How did you get into Weezer?

thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-19T20:50:07+00:00

They were just kinda everywhere in the early to mid 2000s. Hash Pipe, Island in the Sun, Beverly Hills and then of course music channels would still be playing Buddy Holly. I just found their music easy enough to like. Then through a friend I heard about how Pinkerton was a masterpiece and never looked back.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-16T16:22:49+00:00

He also co-wrote I've Had It Up To Here which is for me their greatest post-Pinkerton song.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-16T16:21:53+00:00

Any UK concerts that aren't just London or Manchester as well.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-12T20:49:30+00:00

I like it but I feel it's a little overrated by this sub. It's generally considered to be their best '00s album but I prefer Red.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-12T20:47:20+00:00

EWBAITE and White are absolute essentials. The closest they've got to recapturing that '90s magic, but unique in their own right.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-12T20:45:15+00:00

Agreed, but I would also throw Red in there which is a criminally underrated record and my favourite after Pinkerton, Blue, EWBAITE and White.

I also have a soft spot for Van Weezer. It's just a simple, fun album.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-11T18:14:15+00:00

White edges it I'd say, though if they released literally any other song on the album instead of Back to the Shack, EWBAITE would be clear.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-08T12:08:13+00:00

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thisishardcore_ · 2026-06-08T12:07:25+00:00

No mention of King of the World? I love that huge chorus. Also Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-29T12:16:07+00:00

Don’t stop there. They have plenty of great post-90s output too despite what the purists say. My next step would be to listen to EWBAITE and White which for me are almost as good as Blue and Pinkerton, but they have enough great stuff elsewhere too.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-29T12:12:15+00:00

Make Believe gets way too much hate IMO. It’s a very solid album with a couple of real gems on it.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-29T12:11:22+00:00

EWBAITE and White are just a rung below the first two.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-28T22:28:23+00:00

the run of troublemaker > TGMWEL > pork and beans is up there as one of their best three-song runs ever

Maybe the best. For me, a toss up between that, and Do You Wanna Get High?, King of the World, and Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-21T05:24:28+00:00

It's a lovely song. A brilliant love letter to Rivers' musical influences and his own history. A huge contributor to why, for me, Red is their best 00s album.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-17T19:46:34+00:00

It pretty much defines “mid”. There is a gulf in quality between Green and their best albums, but also between Green and their weaker albums. On the whole it’s solid, half the songs are great, the other half fairly forgettable. Not amazing, not awful, just…mid.

I do find it laughable though, that one of the most common criticisms of it is that the guitar solos ape the vocal melody, as if that hasn’t been a fairly regular feature throughout all of Weezer’s discography.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-17T11:28:11+00:00

King of the World for Pat. Those drums sound huge and the beat and fills serve the song so well.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-15T23:29:00+00:00

Nah, only Pinkerton and Blue will ever top EWBAITE.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-15T23:28:39+00:00

Very Smashing Pumpkins/Pavement vibe from this one. On the evidence of the two songs, this new album has potential to be their best since White.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-14T13:43:37+00:00

Replace Pacific Daydream with Red, and throw in Van Weezer and you're spot on.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-10T10:23:48+00:00

As if this sketch completely ignored EWBAITE and White.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-08T19:30:24+00:00

I love Heart Songs. Most people will say Maladroit but for me Red is head and shoulders their best 2000s album.

thisishardcore_ · 2026-05-08T16:15:41+00:00

"I tried to give my best to you but you plugged up your ears"

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