Comments on: A Weekend with Weezer

By: Bulletin

Bulletin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:02:45 +0000

Phenomenal blog post pertaining to Weezer! Thanks.

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PrettyMuchAmazing! Finds The Music! « PrettyMuchAmazing! — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:57:33 +0000

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By: billy

billy — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:24:31 +0000

yeah, it was and honestly still is a hard sell. it contains all the stereotypical weezer elements [which i love] but there’s something about this album that sets it apart from the more traditional weezer cannon. in fact this entire album/story was so personal to rivers that he refused to play most/all of the pinkerton songs in concert until well after the album had dropped.

and i’m sticking with “panned by critics” although pitchfork and NME gave it generally favorable reviews. the rest of the music nation, including cuomo, seems to have hated it.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:20:18 +0000

I think “panned by critics” is overstating it. Sure, many hated it, especially those who normally reviewed more mainstream efforts, but many critics who held no illusion of speaking to the world’s 16 year olds tended to like it.

“Mixed reception from critics” is probably the best way to put it. As a former retail lackey, I can attest how hard it was to sell at the time.