forgiving weezer...?

[lamenamehere]

Okay, so in 1965 when Bob went to electric... there was backlash. His fan base was less than pleased with the sudden and rather drastic stylistic leap, commercial popularity and success increased at the cost of anger and feelings of abandonment from the protesters, hippies and folksters that had been converging at Bob's live shows since the

Comments

[lamenamehere]

"All together, it sounds like the first record ever written with the goal expressly in mind of being kick-ass to play on Rock Band." cite: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13656-raditude/

In terms of album review that might just about sum it up. I am not saying that everything on "rockband" is terrible... but it certainly is not all good.

[sensorglitch]

I'm going to have to disagree with you. The last four albums weren't bad per se, they just weren't brilliant like Blue, and Pinkerton. Theres a difference there, because Blue and Pinkerton were albums which are rock classics, they are the type of things that future generations will remember, like the Beatles White Album, or the Wall. Expecting a band to have every single one of their albums be up to that sort of level isn't fair

[lamenamehere]

From initial listens though I do not believe it is "as earnest as the famously confessional Pinkerton". The rest of that quote was I would say rather negative, pointing out that Rivers in interminably a 13 year old boy... thats not a complement to anyone who isn't a 13 year old boy

[eireann8]

I still love Weezer, although I haven't bought their last few albums. Even if I don't always like the stuff they put out, at least they try new things.