Then and Again Voltaire Weezer My Name Is Jonas
| "My Proper name Is Jonas" | ||||||||||||||
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| Album track past Weezer | ||||||||||||||
| Anthology | Weezer (The Bluish Anthology) | |||||||||||||
| Released | May 10, 1994 | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | August-September 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:24 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Geffen | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Cuomo/Wilson/Cropper | |||||||||||||
| RC# | 126 | |||||||||||||
| COR# | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Ric Ocasek | |||||||||||||
| Status | Officially released | |||||||||||||
| Weezer (The Blue Album) rail listing | ||||||||||||||
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| Rivers Cuomo song chronology | ||||||||||||||
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"My Proper noun Is Jonas" is the first track from Weezer's cocky-titled debut album.
Contents
- i Appearances
- ii Overview
- two.1 Composition
- 2.1.ane Music
- 2.2 Demoing and release
- 2.3 Live performances
- two.1 Composition
- three Personnel
- four Sound
- 4.1 Official releases
- four.ii Other versions
- v Lyrics
- 6 See likewise
- vii References
Appearances
- Weezer (The Blueish Album)
- Weezer (Palatial Edition) (Disc 2) (Live)
- Buddy Holly (Britain Retail CD) (Live)
- Undone (French Retail CD/French Promo 7" Single (Blue Vinyl)
- The Kitchen Tape (Demo)
- My Name Is Jonas (One rails promo CD)
- Several Official Bootlegs (Live Version)
Overview
Composition
| "My Name Is Jonas" compositional elements [1] | ||
| Key | Tempo | Time signature |
|---|---|---|
| B | 186 bpm | 3/4 |
The song does not announced to have undergone many lyric rewrites[2] [3] [4], with i notable exception: the 1992 Kitchen Tape demo ended with the line, "My proper name is Weezer." Cuomo has too 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 blood brother."[5]
Music
Equanimous by Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson and Jason Cropper, "My Name Is Jonas" is one of only a scattering of early Weezer tracks with a co-writing credit. Cropper came up with the song's fingerpicked intro, resulting in his merely official songwriting credit on a Weezer song until Van Weezer's "I've Thrown Information technology All Away." Cropper recalled the songwriting process in a 2019 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment: [vi]
 | I got home from piece of work [at the Italian eatery], and I call back I was nevertheless wearing my cook's outfit. I picked upwards the guitar and played that first part of what became the intro to 'My Name Is Jonas,' and Pat [Wilson] said, 'Stop. Just do that. Just don't go along going to dissimilar chords, just practise those 3 notes, those three chords!' |
Cropper goes on to explicate how the song changed hands multiple times between his bandmates, a mode of writing that was used numerous times[7] during Wilson and Cuomo's "l Song Project." The l Song Project was an informal endeavor to collect 50 songs earlier convening the yet-unnamed Weezer for regular rehearsals, and "Jonas" was its last entry. Wilson turned Cropper's riff into the vocal'due south bones chord progression and structure, and then delivered it to Cuomo for lyrics, melodies and solos.
Demoing and release
The bridge of "Jonas" was demoed nether the title "Port O'Jonas," separately from the residual of the vocal. This more often than not-instrumental sketch, included on Cuomo's Don Slacks demo record, features a harmonica solo, the refrain "the workers are going home," and a variation on Cropper's fingerpicking intro that would serve every bit the song's eventual solo. Fans take also speculated that portions of "Jonas" are included in the eighth runway of Rivers'south Opera, a loose, unstructured collection of demos spanning 1991 to 1992.
At one point, the song was erroneously named by Geffen Records as the Blueish Album's third unmarried. Before "Say It Own't So" was officially chosen as a unmarried past consensus among the band, Todd Sullivan, and the characterization, Geffen had printed upwardly limited runs of a "My Proper noun is Jonas" one-rail promo CD, and distributed them, primarily in Canada[8]. These CDs are amongst some of the rarer Weezer collectibles.
Live performances
"Jonas" has proven to be the vocal most often used as a show opener, having opened most shows on the tours for The Blueish Anthology, Pinkerton, SS2K, and The Red Album, besides as sporadic other shows.
"My Proper name is Jonas" was featured equally a playable master track on the rhythm video game Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock. Information technology was as well made available equally a downloadable song for the Rock Band game serial, in addition to Rocksmith 2014.
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – atomic number 82/rhythm guitars, harmonica, lead vocals
- Brian Bell – backing vocals
- Matt Sharp – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Ric Ocasek – producer
Audio
Official releases
Other versions
Lyrics
Lyric sheet for "My Name Is Jonas".
My name is Jonas
I'm carrying the wheel
Thanks for all you've shown us
But this is how we feel
Come sit next to me
Pour yourself some tea
Simply like grandma made
When we couldn't detect sleep
Things were amend then
Once but never again
We've all left the den
Let me tell you lot 'bout information technology
The choo-choo train left right on time
A ticket cost merely your mind
The commuter said "Hey man, nosotros go all the manner"
Of course we were willing to pay
My proper noun is Wepeel
I got a box full of your toys
They're fresh out of batteries
Only they're still makin' noise, makin' noise
Tell me what to do
At present the tank is dry out
Now this wheel is flat
And you know what else?
Guess what I received
In the mail today
Words of deep concern
From my little brother
The building's not goin' as he planned
The foreman has injured his manus
The dozer volition non clear a path
The driver swears he learned his math
The workers are going dwelling!
The workers are going abode!
The workers are going home!
The workers are going domicile!
Yeah!
The workers are going dwelling!
The workers are going home!
The workers are going dwelling!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
My name is Jonas
See likewise
- The 50 Song Project
- List of Weezer songs
References
- ↑ "Weezer songs fourth dimension/key signature" spreadsheet Original research washed by Weezerpedia editors for key/time signatures and bpm.
- ↑ File:MNIJhwlyrics.jpg Officially-released handwritten lyric sheet.
- ↑ File:My name is jonas (1).jpg Draft lyric sheet
- ↑ File:My name is jonas2 (1).jpg Additional draft lyric sheet
- ↑ "Weezer's Blueish Anthology: 10 Things You Didn't Know" Rolling Stone commodity.
- ↑ 6.0 half-dozen.1 Yahoo! Music interview with Jason Cropper - May nine, 2019 Link to original
- ↑ Rational Alternative Digital interview with Patrick Wilson - March 1995 Rational Alternative Digital interview with Pat Wilson - Link to original.
- ↑ Discogs entry for MNIJ Canadian single release
Source: https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/My_Name_Is_Jonas
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