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The next day Aliss and I said goodbye to each other as the King Size crew returned to L.A. She gave me a tape of a Guatemalan band named Garibaldi which I took with me and listened to a few times, thinking back wistfully on my Latin girlfriend. I recognized that the heartache I felt apart from Aliss was another good subject for a song. Specifically, I wanted to capture my pessimistic belief that the love I seek in relationships will always break my heart because all relationships must come to an end. I used a metaphor to stand in for my romantic longing: a thirsty gringo traveling south of the border, made sick by the water he so desperately seeks. The song was called '''"The Purification of Water" (Track 3)'''|''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]}} | The next day Aliss and I said goodbye to each other as the King Size crew returned to L.A. She gave me a tape of a Guatemalan band named Garibaldi which I took with me and listened to a few times, thinking back wistfully on my Latin girlfriend. I recognized that the heartache I felt apart from Aliss was another good subject for a song. Specifically, I wanted to capture my pessimistic belief that the love I seek in relationships will always break my heart because all relationships must come to an end. I used a metaphor to stand in for my romantic longing: a thirsty gringo traveling south of the border, made sick by the water he so desperately seeks. The song was called '''"The Purification of Water" (Track 3)'''|''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]}} | ||
"The Purification of Water" is first known to have been recorded in the summer of [[1992]]. This early version of the song was first heard by fans in [[2020]] when it was leaked through the [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], before being made available for purchase thereafter as part of the compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''. A second version of the song, recorded by Cuomo in July of [[1993]] and the first to be heard by fans, was initially uploaded online by Cuomo in the early 2000s. A higher-quality version of this recording was released in [[2008]] as part of the album ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. | "The Purification of Water" is first known to have been recorded in the summer of [[1992]]. This early version of the song was first heard by fans in [[2020]] when it was leaked through the [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], before being made available for purchase thereafter as part of the compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''. A second version of the song, recorded by Cuomo in July of [[1993]] and the first to be heard by fans, was initially uploaded online by Cuomo in the early 2000s. A higher-quality version of this recording was released in [[2008]] as part of the album ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals, percussion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboard | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals, percussion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboard | ||
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The world is blind though it shines | The world is blind though it shines | ||
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==Known recordings== | |||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Purification of Water|02 The Purification of Water.MP3|Summer [[1992]]|[[Amherst House|2226 Amherst Avenue]]|2:53|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Purification of Water||July [[1993]]||3:55|''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]|}} | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||