Weezer

Creamy Goodness · 13-05-2005 7:29pm

there was a shop in america selling it for like 4 dollars so unless he means that shop i'd say it's illegal

ferdi · 13-05-2005 7:29pm

http://www.thesubways.net

wanwarlock · 13-05-2005 8:33pm

hi all,

just got MB yesterday from hmv (but tbh i dloaded the whole album like 3 weeks ago). with every listen, the songs just grows on me (even beverly hills)!!!

standout tracks : beverly hills, perfect situation, this is such a pity, damage in your heart.

freak me out really did freak me out!!! lol

weezer are THE only band i have all their cd's. maladroit + green album i think are the albums i'm not really into, but there are standout tracks on each album. TBA + pinkerton + MB are the best weezer albums.

btw do any of you know that weezer downtune their guitars 1/2 a step e.g. Eb, Ab, Db etc???

i missed out on the tickets!! so if anybody want's to sell them, i'll gladly pay any amount!!!!! i want to see weezer!!!

Creamy Goodness · 13-05-2005 8:59pm

wanwarlock wrote:

btw do any of you know that weezer downtune their guitars 1/2 a step e.g. Eb, Ab, Db etc???

first of all sorry you didn't get tickets a lot of weezer fans were disappointed.

not all weezer tracks are tuned half a step down though but the majority are

blue album - all half step down except "no one else"
pinkerton - all half step down
green album - STANDARD TUNING
maladroit - STANDARD TUNING.
make believe - i'm not sure yet but i'm playing the songs in half step down as "hold me" is certainly in half step down

wanwarlock · 13-05-2005 9:05pm

ur right... green album they used standard tuning cos island in the sun is a standard E A D G chord!! most weezer songs have the same structure...

perfect situation is definitely 1/2 step down, i'm playing with f# c# g# c#

Cremo, u wanna get together and jam some weezer songs????

Creamy Goodness · 13-05-2005 9:14pm

i don't have the time mate i'm studying for my leaving.

ferdi · 14-05-2005 5:45am

jamie is tuned down nice n low as i remember, man i love that song

ferdi · 14-05-2005 6:22am

listening to Make believe for the first time now....

what i think so far:

the first song to grab my attention is track four - hold me. i like it, i like it alot, has the sound of a classic. tracks 1, 2, 3 are just meh.

i will update this post as i listen to the rest of the tunes.

track 5 peace - bassline pretty good.

trak 6 we are all on drugs - i suspect this song will grow on me ("give it to me" :rolleyes: )

track 7 pardon me - very poppy but still very weezer, fair tune.

track 8 my best friend - fairly ****, dont like the vibe, filler tbh.

track 9 the other way - simple number, nothing bad about it, dosnt stand out, meh.

Creamy Goodness · 14-05-2005 12:43pm

yup basically everything before green is half step. they seem to make better music with that tuning.

quarryman · 15-05-2005 6:36pm

never really listened to weezer before but there seems to be a bit of a following here. Went of to get a few reviews and they are god-awful.

Metacritic gives it 47/100 and pitchfork (whose reviews i respect gave it 4 out of 100!!!). That's up there with the worst albums metacritic have and the worst for PF.

Completely critically panned folks. I'll be listening, but not buying.

wanwarlock · 15-05-2005 6:55pm

well, u can't believe anything u read right?? give it a listen & judge for ur self, and post up ur own review....

quarryman · 15-05-2005 6:56pm

yup will do. gonna give a spin tonight.

Creamy Goodness · 15-05-2005 8:00pm

wanwarlock wrote:

well, u can't believe anything u read right?? give it a listen & judge for ur self, and post up ur own review....

unfortualately weezer have become one of them you got to listen to first before you buy bands.

make believe seems to be doing good 7th in the hmv charts in the sunday world (don't know if they are offical).

i could safely say if you buy blue and pinkerton without listening to them you'll be amazed, they epitimise 90's alternative rock.

reviews however are stupid because a review is done by one person and with anything they could genuinely hate it but if you got a heavy metal listener to review say weezer, ben folds, eliott smith etc they'd probably say worst album of the year.

eddiehitler · 16-05-2005 4:16pm

Cremo wrote:

reviews however are stupid because a review is done by one person and with anything they could genuinely hate it but if you got a heavy metal listener to review say weezer, ben folds, eliott smith etc they'd probably say worst album of the year.

too true. it all depends on the reviewer, what taste they have and indeed what mood theyre in at the time. i'd say to anybody out there who are not familiar to weezer: don't judge them solely on 'Beverly Hills' and dont take what reviewers say as gospel.there are only a handful of decent reviewers out there anyway(e.g. ian winwood and Morat for Kerrang) and most only ever give the albums a quick skim through without really listening to the music. go out and get the records and make your own mind up- you wont be disappointed. everyone has their own favourites, go out and try find yours.

eddiehitler · 17-05-2005 3:58pm

its been confirmed that 'The Subways' are supporting Weezer on june 7th.
http://www.weezer.com/default.asp
i dont think anyone really cares if theres a support band or not!

on a different note, ive just checked out American Weezer tribute band 'say it aint so'. theyve really improved over the last few months, i think theyve changed the linup somewhere along the line. i remember listening to some audio samples of them a while back and i thought they were god awful. i thought they were sloppy, tacky and very unprofessional. as ive said,theyve improved a hell of a lot.you can check out some of the live audio on their website http://www.anotherweezertribute.com/
ive heard a hell of a lot worse...
ha ha, look at fat 'Rivers' and Hairy 'Brian'!!!

ferdi · 18-05-2005 12:34pm

ok, after listening to Make Believe agood few times i think i've formed a basic opinion on it:

ITS GHEY!!!!

very disappointing, sloppy fluffy lyrics, unoriginal riffs, a shabby pop rock record with nothing to recommend it other than its done by weezer.

eddiehitler · 28-05-2005 11:10am

is it just me or most people here SOOOOOOOOOOOOO lookin foward to june 7th? exams over (for me anyway, sorry all of you who have LC and other ****) and what better way to start the summer by indulging in a live dose of Da WEEZ hell ya, bring it on!!!

Creamy Goodness · 28-05-2005 1:49pm

yes i cannot wait, screw the leaving cert i'm still going to weez.

there is talk about the foo fighters and weezer doing a tour, i hope that comes across the pond, just so i can see weezer again.

what also sucks is that i only found out that ben folds is playing the next night and it's sold out.

asp · 02-06-2005 12:21am

hey, didn't realise there was all these =w= fans about. Good stuff. Loving the new album, except for My Best Friend and We Are All On Drugs!

Anyone going to the gig, then to the after party in Dorans, where we will be entertained the fantastic Pinkertons!!!

quarryman · 10-06-2005 5:31pm

Right i finally got around to listening to this properly. As mentioned above I wasn't expecting a masterpiece based on the reviews but my god is it bad.

This is easily the worst album I have heard in a long, long time. I actually found the excruciating lyrics and pathetic hooks painful to listen to.

After a few songs in I actually thought maybe it was one of those albums that tries to be bad, we all get the joke, develop a bit of affection for the cheesiness and move on. But no, this is just terrible from start to finish.

I'm not gonna go into detail on each individual song but i want to hear people's arguement on why they think its a good album, i'm very curious.

Seriously guys, go out and buy yourselves (any) Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd album and try some good music.

btw here's an example of the cereal-box lyrics i'm talking about:

I tried my best
I gave my all
Sometimes my best wasn't good enough
For you
Sometimes I let you go
Sometimes I hurt you so
I know that I can be the meanest person in the world

"meanest"?!! Jesus, how could anyone put that word into a song? *shakes head*

Creamy Goodness · 10-06-2005 5:35pm

i'm pretty still undecided on this new album myself, but after maladroit i had lost hope for Rivers and co. I remember reading that Rivers wanted to do a rap metal album so I guess anything would be better than that as he shows on beverly hills that he cannot rap for his life and thus is the worst on the album by far.

rabbitinlights · 10-06-2005 7:25pm

I hated "we are all on drugs" till I heard it live, then it kinda made sense.... the highlight of the gig for me was "my name is jonas" it just blew me away!!

The album is growing on me but I still skip songs on it.... and that cant be a good thing?

S.

Weezer

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