Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 You have point.. The Weezer of the Blue Album/Pinkerton era does not exist anymore. Now they cater to tweens and teens and I guess I can't blame them for that. Heck some of the lyrics on Blue Album and Pinkerton are cheesy, but at least those songs had heart and substance. As long as the tweens/teens can still listen to the older albums and appreciate them, it's all good. I'd be interested to know what your 16-year old son thinks of Pinkerton. Weezer really hasn't changed...you have (gotten older, married, etc.). That and Rivers isn't as miserable as he was during the Blue/Pinkerton period. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Weezer really hasn't changed...you have (gotten older, married, etc.) haha.. I have considered that theory many times.. But just pop in The Blue Album and listen to it start to finish. Then pop in The Red Album and try to get through it without laughing out loud in disgust... There's a big difference between "The World has turned and left me here" and "Everybody Get Dangerous"... The difference is a band that took themselves seriously and put their hearts and souls into their music... But I also think "Rivers isn't as miserable as he was during the Blue/Pinkerton period" has a lot to do with it. Plus I think Matt Sharp had a lot of influence in those days as well... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 haha.. I have considered that theory many times.. But just pop in The Blue Album and listen to it start to finish. Then pop in The Red Album and try to get through it without laughing out loud in disgust... There's a big difference between "The World has turned and left me here" and "Everybody Get Dangerous"... The difference is a band that took themselves seriously and put their hearts and souls into their music... But I also think "Rivers isn't as miserable as he was during the Blue/Pinkerton period" has a lot to do with it. Plus I think Matt Sharp had a lot of influence in those days as well... A bit like our Wilco boys... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 A bit like our Wilco boys... Sad but true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Kiss my aura ... Dora ... M-M-M ... it's real angoraWould y'all like some more-a?Right here on the flora?An' how 'bout you, Fauna?Y'wanna? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dark Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 From Neil Young ReactorT Bone Got mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesAin't got no T-BoneAin't got no T-Bone Got mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesAin't got no T-Bone Got mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesAin't got no T-BoneAin't got no T-Bone I only pasted the first 3 stanzas ... the rest of the song is just those lyrics over and over Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 From Neil Young ReactorT Bone Got mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesAin't got no T-BoneAin't got no T-Bone Got mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesAin't got no T-Bone Got mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesGot mashed potatoesAin't got no T-BoneAin't got no T-Bone I only pasted the first 3 stanzas ... the rest of the song is just those lyrics over and over But...it doesn't work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a-me-with-a-you Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Pigs they tend to wiggle when they walk... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Any song by Oasis. Most of their lyrics are completely stupid non-sense but it works for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
virtualreason Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 The Chili Peppers come to my mind. The best example of this has to be a lot of the verses in Give It Away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Sad but true. If you want to bash the Camel album and the Sky one, you'll get no argument from me. But nothing on those records even comes close to the atrocity of Make Believe. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nobody Girl Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I think we're going crazyHer left eye is lazyShe looks so IsraeliNicotine and Gravy love it!! And from Debra: I met you At JC PenneyI think your name tag Said "Jenny"I cold step to you With a fresh pack of gumSomehow I knew You were looking for some Love this song; I guess it works because it's intentionally bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 And from Debra: I met you At JC PenneyI think your name tag Said "Jenny"I cold step to you With a fresh pack of gumSomehow I knew You were looking for some Love this song; I guess it works because it's intentionally bad. Now that is a great choice! From the same song: I'll pick you up late at night after workI said lady, step into my HyundaiI'm going to take you up to Glendale, yeahI'm gonna take you for a real good meal That falsetto with the music and those lyrics just work so well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 well, duh. where else ya gonna get honey? I thought it came from plastic bears. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dark Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Yes thats true I didnt stay true to the thread .... but maybe I thought those lyrics worked .. who doesnt like Steak and Potatoes But...it doesn't work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I have the same lyric, or rhyme, by two different bands. One works, one doesn't. Mercury Rev: Holes "Holes, dug by little moles, angry jealousSpies, got telephones for eyes, come to you as....." This works, just, in the context of a great song by a band that frequently explore surreal landscapes in their wordplay. U2: Elevation "A moleDigging in a holeDigging up my soul nowGoing down, excavation" Whilst this is just rubbish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kim Bodnia Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 "Leaving was never my proud" R.E.M. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 You have point.. The Weezer of the Blue Album/Pinkerton era does not exist anymore. Now they cater to tweens and teens and I guess I can't blame them for that. Heck some of the lyrics on Blue Album and Pinkerton are cheesy, but at least those songs had heart and substance. As long as the tweens/teens can still listen to the older albums and appreciate them, it's all good. I'd be interested to know what your 16-year old son thinks of Pinkerton. He's 17 now and he digs Pinkerton and he cites it for the genius of being based on Madame Butterfly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thingfishp Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I disagree somewhat here. I take it from the reference point of my 16-year old son. He loves them taking the piss out of the generation gap.Hell...it's rock/pop music. Nobody making records has ever been a Tolstoy or a Rimbaud...no matter how hard Dylan and Springsteen try. But Rimbaud wrote some pretty crazy stuff, too, such as this excerpt from "My Little Lovelies." I see value in it, but there are many who would say it just ain't art. "One night you made me a poet,Ugly blond whore.Get between my legs,I'll whip you. I puked up your greasy hair,Ugly black whore;You tried to unstringMy guitar. Blah! Some of my dried-up spit,Ugly red whore,Still stinks in the cracksOf your breast. O my little lovelies,I hate your guts!Go stick big blistersOn your ugly tits! Break the cracked bottles and jarsOf my feelings;Come on! Be my ballerinasJust for a while! Your shoulder blades are twisted back,My masterpieces!Stick stars in your snatches and shakeThem to bits! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Queen Amaranthine Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The other day I had to make a long solo roadtrip, so I embraced the opportunity to listen to stuff I hadn't for a long time. I don't know what made me take The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin with me, because I was lukewarm to it when I first got it long ago (although I do like the Lips), but I'm glad I did--I really connected with it this time. Anyway, this thread came to mind when I paid attention to these lyrics: When you got that spider bite on your handI thought we would have to break up the bandTo lose your arm would surely upset your brainThe poison then could reach your heart from a vein I was glad that it didn’t destroy youHow sad that would beCause if it destroyed youIt would destroy me When you had that accident in your carThat whole thing just really seemed too bizarreDodging holes and telephone poles through the dashA million to one that you would survive such a crash I was glad that it didn’t destroy youHow sad that would beCause if it destroyed youIt would destroy me But then the last lyrics somehow pull the spider bite and accident images above, and the entire song, together really well. The idea that love is that powerful to make us feel emotionally poisoned or lucky to survive a bad accident/relationship is a great song theme: When you fell in love, it was so sweetSo devoted, completely swept off your feetLove is the greatest thing a heart can knowBut the hole that it leaves in its absence can make you feel so low And I was glad that it didn’t destroy youHow sad that would beCause if it destroyed youIt would destroy me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Teresa Brewer... (sing at double speed, if you can!) With a ho double hoop shawRiggle laba dope and theDoodle and the daddleAnd the puff of my smokeAnd the heaping and the huffingAnd the chicken and the chokingAnd the pickle up a doodleIn the middle of the day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Got my friends in my BMWGonna get myself arrested When youre there I sleep lengthwiseWhen youre gone. I sleep diagonal in my bed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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