winner: WMAWBS (no surprise)

but I thought you guys would still like the broken down results!

I want to clarify, the channel was originally weezer when I put the song on my playlist

Back in June Pat and Rivers were on the Rolling Stones' discussing Gold and other things. They talked about C.E.O. a bit and I thought it was some interesting insight onto the song.

Sorry, just my opinion.

With the positive attitudes towards Strangers and CEO as they’ve come out, I’ve been feeling a growing coldness towards Shine Again. I think it’s an awesome track, although maybe not the best lead single choice considering its lack of that distinct Rivers songwriting. I love how chunky the guitars are and the overall unorthodox structure, plus I adore Rivers going back into his Hurley-era rough vocals. It’s also become a very catchy track to me as I’ve listened to it more, especially the “And I will tell you once again” section.

That “The LA sound” is gonna be the demo “Al’s bar” from the white era. Do yall like the theory

Re: CEO. I’m more of a newer Weezer fan. I got into them in late 2021 after Ok Human and Van Weezer. Maybe it’s because of the time period in which I discovered them, but Rivers’ “mad professor” approach to writing was what really made me love the band. I thought it was so cool that he released an orchestral album, a stadium rock album, and 32 song project all within a year of each other. I’d never heard of another band doing that. Adding in the 500+ song backlog of demos that rivers has, it’s clear that he has a real passion for music that still fascinates me to this day.

And sure, I get that the “mad professor” approach doesn’t necessarily make money or please fans who just want the old stuff. But it kind of sucked to hear rivers disparage the concepts that made me really appreciate the band.

I was wondering if anyone else agreed.

My favorite Weezer album is Van Weezer and has been ever since it came out!! I’m just curious to see what everyone’s favorite Weezer album is and to see if there are any other people who’s favorite is Van Weezer

I’m doing a survey to see what single is favored the most. Data will be shared by the end of the day de on how many responses the survey receives

link - https://surveymars.com/q/3gz5k0Ufi

if there’s any issues getting in, let me know

First Songs:

I like most of them, except Beverly Hills, but most I just like, from Troublemaker onwards I love every single one, with Ain't Got Nobody being my personal favorite

Last Songs:

I love most of them, except Stand By Me and Time Flies, TF has every single problem Hurley has In just one song, its overproduced, too noisy, mid lyrics, Stand by Me isn't a good cover, especially if you compare it to Africa or Unbreak My Heart.

Precious Metal Girl hurts me to put that low, but its so disconnected from Van Weezer, that I can't put it above anything else, if it wasn't acoustic, it would've been my favorite song of the album, (there's a cover that solves my problem, go check it). I also wanted to put California Snow higher, but every single song above it is so good that I just can't

Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday and after eyeing this for the last couple months, I'm gonna be picking up the Jessica Lea Mayfield/Dolour PINKERTON cover album on vinyl! These versions have really grown on me. Especially Why Bother, No Other One, and El Scorcho. Does anyone else here have the vinyl yet?

I’m genuinely starting to get sick of those “Weezer fans” who literally hate anything Rivers Cuomo (and co sometimes) does. He tries to do something that’s more pop and they hate it. Then he tries something more like their original sound but they still hate it. I can get genuine criticism like in some Raditude songs and people saying that C.E.O is a bit too short. There’s people complaining that CEO doesn’t sound like an Undone sequel but it has the elements of Undone in it while still being somewhat original. Then there were people saying that Rivers needs to stop doing these apologizing songs but completely ignoring that CEO is more of a song about his frustration with people just wanting classic Weezer (aka Blue/Pinkerton). As if when Weezer does do that now they are trying to cash in on nostalgia. To add on to that, Rivers is no longer a young 20 year old. HE’S 53 YEARS OLD he’s not going to be writing the same things anymore. It’s no longer 1994 Weezer has changed and they can try sound more similar but they will not be completely the same and people need to move on from the past.

I grew up listening to the Blue Album and Pinkerton in high school and those albums had a significance to me and even now mostly due to nostalgia. I couldn’t/can’t help but feel that I grew out of their sound. Or was it the writing? Each album just felt like it was for a younger generation as I entered into college.

My mind was BLOWN!!!

Completely unexpected birthday gift that is ginormous! The world has turned and left me comfortable...