So out comes this week another album from a band I used to cherish. In high school, I would drive around in my old 1986 Toyota Corolla listening to Weezer, Catch 22, Sleater-Kinney, and a bunch of other random messes. But Weezer was one of the top bands to come up on my seemingly unending MP3 disk player that I bought with my hard earned cash.
The memories flood of hanging out with friends after a nerdy theatre sports (like who's line is it anyways) and singing along to Weezer. It was a great band that didn't pander to anyone; it just so happened that a lot of nerds liked them. They were lyrically complex when they wanted to and fun when they needed to be.
Raditude in many ways is like the Be Sharps. It's a name that seems funny and witty at first and then gets less so every time you say it. The songs are mediocre for current Weezer standards, but it's still terrible from my standpoint.
It's embarrassing, that now, they feel like they have to suck up to their core audience by almost making fun of their intelligence. Their newer albums tend to smack their old fans in the face. It's just strange because the fans who grew up listening to them, are now much older and don't care for this immature embrace of internet memes and things that were old as the day they started. Don't get me wrong, I like some internet memes every once in a while, but I want those guys to play good music and grow up and stop chasing whatever the flavor of the month is.
Weezer used to be the forerunner when it came to "being Weezer" and now it seems like they try to play catch up with themselves and try to stay relevant by pulling dumb stunts like this:
That is no lie, what you see in front of you. That is indeed an official Weezer Snuggie. This is much worse than "selling out". This is a complete abomination to what you consider your fans.
It's time I step up to memory road and try to forget about what's currently happening.
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