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Rivers Cuomo

Rivers Cuomo. By Sean Parsons. The Man in the Making : A biography. Early Life. Rivers was born on June 13th, 1970 in New York He spent his childhood on a Hindu Ashram where he attended private school in Connecticut

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Rivers Cuomo

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  1. Rivers Cuomo By Sean Parsons

  2. The Man in the Making:A biography

  3. Early Life • Rivers wasborn on June 13th, 1970 in New York • He spenthischildhood on a Hindu Ashram whereheattendedprivateschool in Connecticut • After high school Rivers moved to Las Angeles to begin a career in music

  4. Avant Garde • Whilestill living in Connecticut, Rivers formedhis first band Avant Garde • In 1989 the band moved to Las Angeles • The band dissolved in 1990 changingitsname to Zoom

  5. Weezer • Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp, and Jason Cropperjoined forces to createWeezer in 1992 • One yearlater the band signed a record deal withGeffen Records • « The Blue Album  » wasreleased as the bands first album.

  6. « The Blue Album »

  7. Future Albums • Pinkerton (1996) • The Green Album (2001) • Maladroit (2002) • MakeBelieve (2005) • The Red Album (2008) • Raditude (2009) • Hurley and Death to False Metal (2010)

  8. Compositions • « Buddy Holly » • « Say it Ain’t So » • « The Greatest Man That EverLived »

  9. « Buddy Holly » • Recorded in 1994 • Reached #2 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks list • Rivers was inspired by one of his friends to write this song • Originally the chorus was “You look just like Ginger Rodgers… Oh oh, I move just like Fred Astaire” but was later changed

  10. « Buddy Holly » Buddy Holly on Rhapsody • 0:00 – The song has no intro • 0:16 – Pre Chorus • 0:25 – Vocals move to falsetto and lead into Chorus • 0:28 – Chorus. Rhythmis the same but a differentchord progression emerges • 0:44 – Synthesizer solo to prelude the second verse • 0:52 – Second Verse • 1:07 – Pre Chorus beginsagain • 1:19 – Chorus isplayed for the second time • 1:39 – The bridge beginswith more of a rap style • 1:55 – Pre Chorus • 2:10 – Third and final Chorus • 2:27 – Coda

  11. « Say it Ain’t So » • Recorded in 1994 • Rivers wrote the entire song with just one line “say it ain’t so” • This song was inspired by a childhood memory involving his parents splitting up and his moms new marriage • Listen to the deep emotion in the song • The bridge represents the climax of emotion

  12. « Say It Ain’t So »Say It Ain't So on Rhapsody • 0:00 – Into.Very reggae-ish style to set a relaxedtone. • 0:06 – Theme A • 0:12 – Part of the chorus issunghere • 0:25 – The first verse beginswiththeme B • 0:44 – Theme A returns • 0:57 – Verse twobeginsbringing back theme B • 1:16 – First full Chorus. The guitaris more distored to change the mood and tone of the song to a mroeserious and not sorelaxed. • 1:41 – Theme A returns • 1:54 – Theme B with verse three • 2:19 – Chorus isplayed for the second time • 2:44 – The bridge comes in withitsdeepemotionspurringfrommemories of River’schildhood

  13. « Say It Ain’t So » • 3:17 – There is a guitar solo here to lead into the final chorus • 3:35 – This is the last chorus of the song • 4:01 – Theme A returns to to end the song

  14. « The Greatest Man » • Appeared on the Red Album in 2008 • Rivers main reason for writingthissongwasbecause of the factthathewassick and tired of writing verse chorus verse songs. • This is one of Rivers personal favorites • As youlisten, pay attention to the manyforms • Many inspirations for thissongincluding • Nirvana • Elvis • Aerosmith • Bach • Beethoven

  15. « The Greatest Man That EverLived» • Watch an interview with Rivers as he walks us through the writing of this song • Video Interview With Rivers Cuomo

  16. « The Greatest Man »The Greatest Man That Ever Lived on Rhapsody • 0:00 – Audience applause • 0:10 – Piano Intro: resembles « Simple Things » • 0:33 – The quiet timbre of the piano isreplaced by a blaringsiren • 0:49 – Piano return • 1:00 – Rap Variation • 1:27 – Jeff Buckley Variation • 1:51 – Choral Variation resembling Sousa or Gilmore • 2:17 – Aerosmith Variation • 2:43 – Nirvana Variation • 3:08 – Andrew Sisters Variation • 3:33 – Green Day Variation • 4:06 – Elvis Presley Variation • 4:37 – Bach Variation. Polyphoic

  17. «  The GreatestMan » • 5:11 – The song ends in Weezers own style. Towards the end the tempo slows down entering the coda

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