Weezer Make Believe 05.10.05

[Cameron]

http://www.weezer.com/images/enter.jpg

...As you may have seen on the front page, "Make Believe" will be released on May 10th. Its been a long haul since the last album, thanks so much for waiting - its going to be worth the wait. Meanwhile, the first single "Beverly Hills" will be officialy 'at radio' on March 29th, though many stations will have the song 'in hand' several days before that point. (if you are thinking of requesting the song on your local station, (which weezer greatly appreciates!) keep in mind that until 3/29 they really arent supposed to be playing the song.) Several stations have already been playing short clips of the song ranging anywhere from 10 to 90 seconds long, including KROQ Los Angeles, Live 105 San Fransisco, and WRRV 96.9 in New York. Apparently one station even played a bizarre mix they made where just the chorus was strung together repeatedly. The version played by Live 105 is in fact an earlier mix or demo version of the song, which is easy to spot due to the (early) male rather than (correct) female 'gimmie gimme' back-up vocals, as wel as overall sound differences. Clever fans have been recording the clips and now mp3s are flowing back and forth amongst the Weezgnoscenti. Also, a rumor apparently sparked by a recent news report on 102.1 CFNY is untrue - While the album is in fact still being mixed, the band is NOT going into the studio to re-do 'Beverly Hills' or anything else at this point. The recording process is complete.

[lostatmidnight]

weezer at this point for me, is now a 'wait and see' type...after the artisitic and musical compromises and disaster of the previous two albums, there will be no more blind buys. and yes, nothing can compare to 'blue' and 'pinkerton', but hopefully it wouldn't compare to the lazy previous efforts.

[starseed1981]

Just downloaded the new single. I am not impressed at all. Although, it is good to see that River's has not lost his passion for Japanese girls.:)

[Ralph Wiggum]

weezer at this point for me, is now a 'wait and see' type...after the artisitic and musical compromises and disaster of the previous two albums, there will be no more blind buys. and yes, nothing can compare to 'blue' and 'pinkerton', but hopefully it wouldn't compare to the lazy previous efforts.

Same here. I'll need to hear at least two pretty great singles before I'd even consider buying the new record.

[the action]

The last two albums were not that bad, they were just different. This new album needs to be in a new direction, because maladrot sounded like the B-Sides to Green. They are a band that needs to keep evolving.

[lostatmidnight]

The last two albums were not that bad, they were just different. This new album needs to be in a new direction, because maladrot sounded like the B-Sides to Green. They are a band that needs to keep evolving.

Hmmm, well, I disagree, there was nothing 'different' about those two albums. Weezer had disappeared for years, saw they had an audience and cashed in. I think that's pretty much what happened. They investigated no new musical terriority, they were not radiohead holed up in chatteau (thank god), but I think this was basically just two throwaway discs given to a new disaffected generation who were clamoring for more.

To be honest, I just don't see weezer as an ambitious band, and I'm not necessarily speaking of pink floyd, radiohead, prog-rock/art-rock terms, I think they will mine the same chords and stay true to their california-pop-chorus-inspiration, which isn't bad, but c'mon, if they continue on their previous record, people aren't going to be hanging around except those with blind faith.

[stinkeye]

weezer at this point for me, is now a 'wait and see' type...after the artisitic and musical compromises and disaster of the previous two albums, there will be no more blind buys. and yes, nothing can compare to 'blue' and 'pinkerton', but hopefully it wouldn't compare to the lazy previous efforts.


Agreed. I don't think it's a coincidence the quality of their work went down after the departure of Matt Sharp. Although I think the Green Album is a good pop album, it's not a worthy sequel to Pinkerton. That is a great album.

[Cameron]

I will not argue the merits of Pinkerton...great stuff. I liked the last two records, and have been a die hard weezer fan for to long. I think they are the best example of the internet keeping something alive. Rumor has it they have a few albums they are sitting on...after they finish their record deal, you will see more releases from their own label...might fair better for some of you. The way i say it...any weezer album is better than most of the junk on radio right now....looking forward to it.

[DamingR]

Heard "Beverly Hills" on XM Ethel 47 this afternoon. VERY disappointing. What a horrible lead single. Weezer CD usually = must buy. Might have to wait on this one.

[kornboy]

Good news, I like this band..

[Cameron]

new video up at weezer.com

[Applejack]

Heard "Beverly Hills" on XM Ethel 47 this afternoon. VERY disappointing. What a horrible lead single. Weezer CD usually = must buy. Might have to wait on this one.


I hated it too, and I really liked the green album.

[Wompratz]

I've been a Weezer fan since the Blue album first came out and Beverly Hills sounds like a completely different band and probably one of the worst songs they've done. Pinkerton and Blue are classics, Green was OK but Maladroit was even worse, I HATED that album as all the songs just became a big blur. What happened to that "Sound" they used to have? This really sucks...I love these guys and its killing with whats going on here. Seriously compare ANY song from Pinkerton and Blue to any of the songs from Green and up, the lack of quality songwriting just totally went out the window. Its almost like they are afraid to do anything but keep that same safe sound that they seem to have adapted to.

I think I'll just dig out my Return Of The Rentals CD instead, for that "Weezer" sound.

[Ralph Wiggum]

The way i say it...any weezer album is better than most of the junk on radio right now....looking forward to it.

Sadly, I'd say "Beverly Hills" is quite a bit worse than most of the nonsense on the radio nowadays. :(

[Wompratz]

Sadly, I'd say "Beverly Hills" is quite a bit worse than most of the nonsense on the radio nowadays. :(

Agreed, if anything its right in there ALONG side the type of nonsense on the radio these days. They've just become that same crap sound thats all apparent these days in mainstream garbage. It SUCKS! What happened to stuff like My Name Is Jonas and Say It Ain't So? Its obvious they are at the "Going through the motions" phase of music recording.

I used to be a "New Weezer album?? SOLD!" type of guy, but not anymore.

Beverly Hills is just awful, nuff said.

[slop101]

Just heard BH today - I hated it. Looks like the Blue album was just a fluke...

[Cameron]

I like the song...

Reminds me of

I love rock and roll, put another dime in the jukebox baby...

brings back the funny "rap" flow from the first two albums, but maintains the big rock guitar sound of maladroit

[Deftones]

Not terribly impressed by the first single either. Hopefully the rest of the disc will better.

[lostatmidnight]

saw the video the other night, and flipped to the next channel before it was over...this just continues the sad and lazy songwriting of the last two horrid albums...I have no expectations at all anymore. I think its sad to see a band like this fade away--granted I don't think they were ever great, interesting, proficient or artistically motivated band (even though all bands think they are)--but they did create two excellent and accomplished albums lyrically, musically and production wise, and they've abandoned it to create....drivel.

[Frank TJ Mackey]

Wow, this can't be Weezer putting out "Beverly Hills." What an awful song.

[mdc3000]

I'm in a minority, because I really like the vid and the song...it's simple anthem rock, but I'm digging it.

MATT

[Cameron]

I'm in a minority, because I really like the vid and the song...it's simple anthem rock, but I'm digging it.

MATT

right there with you

[Mopower]

It's not too bad. Any Weezer is better than no Weezer.

[Cameron]

anyone heard any more than the single

[josuff247]

I like this song, I seem to be the minority, but its far from the worst thing ever.

[Rubix]

retail is out and i love it. can't wait for the b-sides now.

[badger1997]

I guess I never really understood the instant hatred of this song. I liked Beverly Hills from the first time I heard it and think it's just a fun, guitar driven rock song. Nothing too deep, but a lot of fun for me at least. I like the humor in the song and absolutely love the video. That being said, it does have limited play I guess and that's its biggest liability to me. After awhile I get tired of hearing it (kinda like Buddy Holley come to think of it) but I still enjoy it.

[Chrisedge]

Wow, listened to the whole thing last night. Great album. Must buy for me.

[Deftones]

A friend heard it and told me it was just average. I'll still check it out, but I don't have high hopes.

[cungar]

Heard the whole album and it's alright. I don't think the band is trying to change anybody's lives with their albums so I take it as light listening. The most disturbing thing is how much they're starting to sound like the younger crop of pop punksters like Lit and Bowling for Soup.

[mdc3000]

I disagree with the lit and bowling for soup comment... the only thing this album sounds like is Weezer...pure Weezer. I'm really liking the record so far...I've only listened to it a few times, but it's solid...a step up from Maladroit for sure. I can't wait to pick this disc up... and I'm seeing weezer on may 6...that is going to rule!

MATT

[Oliver Clothesoff]

not very good. weak melodies, poor lyrics.

[TripWire]

Listened to the album last night...I found it kinda boring, I liked Maladroit better. Nothing really stood out for me. Maybe it will grow on me in a few listens.

[Grimfarrow]

Agree with the general consensus...really quite disappointing. IMO the worst album they've done. And the lyrics are indeed very weak. Still, a smattering of decent songs and one very good one - This Is Such a Pity. So retro! But the 2nd half of the album should have been tossed off.

[cungar]

I disagree with the lit and bowling for soup comment... the only thing this album sounds like is Weezer...pure Weezer. I'm really liking the record so far...I've only listened to it a few times, but it's solid...a step up from Maladroit for sure. I can't wait to pick this disc up... and I'm seeing weezer on may 6...that is going to rule!

MATT

At this point Weezer is about as generic as a band can be. Their sound is nearly indistinguishable from about 20 other bands currently vying for their emo hybrid crown. The band has failed to progress and is stuck playing simplistic easy listening pop with a few rock numbers thrown in.

[foofighters7]

I like Weezer, and even though I dont think BH is a horrid song, its a long way from being anything great. I was hoping for another Blue Album or Pinkerton. Both Great IMO. But if this is the best or any insight into the rest of the album, ill wait and pick it up in a pawn shop.
Sad ,really, to see a band digress. I still like em, but Ive faded into just listening to the older albums and not being to into the new stuff.
I also think they need to get more creative on album covers, the 'band on cover' thing is getting old with them. Isnt this the 3rd out of 5 with just them on the cover? yikes.

Then again maybe they just chose a less than great first single, and perhaps the rest of the album is great. dunno.

[neatMCsammer]

Agree with the general consensus...really quite disappointing. IMO the worst album they've done. And the lyrics are indeed very weak.


I completely agree. After regretting purchasing the Green album and Maladroit, I will definitely not be purchasing this.

[Frank TJ Mackey]

the album is just ok, i still love The Green Album as far as their second half of career albums go. the melodies and stuff were great there. Beverly Hills is fine for some one-hit wonder band, but not for Weezer, Rivers should know better, that's just lazy except for a cool guitar part in the middle.

peace

[SpacemanSpiff]

im now thinking weezer will never top pinkerton or the blue albulm
their sound sucks now pretty much

[RyoHazuki]

I've always considered myself a Weezer fan but this is becoming sad. Blue Album and Pinkerton are excellent but these last three just seem to be getting worse and worse. Make Believe is so damn bland its unbelieveable. You could actually tell their old songs apart. This new cd sounds like one long song.

[funkyryno]

Maybe if Cuomo Rivers would spend more time on his music and less time meditating in dark apartments he could create something that rivaled Blue.

[cungar]

Based on the self imposed celibacy which he describes in Rolling Stone I'd say he needs to get laid.

[DJLinus]

Based on the self imposed celibacy which he describes in Rolling Stone I'd say he needs to get laid.

Is he tired of sex? (Terrible joke, I know.)

Seriously, what's the deal with the celibacy? I haven't read that article.

[cungar]

Weezer's Weird World

Rivers Cuomo hasn't had sex in two years, and boy, is he ready to rock

By VANESSA GRIGORIADIS


A couple of days ago, Rivers Cuomo was helping his parents out with an epic spring cleaning at their house in suburban Connecticut -- "I was the motivational coach," he says. "My role was to ask, 'Do you really need this third can of hair spray?' " -- when it was decided that it would be better not to do the European promotional tour for Weezer's new album, Make Believe, the band's first record in three years. That meant two weeks free before they started rehearsals for the Make Believe tour. That meant Cuomo could do some more vipassana, a strict style of meditation developed by the Buddha and passed down by Burmese monks.
"There was nothing else for me to do," explains Cuomo.

Nothing is exactly what one does on a vipassana retreat: ten days of twelve hours of silent meditation beginning at 4 a.m., with small breaks for food but none for conversing. Most people wouldn't enjoy this, but Cuomo, 34, is not most people. Life to him seems to be a gigantic behavorial experiment, a large part of why Weezer have put out only five albums in thirteen years, despite their Prince-like vault of hundreds of songs. Cuomo had been to ten retreats in less than two years -- following precepts like sleeping on the floor and fasting after noon -- and he was ready for another. In fact, he completed one in northern Massachusetts a couple of weeks ago. That one was twenty days long, and he spent it in a closet. "It was great!" he says.

So instead of asking the band to head to the East Coast for the Rolling Stone photo shoot and interview before leaving for Europe, Cuomo decided to fly to California for a retreat in Yosemite, and if it was possible to accommodate the magazine in Los Angeles, great, but if not, he wasn't missing his retreat. "How many people would love to be on the cover, and then you've got Rivers saying, 'I can only do it on this one day, and if you can't fit it in, it won't work'?" says Weezer guitarist Brian Bell, 36. "On one hand, I'm like, 'Jesus, how could you do that to us? We've worked hard for twelve years and we finally make the cover, and you screw it up with one sentence.' Then there's another part of me that's like, 'That guy has balls!' Even if it is really selfish."

These are the kinds of things that happen, though, when you're living the moment, which is Cuomo's new mantra -- untethered from miserable thoughts about the past and future and free at last from the greedy ego, Cuomo is currently in communion with his deep, true self. This self needs to be free, and, accordingly, Cuomo has been careful not to make any pacts about future Weezer recordings; he has also only agreed to support this album until the end of this year. "We were going to call this record Either Way I'm Fine," says drummer Pat Wilson, 36. " 'Cause Rivers kept saying that when we had to decide about things." Serenity is important to Cuomo. The shoot at the Playboy Mansion for the video for their first single, "Beverly Hills," posed a threat. "There were 150 fans around, and when we played we heard that sound, that deafening sound that you get onstage," says Wilson. "I could see Dude telling himself, 'Hold on, hold on, don't get too excited!' "

Dude, as in the chill stoner hero played by Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski, is the band nickname for Cuomo, though Cuomo and the Dude could not be more different. Cuomo is not chill. He has budgeted one hour for our initial interview, and when we sit down at a cocktail table in the plum-colored foyer of a Hollywood recording studio, he pushes the alarm on his tan-and-black digital watch. It is eighty-five degrees out, and he is wearing a sweater and has set a black parka on the couch. "I don't really notice where I am," he says. "I don't differentiate all that much. I don't look around much." Talking to Cuomo is like talking to a newscaster. He's altogether pleasant but stiff as a board. No emotion registers on his face, at least not until he hears something that interests him, at which point he curls his lips into something resembling a smile, widens his brown eyes from saucers to soup bowls and exclaims, "Wow!" "Great!" or "Holy cow!" The most interesting topic, of course, is meditation.

"At first I was vehemently opposed," says Cuomo. Rick Rubin, who produced Make Believe in off-and-on sessions that lasted more than a year, suggested meditation. "I sent him a very anxious page, saying, 'Rick, no. I cannot get into meditation because it will rob me of the angst that's necessary to being an artist.' And he said, 'OK, don't worry about it, forget it.' I think because he put no pressure on me, I began to get intrigued. Then I did a Tibetan-Buddhist meditation retreat. That wasn't intense enough for me. I knew I wanted something extreme."

Says Rubin, "I'm often associated, or in some cases blamed, for Rivers' meditation practice. It's worked for him -- you might see him smile or laugh now, and before you would never see that. I never suggested the particular style of meditation he's doing. Whatever Rivers is interested in, he dives in a thousand percent. He takes thing to radical extremes."

Radical extremes are what Cuomo has made his life from, and in the context of his history, the Either Way I'm Fine era isn't all that outrageous. It even makes some sense given his childhood, which was spent on ashrams -- first at the Zen Center in upstate New York and, after his father left the family when he was five (he eventually settled in Germany for a while as a suffragan bishop in a Pentecostal church), at "Woodstock guru" Swami Satchidananda's Yogaville commune in Connecticut. Everyone was a vegetarian, and no one raised his voice or cursed. Cuomo didn't like it much. He declared himself a metalhead at eleven and started playing Kiss covers with the neighborhood kids. "I was only interested in Slayer and Metallica then," says Cuomo. "I still love that music, but now I have so much appreciation for what my parents' generation did for opening up our country to Eastern philosophy and raising me like that. I feel so lucky."

Some of Cuomo's phases make a little less sense, though. Like when he followed the blockbuster success of Weezer's first album, Weezer, also known as the Blue Album, which went platinum in 1995, by getting his right leg broken: The leg was forty-four millimeters shorter than his left, and in order to make them equal, a metal cage was affixed to his right thigh; every day he'd tighten some screws on it to pull the leg a little longer. Or when, shortly thereafter, he shelved rock stardom to pursue an undergraduate degree at Harvard, studying there from 1995 to 1997, when Weezer's second album, Pinkerton, was released (he resumed his studies last fall and now has one semester left). When that record proved less critically and commercially successful than the Blue Album, Cuomo went back into his shell. Living in a Culver City apartment building under a Los Angeles freeway, he put fiberglass insulation over the windows and hung black sheets over the insulation. Then he painted all the walls black, disconnected his phone and spent a lot of time with his pet gecko.

Punishing himself has always seemed like a good bet to Cuomo, and you only have to look at his perpetually hunched shoulders and balled-up palms to realize that the assignations he keeps with himself are brutal. He gets off on deprivation. Cuomo doesn't own a car, even though he lives mostly in L.A. ("I don't have a parking space," he says, by way of explanation). He rarely listens to music. But one song he cued up recently was Kiss' "Goin' Blind": "Little lady, can't you see/You're so young and so much different than I/I'm ninety-three, you're sixteen/ Can't you see I'm goin' blind?"

"I'm so moved by those lyrics," says Cuomo. "I can't believe they came up with that."

As far as his lyrics are concerned, Cuomo has long protested that Weezer's songs are not funny or ironic or anything other than a reflection of his own anguished state. Most of the songs on the current album are about things that happened to him. "Pardon Me" was written after he attended a meditation course in which the teacher told him to repeat over in his mind "I seek pardon from all those who have harmed me in action, speech or thought." "Freak Me Out" is about a spider, says Bell. "Beverly Hills" is about, well, how Cuomo feels about Beverly Hills. "I could live in Beverly Hills, sure," he says, meaning he could afford it easily. "But I couldn't belong there."

(Excerpted from RS 973, May 5, 2005)



(Posted Apr 21, 2005)

[Cameron]

dang

[tofu]

Wow, being a rock star is the perfect job for Rivers. I can't see him being anything else in life now after reading this article. Although maybe he could be a cult guru.

[cungar]

He's got some serious... um issues. When you think of all the things you'd do if you got money and fame and got to play in a famous band, hanging out with a gecko in a dark appartment in Culver City would have to be lowest on my list. But I guess the eccentricities are what fuels his creative juices.

[freudguy]

Good grief, man, no wonder the new album sucks (IMHO). Someone mentioned in another post in this thread that at least Weezer wasn't like Radiohead where they holed themselves up. Well, there goes that.

I have listened to Blue probably hundreds of times in the past 11 years, still listen to it to this day. It is the perfect driving CD for me - hard charging with the distorted guitars & easy-to-sing harmonies/melodies. Pinkerton was great for a guy in his early twenties, it reflected many of my own thoughts & experiences. I have invested a lot of time listening to these guys so it pains me to say that I REALLY do not like the new album.

The new album is totally devoid of energy, parts of it sounding like an 80's Euro pop/rock band and the other half being more of the "poor pitiful me" emo stuff. Granted the emo stuff was great on the Blue album & Pinkerton, Green & Maladroit didn't seem as focused on that kind of thing. Make Believe is drenched in the "I'm sorry for you leaving me" kind of personality disorder-driven songs of self-loathing.

I think I have matured and outgrown Weezer (still love the older stuff, though).

[DJLinus]

Thanks for posting the article. Rivers...wow. -screwy-

[cungar]

I recall reading an article about Cuomo's strange eccentricities when the last album came out. I think the rest of the band is normal. I guess they're sort of like The Smiths where the band partied while Morrisey went off to get his beauty sleep or whatever.

Anyone have the rest of the article? That's just an exerpt.

[Rubix]

i don't know, i think mb is really great. perfect situation, this is such a pity, the damage in your heart and haunt you every day are my favorites so far, but the entire album kicks ass. haunt you everyday reminds me alot of pinkerton, which i guess explains why so many hate that song on some forums i have read. it'll have a delayed reaction probably.

[cungar]

i don't know, i think mb is really great. perfect situation, this is such a pity, the damage in your heart and haunt you every day are my favorites so far, but the entire album kicks ass. haunt you everyday reminds me alot of pinkerton, which i guess explains why so many hate that song on some forums i have read. it'll have a delayed reaction probably.

When you say it will have a delayed reaction do you mean because it and songs off Pinkerton were "growers" which required repeated listening?

[Meatpants]

The Weezer that made Blue and Pinkerton is not the same Weezer that made Green and Maladroit and Make Believe. They are two seperate bands, so I don't see any point in saying the new one isn't as good as the old stuff. I have the same attitude toward a lot of other bands (U2) for one, it's the only way you can ever enjoy their new stuff.

I like MB quite a bit, it's a good summer record.

[Absolut]

it's a good summer record.

This sums it up quite nicely.

[starseed1981]

This sums it up quite nicely.


Ummm...EXACTLY.

[Rubix]

cungar, yeah that is what i meant.

[Cornelius1047]

Weezer has probably been my favorite band since Pinkerton "hit" me. I pretty much liked every song that I heard by them, even the B-sides/rarities (especially "Jamie" and "You Gave Your Love To Me Softly"). Then they disappeared for like 5 years. Then they released The Green Album and it hasn't been the same since. While there aren't any songs on that album I can think of that I dislike, it was definitely a disappointment after a 5 year wait. Nothing that any of us were expecting. But I guess with the critical and commercial failure of Pinkerton, we should've seen it coming. I actually prefer Maladroit to The Green Album, although the song "December" sounds like a B-side from the latter album. The thing I like about Weezer is that each album sounds completely different. I'm still getting into Make Believe, but I think it will definitely grow on me. A lot of the songs sound like something familiar (maybe some Brian Wilson touches?) and right now it doesn't seem like a bad thing. I do agree that the lyrics are kind of weak on this one though. Nothing to rival the stuff on the first 2 albums. But in all honesty, I don't want Weezer to make another album like either of those. It just wouldn't work. I've come to terms with the band not repeating itself. Some may disagree and say they are, but I don't think so. Every single one of their albums has a different feel and vibe to it. Maladorit feels a little uneven with a couple of the songs on there, but I still pop it in quite frequently. I had a point, you know, and I guess I forgot what it was. Oh, well. Can't wait till the 10th, when I'll buy the official release and get to see them in Philly. Good times.

K

[Meatpants]

Hating the post-Pinkerton Weezer albums is the new hating the Star Wars prequels :p

[Frank TJ Mackey]

that's a good one ***scribbles down on paper***

[Cameron]

Hating the post-Pinkerton Weezer albums is the new hating the Star Wars prequels :p

you now have a new sig...

got the album....like it...don't love it.....but still better than most anything on the mainstream radio right now

[Hiro11]

I have the same attitude toward a lot of other bands (U2) for one, it's the only way you can ever enjoy their new stuff.I disagree, I think that How to Dismantle... ranks among U2's best, tightest albums ever (a topic for another thread). In fact, I find sometimes there's an unfair tendency of some people to dismiss work by older artists who are supposedly "past their prime" when the newer stuff is terrific to my ears. Weezer seems to be subject to some of that.

I like MB quite a bit, it's a good summer record.I disagree again (sorry). I find Make Believe to be much more personal and complex than either of their prior two albums. I wouldn't consider Pinkerton to be a "summer album" and I don't consider Make Believe to be one either for similar reasons. The green album, that's a summer album.

[Cameron]

In fact, I find sometimes there's an unfair tendency of some people to dismiss work by older artists who are supposedly "past their prime" when the newer stuff is terrific to my ears. Weezer seems to be subject to some of that.



yep

[Spooon69]

Hating the post-Pinkerton Weezer albums is the new hating the Star Wars prequels :p
Wow, agreed, 100%.

I'm really enjoying Make Believe, as a whole I'm enjoying much more than than Green and Maladroit.

But you gotta admit, the prequels suck.

[Rubix]

be on the lookout for the new 'we are all on drugs' music video. it is the most hilarious thing i have seen in a long time. the song sucks but this video makes up for it.

[SlingshotBandit]

"We are all on drugs" is one of my least favorite songs on the album, but it's still not bad.

I bought this album the week after it came out. At first listen, I thought it was very blah. I read the reviews from the people on this thread so I wasn't expecting much. However, I'm a completist with my favorite bands so I had to buy this.

After the third or fourth listen all the way through in my car stereo, I ended up loving this album. I don't have the cd with me (it's still in the car), but I really love these tracks:

this is such a pity
the damage in your heart (loved it right off the bat)
you really freak me out
perfect situation
pardon me
my best friend

and probably a couple of others i can't recall right now.

Beverly Hills is a fun tune, but just filler for me right now.

You know people describe certain albums as "growers". This one grew in a major way.

Now I'm just waiting for the second half of the new White Stripes album to do the same for me. I love the first half, but can't get into the second half of it just yet.

[Buttmunker]

If you could pick just one tune from this album that you consider the "stand-out song," which would it be?

I wonder if everyone will pick the same song, or if each person has their own opinion. I'm curious to see, as I only am familiar with three songs from this record - Beverly Hills, Perfect Situation and Pardon Me (the latter song is a recent, and pleasant, discovery - a solid Weezer tune).

[Cornelius1047]

If you could pick just one tune from this album that you consider the "stand-out song," which would it be?

My favorite song on the album is definitely Perfect Situation. Both that and The Damage In Your Heart sound like vintage Weezer to me. Perhaps Haunt You Every Day as well.

K

[Rainmaker]

My favorite song on the album is definitely Perfect Situation. Both that and The Damage In Your Heart sound like vintage Weezer to me. Perhaps Haunt You Every Day as well.

K


:up: I agree

[Cameron]

also a fan of perfect situation