What do you think of the new weezer single?

fuck you
-- charleston charge (chaki.tim...), April 3rd, 2005.

New contender for worst thing I've ever read on ILM.

the rest of you: who the fuck are you people? fucking dickheads that what you are.

Actually, why *aren't* you a pro wrestler...OF LOVE?

New song, "Pork and Beans" streaming at http://weezer.com/.

It's not aggressively terrible like Beverly Hills was, but it doesn't excite me either. Really pedestrian melody.

I actually kind of like this. I will probably hate it soon though. Thats how it always goes with anything Weezer has released since Green...

Dang, I need some Advil or something, that song made me all woozy. It could be a grower, though, and I can imagine college kids at a party blasting it. Sounds like Rivers must have spend some time listening to '154' or 'Chairs Missing' or something, because that songs got a bunch of off-kilter vertigo-inducing riffs.

Actually, it sounds like textbook rock action after the first listen, and will probably end up all over clear channel's radio stations and you'll hear it in big box stores while buying shoes.

I don't even know what to make of this one.

The Greatest Man That Ever Lived

Don't be mad because Rivers and the boys have matured faster than you. Musically , they're ahead of the pack and year from now MAYBE you will see that. MAYBE. but I doubt it since your heads are so far up your own asses.

you have to take weezer for who they are, and this song is what weezer all over, you have to love it, that is if you really understand what weezer is all about, you know what i mean?

I know right? I really like this song now. Weezer's a genius.

I dont think the rap is that bad. I mean c'mon what do you expect? Its weezer, not grandmaster flash and the furious five. Besides, if you were haning out with one of your friends and all of a sudden they spit out that rhyme, you'd be like "thats awesome". but yeah song is solid.

The more I hear by them, the less I understand the appeal of Weezer. I listened to Pinkerton in it's entirety not too long ago so I could finally see what the fuss was about. I listened to it a number of times, and frankly I can't remember any of the songs except "Tired of Sex," "Pink Triangle" and "El Scorcho," and yeah, they're good songs, but not nearly as incredible as they had been hyped up to be.

This new shit is pretty goofy. And I LIKE goofy (been listening to a lot of Todd Rundgren lately), but Rivers Cuomo just seems really really unbearable on songs like "Greatest Man"

weezer is not my cup of tea, but I love you chaki!
-- Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, April 3, 2005 8:46 PM

thanx ian i luv u too man...
-- charleston charge (chaki), Sunday, April 3, 2005 9:43 PM

Okay, so the Pork and Beans video is actually kind of funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI

I think at this point they know they're a joke.

Yeah, kind of a neat video. weezer was always known for goofy videos, though, they just used to have good songs to go with them.

Although hearing The Greatest Man that Ever Lived and the Heart Songs has made Pork and Beans sound a lot better.

I think music would be a better place if Rivers Cuomo had died in 1997 instead of absolutely everyone else that's died since, including, say, Laurie Lee or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

woah that video is lolz

Reminds me of the South Park I just saw last night.

I think music would be a better place if Rivers Cuomo had died in 1997

weezer's legacy would certainly be a lot better. I'm fond of the theory that Rivers did die in 1997, at which point he was replaced with a lookalike/automaton/pod person.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2084/2518992952_2b04dbeb7b_o.jpg

I think it sucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqZBAq2AdNc