Tonight I’m going to a Weezer show out at Gwinnett Center Arena. I rediscovered Weezer a few months ago, and I’m glad I did. But I admit it’s also a little weird - it took me back to high school a little bit. And now, a relevant anecdote:
Almost exactly 11 years ago, I saw Weezer play in Aiken, South Carolina. They were nobodies at the time. They played in the gym of Aiken Tech or USC-Aiken… some such nowheresville. I went with the girl who now cuts my hair, my stupid first boyfriend, and another girl who later decided (along with the rest of ‘em) that she was too cool to hang out with me. (We’d just started high school and the cliques weren’t established yet.) We thought we were so damn cool, up in the front row (it was a general admission show), attempting to form something of a mosh pit and trying to get the band members to smile at us. I bought a bright orange Weezer t-shirt that was at least two sizes too big (I was still in the “OMG I’m self-conscious so I’d better hide my body under layers of fabric” phase) and wore it to school the next day. Oh yes, I was That Guy.
Anyway. 11 years later, Weezer has catapulted to fame, and I… well, here’s a snapshot of what happened in the intervening decade.
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5 Responses to "Blast From the Past"
I saw them again at the Tabernacle back in May and they were outstanding. Played tons of old stuff with only a couple of the newer songs. Yeah I’m pissed I didn’t get tickets to the show tonight and GreenDay a couple weeks ago. Although I do think I’ve outgrown Foo Fighters now.
I saw them at the EVIL 99x summer concert series… I Fucking LOVE weezer. I am so jealous…
I didn’t even know that they were coming, but I guess I was paying attention to something else: I am going to the Indigo Girls on saturday at Chastain…
I still love weezer though!!! Have fun for me!!! And sing along with Say it ain’t so for me… it’s my favorite.
Since Matt Sharp left the band after Pinkerton, Weezer’s output has been garbage. GARBAGE!! They have become caricatures of the rock assholes they used to rail against. Who is that tattooed fucking L.A. douchebag playing bass now? Cuomos’ affinity for Asian girls used to be endearing. Now, in his lyrics, you can almost hear the 15 year-old Bankok hookers waiting for the ol’ Ivy Leaguer to do rails off their flat, pre-pubescent chests.
The blue record and Pinkerton are two of my favorites. Everything they’ve done since then makes me want to fucking puke.
If you don’t believe me, go listen to some of the MP3s at Matt Sharp’s site.
I hope you had a good time at the show, though. Live shows are the tits and the ass of rock regardless of how bad someone on the internet thinks the band is.
I swear I’ve seen someone post that exact Matt Sharp/River’s Asian chicks rant somewhere before.
I will agree though that they haven’t been as good as those first albums(it would be hard to keep that up)…but I do like the new one.
Weezer? Weirdos…