Gothic flavor
How I miss you
If I only
Once could kiss you
I'd be happy (Do-do-do-do)
For one moment (Do-do-do-do)
Of my lifetime (Do-do-do-do)
I'd be there
And the water
Running over
Me is growing
Ever colder
Make me happy (Do-do-do-do)
For one moment (Do-do-do-do)
Of my lifetime (Do-do-do-do)
I'd be there
Make me happy (Do-do-do-do)
For one moment (Do-do-do-do)
Of my lifetime (Do-do-do-do)
I'd be there
Ooo-ooo-ooo
Burndt Jamb
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| Album track by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Maladroit | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2002 | ||||
| Recorded | N/A | ||||
| Length | 2:39 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| RC# | 596 | ||||
| COR# | 277 | ||||
| Producer(s) | Weezer, Rod Cervera, Chad Bamford | ||||
| Status | Released | ||||
| Live debut | May 20, 2001 in St. Louis, MO | ||||
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"Burndt Jamb" is the seventh track on Maladroit.
Appearances
- Maladroit (2002)
- Video Capture Device (2004)
- Make Believe (live - international bonus track) (2005)
- We Are All on Drugs (UK Retail CD - live) (2005)
Overview
"Burndt Jamb" initially debuted as an instrumental. It was first performed live on the Hooptie Tour only five days after The Green Album was released. The band first recorded a demo of it seven days after that, at Monster Island Studios in Washington, D.C.. This session was booked in hopes of finding a producer for the band's yet-unnamed fourth album. The song was played the following month for the show The Evening Session for BBC Radio 1. It wasn't until January of 2002 that "Burdnt Jamb" received lyrics, during formal demoing sessions for Maladroit. These lyrics were scrapped and rewritten before the album's final release. In a 2002 Rolling Stone article by Jenny Eliscu, Rivers Cuomo alluded to his fascination with a specific goth girl, which may have inspired the "Gothic flavor" lyric:
His newest obsession, he says, is goth. He holds up his hands to show off black fingernail polish, silver rings and leather wrist cuffs. "I never noticed goth before," he says. "But then I got really fascinated with this one girl. A music style just gets wrapped up with the vision of the girl, and it overtakes your consciousness."
Burnt Jamb is one of the songs that can be heard on the menu for The Video Capture Device DVD, although like with other menu tracks, it's only the intro being looped. A live rendition of the song, recorded on July 26, 2002 at a show in Camden, New Jersey, appeared as a b-side on the UK retail CD of "We Are All on Drugs", and as a bonus track on the international release of Make Believe. When playing the song live in 2018 with Brian Bell singing lead, the band altered the final lyrics of every verse to reference lyrics from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
The riff used throughout the song has been compared to the melody of the song “Breezin” by George Benson by numerous fans.[1][2] No statement on the similarity has been made by the band.
Audio
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
Lyrics
Now you want me
And you need me
I have got to
Get to leavin'
If you move on
Down that highway
I'll be burning
I'll be there, yeah
Now it's over
We can go home
Just one last verse
And we're all done
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | Burndt Jamb | 56 burndt jamb precursor.mp3 | May 1998 | 0:16 | Alone VI: The Black Room | ||
| Weezer | Burndt Jamb | WEEZER-2001-05-30-Burndt_Jamb_277.mp3 | May 27, 2001 | Monster Island Studios, Washington, D.C | 2:54 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Burndt Jamb | June 13, 2001 | BBC Studios, London, England | 2:31 | The Evening Session with Steve Lamacq | Radio broadcast, bootlegged by fans | |
| Weezer | Burndt Jamb | WEEZER-2002-01-08_03Burndt_Jamb_277.mp3 | January 8, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 4:04 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Burndt Jamb | WEEZER-2002-01-10_02Burndt_Jamb_277.mp3 | January 10, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 4:12 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Burndt Jamb | WEEZER-2002-01-11_02Burndt_Jamb_277.mp3 | January 11, 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 3:51 | Released on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Burndt Jamb | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:38 | Maladroit (unmastered German promo) | ||
| Weezer | Burndt Jamb | 2002 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:39 | Maladroit | ||
| Weezer | Burndt Jamb | July 26, 2002 | Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ | 4:24 |
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See also
External Links
Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Burndt Jamb"
References
- ↑ Soyrev. July 24, 2008. Burndt Jamb. Teenage Victory Songs. http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=16.
- ↑ John Caroll. July 11, 2018. Burndt Jamb. Post-Pinkerton. https://postpinkerton.com/burndt-jamb.