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===Composition=== | ===Composition=== | ||
{{Comp elements|song=My Name Is Jonas|key=B|bpm=186|timesig=3/4}} | {{Comp elements|song=My Name Is Jonas|key=B|bpm=186|timesig=3/4}} | ||
The song does not appear to have undergone many lyric rewrites<ref>[[:File:MNIJhwlyrics.jpg]] Officially-released handwritten lyric sheet.</ref><ref>[[:File:My name is jonas (1).jpg]] Draft lyric sheet</ref><ref>[[:File:My name is jonas2 (1).jpg]] Additional draft lyric sheet</ref>, with one notable exception: the [[1992]] ''[[The Kitchen Tape|Kitchen Tape]]'' demo ended with the line, "My name is Weezer." Cuomo has also explained that "My Name is Jonas" was at least partially inspired by his brother, [[Leaves Cuomo]]. Says Rivers, "'Jonas' explains how The Plan is reaming us all, especially my brother." | The song does not appear to have undergone many lyric rewrites<ref>[[:File:MNIJhwlyrics.jpg]] Officially-released handwritten lyric sheet.</ref><ref>[[:File:My name is jonas (1).jpg]] Draft lyric sheet</ref><ref>[[:File:My name is jonas2 (1).jpg]] Additional draft lyric sheet</ref>, with one notable exception: the [[1992]] ''[[The Kitchen Tape|Kitchen Tape]]'' demo ended with the line, "My name is Weezer." Cuomo has also explained that "My Name is Jonas" was at least partially inspired by his brother, [[Leaves Cuomo]]. Says Rivers, "'Jonas' explains how The Plan is reaming us all, especially my brother."<ref name="Rolling Stone">"[https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/weezer-blue-album-rivers-cuomo-things-you-didnt-know-822881/ Weezer's Blue Album: 10 Things You Didn't Know]" ''Rolling Stone'' article.</ref> | ||
====Music==== | ====Music==== | ||
Composed by [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Patrick Wilson]] and [[Jason Cropper]], "My Name Is Jonas" is one of only a handful of early Weezer tracks with a co-writing credit. Cropper came up with the song's fingerpicked intro, resulting in his only official songwriting credit on a Weezer song until ''{{PN|Van Weezer}}'' "[[I've Thrown It All Away]]." Cropper recalled the songwriting process in a [[Yahoo! Music interview with Jason Cropper - May 9, 2019|2019 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment]]: <ref name="Yahoo interview">[[Yahoo! Music interview with Jason Cropper - May 9, 2019]] [https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/only-in-dreams-meet-the-founding-member-who-became-the-pete-best-of-weezer-164724591.html Link to original]</ref> | Composed by [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Patrick Wilson]] and [[Jason Cropper]], "My Name Is Jonas" is one of only a handful of early Weezer tracks with a co-writing credit. Cropper came up with the song's fingerpicked intro, resulting in his only official songwriting credit on a Weezer song until ''{{PN|Van Weezer}}'' "[[I've Thrown It All Away]]." Cropper recalled the songwriting process in a [[Yahoo! Music interview with Jason Cropper - May 9, 2019|2019 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment]]: <ref name="Yahoo interview">[[Yahoo! Music interview with Jason Cropper - May 9, 2019]] [https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/only-in-dreams-meet-the-founding-member-who-became-the-pete-best-of-weezer-164724591.html Link to original]</ref> | ||