Photograph, Simple Pages, Keep Fishin' are my favorites from the (first?) Weezer comeback era.
― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 13:13 (nine years ago) link
If we're going to talk 'ridiculous Creed CGI videos' there really is only one, the big heavy single from the closest they have to a New Jersey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDP8p7mRcsI
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
Only thing preventing Weathered from being a true New Jersey is the fact that they broke up after the touring cycle and didn't record another album for 7 years.
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Also nobody would remember even the biggest single even if prompted. Might actually be a Fairweather Johnson, I dunno.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
i totally remember what "my sacrifice" and "one last breath" sound like, unfortunately
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah true, I kinda lumped that in with the previous record by mistake! To be fair, Human Clay singles campaign took a smooth handoff from My Own Prison lineup - basically just felt like one continuous three-year period of Creed being a gigantic rock band, and then just...going away.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
Dear God, that "Bullets" video... imagine if the full-length Creed video game had actually seen the light of day.
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, but it still sold 6.5 million, which is a pretty big number and more than half its predecessor. It's hard for me to classify it as a Fairweather Johnson, which sold less than 20% of what Cracked Rear View did.
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
@Doctor Casino that's why I've always liked the N.O.R.E. line about how he's going to "sell more records than Creed." It's such an effective timestamp on "Nothin.'"
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
I enjoy a decent amount of Weezer's post-comeback output (still dig "Hash Pipe" and the Green Album singles), and some of the singles from Maladroit onwards are some of my personal favorites from their whole discography: "Island in the Sun", "Keep Fishin'", "Perfect Situation", "Dreamin'" and "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" (which will turn up in the next #2s poll with the far inferior "Troublemaker")
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
Schism was the first song I learned to play on bass that I was proud of so it has some attachment for me - comparing it to the rest of Tool's output it is pretty weak though. I'll probably vote for one of the Incubus cuts. I really enjoyed some of their early stuff when it came out but haven't thought to pick up their last couple albums.
I still wind up my best friend about him loving The Offspring as much as he did back then. Oh man, looking back so much of that stuff disappoints.
― finn_the_scot, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:54 (nine years ago) link
I'll probably vote for one of the Incubus cuts. I really enjoyed some of their early stuff when it came out but haven't thought to pick up their last couple albums.
i am literally the only person on earth who loves light grenades but yeah, that's a great record
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link
'Stand Inside Your Love' is by miles the best thing on this list, so that.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
voted for "the rock show," a song i can yell from memory, but i was sort of into that "boys of summer" cover as a concurrent teen
― struggle blogger (Andre Gunder Frank 3000), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
xgau on "schism"
Lateralus [Volcano, 2001]What am I supposed to say about the latest in meaning-mongering for the fantasy fiction set? That they are not as good as King Crimson? That I do not like my Billy Cobham comp even less? That this is not progress? That I am not a virgin? All of the above. Plus I never liked Crimson much to begin with. C
― struggle blogger (Andre Gunder Frank 3000), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
what am i supposed to say about the latest black flag sticker on a cadillac
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, June 3, 2014 1:56 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"Anna Molly" and "Dig" were great singles, if either comes up in any of these polls it's getting my vote. never listened to the album a lot but it seemed as good as any Incubus record.
― take a load off, Whiney, and and aaaand you put the load right on me (some dude), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
I still wind up my best friend about him loving The Offspring as much as he did back then.
I'll bet this really hurts his self esteem
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
idk why some people got so exercised by the black flag lyric, it probably annoyed don henley and that's good enough for me
― struggle blogger (Andre Gunder Frank 3000), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:31 (nine years ago) link
i think it's hilarious
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
favorite incubus deep cut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZws22lhe24
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
I was singing "Black Flag sticker" for years before that cover xp
don't know/have forgotten all these others
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
don't think I'm familiar with a single one of these songs
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
Me neither.
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
i am literally the only person on earth who loves light grenades but yeah, that's a great record― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, June 3, 2014 1:56 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"Anna Molly" and "Dig" were great singles, if either comes up in any of these polls it's getting my vote. never listened to the album a lot but it seemed as good as any Incubus record.
Also, "Oil & Water" and "Diamonds & Coal." Incubus gets elemental.
― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
Oh man Blink is going to get hurt so bad due to vote splittingBy the way the correct answer is ROCK SHOW as I determined from listening to all four of these entries back to back on Youtube
― ascai, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
I think I would rank the five Blink #2s (including the one from previous poll) as:
1. What's my age again?2. Feeling this3. Adam's song4. Man overboard5. The rock show
― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 13:35 (nine years ago) link
"What's My Age Again?" > "Feeling This"/"The Rock Show" > "Man Overboard"/"Adam's Song"
Too difficult for me to give each song an individual ranking, and if one were to throw in "Stay Together for the Kids" with them that would be even tougher
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 5 June 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 6 June 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Oh well, at least it wasn't a Blink-182 track.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Friday, 6 June 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link
Expected "Sweetness" to win, but the turnout for "With Arms Wide Open" actually surprises me more than "Schism" getting the most votes.
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Friday, 6 June 2014 03:53 (nine years ago) link
it probably annoyed don henley and that's good enough for me
In related news:Don Henley Claims 'Arrogant' Frank Ocean, Okkervil River Stole Songs
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Friday, 6 June 2014 03:56 (nine years ago) link
Really good showing, although I haven't heard that Pumpkins track.
― how's life, Friday, 6 June 2014 08:04 (nine years ago) link