NancyJohnson Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I've been following this band since Blue...20 years of just buying CDs and reissues, Miles Cuomo solo efforts, official bootlegs and video and you know, it's taken until this afternoon for me to actually realise that I don't really like them that much, if at all. Well, maybe a few songs, but then I could say that about Dream Theater. Oh, I've tried, don't get me wrong; I'm sure there's an [i]all killer, no filla[/i] greatest hits playlist to be had from what they've released to date (including the new one), but they leave me stone cold. For the last hour or so, I've just kept asking myself 'Why?' and 'Why did I persist for so long?' Bleurgh. Message ends. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 You must have liked them earlier on else why did you buy their albums in the first place? Our tastes change as we get older. I doubt I'd want to spend much time listening to Slade these days but their singles were about the first records I ever bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Ooh eee ooh I look just like Buddy Holly...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 What - dead ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I really liked (and still like) their debut album, but I never liked Pinkerton, and after that they were rich and irrelevant, sadly. That debut album is still quality though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 I liked Buddy Holly, but come on, who wouldn't like it? The singles have, by and large, been ok, it's just everything else! There's so much fill on all the albums. It doesn't help either when the artist disowns some of their output. In a recent interview for Alternative Press, they pretty much said that the last three or four albums were awful. Well I'm sorry, a lot of people bought those (me!). If they're crap, you should know it at the time and don't release them. Anyhow, that's me done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Debut album for me only too! Great drummer and bvs, plus the first time I heard them was one of the first times I was out and about driving by myself in my mums Renault 5. Ended up doing about 15 mph so I could hear all of undone the sweater song being played by mark Radcliffe. Happydaze 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Debut album for me only too! Great drummer and bvs, plus the first time I heard them was one of the first times I was out and about driving by myself in my mums Renault 5. Ended up doing about 15 mph so I could hear all of undone the sweater song being played by mark Radcliffe. Happydaze 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Bassman Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Used to do Hash Pipe way back when, which I still quite like, otherwise they've pretty much passed me by without leave much of an impression.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Pinkerton is my favourite Weezer album, and the blue album is a close second. Have sung along to the blue album with friends like an idiot and spoken of forming a band for the purpose of covering the entire blue album. Newer stuff seems to have passed me by though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Love Pinkerton, love Blue. Enjoyed Green at the time as a pop album but it was the start of their decline... Maldroit I think was a bit of a return to form and after that they totally jumped the shark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subbeh Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Think Hurley was the only album where I couldn't find anything to like. I love a lot of their stuff but the percentage of filler per album has really been creeping up. Saw them live at Leeds a few years ago and they were so much fun, playing the hits and looking like they were genuinely having a great time doing it, some fun covers and Rivers legging it through the crowd and climbing over a fence, I've rarely seen a band enjoying themselves so much. Was a refreshing change from some bands [size=4]I've seen who almost seem to resent the songs that got the where they are. [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) The Blue Album has got to be one of my top ten albums of all time, everything that came after I found to be very bland. Geek rock by numbers. Edited October 12, 2014 by 40hz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky2 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Blue. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Say It Aint So My Name is Jonas Buddy Holly C'mon, gotta love some of their stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interpol52 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 The blue and green albums were great, Pinkerton is one of my favourite records of all time. Maladroit was the beginning of the end for me and I always felt like they changed from that point on. Then that song Beverley Hills totally killed it for me. It seemed like a novelty song in the same way as Pretty Fly for a White Guy was for The Offspring. Still like the first 3 records though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrismanbass Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZZzqH75NF0[/media] but lets face it the drummer is a dude edit. for anyone who hasn't seen this footage someone in the audience throws a frisbee on stage and he catches it mid song Edited October 13, 2014 by Chrismanbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 1st album brilliant. A couples singles were great too. Love pork and beans. I played that, has pipe and buddy holly live a few times. Bought the album with the green cover in a hmv sale. Poor. As a few people above mentioned; they became a bit of a cliche somewhat. I like the new single tho' . Never seen them live, so don't know if I missed out .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1413118124' post='2575018'] Have sung along to the blue album with friends like an idiot and spoken of forming a band for the purpose of covering the entire blue album.[/quote] I follow one of the guys that runs Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar in Seattle on Instagram and they've done just that. They've even replicated all the band's original gear; Rivers' custom Strat, Matt's parts Jazz, Brian's Gibson Melody Maker SG, the level of details they've gone to is crazy. Simultaneously the nerdiest and coolest thing I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG3 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) I like quite a few of Weezer songs, mostly from the Blue album. Keep Fishing(radio version) off Maladroit has a really good bassline, the reason I've said (rv) is seemingly the other version doesn't have as detailed bassline. I don't know what happened with Beverley Hills not my thing really. You Gave Your Love To Me Softly off Pinkerton is a favourite of mine, alongside Buddy Holly and Say It Ain't So both off the Blue Album Forgot to add that my brother saw Weezer sometime last year, it was in the car park of his local shopping centre/mall and he said they were pretty loose and didn't sound particularly great so he said he was a bit disappointed with them. I've not seen them live so I can't comment but from watching them play on various tv programmes in the US they seem good, maybe they were just having an off day when my brother saw them Edited October 13, 2014 by Mark_88MPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassjon Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hmm, Nancy Johnson you can't be that big of a fan....the singer is called Rivers Cuomo, not Miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 First album ( lovely vintage orange bass)..... After that it was all a bit pap ( for me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) Something that I might be the only person to notice and maybe I am imagining it, but the blue album was produced by Ric Ocasek (The Cars) and at the end of Only In Dreams before the guitar solo Cuomo sings 'Only in dreee-he-heee-he-heee-he-heeeams' (about the 4m mark if you want to Youtube it), which reminded me a lot of Ocasek's 'Girl uh-hurl uh-hurl' (around 3m) on The Cars' 'Best Friend's Girl'. Either The Cars were a big influence on Cuomo for Ocasek to end up producing their debut album, or Cuomo was poking fun at his vocal style on that tune. I always thought he was aping him though. Edited October 13, 2014 by thisnameistaken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 [quote name='Bassjon' timestamp='1413217999' post='2575973'] Hmm, Nancy Johnson you can't be that big of a fan....the singer is called Rivers Cuomo, not Miles! [/quote] Do you know that's not the first time I've done that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassjon Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 The Blue Album is my top 10 of all time. Apparently the new album is supposed to be great aswell so I might take a look at that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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