weezer has jumped the shark, officially

Waves · 08-10-2010, 10:46 AM

although i love hurley, i just wish the cover he graced was of actual GOOD music

Pitchfork: Weezer Reveal Ridiculous Album Cover

Puffman · 08-10-2010, 12:04 PM

i just saw weezer play at osheaga in montreal. they were alright. he put on a lady ga-ga wig and sang poker face.

Waves · 08-10-2010, 12:05 PM

aging rock stars are such hit and miss, he must think hes making some post-ironic statement about pop culture or some artsy bullshit. does he really think anyone who pays money to see an aging alt-rock 90s band wants to hear that?

Waves · 08-10-2010, 12:16 PM

lol:

Hi, I’m Meathead. Hey, remember when Weezer was cool? Or at least it was possible to say “Weezer” without immediately feeling your breakfast try to bail from your stomach like an angry gay flight attendant from a JetBlue plane? Those were the days, huh? Bill Clinton was still in his first term as our “first black president,” only rich assholes had cell phones, and Kurt Cobain’s corpse was still in the early stages of decomposition. Now, in the year of our Lord 2010, we have a real black president, assholes of all social strata can own a cell phone, Kurt Cobain is in all likelihood just a skeleton by now (somebody go check), and Weezer has officially turned into the “your dad” of rock bands.

Hot off the heels of their last record, 2009’s horrible-in-every-conceivable-way Raditude, and its accompanying Snuggie promotion that missed the comedy bus by about a year, the Weezer guys decided, inexplicably, not to issue an apology to what’s left of their fans and commit ritual seppuku, but instead to record and release yet another album less than a year later, with its own desperate plea for acceptance from the young, hip crowd, like a beached trout trying in vain to flop its way back into the lake while some young children poke it with sticks.

The fifth or sixth or eighth or whatever Weezer album, due for release on September 14 (only three days after the anniversary of another American tragedy), is called Hurley. Yeah, like the token fat guy from the overrated TV show Lost. Except it’s not “like” him, it “is” him. They named their new shitty album after that guy. Why? Because they’re Weezer! They’re just so wacky and unpredictable! You never know what rapidly-fading pop culture meme they’ll latch onto next! Of course, Lost was taken out behind the barn and shot back in May of this year, so I guess this time Weezer was a little closer to jumping onto a fad that’s still at the height of its popularity. Maybe next time, dudes!

Apparently, if the photo on the left is to be believed, the obviously-40 Rivers Cuomo met “Hurley” (a.k.a. Jorge Garcia) at some spacetime-warpingly lame party somewhere recently, and seeing a golden opportunity to once again grasp for that elusive Holy Grail of hipness, decided it would not only make for a hilarious story to tell his preteen Asian girlfriends, but would be a totally epic title and cover for another one of his famous batches of embarrassing songs. Rushing home to his computer, he demonstrated his mastery of the Photoshop™ Crop tool (gosh, what can’t you do, Rivers?) and with approximately the same amount of effort that goes into writing his songs, he created what will undoubtedly be an unforgettable record cover for the ages, right up there with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and King Crimson’s In The Court of the Crimson King.

“We struggled super hard trying to come up with an album title, trying to find some kind of phrase that summed up the whole aesthetic behind the album: ‘Heavy Mental,’ ‘Smaller Than Life,’” Cuomo says. “I was coming up with all kinds of stuff, but ultimately, we just went with some random word that doesn’t really have anything to do with anything.”

Yeah, well, once you name a record “Raditude,” I guess it’s all downhill from there, right? Congrats on actually thinking up a title in the first place, though! What, did you run out of colors or something?

As if all this isn’t wacky enough for you, Weezer is checking to see if they still have fans asking their fans to submit their own versions of the aforementioned Rivers/Hurley photo. The winners (if that’s what you want to call them) will be hand-picked by Rivers (gross) and their pictures will be autographed and mailed to them. Wow.

Fair warning to anyone entering the contest, however: My entry (below) is most likely going to win, so you’re probably just wasting your time. But go ahead and give it a shot, if you insist. Good luck

Weezer announces another new horribly misguided attempt at irony | BUDDYHEAD

maszac · 08-10-2010, 12:21 PM

period

Waves · 08-10-2010, 12:27 PM

^should win

crookedhatinator45 · 08-10-2010, 12:37 PM

hahahahha DARIEN'S FAMOUS!!!

Being · 08-10-2010, 12:48 PM

this makes me very sad as I am a huge weezer fan from blue through maladroit and a little bit of make believe.

rivers used to be such an amazing guy. i think hes just loosing it, hopefully someone can slap some sense into him and we can have another pinkerton

yo. · 08-10-2010, 12:50 PM

If there still making music with no fans, let em.
They're obviously having fun.

Being · 08-10-2010, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yo.

If there still making music with no fans, let em.
They're obviously having fun.

and imo, thats all that matters if you are a true musician/artist

yo. · 08-10-2010, 12:54 PM

Right. They're no worse than that horrific 'brokencyde' shit (although completely different genres) The Rev posted earlier today or yesterday.
And you gotta give em credit for stickin to their roots. One of the few bands who still sound like the same band after this many years.

Waves · 08-10-2010, 12:55 PM

dude i posted that. as an example of horrible music.

Quote:

and imo, thats all that matters if you are a true musician/artist

Actually if you make shit product it matters very much, especially in capatalism where you have to make money from your shit product

Everyone can bust out a piano and play a song, it takes true musician/artist to capture emotion and amaze. havent felt honest emotion from these dudes since pinkerton.

My opinion of course, feel free to bash it

Waves · 08-10-2010, 12:59 PM

Quote:

And you gotta give em credit for stickin to their roots. One of the few bands who still sound like the same band after this many years.

Thats not necessarily a good thing. failure to expand horizons and become better songwriters/musicians? I think so.

Again just my meaningless opinion

Being · 08-10-2010, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waves

dude i posted that. as an example of horrible music.

Actually if you make shit product it matters very much, especially in capatalism where you have to make money from your shit product

Everyone can bust out a piano and play a song, it takes true musician/artist to capture emotion and amaze. havent felt honest emotion from these dudes since pinkerton.

My opinion of course, feel free to bash it

i disagree wholeheartedly. if you love making music, all that matters is your own opinion and love

Grieves · 08-10-2010, 01:24 PM

weezer jumped the shark after maladroit...

Sir-Ex · 08-12-2010, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Being

i disagree wholeheartedly. if you love making music, all that matters is your own opinion and love

word.

every good musician knows it's all about them.

Waves · 08-12-2010, 10:13 AM

"GOOD musician"

uh oh

yo. · 08-12-2010, 10:22 AM

Waves wants to talk about playing with emotion, (when all his emotion seems to be against Weezer) yet the most emotional, passionate musicians (or any other hobby/profession/sport) are the ones who are just coming up, the ones who haven't sold out yet. Homeless Mustard is a perfect example.

Yet it seems Waves judges a bands performance by their capitalistic success? Quite lame, IMO.

Waves · 08-12-2010, 10:33 AM

what the fuck are you talking about?

playing with emotion? where do you see that? im talking about COMMUNICATING emotion, ie the entire goal of art

and who the fuck is 'homeless mustard?"

some band no one has heard about that you think makes you cool cuz no one has heard them? and then you accuse ME of judging bands for their 'capitalistic success?'

you got some shit to learn thats all i'll say

yo. · 08-12-2010, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waves

Actually if you make shit product it matters very much, especially in capatalism where you have to make money from your shit product

Everyone can bust out a piano and play a song, it takes true musician/artist to capture emotion

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waves

some band no one has heard about that you think makes you cool cuz no one has heard them? and then you accuse ME of judging bands for their 'capitalistic success?'

you got some shit to learn thats all i'll say

start by teaching me what this is supposed to mean.
i never brought up any band, you posted a thread about weezer, not me.

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Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,405 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,036 Times in 2,224 Posts	lol: Hi, I’m Meathead. Hey, remember when Weezer was cool? Or at least it was possible to say “Weezer” without immediately feeling your breakfast try to bail from your stomach like an angry gay flight attendant from a JetBlue plane? Those were the days, huh? Bill Clinton was still in his first term as our “first black president,” only rich assholes had cell phones, and Kurt Cobain’s corpse was still in the early stages of decomposition. Now, in the year of our Lord 2010, we have a real black president, assholes of all social strata can own a cell phone, Kurt Cobain is in all likelihood just a skeleton by now (somebody go check), and Weezer has officially turned into the “your dad” of rock bands. Hot off the heels of their last record, 2009’s horrible-in-every-conceivable-way Raditude, and its accompanying Snuggie promotion that missed the comedy bus by about a year, the Weezer guys decided, inexplicably, not to issue an apology to what’s left of their fans and commit ritual seppuku, but instead to record and release yet another album less than a year later, with its own desperate plea for acceptance from the young, hip crowd, like a beached trout trying in vain to flop its way back into the lake while some young children poke it with sticks. The fifth or sixth or eighth or whatever Weezer album, due for release on September 14 (only three days after the anniversary of another American tragedy), is called Hurley. Yeah, like the token fat guy from the overrated TV show Lost. Except it’s not “like” him, it “is” him. They named their new shitty album after that guy. Why? Because they’re Weezer! They’re just so wacky and unpredictable! You never know what rapidly-fading pop culture meme they’ll latch onto next! Of course, Lost was taken out behind the barn and shot back in May of this year, so I guess this time Weezer was a little closer to jumping onto a fad that’s still at the height of its popularity. Maybe next time, dudes! Apparently, if the photo on the left is to be believed, the obviously-40 Rivers Cuomo met “Hurley” (a.k.a. Jorge Garcia) at some spacetime-warpingly lame party somewhere recently, and seeing a golden opportunity to once again grasp for that elusive Holy Grail of hipness, decided it would not only make for a hilarious story to tell his preteen Asian girlfriends, but would be a totally epic title and cover for another one of his famous batches of embarrassing songs. Rushing home to his computer, he demonstrated his mastery of the Photoshop™ Crop tool (gosh, what can’t you do, Rivers?) and with approximately the same amount of effort that goes into writing his songs, he created what will undoubtedly be an unforgettable record cover for the ages, right up there with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and King Crimson’s In The Court of the Crimson King. “We struggled super hard trying to come up with an album title, trying to find some kind of phrase that summed up the whole aesthetic behind the album: ‘Heavy Mental,’ ‘Smaller Than Life,’” Cuomo says. “I was coming up with all kinds of stuff, but ultimately, we just went with some random word that doesn’t really have anything to do with anything.” Yeah, well, once you name a record “Raditude,” I guess it’s all downhill from there, right? Congrats on actually thinking up a title in the first place, though! What, did you run out of colors or something? As if all this isn’t wacky enough for you, Weezer is checking to see if they still have fans asking their fans to submit their own versions of the aforementioned Rivers/Hurley photo. The winners (if that’s what you want to call them) will be hand-picked by Rivers (gross) and their pictures will be autographed and mailed to them. Wow. Fair warning to anyone entering the contest, however: My entry (below) is most likely going to win, so you’re probably just wasting your time. But go ahead and give it a shot, if you insist. Good luck Weezer announces another new horribly misguided attempt at irony \| BUDDYHEAD __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

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yo. Controversial Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SOCAL Posts: 1,160 Thanks: 676 Thanked 202 Times in 143 Posts	Right. They're no worse than that horrific 'brokencyde' shit (although completely different genres) The Rev posted earlier today or yesterday. And you gotta give em credit for stickin to their roots. One of the few bands who still sound like the same band after this many years. __________________ "God" is an alien and we all came from another galaxy as an expansion of our specie's existence.

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yo. Controversial Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SOCAL Posts: 1,160 Thanks: 676 Thanked 202 Times in 143 Posts	Waves wants to talk about playing with emotion, (when all his emotion seems to be against Weezer) yet the most emotional, passionate musicians (or any other hobby/profession/sport) are the ones who are just coming up, the ones who haven't sold out yet. Homeless Mustard is a perfect example. Yet it seems Waves judges a bands performance by their capitalistic success? Quite lame, IMO. __________________ "God" is an alien and we all came from another galaxy as an expansion of our specie's existence.

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Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,405 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,036 Times in 2,224 Posts	what the fuck are you talking about? playing with emotion? where do you see that? im talking about COMMUNICATING emotion, ie the entire goal of art and who the fuck is 'homeless mustard?" some band no one has heard about that you think makes you cool cuz no one has heard them? and then you accuse ME of judging bands for their 'capitalistic success?' you got some shit to learn thats all i'll say __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

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