never went past these two?

I've heard a bunch of other albums.

The Blue Album is pure joy, every song is infectious af with incredible energy. Easily one of the best albums ever.

well.. rivers has been very specific about the girl who inspired pink triangle so seems kinda weird to go out to make this all up that far fetched just to make up some back story to it

there’s a girl in a band who he meant who has inspired mexican fender altho he’s married with kids now he just makes a story out of it and romanizes it but she’s real and the hangouts he mentions happened .. there’s a demo about the same girl where he goes more in-depth about her and their time together too

so with that in mind i don’t know why i would doubt his pink triangle story

Blutch the only dad rock band we acknowledge

first time ever heard of that band

Facts

utter nonsense is a strong term

jen is jennifer chiba

you didn’t like any?

yeah it stays my undefeated number one

it’s just a crazy thought that with its b sides of both blue and pinkerton we have 2 more classic albums out of it

also one of the best debut album ever

ill pass thank you for trying tho

Liked some of it, but I need to delve deeper

gotchu

white album should be a good bridge

Even made up stories are based on real emotions and ideas so it's cool

there was a story also of one of the girls, i think it’s from the el scorcho song? or falling for you.. where she asked to remove any mention of her on reissues so there was some legal stuff going on that for a minute

still appreciate your take on it @Lightsxo and you’re correct anyway as in rivers is a storyteller first and foremost

ok this is my early album 5 tracklist @HeyFella :

1 modern dukes (2002-07-02 version)
2 superstar (2002-07-02 version)
3 acapulco (2002-07-02 version)
4 queen of earth (2002-07-16 version)
5 mad kow (2002-07-02 version)
6 hey domingo! (2002-06-29 version)
7 untenable (2002-07-16 version)
8 blowin’ my stack
9 little songs (2002-07-02 version)
10 mansion of cardboard (2002-07-02 version)
11 lullaby (2002-07-02 version)
12 everybody wants a chance to feel all alone (acoustic office)
13 the organ player (2002-07-02 version)

you can try to playlist that with the youtube uploads of them? however you guys wanna consume it

wanted to cut down to 12 but acapulco is original and helps to set up queen of earth which is too out of the blue, very dark for weezer - for acapulco is necessary bc without it it’s hard to place queen of earth without having a weird mood but this order is really tight, tried space out the best between opening hard but keeping heavy hitters for later too so it’s well adjusted in flow

amazing set of solid songs all in all

@Womanpuncher69 if you wanna try that too, these are abandonned songs cut down to the best and put together from the early stages of working on what would become make believe, some great stuff there no skips tbh

artwork idk why not the mb background art?

or i could look for something new
or one of the other arts included in the booklet

what u guys say

@Lightsxo would love to read more of your takes on some of their other albums if you have some, that was amazing

Blue Album or their major label debut is a remarkably entertaining and infectious pop-rock piece that splendidly captures the early 90’s grunge motif of "hip-to-be-square" but paints it with a different and unique brush. Cuomo and co seem to lovingly embrace their roles in life as the guys wondering: "what's with these homies dissin' my girl?".

Though the music is predominately upbeat and catchier than Covid and HIV combined, one only needs to peel away a thin layer of veneer to ascertain the direction that the lyrics give the songs. Nearly every song carries such an allusion, which I think lends the album all the more strength: the ambiguity means that we are neither being bombarded with Beach Boys sunshine pop nor are we being consciously urged to feel self-loathing or believe for a moment that the artists are. This is especially important as rock progresses, there seems to be no more middle ground. Either you’re a Radiohead tribute act or doing the best impersonation of Marr’s jangles on The Smith’s livelier tunes.

It is that delightful middle-ground that made Weezer such a fantastic and unique band. Though their subsequent releases would not live up to the phenomenal achievements of Blue, they remain an inspiration for many other bands and with just cause.

So perfect is the flow of this album that it is difficult to single out individual songs for praise. Indeed, of the ten songs on the album, three were released as singles, the most commercially-memorable no doubt being 'Buddy Holly' the video clip of which featured a nod to the 70’s TV show, Happy Days.

Containing just the right balance of jangly pop/grunge (e.g. 'No One Else', 'Buddy Holly', 'In the Garage', 'Say It Ain't So') and equally addictive balancing ('The World Has Turned and Left Me Here', 'Undone: The Sweater Song'), the album culminates in a brilliant 1-2 between the frenetic and powerful 'Holiday' and winds down with the beautifully-sculpted and eclectically unexpected 'Only in Dreams' whose seeming diametric opposition to the rest of the album's vibe actually yields the perfect conclusion to this sensational album.

I suppose the best compliment that I can give this album is that every song can conceivably be seen as a hit and yet the mix of grunge and pop had never been done more successfully before and since.

nah probably a liar or somethin

your posts are some of the best written s*** ive read about these albums so far and i been in the game for a minute, this is stellar

i have the tendency to overlook holiday, i forget how it has their most bb breakdown ever next to surf wax, such genuis

the reason i think it’s a perfect album is because it does something others rarely do: lot of rock albums TLJ either get something too serious sad or pretentious or either something too on the other end pop catchy but with sometimes a lack of substance or some real nerding out composition structure, and weezer with the blue really found the fine line between those two you have fun all around but it’s also impressive composition wise and an emotional ride, great tension, breakdowns, relatable lyrics

and this is way too rare to be taken for granted

i think on my side the best compliment i ever read about weezer is from frank black himself of the pixies who said to rivers that weezer is his favorite band to tap his toe too, or something like that, like weezer never failed to make him tap his toe in rythm to it

and while we nerd out in great length, that to me is such an amazing comment because deep down isn’t that what we aim to do when we make songs?

we’re so seriously invested and rightfully so but yet it’s not that serious, that’s the beauty of it and where music hits the best: not when it’s only serious or never serious - this echos what i meant about what the blue album succeeds in how many other bands even the best rarely does

i swear if 2021 is another year without any weezer drop and 2 more eminem albums....

@Lightsxo @Goo

my boy still got it....

and these are just home demos of songs he has for now abandonned...

who else in the game can claim throwing away such good s***? some bands would beg to have these as singles, stunning compositions

yo this album i put together smacks wtf... light years ahead make believe

Top 5 album ever