Weezer - OK Human (January 29, 2021) Album • Page 29

back to the shack could fit right in on any of their classic run albums

 

Same actually

I think about how I wasn't anticipating anything after Raditude and Hurley seemed like a step in the right direction but not enough to trust them, like it still seemed the next album could've been a mess after that. But the EWBAITE rollout gave me hope and boom, I've been actively loving Weezer again haha. I like it

 

Yes, yes I did. 2-3 perfect songs (which I only think they have on White and Hurley) on an otherwise forgettable record isn't enough to get it across that "eh" line for me. I was honestly so taken back by how good 2-3 songs on White were that I forgot how much I don't remember/like the rest of the album.

 

My contribution to the back catalog chatter: This Is Such A Pity has been in my head for near 17 years now.

 

Do You Wanna Get High? is the perfect song on White it even has the SFTBH/Pinkerton synth on it

 

In terms of bad Weezer songs I kinda love “I’m Your Daddy”, earworm hook with terrible lyrics

 

lonely girl is so good. man. EWBAITE rules. i can’t imagine not liking it if you like the band.

 

Weezer: 'Our fans don't seem to age out. We must be doing something right'

The future is bright, folks.

 

Trainwrecks, Unspoken, Time Flies.... there's some great shit on there

 

Ruling Me, Memories...it's the most consistent Weezer album since Maladroit. I've been saying this for years!

 

the same can be said about EWBAITE!

 

The performance of it on Letterman in their Weezer snuggies is kind of hilariously awesome, I'll give it that much

 

and Jacked Up would make much more sense on Pacific Daydream anyway

 

I don't see it on EWBAITE. I'll have to listen again (I'm doing a runthrough now but I'm only on Pinkerton) Back to the Shack is not very good. Looking at the tracklist....Foolish Father is good? I don't remember much else.

 

Hurley is underrated in that it was the band finally beginning to emerge from the doldrums of Make Believe-Red-Raditude. It has a bunch of great songs on it. Ruling Me is the obvious highlight but Trainwrecks and Hang On and Memories are also all great.

It just still has some of the bad stuff on it also (Where's My Sex? and Smart Girls mainly). But I remember being incredibly optimistic about Weezer's future after Hurley and I was right to feel that way (for EWBAITE and White anyway lol).

 

I'm gonna be really honest...I don't know if I've even listened to Pacific Daydream

 

I didn’t. I heard “Feels Like Summer” and was all set

 

There are no posts in the thread to indicate that I did, but I feel like I had to at least once. I don't remember anything off of this. Looking at my initial reaction to Black, it was my least favorite Weezer album aside from Raditude lol

 

"Ain't Got No One," "Lonely Girl," "The British Are Coming," "Go Away," "Cleopatra" all very good re: EWBAITE

 

maybe...uh...workshop that fall album some more lol

 

It's good but you're gonna hate it lol just letting you know in advance

 

the album version of Feels Like Summer is better than the original single they put out of it

 

probably!

 

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if this band broke up after Maladroit and then reunited to record literally any record after Hurley and how the response would have changed

 

He communicates daily with a few-hundred Weezer diehards, who form a sort of focus group; in 2022, he wants to release four seasonal albums, each with corresponding theme (“Happy, chill, stress-free for spring, lots of Elliott Smith-style loss and sadness for winter, and maybe fall could be dance-rock, like Franz Ferdinand”).

Does anyone remember the RCB—Rivers Correspondence Board? I was a member of the Weezer message boards in the 2002-2004 time frame and that was always such a lightning rod of controversy.