How Weezer & The Blue Album Briefly Made Geekery Cool
154K views · Sep 14, 2024 · Education
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@TrashTheory · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned
Every now and then I get people asking for a playlist of every song mentioned in my videos: Well here's a Spotify link for this one: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0PyTj8B2gRjxPVceK3ON14?si=572c2aa0a93c4108">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0PyTj8B2gRjxPVceK3ON14?si=572c2aa0a93c4108</a> <br>and the YouTube Music one:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLooaZ33lSalc7zTt6oKLedwRtqQ2eOujY">https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLooaZ33lSalc7zTt6oKLedwRtqQ2eOujY&si=eGbNe61ZhTYUZSuY</a>
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@Fuse_22 · 2 years ago (edited)
If you want to talk about Weezer being a "meme band" then there has to be mention of <i>Pork and Beans</i> whose music video was both a very early example of pop culture properly acknowledging internet culture and, when watched nowadays, a meme museum.
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@bookaufman9643 · 2 years ago
I was a part of that pre- Nirvana sub pop alternative hard Rock scene for years and years. I think what can't be understated is the giant effect that the Pixies had on this scene. I know it seems simple when you describe the fast then slow, then fast again concept but the Pixies perfected it and Nirvana really used that sound perfectly in their sound. Weezer especially shows the same lineage of bands like the Pixies and even Fugazi who seems to always get left off of the list of influences. I really love this era of music and it's kind of a forgotten one. People think that it started when Nirvana got signed to a major label but it had been going on for many years. Most of us thought that Mudhoney would be the band that would break big but it didn't go down that way.
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@jake_butcher · 2 years ago
<i>"Why not the Beach Boys but loud?"</i> is arguably the best way to describe Blue album era Weezer
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@Randomcomicsfrommyspinne-xt5kq · 2 years ago
Weezer's debut album is one of the rarest of debut albums because all the songs are good and it's timeless. Just as good in 2024 as it was 31 years ago. Because they weren't tied to Grunge, except for the soft-loud-soft style of The Pixies, which everybody borrowed from. Why aren't The Pixies in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame for that very reason?
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@anenglishmaninsandiego · 2 years ago
Jesus, that montage at the 30-odd min mark is staggeringly damning of the period - it's only when you get all those those back-to-back that you realise that the industry really did just squeeze that sound to death. Brilliant video as always, sir.
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@ColorMePixel · 2 years ago
Weezer is like most mainstream geek fandoms, no one hates it as much as their own most dedicated fanbase
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@NANA-dn7cq · 2 years ago
This has me feeling so many ways. The irony is, when I saw the Say It Ain’t So video at the age of 11, I thought Wheezer were the coolest dudes on the planet. They were the very first major influence on me both in how I dressed and I how played guitar. I made my mom take me thrift stores to find shirts like they wore on the Blue cover, got my grandfather to hang ugly carpet in the barn me and friends played music, and played along with that first album (💿) over and over again.<br><br>At 41 years old, I wish I could tell Cuomo that Weezer was and is my rock and roll heroes. They are MY “Ace Frehley”. <br><br>Thank you so much for this video!
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@vicekwad8537 · 2 years ago
I'm looking to that story another time. Pinkerton has always had a special place in my heart and I'm sure the Trash Theory treatment will shine a deserving light on it's history and influence.
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@HotFuss-gd9qr · 2 years ago
People who call Weezer a meme/incel band has never listened to Weezer outside of Buddy Holly. There's so much more to this band than meets the eye.
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@Alfred_English · 2 years ago
Weezer never clicked with me personally, but this video helped me to understand and appreciate their influence. The bit where Cuomo realizes his Sweater Song chord progression is just Metallica’s Sanitarium is quite funny and relatable
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@voiceofjackson · 2 years ago
I went to Riot Fest where Weezer played The Blue Album front to back one night and Pinkerton the next. I stood in a crowd of 10,000 people aged 20 to 40 and everyone sang every word of Blue Album along with the band. I turned to my friend and said, it's incredible everyone knows every word of this album, what other album can you think of like that? Weezer have had many different lives but everyone agrees that Blue and Pinkerton are their crowning achievements. Maybe they're a meme band, but not for those albums.
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