A Glorious Moment

"A Glorious Moment"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
from the album Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
Released	December 12, 2011
Recorded	April 15, 1995
Length	1:04
Label	Self-released
Status	officially released
Professional reviews
Teenage Victory Songs (Positive)
Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 track listing
26 tracks "I'm So Lonely" "Getchoo" "Lisa" "Negativland" "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" "When You're Alone" "Susanne" "There Is No Other One" "Let Me Wash at Your Sink" "Waiting on You" "Oh No, This Is Not for Me" "Tired of Sex" "She's Had a Girl" "What Is This I Find?" "Now I Finally See" "Longtime Sunshine" "I'm Lonely on a Saturday Night" "Oh God I'm Hungry" "I'm on Fire, You're a Liar" "The End of My String" "I Can't Break Your Heart Slow" "Money Makes Me Happy" "My Mind's on You" "Defeat on the Hill" "Clarinet Waltz" "A Glorious Moment"

"A Glorious Moment" is the twenty-sixth and final track from Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997.

Appearances

• Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 (2011)
• Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020)

Overview

"A Glorious Moment" is a spoken word recording from April 15, 1995, the day after Rivers' leg surgery to correct a congenital leg-length discrepancy, which is largely documented in The Pinkerton Diaries and helped influence some of the content from Pinkerton. A track listed as "1995-04-15 RC After Operation" in The 4 and 5 star demos of Rivers Cuomo likely refers to this recording.

Transcription

"It's 5:30 on... the 15th... the day after my operation. Um... I'm, eating saltines, drinking juice. I actually peed... for the first time... on my own. It was... a glorious moment. It was truly glorious. Now I'm going to try to... set up some music to listen to. Goodbye."

Known recordings

about this table

Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	A Glorious Moment	26 A Glorious Moment.mp3	April 15, 1995		1:04	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
Rivers Cuomo	A Glorious Moment	A Glorious Moment.mp3	April 15, 1995		1:02	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Same recording 26 A Glorious Moment.mp3

See also

• List of Rivers Cuomo songs