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"Wanda" is primarily acoustic home demo written by [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]]. It was leaked several years prior to its eventual release on ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. In [[1995]], Cuomo was approached by the producers of the film "[[Angus]]" to write a song for the their soundtrack. He read the script and wrote the song "Wanda (You're My Only Love)" (the verses of which summarize the movie's plot). This acoustic ballad was rejected by the producers for not sounding enough like Weezer. Rivers was hurt by this rejection but eventually submitted "[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]", a more up-tempo number. | "Wanda" is primarily acoustic home demo written by [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]]. It was leaked several years prior to its eventual release on ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. In [[1995]], Cuomo was approached by the producers of the film "[[Angus]]" to write a song for the their soundtrack. He read the script and wrote the song "Wanda (You're My Only Love)" (the verses of which summarize the movie's plot). This acoustic ballad was rejected by the producers for not sounding enough like Weezer. Rivers was hurt by this rejection but eventually submitted "[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]", a more up-tempo number. | ||
In [[The Pinkerton Diaries]], in a 1994 entry, there is a handwritten couplet of lyrics "What's wrong with me? / I'm making money" on a photocopy of a fax letter, one can assume that this was a very early draft of Wanda before Rivers completely changed the lyrics when approached by the producers of the film "[[Angus]]". Also featured in the book is the sheet music for a musical exercise titled "[[March of the Pipettepedes]]", which features a section greatly resembling the melody from ''Wanda''. The song's titular line was inspired by the ballet ''[[Wikipedia:The Nutcracker|The Nutcracker]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]].<ref>"Rivers Cuomo." ''Discord''. 2 December 2021 [[:File:Mrn-tchaikovsky.png]]</ref><ref>Royal Opera House "The Nutcracker – Sugar Plum pas de deux: Adagio (Nuñez, Muntagirov, The Royal Ballet)" ''YouTube''. 26 December 2018. https:// | In [[The Pinkerton Diaries]], in a 1994 entry, there is a handwritten couplet of lyrics "What's wrong with me? / I'm making money" on a photocopy of a fax letter, one can assume that this was a very early draft of Wanda before Rivers completely changed the lyrics when approached by the producers of the film "[[Angus]]". Also featured in the book is the sheet music for a musical exercise titled "[[March of the Pipettepedes]]", which features a section greatly resembling the melody from ''Wanda''. The song's titular line was inspired by the ballet ''[[Wikipedia:The Nutcracker|The Nutcracker]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]].<ref>"Rivers Cuomo." ''Discord''. 2 December 2021 [[:File:Mrn-tchaikovsky.png]]</ref><ref>Royal Opera House "The Nutcracker – Sugar Plum pas de deux: Adagio (Nuñez, Muntagirov, The Royal Ballet)" ''YouTube''. 26 December 2018. https://youtu.be/qy6dlGpC3Ns?t=20s</ref> | ||
The song was later rehashed for Rivers' [[Homie]] project a few years later in 1997, where it was played at Homie concerts. Whether the song was recorded in a full-band setting during the Homie recording sessions at Fort Apache is unknown. | The song was later rehashed for Rivers' [[Homie]] project a few years later in 1997, where it was played at Homie concerts. Whether the song was recorded in a full-band setting during the Homie recording sessions at Fort Apache is unknown. | ||