", "[[No Other One]]", "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]", and "[[Blast Off!]]". | The "Special Coda Mix" is a version of the song experimented with while the band was working with the ''Black Hole'' concept, and is the version that appears on the Deluxe Edition of ''Pinkerton''. It consists of an overlapping medley of vocals from "Longtime Sunshine", "[[Why Bother?]]", "[[No Other One]]", "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]", and "[[Blast Off!]]". | ||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
=== | ===1994 demo=== | ||
<poem>Sometimes I wanna pack it all up | <poem>Sometimes I wanna pack it all up | ||
Get on a bus and move to Vermont | Get on a bus and move to Vermont | ||
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* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | * [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
* [[List of Weezer songs]] | * [[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Songs from the Black Hole]] | [[Category:Songs from the Black Hole]] | ||
[[Category: Weezer songs]] | [[Category: Weezer songs]] | ||