Weezer could have made another Pinkerton
Rivers still can write very emotional songs as I think he has prooved with songs like, The angel and the one The damage in your heart,o'girlfriend, death and destruction,and December. The three key Pinkterton ingrediants for me anyway are: slightly distorted drums with tons of overplaying,tons of octave and fuzz pedal solos, and 2 inch analog tape. I bet if they gathered a collection of all the most emotional songs post Pinkerton and re-recorded them that way, they would have another classic.
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Permalink Reply by runnersdialzero on -
4 inch analog tape would be better
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Permalink Reply by Josh D-K on -
This is weezer.com. Not pinkerton.com. Seriously. Get over it. Please.
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Permalink Reply by iloveopiates on -
runnersdialzero said:4 inch analog tape would be better
There is no 4 inch analog tape. 2 inch is the industry standard that all the major studios use. There are smaller tapes that are less expensive though.
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Permalink Reply by MakeEmLaugh on -
But then would Pinkerton really sound so amazing to us?
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Permalink Reply by iloveopiates on
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That would be like saying revolver by the beatles is great but rubber soul sucks now.
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Josh D-K said:This is weezer.com. Not pinkerton.com. Seriously. Get over it. Please.
Relax dude. 95% of weezer fans think Pinkerton is their emotional masterpiece album. i'm simply pondering the fact as to maybe hypotheticaly they could have summed up another equally as emotional album. i know this is weezer.com and wasn't pinkerton an album by weezer? dusche bag.
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Permalink Reply by MakeEmLaugh on
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iloveopiates said:That would be like saying revolver by the beatles is great but rubber soul sucks now.
touche
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Permalink Reply by Barrett Raven on -
I respectfully disagree. Although I love "Hurley" and there are some sweet parts to all the other post-pinkerton albums, I think something profoundly different happened in Rivers' song-writing during their post-pinkerton hiatus. I can remember, in 2000, when they came back from their hiatus, being super excited about hearing new Weezer. As soon as I heard the live recordings of songs like Mad Cow, Superstar, etc., there was a small death that happened inside of me. I knew that the Weezer I knew and love was gone, never to return. There was a strong qualitative difference in the material, and there has been ever since. Anyone who denies that is well.....I think....in denial.
And the thing is- that's ok! Bands change. Weezer seems incredibly happy with what they are doing. And for that, I am extremely happy (and even weirdly proud) for them. Almost 20 years later, they're still doing their thing and selling out shows all over the world. I even get excited about hearing the new stuff they put out. And often times, I like it! But the fact of the matter is that it just doesn't mearsure up to Pinkerton or The Blue Album.
In summary, I do not think that Rivers could have made another Pinkerton after 1998. But it is interesting fodder for thought.
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Permalink Reply by arfentul on -
Good post :).
Barrett Raven said:I respectfully disagree. Although I love "Hurley" and there are some sweet parts to all the other post-pinkerton albums, I think something profoundly different happened in Rivers' song-writing during their post-pinkerton hiatus. I can remember, in 2000, when they came back from their hiatus, being super excited about hearing new Weezer. As soon as I heard the live recordings of songs like Mad Cow, Superstar, etc., there was a small death that happened inside of me. I knew that the Weezer I knew and love was gone, never to return. There was a strong qualitative difference in the material, and there has been ever since. Anyone who denies that is well.....I think....in denial.
And the thing is- that's ok! Bands change. Weezer seems incredibly happy with what they are doing. And for that, I am extremely happy (and even weirdly proud) for them. Almost 20 years later, they're still doing their thing and selling out shows all over the world. I even get excited about hearing the new stuff they put out. And often times, I like it! But the fact of the matter is that it just doesn't mearsure up to Pinkerton or The Blue Album.
In summary, I do not think that Rivers could have made another Pinkerton after 1998. But it is interesting fodder for thought.
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