Weezer -- Classic or Dud?

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.

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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

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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

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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

their xmas album was so lazy it was almost genius

lol guys that song is like one itty bitty notch below Pinkerton level. if u think Pinkerton sucks, that's fine, but still

it sounds like Green Day

i have no idea what song y'all are hearing

the shitty one

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

― frogbs, Friday, 15 January 2016 18:20 (58 minutes ago) Permalink

idk, their commercial appeal looks pretty dinged to me, even with consistent top 5 debuts. Every album for the past decade has sold worse than the one before it, beyond what you'd expect even if you take into account the impact of unauthorized downloads and streaming.

I do agree that it's surprising that the outraged backlash hype cycle was able to last a full decade (or more)

that's what they get for making sub-Good Charlotte crap

yeah, they totally deserve it, no argument there!

why are they doing a white album? will it include their revolution 9?

Brilliant band. Each record post-Make Believe has had at least a couple great songs on it. i.e. "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" from Raditude. Red Album was remarkably consistent.

I disagree, but I thought their last one had 2 or 3 that were a lot less embarrassing than usual.

i feel like sliting their throats.

idk, their commercial appeal looks pretty dinged to me, even with consistent top 5 debuts. Every album for the past decade has sold worse than the one before it, beyond what you'd expect even if you take into account the impact of unauthorized downloads and streaming.

― intheblanks, Friday, January 15, 2016 2:25 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also "Thank God For Girls" (which i thought was one of their better recent singles!) didn't even make the top 10 of the Alternative chart, which is usually incredibly easy for a lead single from a big '90s band.

Shakey OTM ITT.

I'm usually fine with dismissing artists' personal failings if the work is good enough, but a) Weezer's work isn't good enough and b) Rivers is totally loathsome

http://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Interview_between_Rivers_Cuomo_and_Joe_Matt

"There was this one time in Japan that was really emotional for me because this is when I was first starting to figure all this stuff out about being really aggressive. I'd been in Japan for a week and every night there were ten or fifteen girls in my room and nothing happened because I wasn't confident enough to say "Let's have sex or get out of the room." So finally, at the end of my stay there I said, "Whoever wants to stay in the room has to take their clothes off and get on the bed."and most of them left but four of them stayed. It was a very difficult step for me to take but I hadto take it. It was the truth about what I wanted."

jfc

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