Weezer - Butterfly

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“Butterfly” is told from Pinkerton’s point of view in the opera Madame Butterfly. Known for its sincere lyrics and simplicity, “Butterfly” remains Weezer’s only completely acoustic song to be commercially released. The song consists of just Rivers on solo acoustic guitar and vocals, as well as some light, steady percussion by Karl Koch. "Butterfly" alludes to the Puccini opera Madama Butterfly. The opera concludes when the primary character, Cio-Cio-san, upon realizing that B.F. Pinkerton will not return for her, decides to die with honor rather than live in shame, and commits suicide with a knife, dying just as Pinkerton arrives. In the Weezer song, Rivers Cuomo sings about his regret upon catching a butterfly in a jar only to find her withered away when he wakes the next day. The album recording consists solely of Cuomo on vocals and acoustic guitar, with light percussion by Karl Koch. Engineer Dave Fridmann spoke about the song's production in 2011: Rivers, he kept telling me this whole time, the whole time we were recording, "I've got this other song but we're just gonna wait 'til the time is right" and, apparently, the right time was 4:00 AM on the last night. He finished the first take and that was the first I'd heard it and I just got on the talkback and said "You sure you wanna say that to people?" and he was like "Yeah, I'm sure." and I'm like "OK, good". I was like, that's amazing, but I can't believe you're being this honest and open and unguarded in life, let alone on a record that's about to go out. "Butterfly" was recorded in two takes. The first take, which featured only Cuomo on guitar, was released in 2010 as part of the Deluxe release of Pinkerton. The second take, which appeared on the album proper, featured Karl Koch on percussion. According to Matt Sharp, Cuomo brought the song to him and asked for his opinion. Even though the recording included only Cuomo and Koch, Sharp still felt it was "essential to be on the record." Previously, the song "Longtime Sunshine" had been considered for the album's closing track. "Butterfly" was sparingly played live with electric guitars in the years following Pinkerton's release. The live recording of "Butterfly" released as a B-side to the retail Beverly Hills singles was recorded at DTE Energy Center in Detroit, Michigan on July 12, 2002 and features the entire band. On Cuomo's live album, Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints, the song was performed with a banjoist. In Weezer's 2009 AOL Sessions, Cuomo performed the song with harpist Allison Allport. Weezer performed the song acoustically in concert, with only Cuomo and Koch, during the Memories Tour beginning in 2010. According to a Alternative Press interview with Matt Sharp in 2006, Cuomo brought the song to Sharp and asked for his opinions. Even though the recording included only Cuomo and Koch, Sharp still felt it was “essential to be on the record.”

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