Weezer - "I'm Your Daddy"

[koogles]

According to the article, it's the next on deck from Raditude.

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[(Artie Ziff)]

It was pretty obvious when they played it on Late Show a month ago. They performed in slankets, pretty funny. And a much stronger song than the lead track to me.

[Nicholas2.0]

OK, it was bad enough that this was the title of a Weezer song to begin with. Even worse that it's now gonna be the title of a Weezer single.

[WotUNeed]

Dec 1, 2009 4:11:54 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

OK, it was bad enough that this was the title of a Weezer song to begin with. Even worse that it's now gonna be the title of a Weezer single.

Lyrically, despite the decimation of our ranks, I'm still a Rivers Cuomo apologist. I think he has a gift for a clever turn of phrase while keeping his songs deceptively simple, and for doing so in a way where most others who tried something similar would come off sounding anywhere from clumsy to embarrassing. Yet, all that said, even I'm disappointed with this as a single. I take no immediate offense at the use of the title phrase, so I don't mind it as an album track; however, I think it's one of the relatively few songs in the Weezer catalogue where even a close examination doesn't yield much beneath the surface.

[(Artie Ziff)]

Heard for the first time today other than the live version. This will probably be my favorite song so far by the band, although The Sweater Song might be hard to top. I like the fuzzy guitars contrasted with the hand claps. Reminds me of The Cars.

[Matt4319]

Nov 29, 2009 21:53:19 GMT -5 (Artie Ziff) said:

It was pretty obvious when they played it on Late Show a month ago. They performed in slankets, pretty funny. And a much stronger song than the lead track to me.

Those are Snuggies. Weezer Snuggies.

[PHOBES]

Dec 3, 2009 4:18:18 GMT -5 Matt4319 said:

Nov 29, 2009 21:53:19 GMT -5 (Artie Ziff) said:

It was pretty obvious when they played it on Late Show a month ago. They performed in slankets, pretty funny. And a much stronger song than the lead track to me.

Those are Snuggies. Weezer Snuggies.

Thanks, ever since he posted that I've been trying to figure out what the heck a "slanket" is.

[WotUNeed]

Dec 3, 2009 14:42:40 GMT -5 PHOBES said:

Dec 3, 2009 4:18:18 GMT -5 Matt4319 said:

Those are Snuggies. Weezer Snuggies.

Thanks, ever since he posted that I've been trying to figure out what the heck a "slanket" is.

It's one of Snuggie's direct competitors: www.theslanket.com/

[American Idiot]

I like this choice. The only other tracks I may have liked better or equally would have been "Put Me Back Together" or "Let It All Hang Out." I still don't understand why they didn't include some of the bonus tracks on the actual album. A few of those songs fit into the "freaking awesome" category.

[jvandyck87]

Dec 3, 2009 15:47:33 GMT -5 American Idiot said:

I like this choice.A few of those songs fit into the "freaking awesome" category.

[(Artie Ziff)]

Maybe that's Weezer's version of the slanket. But the blanket with sleeves has been around quite a while.

[PHOBES]

Yes, Weezer are the mastermind behind the snuggie. It all makes sense.

[(Artie Ziff)]

Hey, you were the one who didn't know what it was. It does make sense?

[pen]

In Artie's defense, the original product was called the Slanket but no one really paid attention. This was in 1998. Someone else took the idea a year or so ago and turned it into the Snuggie that everyone hears and gags about today.

[PHOBES]

Dec 4, 2009 15:47:02 GMT -5 (Artie Ziff) said:

Hey, you were the one who didn't know what it was. It does make sense?

Not exactly, but fair enough.

Like pen said, I had no clue what a slanket was but I've seen countless commercials and parodies of snuggies.

[pen]

Artie is anal retentive.

[(Artie Ziff)]

Gross! I guess with DVR nowadays, I never even heard of a snuggie. But the slankets commercials have been around since I was a kid. Back when skipping that crap was hard to do!

[pen]

I'm surprised you haven't heard of it anyway since it's become a part of pop culture. And pop culture is usually difficult to avoid without special training.

[Mega248]

www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/06/weezer.accident/index.html

Weezer singer hurt in bus crash
By Chuck Johnston, CNN
December 6, 2009 2:11 p.m. EST

Glen, New York (CNN) -- The lead singer of the rock band Weezer was involved in a bus accident Sunday that left him and another passenger in an upstate New York hospital.

Rivers Cuomo, 40, complained of rib pain and was transferred, along with one other passenger, to St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam, New York.

Cuomo's wife, daughter, and a fifth passenger on the bus were uninjured. The bus was traveling from Toronto, Ontario, to Boston, Massachusetts, for a show Monday night at the Agganis Arena at Boston University.

The accident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, while the bus was traveling eastbound on the New York State Thruway near the city of Amsterdam, according to Sgt. Brian Dollard with the New York State Police.

The driver said the back end of the bus slid on ice, then went into the median and hit some reflective posts before crossing back over the highway, going over the guardrail and landing in a ditch.

It had snowed about two inches overnight, police said. The roads were generally wet Sunday morning, but not covered in snow, Dollard said.

Police said they do not suspect drugs or alcohol were a factor in the accident.

The vehicle is a 2009 Prevost tour bus registered to Night Train Coach Inc., out of Tennessee.

[The Party Captain]

^Ouch. I think Cuomo is going to retire soon.

[WotUNeed]

Weezer praises tour bus driver, says skills averted worse crash
By Jo Piazza, Special to CNN

(CNN) -- Members of the rock band Weezer are thankful for their tour bus driver, who significantly reduced the amount of damage in what could have been a much more tragic accident Sunday morning.

Frontman Rivers Cuomo and an assistant were injured when their tour bus plunged 10 feet into a muddy ravine about 40 miles west of Albany, New York, according to a report on the group's Web site.

"The Weezer tour bus carrying Rivers and his family and assistants lost control as it hit a patch of black ice," Weezer's webmaster, Karl Koch, who arrived on the scene 20 minutes after the crash, wrote on the band's official Web site.

"The driver employed every ounce of skill he had in fighting to keep the bus upright, as the vehicle violently fishtailed over the highway. Kudos to the driver for somehow keeping things as level as they could be -- surely this story would have been far more tragic if not for his actions."

The Weezer tour bus, carrying Cuomo, his wife, daughter, their nanny and his assistant, was traveling from Toronto, Ontario, to Boston, Massachusetts, for a Monday night show when it hit black ice. The bus went off the freeway and plunged nearly 10 feet into a muddy ravine, according to Koch's report.

Rivers' wife, Kyoko Ito, their 2-year old daughter, Mia, who was in her crib unit, and the nanny were uninjured. Cuomo was sleeping in the bus's back lounge and was violently tossed around by the impact.

"He recalled not hitting anything, but later we learned that he must have, as he cracked three ribs and sustained some mostly minor but very painful internal damage, as well as hurting his lower leg somehow," Koch wrote.

The front door of the bus was inaccessible because it was covered in 5 feet of mud. Local EMTs used the jaws of life to remove the bus's rear window to reach the injured Cuomo.

Cuomo's assistant also suffered two fractured ribs and a fractured lower vertebra.

According to the report Cuomo is resting comfortably at a hospital in Amsterdam, New York, and will not need surgery. The band has canceled the rest of its December tour dates.

[American Idiot]

Damn. That's absolutely horrible, but I'm really glad Rivers and everyone else on the bus is alright :)

[Shadows in the Dark]

That really sucks, hope they pull through OK.

This song will probably do fine on Alt though.

[onefrayedrepublic]

^Ouch. I think Cuomo is going to retire soon.

Would this be the 3rd or 4th time?

[lockebox]

Allaccess now has an add up for this on their site. Plus it's getting several adds. Safe to say that it's the second single ;)

[Shadows in the Dark]

When is it?

[lockebox]

Ah and the band has apparently confirmed that "I'm Your Daddy" will be the second single on their blog. A video will be shot soon.

[lockebox]

Jan 24, 2010 10:49:07 GMT -5 Shadows in the Dark said:

When is it?

I presume you mean where is it? The add should appear at the top of the screen once on allaccess.

[PHOBES]

I actually think he meant the date it goes for adds. I'm guessing that would be now, it's getting a few adds and the link on allaccess doesn't specify a date.

I really love this album, and I think "I'm You're Daddy" is a capable tune, but I'd much rather they release "Let It All Hang Out," "Love Is the Answer," or even "Put Me Back Together."

[My Life Is A Stereo]

My Alt station has been playing "Let It All Hang Out"....of course in Canada, it could easily be the second single. I'm okay with either one really. In fact the entire album (especially for how fast it came about) is really catching on with me.