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I rarely wrote lyrics about tension between me and the guys in the band because I thought it would be awkward for us all to perform those songs together. In this case, though, it didn't seem like a big deal. | I rarely wrote lyrics about tension between me and the guys in the band because I thought it would be awkward for us all to perform those songs together. In this case, though, it didn't seem like a big deal. | ||
Obviously, this track is kind of slow compared to how it ended up on the Weezer record. [Even on the Weezer record we recorded it pretty slow. We sped it up during mastering.] I've always like big, fat, heavy guitar sounds and when I write a song with a sound like that I end up digging in and playing real slow. It isn't 'til we hear a song back on tape that we realize, "hey, that's a little dirgy."}} | Obviously, this track is kind of slow compared to how it ended up on the Weezer record. [Even on the Weezer record we recorded it pretty slow. We sped it up during mastering.] I've always like big, fat, heavy guitar sounds and when I write a song with a sound like that I end up digging in and playing real slow. It isn't 'til we hear a song back on tape that we realize, "hey, that's a little dirgy."|''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone liner notes|liner notes]]}} | ||
"Buddy Holly" is the most oft-performed song in the Weezer catalog. Beginning in late [[2000]], an extended guitar intro was added, and continued to be performed through [[2005]]. Rivers Cuomo has said that "Buddy Holly" is his favorite song to perform live. | "Buddy Holly" is the most oft-performed song in the Weezer catalog. Beginning in late [[2000]], an extended guitar intro was added, and continued to be performed through [[2005]]. Rivers Cuomo has said that "Buddy Holly" is his favorite song to perform live. | ||
==Single release== | ==Single release== | ||
"Buddy Holly" was the second single released from ''The Blue Album''. Its initial cover art featured a photo of a very young Rivers Cuomo with a female friend. Apparently, the photo was used before gaining permission from this girl, and a search for her turned up fruitless. When [[Geffen]] realized they may be in an actionable position, they quickly changed the cover, and a photo of Cuomo and his brother [[Leaves]] was used instead. The incorrect cover only appears on promo copies of the single, except in Austrailia, who rushed a "Buddy Holly" single out so fast that it not only included the banned photo, but included none of the exclusive B-sides, instead simply including the LP version of "[[Holiday]]". [[Karl Koch]] would later say, "These Austrailians seem to rush into everything." | "Buddy Holly" was the second single released from ''The Blue Album''. Its initial cover art featured a photo of a very young Rivers Cuomo with a female friend. Apparently, the photo was used before gaining permission from this girl, and a search for her turned up fruitless. When [[Geffen]] realized they may be in an actionable position, they quickly changed the cover, and a photo of Cuomo and his brother [[Leaves]] was used instead. The incorrect cover only appears on promo copies of the single, except in Austrailia, who rushed a "Buddy Holly" single out so fast that it not only included the banned photo, but included none of the exclusive B-sides, instead simply including the LP version of "[[Holiday]]". [[Karl Koch]] would later say, "These Austrailians seem to rush into everything." | ||