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intjonathan) wrote2001-12-01 10:34 pm
intjonathan) wrote2001-12-01 10:34 pm
Reveiews - CD: Weezer - These demos don't suck
A collection of 10(!!!) songs from the much-maligned Weez. Their most recent release, the Green Album (the problem is, it's slight." - Graham) was disappointing in the extreme. In response to that, these 10 songs have been passed around the internet as what the green album "should have been." A quick listen reveals that this hold true, mostly.
If the crunchier guitars and metal-fan pop of Green made you think "weezer is better geeky!" then perhaps these aren't worth your time. The sound is essentially the same, but the crucial difference is (gasp!) actual songwriting. It's not as if the band could sound very different in this material than they do in everything else the made at the same time. In "American Gigolo" they blatantly rip off their own riffs from all over Green with the same guitar tone as "Hash Pipe", only without the audible coporate greasiness. Songs like "Listen Up" sound like the beach boys revisted, only to be followed with the very Fucking Champsey "Your Room". Accusations of Rivers Cuomo's youthful Metallica worship may not have been misplaced.
So what do you get for your 2 hours of bandwidth? Well, if you bought Green and hated it, plenty. If you don't remember Blue, don't miss this oppourtunity to hear the weezer you love singing material worth your while.
Box Score (out of 5)
Originality ***
-weezer doesn't bring anything new to either rock or songwriting, but...
Appeal *****
-it's darn hard not to like this stuff. It's just fun, way more so than Green and tremendously more than Pinkerton
Value **
-much points off for being low quality internet only. These songs are great and finished, where's my CD copy?
Overall ****
-worth hunting down, for sure. 5 stars if I could buy it.
If the crunchier guitars and metal-fan pop of Green made you think "weezer is better geeky!" then perhaps these aren't worth your time. The sound is essentially the same, but the crucial difference is (gasp!) actual songwriting. It's not as if the band could sound very different in this material than they do in everything else the made at the same time. In "American Gigolo" they blatantly rip off their own riffs from all over Green with the same guitar tone as "Hash Pipe", only without the audible coporate greasiness. Songs like "Listen Up" sound like the beach boys revisted, only to be followed with the very Fucking Champsey "Your Room". Accusations of Rivers Cuomo's youthful Metallica worship may not have been misplaced.
So what do you get for your 2 hours of bandwidth? Well, if you bought Green and hated it, plenty. If you don't remember Blue, don't miss this oppourtunity to hear the weezer you love singing material worth your while.
Box Score (out of 5)
Originality ***
-weezer doesn't bring anything new to either rock or songwriting, but...
Appeal *****
-it's darn hard not to like this stuff. It's just fun, way more so than Green and tremendously more than Pinkerton
Value **
-much points off for being low quality internet only. These songs are great and finished, where's my CD copy?
Overall ****
-worth hunting down, for sure. 5 stars if I could buy it.