Self-referential Weezer songs

Weezer songs seem to quote other Weezer songs pretty frequently. For example, Tragic Girl references Butterfly, and Longtime Sunshine references Why Bother? What's your favorite Weezer self-reference?

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Permalink Reply by Cladeedah on April 6, 2011 at 5:22pm

Slob:

Get yourself a job
You're living in a dream
Don't you be a slob

Troublemaker:

Cuz I can't work a job
Like any other slob

Permalink Reply by kittens bieber ♥ on April 6, 2011 at 5:28pm

...have you learned nothing?

Permalink Reply by Farkas on April 6, 2011 at 5:58pm

Only some of you Pinkerton lyrics are self referential. The others are purely coincidential or lyrical clichés.

Permalink Reply by Gohi on April 6, 2011 at 6:12pm

That's more a case of lazy rhyming than any referencing, I think.

Permalink Reply by Farkas on April 6, 2011 at 6:16pm

TRANEREKS- You don't keep house and I'm a slobYou're freakin' out cause I can't keep a job.

OMGZUS

Cladeedah said:

Slob:

Get yourself a job
You're living in a dream
Don't you be a slob

Troublemaker:

Cuz I can't work a job
Like any other slob

Permalink Reply by Farkas on April 6, 2011 at 6:49pm

Mo beats- "Keep Fishin' still seems small."

Permalink Reply by Farkas on April 6, 2011 at 6:51pm

Whoops! Somebody already said that.

Farkas said:

Mo beats- "Keep Fishin' still seems small."

Permalink Reply by Jordan on April 6, 2011 at 7:52pm

Rivers' Walt Disney has the lyrics 'across the sea'.

Permalink Reply by bleedgoldandwhite21 on April 7, 2011 at 7:00am

Mo beats 'Keep Fishin Still seems small" is the only example of this. The rest are just similar, or the same words in multiple songs. That doesn't mean its a reference. I think you lack the correct definition of reference in your vocab.

Permalink Reply by Jordan on April 7, 2011 at 7:57am

That's why we were all mocking her when she first made the thread.

bleedgoldandwhite21 said:

Mo beats 'Keep Fishin Still seems small" is the only example of this. The rest are just similar, or the same words in multiple songs. That doesn't mean its a reference. I think you lack the correct definition of reference in your vocab.

Permalink Reply by bleedgoldandwhite21 on April 7, 2011 at 7:58am

yes I know

Permalink Reply by Cladeedah on April 7, 2011 at 10:44am

That's funny, I was wondering the same thing about you.

fluck [kittenž (j.biebž)] said: