ZEKE

5y

That was really good! I feel like I heard that when it came out and forgot about it

ithaka

5y

u tried pcific daydream yet? it has become like my number two in my ranking tbh 😳

vagabonds

5y

whats ur fav weezer album? ima check out pacific daydream rn ik its a few songs i fw on there

ithaka

5y

byzantine is so good, it’s the creativity i wanted more from, this bossanova mixed in with bunch of cute synth - where else could you get that from? who else be putting this out??

big fan of california snow tho, that’s how i envisioned black to be, it’s 100% modern yet it’s a super weezer song from a lyrical pov, the saddest of how the “woo’s” goes on the last verse are heartbreaking, love that contrast, he’s really singing thiis of the rockstar party lifestyle we al chase for yet leaves you more lonesome, the song of every rockstar that died lost in that...

what i love the most about california snow is how structure wise even tho the prod is ultra pop and rap it super progressive it reminds me of red for that: starts with those dope saturated synths and that baseline on the low with rivers going on into the first verse right away, setting the tone and image of the rockstar being the big s*** fooling you this song is just bragging ego trip

kick into the chorus where the drums drops and rivers uses california snow as the image for coke , the synth loops goes on and bass louder

then switch all that, chorus ends and the synth and bass gone, piano comes in and takes over it all and we get a new verse different from the opening lines, rivers goes on to set imagery which slowly leads from the bragging of the party lifestyle onto the lonesomeness outcome of it

the chorus comes back with huge bass but the synth isn’t here, the piano follows in and you didn’t even notice, amazing transition and prod - synth comes back on the second half often hook (cause im dooowwnn) but with a new element that is the lead guitar that comes in to add more texture to it all, again we keep progressing

then a break down, the first half of it - notice so far we havnt had a verse section that has repeated itself , super dramatic classic rivers buildup (panic attack stay the hell back it’s me and you against the world) with beautiful harmonies then second half of the break down which brings back the intro section verse of the song but not just repeating it, now the lyrics got dark since the story progressed, the theme is not egotrip anymore but the fall yet with the contrast of the “woo!” as if he still goes on to that lifestyle, the cry behind the shout (come on judas give me a kiss woo i can’t take no more of this...woo don’t nobody look at me.. woo just nail me up by the wrist) the woo sounds more and more sad, it’s like this echo of tht turmoil hell

then the chorus and it ends with a dope outro with the guitar that takes a nice spot

another example to me of the greatness of rivers subtle songwriting through the styles he ventures into, a chameleon through the sounds he loved bc just his passion of music yet he still gets better how to write songs and gets an expert at crafting it from structure wise musically but also lyrically and how to display that whilethe fans just shuts down to and asks for more rock basic musicabout longing girls..

it’s redondant they’re missing the point and that’s why i always stress how weezer is the most overlooked band ever and deserves so much more credit (im not saying this about you heyfella just in general consensus, just wanted to talk about this song and why it’s slept on imo)

to me this song is as much peak weezer as high as a kite, it just happens that high as a kite sounds more like traditional weezer

@Womanpuncher69 @RVI @Unwound @deepsleep

DEL634

5y

Relistened and still doesn't click for me unfortunately but great write up What's with the title, any more info?

ithaka

5y

ty for giving it another shot tho! appreciate the kind word

california snow is street code for cocaine

ithaka

5y

i put blue - pink - pacific and white all on the same silver plate, no skips just pure greatness that hits either intense deep rooted emotions, makes you just headbang the f*** out of it or is so creative and colorful within its artistic palette

and red album is prolly close behind that album means a lot to me personally and even just creativity it’s so new still, breaks the traditions and formulas

but blue will always be to me the soundtrack of youth, the songs, what it portrays: the fun and the heartbreak, the summer jam: the first date from the last goodbye, all in all packed into a sound that so raw and urgent

and it’s not even just about that, like holiday being about when they first got signed, only in dreams allegedly (that is according to rivers himself however) being about his muse and not just a girl... so when you put it together, that with the songs about some macho feelings about some girls (no one else) or some family stuff with say it ain’t so or just him and his music with in the garage - or just headbanging wanting to surf with surf wax america (with my favorite line “im going surfin cos i don’t like ur face” lol)

it’s just a beautiful open book so many young ppl go through and will forever relate

the others ones are flawless for reasons just as strong but for that blue is my number one

and you my brother?

DEL634

5y

I know, u said Was asking abt single/album?

ithaka

5y

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karl koch which is this Ike secret weezer member (photograph and videotape everything they do, does website s*** and sometimes participated in some recording just minor stuff like hand clapping or what but yeah he’s been there day one, met him irl very sweet guy! he’s now married with kid to a fan of the band i know it’s pretty weird lol) said recently that something big is dropping in january

fans saying it’s album drop for ok human but i doubt, rivers said they got the lead single ready to send to radios for the album so pretty sure that would drop before the album so im leaning towards single, but who knows maybe album cover reveal?

karl did said the artwork for ok human was the coolest ever

vagabonds

5y

tie between pinkerton and red but def leaning more towards red

red is my first weezer album so that's always gon have a soft spot in my heart, literally one of my favorite albums of all time tbh. the energy around that album is and its just fun as f***

always loved how vulnerable rivers is on pinkerton its crazy that s*** got panned when it came out

i feel you on blue tho its literally the definition of a classic. best songwriting on that.

DEL634

5y

Single + art could be together I guess. And I remember Karl, didn't he also organize the cruises or some s***?

ithaka

5y

yeah that dude does everything man

funny story so i went to the first show of the memories tour (tour consisted of staying two nights at city to play blue in full first and pinkerton in full the second night, both had two opening sets where they would play later hits or bsides from those two albums) it was historical moment some of the songs from the album they hadn’t played in over a decade at that time

traveled all the way from france for that lol it was in hollywood so before show started we went to buy a lifesize chewbacca cardboard bc there’s this story that during the original blue album tour way back in 94 some fan gave the band a lifesize cardboard of chewbacca that they kept on stage until some dumb bodyguard threw it away or something, so we thought it was fittting right

the venue opens and karl gets on stage before the band comes in during the intro sets up things and we got his attention and gave him the chewbacca cardboard he set it up next to one of rivers amp

band got on stage rivers didn’t notice it until he started shredding some solo and turned around or something lol had funnny reaction

they kept the cardboard for the rest of the tour, me and my friends were the first to sign it and some time later down the road we saw new photos on social media floating around of our chewie now SPAMMED with signatures from fans EVERYWHERE i was the first to sign and i signed the greatest band that ever lived =w= (get it?) thats on @Vagabonds

@Ground @Unwound @ZEKE @PerryTheMADLADYPUS @cotton_dockers @deepsleep @Key1256 @Mitchell @Womanpuncher69 @Jerry_Seinfeld

Jerry Electricity

5y

That’s pretty legendary
Have you ever met anyone from the band?

ithaka

5y

yeah that dude does everything man

funny story so i went to the first show of the memories tour (tour consisted of staying two nights at city to play blue in full first and pinkerton in full the second night, both had two opening sets where they would play later hits or bsides from those two albums) it was historical moment some of the songs from the album they hadn’t played in over a decade at that time

traveled all the way from france for that lol it was in hollywood so before show started we went to buy a lifesize chewbacca cardboard bc there’s this story that during the original blue album tour way back in 94 some fan gave the band a lifesize cardboard of chewbacca that they kept on stage until some dumb bodyguard threw it away or something, so we thought it was fittting right

the venue opens and karl gets on stage before the band comes in during the intro sets up things and we got his attention and gave him the chewbacca cardboard he set it up next to one of rivers amp

band got on stage rivers didn’t notice it until he started shredding some solo and turned around or something lol had funnny reaction

they kept the cardboard for the rest of the tour, me and my friends were the first to sign it and some time later down the road we saw new photos on social media floating around of our chewie now SPAMMED with signatures from fans EVERYWHERE i was the first to sign and i signed the greatest band that ever lived =w= (get it?) thats on @Vagabonds

@Ground @Unwound @ZEKE @PerryTheMADLADYPUS @cotton_dockers @deepsleep @Key1256 @Mitchell @Womanpuncher69 @Jerry_Seinfeld

ZEKE

5y

Bro thats pretty epic they were willing to put it up and keep it around for the tour!

ithaka

5y

yeah that dude does everything man

funny story so i went to the first show of the memories tour (tour consisted of staying two nights at city to play blue in full first and pinkerton in full the second night, both had two opening sets where they would play later hits or bsides from those two albums) it was historical moment some of the songs from the album they hadn’t played in over a decade at that time

traveled all the way from france for that lol it was in hollywood so before show started we went to buy a lifesize chewbacca cardboard bc there’s this story that during the original blue album tour way back in 94 some fan gave the band a lifesize cardboard of chewbacca that they kept on stage until some dumb bodyguard threw it away or something, so we thought it was fittting right

the venue opens and karl gets on stage before the band comes in during the intro sets up things and we got his attention and gave him the chewbacca cardboard he set it up next to one of rivers amp

band got on stage rivers didn’t notice it until he started shredding some solo and turned around or something lol had funnny reaction

they kept the cardboard for the rest of the tour, me and my friends were the first to sign it and some time later down the road we saw new photos on social media floating around of our chewie now SPAMMED with signatures from fans EVERYWHERE i was the first to sign and i signed the greatest band that ever lived =w= (get it?) thats on @Vagabonds

@Ground @Unwound @ZEKE @PerryTheMADLADYPUS @cotton_dockers @deepsleep @Key1256 @Mitchell @Womanpuncher69 @Jerry_Seinfeld

ithaka

5y

@RVI @Nessy @Slyskee @Xile44 @grimes @Leif_Erikson92 @StrictlySyrup ^

Slyskee

5y

Appreciate the Weezer enthusiasm brother

ithaka

5y

yeah that dude does everything man

funny story so i went to the first show of the memories tour (tour consisted of staying two nights at city to play blue in full first and pinkerton in full the second night, both had two opening sets where they would play later hits or bsides from those two albums) it was historical moment some of the songs from the album they hadn’t played in over a decade at that time

traveled all the way from france for that lol it was in hollywood so before show started we went to buy a lifesize chewbacca cardboard bc there’s this story that during the original blue album tour way back in 94 some fan gave the band a lifesize cardboard of chewbacca that they kept on stage until some dumb bodyguard threw it away or something, so we thought it was fittting right

the venue opens and karl gets on stage before the band comes in during the intro sets up things and we got his attention and gave him the chewbacca cardboard he set it up next to one of rivers amp

band got on stage rivers didn’t notice it until he started shredding some solo and turned around or something lol had funnny reaction

they kept the cardboard for the rest of the tour, me and my friends were the first to sign it and some time later down the road we saw new photos on social media floating around of our chewie now SPAMMED with signatures from fans EVERYWHERE i was the first to sign and i signed the greatest band that ever lived =w= (get it?) thats on @Vagabonds

@Ground @Unwound @ZEKE @PerryTheMADLADYPUS @cotton_dockers @deepsleep @Key1256 @Mitchell @Womanpuncher69 @Jerry_Seinfeld

gbluecheez

5y

Weezer free 2021

ithaka

5y

yeah that dude does everything man

funny story so i went to the first show of the memories tour (tour consisted of staying two nights at city to play blue in full first and pinkerton in full the second night, both had two opening sets where they would play later hits or bsides from those two albums) it was historical moment some of the songs from the album they hadn’t played in over a decade at that time

traveled all the way from france for that lol it was in hollywood so before show started we went to buy a lifesize chewbacca cardboard bc there’s this story that during the original blue album tour way back in 94 some fan gave the band a lifesize cardboard of chewbacca that they kept on stage until some dumb bodyguard threw it away or something, so we thought it was fittting right

the venue opens and karl gets on stage before the band comes in during the intro sets up things and we got his attention and gave him the chewbacca cardboard he set it up next to one of rivers amp

band got on stage rivers didn’t notice it until he started shredding some solo and turned around or something lol had funnny reaction

they kept the cardboard for the rest of the tour, me and my friends were the first to sign it and some time later down the road we saw new photos on social media floating around of our chewie now SPAMMED with signatures from fans EVERYWHERE i was the first to sign and i signed the greatest band that ever lived =w= (get it?) thats on @Vagabonds

@Ground @Unwound @ZEKE @PerryTheMADLADYPUS @cotton_dockers @deepsleep @Key1256 @Mitchell @Womanpuncher69 @Jerry_Seinfeld

DEL634

5y

good thing i just started watching star wars so i know who chewbacca is!!

ithaka

5y

yeah that dude does everything man

funny story so i went to the first show of the memories tour (tour consisted of staying two nights at city to play blue in full first and pinkerton in full the second night, both had two opening sets where they would play later hits or bsides from those two albums) it was historical moment some of the songs from the album they hadn’t played in over a decade at that time

traveled all the way from france for that lol it was in hollywood so before show started we went to buy a lifesize chewbacca cardboard bc there’s this story that during the original blue album tour way back in 94 some fan gave the band a lifesize cardboard of chewbacca that they kept on stage until some dumb bodyguard threw it away or something, so we thought it was fittting right

the venue opens and karl gets on stage before the band comes in during the intro sets up things and we got his attention and gave him the chewbacca cardboard he set it up next to one of rivers amp

band got on stage rivers didn’t notice it until he started shredding some solo and turned around or something lol had funnny reaction

they kept the cardboard for the rest of the tour, me and my friends were the first to sign it and some time later down the road we saw new photos on social media floating around of our chewie now SPAMMED with signatures from fans EVERYWHERE i was the first to sign and i signed the greatest band that ever lived =w= (get it?) thats on @Vagabonds

@Ground @Unwound @ZEKE @PerryTheMADLADYPUS @cotton_dockers @deepsleep @Key1256 @Mitchell @Womanpuncher69 @Jerry_Seinfeld