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So, Rivers Cuomo has grown a mustache, and all of a sudden, he thinks he's Freddie Mercury.
I picked up the deluxe edition of Weezer's latest album (the "Red Album," if you will), and it seems that Rivers' mustache is not the only way the guys from Weezer are channeling the legendary '80s arena rockers.
First, as pointed out by the venerable Lamicus, each of the band members takes a turn on the vocals, like Queen used to do in their heyday. One of the standouts of the album so far, in my opinion, is "Thought I Knew," and that is sung by Brian Bell. In fact, Rivers talks in the liner notes about how everyone switched up for this song, with Rivers playing the drums and Pat Wilson on the guitar.
Another standout is "Automatic." I'm not sure who sings it, but the liner notes talk about Pat writing the song, so I have to assume that's him on vocals. Nice chunky guitar riff.
But the most obvious Queen influence has to be on "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" — which, oddly enough, is not the longest song title in my iTunes library. There are just so many changes in tempo and overall tone in the song that it's like Weezer was trying to make their very own version of "Bohemian Rhapsody." I kind of doubt that this track will be sung by drunken college students on karaoke night for decades to come, but it's certainly an interesting listen ...
In all, this seems a more complete, more collaborative and more experimental album than anything Weezer has ever done before. It might take a few listens to get it to click in my head, but I'm sure it will.
So a few of my Internet friends decided to restart a long-dormant mix CD trading group, this time doing it by FTP rather than physically burning and mailing CDs. And naturally, I horned in on that action. :)
My first contribution was actually a compilation released by the National Musical Appreciation Administration of Canada titled Government Approved Songs for Dancing and/or Other Social Situations.
1. "Fire Eye'd Boy" - Broken Social Scene 2. "Black Hand" - Cadence Weapon 3. "Stay" - Small Sins 4. "The Bleeding Heart Show" - New Pornographers 5. "Girl Watcher" - Big Sugar 6. "Sunday Morning" - k-os 7. "The Looks" - MSTRKRFT 8. "Black History Month" - Death From Above 1979 9. "Impatience" - Crowned King 10. "Chicken Soup for the Fuck You" - Shout Out Out Out 11. "The Police and the Private" - Metric 12. "Family Band" - Tragically Hip 13. "Tear You Apart (Radio Edit)" - She Wants Revenge 14. "Alabama Motel Room" - Matthew Good Band 15. "Middle of Nowhere" - Hot Hot Heat 16. "PF" - Controller.Controller
(Okay, so is no such thing as the NMAAC. But the Canadian government has boards and bureaucracies for everything else, so it's not much of a stretch to think they'd have one to approve music as well. In truth, these are just a bunch of songs by Canadian artists I had on my work computer, accompanied by a cover I whipped up on the quick.)
Here's a little sample:
Hooray for a new Bloc Party song!
The band played their new song, "Flux," on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night. I stayed up to watch it, but the sound mix was horrible.
Thankfully, the band today sent out a video of them performing the song at their show at the Madison Square Garden Theatre on Wednesday (which a friend was at — I'm so jealous), and it sounds much better. Here's that video:
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Troublemaker is my theme song. :)
This is hi-larious. Thanks.
Completely agree. After first listen, I thought to myself that The Greatest Man That Ever Lived would fit perfectly on A Night At The Opera.