Entertainment Weekly thinks Geffen dropped Weezer...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/09/20/hurley.review.ew/index.html?h...
But they really like Hurley and think it's a great rebound! (CNN just sourced them, but I couldn't find it on their website)
READ: I was too lazy to look up the link on EW haha.
But they really like Hurley and think it's a great rebound! (CNN just sourced them, but I couldn't find it on their website)
READ: I was too lazy to look up the link on EW haha.
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Permalink Reply by Paperface on -
Yeah. I think Geffen dropped Weezer too. But I also feel like this is what Weezer wanted. Now they aren't forced to write hits anymore. They do what they want.
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Permalink Reply by Paperface on
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C'mon, Pat. Do what you want. How about another "In The Mall"? lol
Pat Wilson said:i wish!
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Permalink Reply by MakeUpOnShelf on -
Pat! What's up? Was Weezer forced to write "hits?"
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Permalink Reply by Paperface on
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Well, Rivers probably still wanted hits. It just wasn't being jammed down their throat like it was for "Pork and Beans".
MakeUpOnShelf said:Pat! What's up? Was Weezer forced to write "hits?"
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Permalink Reply by OnlyinPinkerton on -
They spelled Raditude, Ratitude.
lol.
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Permalink Reply by Hayley [Weezer_Child] on -
Contracts are tricky business... I wonder if they had options that Geffen didn't exercise... I imagine if they had "options" then they would have opted for them, since =w= are a big act.
(options mean, in a nut shell, are kind of like extra albums in the contract that the label can decide whether or not it wants the band to make)
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Permalink Reply by magicalcharlie on -
no, they were at the end of their contract...
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Permalink Reply by karl koch [karlophone] on -
magicalcharlie said:no, they were at the end of their contract...
true. no dropping, weezer walked, as was their right after the 7 albums were delivered.
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Permalink Reply by Radioactive on -
Weezer had a seven album contract with Geffen... 'Raditude' completed this (although weren't 'Weezer (1994)' and 'Pinkerton' both on independent release? Maybe Geffen getting rights to those counted as 2/7 and they reissued them) and I really think Weezer was looking for something else... I'm sure Geffen wanted to keep Weezer.
But check out the story behind "Pork and Beans"... Rivers was getting sick of Geffen's control. So he wrote the song, basically as a big "screw you" to them. And probably after 'Weezer (2008)', they were in a rush to get 'Raditude' out there and slip out of Geffen's hands... I'm not saying 'Raditude' was bad or rushed, I rather liked it, but that could explain the three albums knit so closely.
Anyways, on the topic of the 'Hurley' review, I'd say it's a very accurate review. Good grade, relatively good insight on the lyrics and such. It's fair. 'Hurley' is definitely an "A" album.
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Permalink Reply by edgey44 - inventing mostly on -
perhaps the truth will never be known!
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Permalink Reply by Daniel [bleed0range] on -
Haha, yeah maybe my sarcastic tone in the thread title didn't translate... EW ain't got their facts right yo.
karl koch [karlophone] said:magicalcharlie said:no, they were at the end of their contract...
true. no dropping, weezer walked, as was their right after the 7 albums were delivered.
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