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Post by Ron57 on Aug 4, 2010 1:28:19 GMT -5
www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/weezer-0716/Odd. Seems really really quick. And I thought Raditude was quick after the Red album. My opinion? It'll run the same course as Raditude. Have one or two semi-tolerable songs on it, then have a s**t-fest for the rest of it that makes me sad when I listen to Hash Pipe. Album is titled "Hurley" Should get news on the new single soon.
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Post by lockebox on Aug 4, 2010 9:36:01 GMT -5
They release their albums too quickly. They're burning themselves out, seriously.
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Post by Phanarchist on Aug 4, 2010 15:24:48 GMT -5
i don't know if i'm ready for this. KRBZ here in Kansas City has had a Weezer song in power rotation ever since Pork & Beans was released. they play each single 5 months longer than they should... and i'm sure they will play the shit out a new weezer single. which i'm sure we should be getting any day since the rcord comes out next month.
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Post by The Party Captain on Aug 4, 2010 17:29:00 GMT -5
Rivers Cuomo is a workaholic. This might be why Geffen didn't try to keep them.
Idk how this will fare. I'm hoping the song from the "Let's Write a Sawng" project makes it on there.
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Post by singingsparrow on Aug 4, 2010 21:21:35 GMT -5
Weezer's recent material, overall, just hasn't done it for me. I think their album quality has been gradually slipping each subsequent era, in the most part.
As much as I admire Cuomo's general open-mindedness and determination to think outside the box artistically, in reality there's been a thematic dry spell on the band's recent material. When you have an album made up of titles like "In the Mall", "Can't Stop Partying" (that lyric "I got the real big posse with me, yeah, I'm deep/And if you lookin' for me I'm in V.I.P." is atrocious) and "The Girl Got Hot", you know you're in a rut.
"The Red Album" was overall mediocre as well, but at least it had a standout epic and a memorable lead single. "Ratitude" doesn't even have that. If Weezer is to harness any lasting adoration in the Alternative scene and differentiate themselves from the rest of the pack, Cuomo needs to stretch himself thematically beyond merely trying to recapture his youth in his forties, ease up on the name-dropping and utilize his ingenuity and eccentric personality to artistic heights.
Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by pen on Aug 4, 2010 22:49:42 GMT -5
Apparently it's coming out via Epitaph Records.
What. The. Fuck.
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Post by Ron57 on Aug 4, 2010 22:53:07 GMT -5
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Post by Ron57 on Aug 4, 2010 22:58:09 GMT -5
Andddd, here you have it.
Record title is "Hurley"
Maybe they named it after the character from Lost. xD
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 4, 2010 23:01:36 GMT -5
Not sure if I'm looking forward to this one. Seems a bit too fast.
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Post by The Party Captain on Aug 4, 2010 23:15:08 GMT -5
Here's hoping they're not swinging for the fences with this one.
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 5, 2010 13:50:27 GMT -5
After hearing the news last night about the new album coming out so soon, I decided to listen to all seven of them from front to back today at work since I hadn't heard the earlier albums in a long while and wanted to see just if there was a drop-off of quality material in my opinion. Now that I'm finished, I can certainly say that after "Maladroit," there's a large difference of how overall good they sound from quality to lyrical content to how catchiness and beyond.
Especially with "Raditude," most songs seemed to be rushed to be released and I can't listen to "Can't Stop Partying" or "The Girl Got Hot" without cringing from hearing how lyrically awesome their earlier material was. Rivers should take another year to work on this record instead of putting out another half-assed album that seems like "Raditude Part II."
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Post by pen on Aug 5, 2010 22:00:44 GMT -5
I dunno, the whole Epitaph thing is giving me pause. Epitaph? And Weezer?
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Aug 6, 2010 2:39:06 GMT -5
The sponsorship revenue writes itself.
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Post by halo19 on Aug 6, 2010 14:53:01 GMT -5
I dunno, the whole Epitaph thing is giving me pause. Epitaph? And Weezer? Maybe Hurley is supposed to write a message on Rivers' epitaph?
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Post by Devin on Aug 6, 2010 15:03:58 GMT -5
Ain't looking forward to this. I liked their '90s stuff, and the Red Album, but "... I Want You To" was annoying, crappy, and didn't sound good overall. I liked other songs like "Let it All Hang Out" on the album better (it should've been third single, because "Trippin' Down the Freeway" sucks). Don't think anything marvelous is going to come from this album.
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Post by The Party Captain on Aug 7, 2010 13:02:03 GMT -5
Ain't looking forward to this. I liked their '90s stuff, and the Red Album, but "... I Want You To" was annoying, crappy, and didn't sound good overall. I liked other songs like "Let it All Hang Out" on the album better (it should've been third single, because "Trippin' Down the Freeway" sucks). Don't think anything marvelous is going to come from this album. Pass the crack pipe. "...I Want You To" was classic Weezer.
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Post by pen on Aug 7, 2010 13:33:38 GMT -5
Ain't looking forward to this. I liked their '90s stuff, and the Red Album, but "... I Want You To" was annoying, crappy, and didn't sound good overall. I liked other songs like "Let it All Hang Out" on the album better (it should've been third single, because "Trippin' Down the Freeway" sucks). Don't think anything marvelous is going to come from this album. Pass the crack pipe. "...I Want You To" was classic Weezer. Pass the crack pipe, I just want a hit.
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Post by Phanarchist on Aug 8, 2010 3:08:46 GMT -5
just got a promo email from Epitaph with the single attached. uploading it to mediafire. if you want the link i'll gladly send it to you once i get it uploaded.
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Post by pen on Aug 8, 2010 12:35:44 GMT -5
Or people can just watch this.
Synth, Weezer? Really? Good song though.
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 8, 2010 21:11:02 GMT -5
This is quite different than I expected it to sound, but I like it very much so. I really can't say I can compare it to anything else at the moment, so kudos for sounding semi-original.
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Post by Devin on Aug 8, 2010 23:40:49 GMT -5
Should this thread be changed to Weezer - "Memories" now?
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Post by Ron57 on Aug 8, 2010 23:45:14 GMT -5
Sorry about that, haven't been on all day.
I'm afraid to listen to a crappy web rip or something. Waiting for actual single release.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Aug 9, 2010 2:26:05 GMT -5
^Is this good enough?
will post my thoughts later
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Post by halo19 on Aug 9, 2010 12:35:39 GMT -5
Synth, Weezer? Really? Good song though. Is Rivers taking a cue from former member Matt Sharp perhaps?
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Aug 9, 2010 17:25:05 GMT -5
hmm, this isn't bad.
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Post by pen on Aug 9, 2010 23:08:49 GMT -5
Album cover has been revealed, and no I'm not making this up.
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 9, 2010 23:21:20 GMT -5
Kudos to the band for naming the album after my favorite character on what will be one of my all-time favorite TV series. Now, hopefully it's a halfway decent album.
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Post by Ron57 on Aug 10, 2010 1:05:39 GMT -5
Album cover has been revealed, and no I'm not making this up. ahahahaha. I was right.
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Post by Ron57 on Aug 10, 2010 1:11:55 GMT -5
What if they have the track listing as 4. 8. 15. 16. 23. 42.
xD Unfortunately that's only a 6 song album
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Post by pen on Aug 10, 2010 1:22:47 GMT -5
What if they have the track listing as 4. 8. 15. 16. 23. 42. xD Unfortunately that's only a 6 song album I don't think they did this because they're Lost fans, but because they just loved Garcia's big smiling face.
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