Uhh, different keys, different intervals, different tempo…but if he says so…

Maybe he needs to rip off Metallica more often since he’s written maybe 5 decent songs in the last 10 years.

hater

Where’s your updated catalog of awesome songs you’ve written in the last 10 years? Oh, you don’t have one?

What’s going to be on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton? I’m more excited about that than I am about their new album.

Right, because as an American, I need to have an extensive musical catalogue to have musical opinions. Totally makes sense. Grow up

In America, we are entitled to our musical opinions regardless of the extent of our songwriting output (and even if Rolling Stone.com deletes said opinions).

Grow up

Nah, Jeff, you’re just an idiot, American or otherwise.

Your musical opinions are hereby null and void.

Weezer is just another pop band now. no more originality unfortunately. they were great for awhile though.

Um…So wait, you guys chatted with rivers about the new album yet you show us a conversation about a very old song?..

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Dan,

That’s because barring ‘This Is Such A Pity’, ‘Trouble Maker’, ‘Greatest Man Who Ever Lived’, and ‘Perfect Situation’, their new music isn’t really worth discussing.

And Fred, hey brah, what’s with the raditute? Heh…get it?

Wheezed out on Weezer? Try (the now defunct) The Rosenbergs.

Yeah, the Rosenbergs were a great Weezer-like band that shouldnt have broken up. Weezer continues to write great rock songs with intelligent lyrics. The red album was very original. If you dont like them, y r u wasting ur time here dissin them? Weezer has millions of fans and r still very relevant and will continue to be so.

I just did a comparison of the two. They’re similar, but not the same. Different key, different notes, there are some flourishes thrown into the Metallica that aren’t present in the Weezer.

Ok, here’s where I defend a favorite band of mine to a bunch of people who have nothing better to do all day than read articles like this and post their unsolicited opinions. Weezer’s first album came out 15 years ago, they still sell records and book decent shows. What have you done lately? When’s your record droppin? What publication do you write for as a critic? Don’t bother to reply, I won’t read it anyway.

Unsolicited opinions? This is a “Comments” section, in case you weren’t aware. Not everyone has to think like you.

I see some of the the similarities- a bit of a long intro, a second chorus longer than the first, and an extended outro. Other than that, The Sweater Song is not a rip-off. There’s the obvious difference in key, and you can’t get around the fact that Weezer is a very different band from Metallica. Metallica plays complex thrash metal, Weezer plays straight-ahead garage rock with pop hooks. Weezer could never make a song similar to Metallica even if they tried. Love both bands though.

DOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!

i wish matt sharp were still in weezer…. imagine all those great records we would have!

Hey guys, Ive been going through a tough time lately. Its hard to write good songs.

Hey guys, Ive been going through a tough time lately. Its hard to write good songs.

does nobody notice that the main guitar riffs are almost identical?

(…different keys, different intervals…) they are way similar!

does nobody notice that the main guitar riffs are almost identical?

(…different keys, different intervals…?) they are way similar!

Huh, metallica plays complex thrash!?!?! In my opinion they play not so complex speed metal with some thrash influences.

Bring back Matt, he rocks!!!!

Bring back Matt, he rocks!!!!

Both bands SUCK! . . . but Metallica sucks a little more . . . and I’ve never seen Weezer crying to their therapist. Not saying it didn’t happen . . . just hasn’t been committed to video. Metallica . . . like Spinal Tap but nowhere nearly as talented or amusing. If you’d like to hear some real metal . . . “Reign In Blood” is the undisputed pinnacle of “death”, “thrash”, “whatever” metal. EOM.

lol… let’s recap… matt left cuz he had an ego and thought he could start a band that people would give a shit about. that didn’t happen so he came crawling back, but weezer didn’t need or want him anymore… that’s funny…

see you at the drive thru buddy

‘5 decent songs?’ Don’t you mean one lame song that he keeps putting new words to?

I wonder if Kurt Cobain cares…..

For those with negative comments: If you dislike Weezer so much, why do you even bother reading anything about them? I dislike a lot of bands too, but I don’t waste my time reading, or even looking for articles on them or their lives. And when I do happen to come across said info, I disregard it completely.

Weezer is and always will be the greatest band ever.
Goodnight.

Never in my life would i ever dream that Weezer would be the source of such lame ass fandom and controversy, they’re just a band doing their thing.

Even if Rivers did rip it off, which I honestly can’t hear the song has always sounded more like I Bleed by Pixies, it doesn’t show that much.

Bands, especially those starting out, have a tendency to take things from bands they love and have left impressions on them .Nothing wrong with that at all, rock on Rivers.

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If you think Weezer’s albums have been lame, maybe you ought to check out the B-sides off some of the singles, because some of their best stuff never hit the airwaves (as always happens in our over-commercialized, riff-craving, pop-centric music market…God Bless America) and the Bonus tracks off the Red Album…hel-LO. Plus how could you leave out Heart Songs?

Don’t blame Weezer because you’re too lazy to do some digging.

And Make Believe didn’t suck at all anyway. Jeff beefs about the crappy music of Weezer and then points out some of the pop-iest songs they’ve put out. Shows your taste, dude. Guess you probably think Blue was their best work too (and not Pinkerton).

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think about the meaning behind the music you listen to before you criticize weezer

I can’t speak for everyone, but I find with Weezer (and a lot of other bands) it takes listening to a song 3-5 times before I start to enjoy it, by the 50th time I can’t help but sing along to every word. Music doesn’t have to be intelligent for it to be good, and if you think it’s corney you aren’t being forced to listen (at least not by me).

if you have right taste, swallow it if it’s sweet, spit out if it’s bitter. Weezer always rules.