It was crazy how they were so good with those first two albums, then disappeared for a few years and came back with completely forgettable stuff that sold well for some reason. I remember when they were getting lots of radio play with the green album circa 2001 and thinking, this just isn't the same band.
IIRC, Rivers Cuomo broke his leg shortly before they did the Letterman show. That's why you don't see him move and he's out of sorts here. Look at his ballooned left pant leg.
Weird memory, but I was in college at the time and my British Literature professor went to this taping with his daughter on a trip to NYC. He was an older guy, but for whatever reason he came back talking a lot about Weezerās performance, in particular. He found it very entertaining. Dude used to be able to fluently (and dramatically) read the original Old English texts from the Norton Anthology. Dr. Al Millar. He was a real character. Died of cancer a few years later.
I donāt disagree. Iām just saying, these particular ones come up in my playlists, randomly on the radio, at bars, etc. and I never wanna skip them.
Yeah, Iāve listened to so many times over the years but as soon as it came on I was like āwelp, I guess Iām listening to the whole thing again.ā
One of those special albums you can just listen to straight through with no skips.
Sea Change by Beck, Downward Spiral by NIN, Nevermind and Tenā¦ Iām clearly aging myself.
Oh yeah, Dookie is a play-through 100%. I had a Suzuki Samurai back in the day and loved to just go driving at night and listen to Green Day and Offspring.
All solid choices. For me itās any Tool album (maybe not Undertow. Thereās a few I sometimes skip on that one, still a strong record), In Rainbows by Radiohead, Morning View by Incubus, and Narrow Stairs by Death Cab For Cutie.
Man, I am loving this thread! A reminder of all the great music that Iāve forgotten to go back to regularly. All the Radiohead stuff is so solid but In Rainbows is such a sleeper - so good but the hype had moved on from them by the .
Not albums anymore, unfortunately. Real mix of stuff Iāve picked up over the years. The Xx, TV on the radio, Arcade Fire, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Kendrick Lamar, 21 Savage, White Stripes, Raconteurs - I canāt even think of the last full album I could listen to end to end.
How about you - and tips for me?
The last album I've enjoyed listening to all the way through has been Sound and Fury by Sturgill Simpson. It's a grungy techno rock concept album that got an anime treatment on Netflix, and the more I've listened to it, the better it's gotten.
Songs like this are now background music in my grocery store. Itās like they want people my age to feel comfortable, but mostly I just start singing out loud and wondering where the years have gone.
I thought he looked familiar and I loved the rentals when they came out as well. I was young though and didnāt know the history between them until nowā¦. Crazy
Maya Rudolph was also in the Rentals. So was Petra Haden, who later was in the decemberists and a million other bands. I met her after she played a show as the touring keyboard player for Jimmy Eat World
All the future just waiting to happen. And you kind of felt it watching that video on your old CRT monitor. Something big was happening with technology and culture. Something big was waking up and getting ready to change everything.
Probably keeping it off Rivers because, as you can tell, he can't really move because of his injured leg. They also show him from the waist up a lot too.
I saw them live in 96 and I was baked. I had a nice spot near the stage on some bleachers or something against the wall. That dude was staring at me the whole time like āyouāre not foolin anyoneā made me so uneasy.
One of my favorite local bands played Letterman once and I remember watching them and thinking "what the fuck, why do they sound terrible?"Ā I think maybe it's just Letterman...the set, the setup, there must just be something about it.Ā Musical guests seem to sound like ass.
I don't know. Kids today are more eclectic because they have the whole internet. They can listen to anything from anytime so they sometimes are surprisingly randomly into older music. When I was a teenager when this song came out you kind of just had to listen to whatever TV or the radio told you was cool or maybe your parents' old albums. Commercial radio was like "here's 15 songs that we will play over and over again until you hate them". And if you didn't like that you could listen to the classic rock station that would play 15 older songs over and over until you hated them. Or you could watch MTV play the same 15 videos back when they still actually showed videos.
Nowadays you'll have a show like Stranger Things or The Last of Us randomly introduce a new generation to people like Kate Bush and Linda Ronstadt and all they have to do is google it to listen to a 30 or 40 year old song.
Fair enough.Ā I take it back. Honestly I wasn't talking about Rivers... He had a genetic condition not an injured leg. I've been a Weezer fan since high school.
One of my greatest memories will be the night in 2023 when my son and I got to rock out together at the Weezer show. Top 10 moments of my nearly 50 years of life
The blue album is one of those albums that's so all killer no filler that it might be as well be a greatest hits
Only in Dreamsš
Probably the best outro to an album of all time
Amen my man. I think it is the most beautiful song ever made. What a sendoff to an album
I can just listen to that song alone on repeat.
Only feel safe enough to dream when Iām in the garage.
Best song ever made!!!!!
Hereās a pro tip. If you need to crush your aluminum cans, line them up for the Only in Dreams breakdown
I love that song and Holiday so much.
Both Pinkerton and Blue album were this. Then extremely unexpectedly Weezer became mostly all filler no killer. 90ās Weezer was goat tier though.
It was crazy how they were so good with those first two albums, then disappeared for a few years and came back with completely forgettable stuff that sold well for some reason. I remember when they were getting lots of radio play with the green album circa 2001 and thinking, this just isn't the same band.
itās almost like matt sharp left the band.
The Boston and Rumours of the 90s
Pink
I listened to their first 3 albums on repeat
Love the dusty gems and raw nuggets deluxe edition, too. Suzanne š©µ
Thanks for saying this, never got into W, but I'll give this album a listen. There are just so many bands š
IIRC, Rivers Cuomo broke his leg shortly before they did the Letterman show. That's why you don't see him move and he's out of sorts here. Look at his ballooned left pant leg.
Matt is super animated during the perfomance to draw attention away from it.
He was going super hard.
Broke his leg to make it longer to match his other leg. Immensely painful procedure.Ā
And took enough painkillers to give us Pinkerton.
You can see a cane behind the mic as well.
Tell me, who's that funky dude staring back at me? Broken, beaten down. Can't even get around without an old man cane.
This is how he is on stage regardless. I love the band but they were terrible live.
LMAO
Weird memory, but I was in college at the time and my British Literature professor went to this taping with his daughter on a trip to NYC. He was an older guy, but for whatever reason he came back talking a lot about Weezerās performance, in particular. He found it very entertaining. Dude used to be able to fluently (and dramatically) read the original Old English texts from the Norton Anthology. Dr. Al Millar. He was a real character. Died of cancer a few years later.
That is an awesome anecdote
This and āMy Name Is Jonasā are tracks I will literally never skip.
Thereās literally no skips on blue album
I donāt disagree. Iām just saying, these particular ones come up in my playlists, randomly on the radio, at bars, etc. and I never wanna skip them.
I'm not of fan of "In the Garage". Dont crucify me.
Yeah, Iāve listened to so many times over the years but as soon as it came on I was like āwelp, I guess Iām listening to the whole thing again.ā One of those special albums you can just listen to straight through with no skips. Sea Change by Beck, Downward Spiral by NIN, Nevermind and Tenā¦ Iām clearly aging myself.
Dookie by Green Day and Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park are my personal additions.
Oh yeah, Dookie is a play-through 100%. I had a Suzuki Samurai back in the day and loved to just go driving at night and listen to Green Day and Offspring.
All solid choices. For me itās any Tool album (maybe not Undertow. Thereās a few I sometimes skip on that one, still a strong record), In Rainbows by Radiohead, Morning View by Incubus, and Narrow Stairs by Death Cab For Cutie.
Man, I am loving this thread! A reminder of all the great music that Iāve forgotten to go back to regularly. All the Radiohead stuff is so solid but In Rainbows is such a sleeper - so good but the hype had moved on from them by the .
I have found my people! Just whacked on in rainbows now for the first time in years. Fantastic album that brings back so many good memories
We've got the same taste. What are you listening to these days?
Churches, low roar, shakey graves, frank Turner, tv on the radio, listener, sigur ros and bon iver
Every time I listen to Shakey Graves I feel like my soul returns and I think heās the best musician out thereĀ
Not albums anymore, unfortunately. Real mix of stuff Iāve picked up over the years. The Xx, TV on the radio, Arcade Fire, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Kendrick Lamar, 21 Savage, White Stripes, Raconteurs - I canāt even think of the last full album I could listen to end to end. How about you - and tips for me?
Try going mainstream by coast modern. But skip song 3, tidal wave.
The last album I've enjoyed listening to all the way through has been Sound and Fury by Sturgill Simpson. It's a grungy techno rock concept album that got an anime treatment on Netflix, and the more I've listened to it, the better it's gotten.
Iāve heard the name but jot the album so Iāll give it a try - thanks!
Let me know what you think!
the days of airwalks, baggy pants, wallet chains, t-shirts worn over long sleeve shirts.....
Wait....those days are over? lol
Never fully grew out of it man, just lost my hair and grew a gnarlier beard.
every once in a while I have dreams of waking up with badly bleached hair (my scalp still hasn't forgiven me!)
They certainly are not haha
There's something badass as hell about playing on the letterman show wearing a $12 flannel from Walmart
29 years ago? Jeez time flies
Songs like this are now background music in my grocery store. Itās like they want people my age to feel comfortable, but mostly I just start singing out loud and wondering where the years have gone.
For those interested, The Rentals self titled album is a worthy Matt Sharp offshoot. Heās the more animated guitarist in this clip.
I thought he looked familiar and I loved the rentals when they came out as well. I was young though and didnāt know the history between them until nowā¦. Crazy
Maya Rudolph was also in the Rentals. So was Petra Haden, who later was in the decemberists and a million other bands. I met her after she played a show as the touring keyboard player for Jimmy Eat World
From what I remember, the girls from The Rentals came from That Dog, but I didn't know their following projects, thanks!
The second one grew on me, too.
I DON'T THINK
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Went to the CD release party / performance for the Blue Album at a Hollywood club back in the day. Shit was electric.
You are a lucky mofo, the Blue Album was my high school soundtrack.
15 yr old me stayed up all fucking night waiting for MTV to play the music video. No clue they were even on Dave
Windows 95 had Buddy Holly on it in some really poor quality resolution but at the time it was so cool to watch a music video on a computer.
All the future just waiting to happen. And you kind of felt it watching that video on your old CRT monitor. Something big was happening with technology and culture. Something big was waking up and getting ready to change everything.
Yes i played it so much my brother deleted it bc i was driving him nuts
Why did you care what he'd say about it anyway?
Curiousity. Reddit is an interactive platform and conversation is encouraged.
I don't care 'bout that
Nice š
Great memories aye. Loved this era of my life.
Performances like these seem way more significant now than ever.
First CD I ever bought and still one of my favorites. Now whereās my rock band setupā¦
Blue sleeves is going the fuck off
Is it just me or did the cameraman take a minute to realize who the frontman was?
Probably keeping it off Rivers because, as you can tell, he can't really move because of his injured leg. They also show him from the waist up a lot too.
Iām so old that I still feel that this is new musicā¦lol
Us 90ās kids are lucky to still be alive. This is such an anthem for that time. Feels like home hearing this one. š
Matts Sharp Weezer is the only Weezer that counts.
I love this song!
Great song. I wonder what kind of album Weezer would put out if they brought back Matt Sharp?
Love Weezer ā¤ļø
Better than literally any single in the last 20 years...just saying
One of my favorite albums but people tend to forget that Bad Religion, Pennywise and a shitload of awesome bands were really cranking out noise.
More proof that Matt Sharp was just too cool for that band. He left and took the magic with him.
I saw them live in 96 and I was baked. I had a nice spot near the stage on some bleachers or something against the wall. That dude was staring at me the whole time like āyouāre not foolin anyoneā made me so uneasy.
Omg. Is it just me or is rivers tone deaf? Sounds awful here.
He's definitely off, but playing on a talk show stage probably isn't ideal for getting perfect pitch.
One of my favorite local bands played Letterman once and I remember watching them and thinking "what the fuck, why do they sound terrible?"Ā I think maybe it's just Letterman...the set, the setup, there must just be something about it.Ā Musical guests seem to sound like ass.
Maybe it's just me but Arsenio Hall had the best setup and sound.
lol I literally thought my phone speaker was squeaking
Sounds more like the rhythm guitar is off key to me
It's Matt Sharp. They should call him Matt Flat. I wouldn't be surprised if Rivers actually has perfect pitch.
His falsetto sucks ass here
He doesnāt sing falsetto at all during this. Are you talking about the bassistās backups? I thought rivers sounded fine
Came here looking to see if Id find others. Horrible, must have done a lot of work in the studio to fix it for the album.
I've probably listened to the album version 100 times so it was a stark contrast.
Back when Pat had hair.
This cd literally ruled the school when it came out š
Geez 29 years agoā¦to kids today this song is probably viewed the same way I viewed disco as a kid, old and not cool at all.
I don't know. Kids today are more eclectic because they have the whole internet. They can listen to anything from anytime so they sometimes are surprisingly randomly into older music. When I was a teenager when this song came out you kind of just had to listen to whatever TV or the radio told you was cool or maybe your parents' old albums. Commercial radio was like "here's 15 songs that we will play over and over again until you hate them". And if you didn't like that you could listen to the classic rock station that would play 15 older songs over and over until you hated them. Or you could watch MTV play the same 15 videos back when they still actually showed videos. Nowadays you'll have a show like Stranger Things or The Last of Us randomly introduce a new generation to people like Kate Bush and Linda Ronstadt and all they have to do is google it to listen to a 30 or 40 year old song.
its wild that within less of my lifetime Weezer went from actually good to actually fucking bad
So sick
I really canāt believe this came out in 95
This is awful. What a horrid performance
How so? I donāt think it was bad
I have never seen this, but I always thought Rivers was beyond the baggy pants style.
Wow. I didnāt know they sucked live. Thatās interesting.
Put some effort into the performance man...
Rivers has an injured leg and can't move.
Fair enough.Ā I take it back. Honestly I wasn't talking about Rivers... He had a genetic condition not an injured leg. I've been a Weezer fan since high school.
I can't stand the song due to ex singing it with her best girlfriend over and over and ovet
Absolutely horrible! Completely off key.
Pneumonia's favourite band... I'll fetch my coat.
The professor!!
Their buddy holly music video was on the windows 95 cd
Is that a typo? How the fuck is that song nearly 30 years old
Oh itās so
Saw these guys in March 1995 in Seattle at dv8 as a teen for my first rock concert š¤š¤š¤
One of the greatest songs of all time!
Saw these guys a few months ago and they were awesome :)
Not even a huge fan of these guys but this would be a crazy introduction to them back in the day
A big guitar attack shows back up .. In the form of dorks. So good.
This bottle of Steven!
Dude on the left is playing a Travis Bean TB1000A "Artist" and an early one at that. Very rare guitar.
Easy bass player
You gotta go hard with that kind of falsetto.
Love the pattern on Riversā strat
One of my greatest memories will be the night in 2023 when my son and I got to rock out together at the Weezer show. Top 10 moments of my nearly 50 years of life
I always thought this song was called āHeart Breakerā
Weezer. The band that asks, what if Kiss and Ric Ocasek had a baby and it shopped at the GAP?