Burndt Jamb
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| Album track by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Maladroit | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2002 | ||||
| Recorded | N/A | ||||
| Length | 2:39 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| RC# | 596 | ||||
| COR# | 277 | ||||
| Producer | Weezer | ||||
| Status | Released | ||||
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"Burndt Jamb" is the seventh track on Maladroit.
Contents
Appearances
- Maladroit (2002)
- Make Believe (live - international bonus track) (2005)
- We Are All on Drugs (UK Retail CD - live) (2005)
Overview
"Burndt Jamb" initially debuted as an instrumental. The earliest version heard by fans was a recording from Monster Island Studios in Washington, D.C., recorded with other songs in hopes of finding a producer for the band's fourth album. The song was played the following month for the show The Evening Session for BBC Radio 1. The song received lyrics during the sessions for Maladroit, with an entirely new set of lyrics eventually appearing on the final album. In a 2002 Rolling Stone article by Jenny Eliscu, Rivers Cuomo alluded to his fascination with a specific goth girl, which may have inspired the "Gothic flavor" lyric:
His newest obsession, he says, is goth. He holds up his hands to show off black fingernail polish, silver rings and leather wrist cuffs. "I never noticed goth before," he says. "But then I got really fascinated with this one girl. A music style just gets wrapped up with the vision of the girl, and it overtakes your consciousness."
A live rendition of the song, recorded on July 26, 2002 at a show in Camden, New Jersey, appeared as a b-side on the UK retail CD of "We Are All on Drugs", and as a bonus track on the international release of Make Believe. When playing the song live in 2018 with Brian Bell singing lead, the band altered the final lyrics of every verse to reference lyrics from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Audio
Maladroit Sessions:
Album version
B-side
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
Lyrics
Gothic flavor
How I miss you
If I only
Once could kiss you
I'd be happy
For one moment
Of my lifetime
I'd be there
And the water
Running over
Me is growing
Ever colder
Make me happy
For one moment
Of my lifetime
I'd be there
Lyrics (Demos)
Now you want me
And you need me
I have got to
Get to leavin'
If you move on
Down that highway
I'll be burning
I'll be there, yeah
Now it's over
We can go home
Just one last verse
And we're all done
Trivia
- It has been noted that the main riff sounds similar to George Benson’s “Breezin”.
