― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 20 June 2003 15:20 (twenty years ago) link
Across the SeaEl ScorchoSusanneMykel and CarliMy Name is JonasThe Good LifeSay It Ain't SoThe World Has Turned...Island in the SunLongtime Sunshine download this. it's a not-officially released song, written right before the blue album was recorded. absolutely gorgeous
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Friday, 20 June 2003 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
except, y'know, good
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 20 June 2003 16:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 20 June 2003 16:32 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 20 June 2003 16:34 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
Yes, Weezer is one hell of a singles band.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
Ok, in brief sketches. Both Pinkerton and Pet Sounds are written from the first person point POV of someone who's making the changeover from adolescence to adulthood, and a little late at that, and both albums are about growing via the pain of romantic relationships. "Why Bother" is a not-too-distant cousin of "Here Today," and "Wouldn't It Be Nice" is not at all far away from "I wish I could get my head out of the sand 'cuz I think we'd make a good team / and you would keep my fingernails clean / but that's just a stupid dream that I won't realize."
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:16 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:18 (twenty years ago) link
also, i dunno what that has to do with pet sounds
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:23 (twenty years ago) link
"pinketron" was a misspelling that became a minor ilm meme for a while, but now apparently has died out, which sadden me (jess in nostalgia shockah)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Friday, 20 June 2003 17:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 20 June 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Friday, 20 June 2003 18:40 (twenty years ago) link
― NA. (Nick A.), Friday, 20 June 2003 18:58 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:02 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:03 (twenty years ago) link
Friends Of P is dandy, but I must admit I prefer "The Love I'm Searching For" and "Waiting" off of the first Rentals album. My pal Theodore Fogelsanger loves the second Rentals album, but I confess only "The Cruise" excited me much on that. My sister saw a Matt Sharp show recently and said it was fun. I'm kinda pissed that evidently Rivers implied Matt Sharp would be let back in the band when Mikey Walsh left, and then got so excited about Scott Shriner that he wouldn't let his second banana back in the group, which SUCKS!
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:03 (twenty years ago) link
There's a GREAT version "Please Let That Be You" at mattsharp.net - it's an older version that is arranged in large part by rivers. i never noticed the song on ROTR; this version though is really nice though.
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:18 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:19 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Saturday, 21 June 2003 00:44 (twenty years ago) link
You know, pretty much the same thing as the last four albums.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 21 June 2003 03:44 (twenty years ago) link
best case scenario: Rivers realized he's basically reading the phone book over the great riffs he writes as often as he farts and has decided to just STOP for a second and rediscover his lyrical muse by rediscovering his best songs.
worst case scenario: he's making a stop-gap album so that the audience doesn't realize he's reading the phone book over great riffs.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 21 June 2003 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
I think his vocal melodies are what carry the band, the actual musical arrangements aren't nearly as exciting to me.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 21 June 2003 17:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 21 June 2003 18:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Applepie Baseball, Saturday, 21 June 2003 19:27 (twenty years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 21 June 2003 20:14 (twenty years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 21 June 2003 20:24 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Saturday, 21 June 2003 22:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Sunday, 22 June 2003 00:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 22 June 2003 21:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 22 June 2003 22:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 22 June 2003 22:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 23 June 2003 17:44 (twenty years ago) link
Only In DreamsUndone (The Sweater Song)GetchooIn The GarageEl ScorchoNo One ElseSurf Wax AmericaSay It Ain't SoPink TriangleTired Of Sex
― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Sunday, 17 April 2005 15:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Is it okay if I think this is a really lame answer?
Let's Sew Our Pants TogetherDevotionAmerican GirlsUndone The Sweater SongNo One ElseNo Other OneThe Good LifeEl ScorchoFalling For YouAcross The Sea
Or if Matt Sharp originals (that were intended for Weezer) are allowed, replaced "American Girls" with "Mrs Jones," that early version of "Please Let That Be You."
― billstevejim, Sunday, 17 April 2005 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link
My mistake, "Mrs Young." !!
― billstevejim, Saturday, 19 April 2008 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link
say it ain't so the world has turned and left me here only in dreams in the garage tired of sex pink triangle devotion suzanne jamie you gave your love to me softly
― 6335, Saturday, 19 April 2008 06:15 (sixteen years ago) link
My new 10...
Undone The Sweater SongSay It Ain't SoI Just Threw Out The Love Of My DreamsSusanneLullaby for WayneThief You've Taken All That Was MeYou Gave Your Love To Me SoftlyNo One ElseEl ScorchoTired Of SexThe Good LifeFalling For You
impossible, so i had to do 12.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 October 2009 07:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Also the demo'd Rentals track "Frisbee Days" receives honorable mention.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 October 2009 07:47 (fourteen years ago) link
no particular order. probably 3 or 4 i had to leave off that wanted on.
My Name Is JonasSay It Ain't So No Other OneNo One ElseJaimeI Just Threw Out the Love of My DreamsThe Good LifeSurf Wax AmericaAcross the SeaOnly In Dreams
― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 26 October 2009 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't Let GoPhotographHash PipeIsland in the SunCrabKnock-down Drag-outSmileSimple PagesGlorious DayO Girlfriend
― alexfromnycderpoolera (kingkongvsgodzilla), Monday, 26 October 2009 12:09 (fourteen years ago) link
(Sorry y'all, it's challoppy, but I believe it's true)
you really think "crab" is better than anything on the first two albums?
― da croupier, Monday, 26 October 2009 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I love Crab. I don't like much on the first two albums. No bullshit.
― alexfromnycderpoolera (kingkongvsgodzilla), Monday, 26 October 2009 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
that new single is really fuckin good
― Nanobots: HOOSTEEND (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 26 October 2009 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
thank you thread for reminding me how great "Jamie" is. Hadn't heard it in probably 10 years and damn... immediate smile on my face. now i gotta hunt down that dgc rarities disc that my old roommate stole.
― Moreno, Monday, 26 October 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
ewwww "Crab" gross
― billstevejim, Monday, 26 October 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
NegativlandWaiting on YouIn the GarageAcross the SeaNo One ElseWhy Bother?Mykel & CarliPink TriangleSusanneYou Gave Your Love to Me Softly
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link
good interview with Rivers today on marc maron
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
Maron ruined it for me. Seemed to be pushing the Rivers is crazy angle pretty hard and in turn Rivers clammed up.
― DavidLeeRoth, Monday, 29 September 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, imo Maron had imagined some kind of weird narrative for Cuomo's life that didn't fit (and was full of things I don't remember ever hearing about). But enh...didn't have a lot invested in this episode anyway.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 29 September 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
Rivers supposedly spent a long time (post Pinkertown) just bouncing a ball against the wall in an apartment where all the walls and windows were painted black. He's also done plenty of weird songwriting experiments over the years, but if that's the angle Maron wanted to go he shouldn't have framed it as "remember when you were insane and did these weird things?"
― DavidLeeRoth, Monday, 29 September 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
as usual he didn't do his research, which i expected, given that i thought it was pretty good. i knew he wasn't going to be asking about songs from the black hole or something
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
a POX for these guys = surprisingly difficult to do
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 12:26 (nine years ago) link
(well maybe not surprisingly. I've always maintained that their eventual singles collection will be their third best album.)
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 12:28 (nine years ago) link
easy.
― how's life, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
oh wait, I forgot this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbKkkG7Q2o
― how's life, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 12:33 (nine years ago) link
i just threw out the love of my dreamsslaveholidayda vincipink triangleonly in dreamsblowin' my stackjamiekeep fishin'smile
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 01:17 (nine years ago) link
decided today that "blowin' my stack" is the best weezer song ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H1Aao1_9gY
This is my pick for the most underrated Weezer song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-jAhAU1eY
― Evan R, Thursday, 12 April 2018 20:24 (six years ago) link