Weezer - Devotion (Parson Brown)

Art by Darkly_YT on X.com [[https://x.com/darkly_yt/status/2028285499442684415?s=46]] Song by Rivers Cuomo Demo on Weezify From Alone III & IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years ———————————————- INFO: "Devotion" is a song by Weezer. Originally released as a B-side to a various CD single releases of "El Scorcho," it was later released on the Deluxe Edition of Pinkerton. Rivers Cuomo demoed "Devotion" in the garage at 2226 Amherst Ave. An initial demo, later dubbed "proto-devotion," was followed by another demo the same month. The song later resurfaced as a song in contention for the aborted concept album Songs from the Black Hole. When that concept was scrapped in favor of Pinkerton, "Devotion" was ultimately relegated to being a B-side for various retail CD releases of "El Scorcho." "Devotion" is in the key of B♭ major for the majority of the song, but modulates B♭ minor for the guitar solo. It is one of the slowest songs Weezer recorded in the 90s. The last line of the song's first stanza is direct quote from the 1977 song "All American Man," from the album Alive II by KISS. "Devotion" is known to have been performed once in 1997. Rivers Cuomo performed the song with fans at a release party for the album Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo. It would not be performed again until it was played by Weezer at a 2011 concert on the Memories Tour in Japan. It was performed one additional time as a band during a concert on the first Weezer Cruise. Cuomo performed an acoustic solo rendition of the song at a Weezer concert in Maine in 2023. Musician Daniel Brummel (of the band Ozma) covered the song, under the moniker Daniel Brummel and the Contraband, for the tribute album Making Noise: A Tribute to Weezer.