Weezer -- Classic or Dud?

hell i love "pork and beans" so with ric behind the deck i'll definitely give it a shot

that song reminded me it was guitars not rivers' neurotic journeys that got me into weezer in the first place

oh well then this record is for you

lot of shredding plus the guitar tones are gorgeous

Da Vinci is kind of Pork & Beans II, but muuuch better

and I liked Pork & Beans

lot of shredding plus the guitar tones are gorgeous

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, September 26, 2014 6:33 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ why I fell in love with the blue album, getting a little excited

oh yeah that's exactly right

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I heard the clip for 'Go Away' with Bethany from Best Coast - out of context it sounded like standard recent naff Weezer fare, but turns out it's amazing in full. Just about cried when the bridge kicked in

don't mean to get your hopes up, it's not all rainbows of guitar, it's still a little calcified-sounding (which imo is essentially the problem they've had since the green album, maladroit sort of excepted)

but idk it's also great

well okay the other problem they've had since the green album is the amount of garbage they've put out

I have a friend he is an earthworm

Plenty of Blue Album style guitar that I'm enjoying. Tracks three through eight really have the magic and the rest of the tunes are okay. They were really close to a third classic record.

on first listen i am underwhelmed

not big fan of back to the shack but goddamn that song gets in my head

yeah i don't take it as a good sign that i can't remember any of the inoffensive songs as easily as offensive ones like that or raditude's "i'm your daddy"

also did hurley not have as much guitar or something? admittedly i can't actually remember if i listened to hurley but if you told me the new album was what hurley sounded like i'd believe you

still really enjoy this record, and it caused me to make a coherent playlist of uh "bad" weezer http://open.spotify.com/user/unbornwhiskey/playlist/4J6PHHzS0CJ7oltUauerBy

one of the cool things about making that playlist was realizing that hurley is half good but in a way that no other weezer record is. "trainwrecks" and "run away" especially sound like a different band.

man you know if you would have told me in 1994 that the three most enduring bands of alt rock would be weezer, foo fighters, and green day

It had guitar, but no Blue Album tone, wild solos, or feedback as far as I can remember. It's not a bad record at all I think Raditude just scared most folks away from ever hearing it.

Oh, fuckin' no kidding. Add the Flaming Lips to that though.

xp

also i think i said this in the weezer pox thread but death to false metal contains what i've discovered is my favorite ever weezer song, "blowin' my stack," which is a make believe cast-off iirc

Also those guys that did that "I'm a Creep" song.

I'm liking the new album - not sure about the 3 part ending song - I was expecting a Beach Boys style California Trilogy.

The new album is whupping mules' behinds with belts

Love the new record. I was pretty accepting of the various post-green offerings. So, now that they're somewhat back to their old sound with great songs, it's easy to like. Da Vinci, Lonely Girl and the trilogy are the best parts. Generally nothing vomit worthy, like a vast majority of make believe and red. I personally enjoy Raditude and Hurley. Some of their best pop offerings come from those two albums. Sure they were silly, but Rivers always had good songs, even if the production was not what weezer nostalgists demanded. I prefer to see a band grow and evolve, instead of putting out the same album over and over. Obviously this formula world for AC/DC, but AC/DC is for meatheads, for the post part.

The new record is fucking fantastic, minor quibbles aside. My favorite part about this is that Rivers' embarrassing lyrics are back to being charmingly idiotic instead of just plain stupid. No matter what he will actually cop to, he's been trying to recapture the mid-90s magic since 2001, this is the first time he's actually done so.

So ... I am absolutely shocked at how much I love this new album.

Minor quibbles, yes. Some dumb lyrics, yes. I would probably cut "Da Vinci" if I could.

But it sounds like the Weezer I love again.

For the record: I draw my line *after* the green album, not before. And I rate the blue album over Pinkerton, the former being one of my desert island discs, probably.

Actually I take it back, relistening to "Da Vinci" and I don't want to cut it. Lyrics are terrible, but the crunch of the chorus is too good and redeems them.

I promise Weezer if Ric Ocasek is the only man allowed to produce their future albums, I'll buy anything they put out.

oh shit, did he do this one? first since blue? i totally missed this nugget

No take backs, Rivers. All those silly, shitty records in a row mean I'm not listening anymore. Fool me once ...

Xpost Ric did green album too.

I suppose a few of these songs are as good as 1998-2002 Mikey Welsh era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Wu6lI-42w

p good

Is it weed or does Island in The Sun remind anyone else of Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday?

i'm unsuccessfully trying to ID which '80s toy commercial rivers is ripping off with the vocal melody at the end of the chorus.

or possibly some song from a rankin-bass holiday special

No-ones even posted Thank God For Girls yet, hmmm.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4wjekuKn-4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJMruBJfhNM

i like both of the new songs for some reason

zZzZzZz...

add it to the suck pile.

so omfg the next album is the white album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGyBIQjU2Lk

hot take: all of the new songs are good

bretty gud

that fucking blows and sucks

what the hell, weezer?

that Weezer continues to be a viable enterprise in the music industry is sad and gross

yeah I'm amazing that the "holy shit the new Weezer album is horrible" cycle that comes around every two years hasn't dinged their commercial appeal at all, I can't think of another band quite like 'em