what the hell happened to weezer?

[nageov3t]

pinkerton is one of my favorite albums of all time, and I even kinda dug a couple tracks off the green album and maladroit, but wtf @ their new song.

http://perezhilton.com/2008-05-14-new-weezer

it's painful to listen to, I can't believe it's the same band that churned out The Good Life.

 

[EvilYoda]

The excessive proliferation of Rivers' writing and his single-minded hold on the direction of the band.

I <3 Weezer...one of the best concerts I've ever seen was the double bill with Weezer and Foo Fighters. damn was I tired after that.

 

[sjwaste]

They've sucked since the green album.

/thread

 

[Gothgar]

It that for real?

 

[OdiN]

I dunno...you remember him too?

Last Visited On: 10/31/2001 2:42:04 AM

Has been a long time....left on Halloween...how creepy.

 

[Megatomic]

I don't really like the new song either and I am a fan of Weezer. The Blue and Green albums are great, maybe they'll go back to their roots after this album flops.

 

[anxi80]

cant check the link right now but is it 'pork and beans'? because if it is i actually like the song, and agree with a lot of other fans in that its similiar to 'el scorcho' and is a step towards going back to the way they sounded their first couple of albums. also the story behind the song is interesting also:

This was written by Cuomo as a reaction to a meeting with Geffen where the band was told it needed to record more-commercial material. Cuomo remarked, "I came out of it pretty angry. But ironically, it inspired me to write another song."

wiki link


if the song listed in the op isnt 'pork and beans', then ignore this post.


edit: alright i listened and wtf was that?!? hmmm, guess the lead single may just be a fluke...

 

[BudAshes]

Weezer suffers from being severely overrated.

 

[Chiropteran]

I like this new song, reminds me of Queen. I think it's Weezer's Bohemian Rhapsody.

 

[BudAshes]

That is an extremely gay website btw.

 

[masterxfob]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
I like this new song, reminds me of Queen. I think it's Weezer's Bohemian Rhapsody.

i love queen, and i like weezer, but that song sucks monkey balls.

 

[PingSpike]

I almost think I only liked the green album because it had been so long since they put anything out that I really wanted to like the green album.

 

[PClark99]

I stumbled on this thread while I just happened to be listening to Maladroit.

Good stuff.

 

[TwiceOver]

No idea, but hopefully it included explosives and flying body parts.

 

[Justin218]

I like their new song.

 

[imported_Devine]

It wasnt too bad but I didnt really care for it.

 

[coldmeat]

Wow that song sucks real bad, and usually I like weezer.

 

[clamum]

Ehhhhh. I almost pooped my pants after listening to it for a minute cause I was entranced by it's shittiness. And that's coming from someone who loves Weezer. The last half of the song wasn't too bad but fuck, Rivers, WHY!?

 

[theshad]

I actually liked it.

 

[Random Variable]

it's not THAT bad

 

[BudAshes]

It reminds me of "pretty fly for a white guy" by offspring, that is bad.

 

[thirtythree]

Heh heh



"If you don't like it, you can shove it.
But you don't like it, you love it."

Pwnd.

 

[iamwiz82]

I like the song. I think that the message goes back to their roots.

 

[clamum]

I wish they'd write more songs like My Name is Jonas, No One Else, Tired of Sex, Only in Dreams, Island in the Sun, etc... that's some good shit. A lot of their b-sides and rare songs are good too. Mykel and Carli, You Gave Your Love to Me Softly = win.

 

[SP33Demon]

erratically craptastic. :thumbsdown: