See, I always thought that the perceived darkness of Pinkerton was a fluke, or just where he was at the moment and that was the album they did. Which then tanked, only later gaining a retrospective "hey, it's a masterpiece!" vibe.
My thing about Weezer is that people fall for the idea that Cuomo is some sort of "tortured genius." Um, no. I mean, he's a metal kid and was one up to 1993, or whenever, because there are many, many photos extant of him looking like the typical dork of that era in a guitar store [or of this afternoon in D_____, where time is a trickster] or some asshole from Ugly Kid Joe. He heard the Pixies and shit, then realized that was the way the tide was turning and changed his look, outlook, sound etc.
But when people get worked up and say this or that record sucks especially hard is to presume he's anything other than a good writer of crunchy pop nuggets trying different styles and guises to see what sticks to the wall/radio [as was].
Still a good 3/4 mile better than most stuff that has a chance of play on shit commercial radio. There are worse crimes than faux-nerdom.
The new one I like a lot! Don't really need to listen to it again, but it's like a happy version of Maladroit. At least he's interesting. Sort of.
Maybe I need to make a best-of. Maybe.
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