Across the Sea: Difference between revisions

| Recorded = Spring, 1996 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys , CA

Across the Sea is one of the most emotionally charged songs in the entire [[Weezer]] canon. [[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote the song while at [[Harvard University]], and it is has been cited as one of the key turning points Cuomo experienced when deciding to go forth with the concept for Pinkerton in place of [[Songs From the Black Hole]].<br><br>In the beginning of the song, while the piano plays, the sounds of a door opening, drummer [[Pat Wilson]] laughing, and several random notes being played on a nylon guitar can be heard. The song's guitar solo has a relatively complex chord progression, during which the key modulates from G major to E major (the parallel major of the original key's relative minor). The following bridge remains in the key of E major, then modulates back to G for the final verse and chorus.<br><br>In a performance on the [[2005]] [[Make Believe Tour]], the song was played and a recording of it was posted on Youtube. When discovered online by fans, it was almost universally praised.<br><br><youtube>HjCdFW2du_U</youtube>

Cuomo wrote "Across The Sea" after receiving a fan letter from a Japan. A young girl wrote to him, asking several questions about his everyday life during the depressing winter he spent at Harvard University in [[1995]]. Some of these questions actually appear in the song, as the opening lyrics show. On his relationship with the girl, Cuomo remarked, "When I got the letter, I fell in love with her. It was such a great letter. I was very lonely at the time, but at the same time I was very depressed that I would never meet her. Even if I did see her, she was probably some fourteen-year-old girl, who didn't speak English." When asked in [[2006]] about the girl, he commented, "I don't know anything about her and I've never contacted her." The lyrics also make mention of Cuomo's adolescent consideration of becoming a monk to win the favor of older women, as well as the idea that his mother is responsible for his romantic shortcomings.

Across the Sea is considered by many longtime fans of Weezer to be one of, if not the best overall song the band has released. On the Weezer songblog, [[Teenage Victory Songs]], Across the Sea was distinguished in "The Very Best" category of Weezer's discography. Additionally, when ranked on an [[AllThingsWeezer]] thread that asked fans to give the song a ranking out of 10, Across the Sea recieved a 99.23%, making it the highest-ranked song as of January [[2010]].

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