The Strange History of WEEZER (they were never “emo”)

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• MY

  @My_Naginta · 2 years ago

  "Get down party anthems for agoraphobics." I would love if someone described my music like this

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• LE

  @leelermakesmusic · 2 years ago

  I loved that Buddy Holly was hidden in Windows 95.

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• DR

  @DrProfessorMD · 2 years ago

  I saw Weezer and No Doubt at the same show. It was pretty neat.

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• MA

  @mariokarter13 · 2 years ago

  &quot;You should just be yourself.&quot;<br>&gt;Rivers Coumo tries being himself<br>&gt;Everyone absolutely hates the album until about 10 years later when they suddenly say it&apos;s the best thing they ever made.

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• RA

  @ramblingsunglassesguy · 2 years ago

  I completely disagree with your point on their albums after Raditude, while Hurley may have disappointed, EWBAITE and White are considered to be huge returns to form, and while there have been disappointing albums like Black or Pacific Daydream, most people agree from what I&apos;ve seen love their newest stuff like OK Human and SZNZ.

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• LA

  @Lakjager · 1 year ago

  Weezer isn’t emo, but Pinkerton most definitely is in my opinion, and that’s honestly the only Weezer album I find myself coming back to

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• QU

  @QueLoKevin · 2 years ago

  That SNL skit spoke so much to basically all band fandoms

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• MC

  @mcwildstyle9106 · 2 years ago

  I think i remember that I called weezer “the Beatles if they make depressing shit sometimes”

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• LC

  @lcourni · 2 years ago

  As a 46yo WEEZER fan I have to mention the very good &quot;Everything Will Be Alright in the End&quot; album that seems like a bit of a redemption in recent years (2015 ?)

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• SH

  @shiko098 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I remember when Emo wasn&apos;t associated with fringes, eyeliner and My Chemical Romance. <br><br>It was all stripy jumpers, thick rimmed glasses, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Eat World.

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• RE

  @restlessapprentice · 2 years ago

  I get wanting to keep the video short, but neglecting to talk about their comeback with EWBAITE and The White Album and chalking everything past Raditude as more of the same feels a bit disingenuous. Weezer had fallen out of popularity pretty hard and are now consistently prominent with most of their newer albums. Pacific Daydream (while not an album I care for personally) was all over the radio when it came out, which had not been the case for the band in the 5-6 years prior. Would have been interesting to at least mention their comeback and transition into a mainstay legacy band.

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• BT

  @bt0694 · 2 years ago (edited)

  When I was a sup at a call center I had this 19 yr old hipster kid (maybe a prototype hipster it was 2001) named Shane on my team. &nbsp;He LOVED Weezer so much! &nbsp;We became friends quickly discussing music in our 1-1s instead of his stats. &nbsp;He DEMANDED I listen to Pinkerton, he said it was the best album that had ever been made. &nbsp;That was how I felt about I brought you my bullets, so we traded albums for a week… sadly he died in a car wreck that week… I still have his Pinkerton album.

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