Holy crap! The new Weezer track is... c r a p.
Hey he even says '... piece of crap' at the beginning of the song.
"Beverly Hills" shows Rivers Cuomo sounding like what he is, an extremely nerdy/white/closet rapper, doing the big anthemic sounding rock thing. Maybe if he could do what Beck can do this song wouldn't sound like the joke it is. And the 70's Peter Frampton talk box solos? Huh?
stream the song here
*thanks to popmatters.com for the link
What, so they're Everclear now?
ReplyDeleteIt's not that bad.
ReplyDeleteMy son was visiting a friend at Harvard and spent the night. He came home to proclaim, "I took a shit next to Rivers Cuomo!" I'm so happy for him. ;)
yeah it sucks but months ago i read Rivers said that he wanted to have rap songs on the next album. i guess this is the lame shit he was talking about
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing wrong with the new Weezer record. It's a good, fun record. It's not rap, it's not nerdy and I dont know why you are trying to compare them to Beck. Just because they are both signed by Geffen records, doesn't mean they are the same. Beck is something completely different from weezer. I agree that Becks' new album is good but it isn't a benchmark for new records. Anyway Rivers is a great song writet. After all he is the man who disguised a song about male prostitution, as a song about drugs.
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ReplyDeletenon-tit up version.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing wrong with the new Weezer record. It's a good, fun song. It's not rap, it's not nerdy and I don’t know why you are trying to compare them to Beck. Just because they are both signed by Geffen records, doesn't mean they are the same. Beck is something completely different from Weezer. I agree that Beck’s new album is good but it isn't a benchmark for new records. Anyway, in conclusion you are all talking shite. Rivers is a great songwriter. After all he is the man who disguised a song about male prostitution, as a song about drugs (Hash pipe).
i think that is very unfair to say. lets see you come up with something like that!!! i do have to say its not one of the best and rivers shouldn't exactly do the rap thing....but its not the WORST song they have.
ReplyDeleteUh....It doesn't really come off as rap to me. He's speaking the lyrics, sure, but it's not like rap....
ReplyDeletei have bought weezer albums in the past. i like weezer. when i heard this song i wrote the post in 30 seconds... i still think it's crap in comparision to cuomo's best work.
ReplyDeleteWake up Weezerheads! Weezer's only good when they stick their name on other people's sounds... Hash Pipe was definitively stolen (can't remember if they won or lost the lawsuit, but it doesn't matter in my mind), so I have to assume that's their modus operandi
ReplyDeleteNot a hige Weezer fan here but I do like much of what they have done. I think Beverly Hills is one of the better songs they've done. It sticks in my head all day long! I love it even if it is cheezy pop radio music.
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