Free Week #8




Weezer(The Red Album)[Deluxe Version-Extra Tracks]

The truth is that when I started this web-sight it was with the intention of buying nothing but cd versions of albums.I am no longer doing that.Buying music is so much cheaper on line.I don't get liner notes...rockin' art...but the sad fact is that that is rarely given out on the cd format anymore.Another on line bitch is that 'on line' purchases add extra tracts that the cd doesn't include.

As a cd buyer...that sucks.Pay more-get less.

In fact...the whole cd format:the former music holy land...sucks.

But I will leave that for another post.

So...as I was saying...extra tracks are usually not worth the price of admission....yeah..they usually suck...better without them.

Not here.'Miss Sweeney';'Pig';'The Spider' and 'King' are legitimately in contention for the best songs on this 'on line' album.

But this is Weezer,here....all of it is good.'Troublemaker' is a back to their roots,'Clashish meets Weezer mix...nice.

The next tune,'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived(Variations On A Shaker Hymn) is an acquired taste...but I like it.Different is good.

In the days before 'The Flight Of The Conchords' ruled 'YouTube',the conglomerate of the weirdness was king.You have to love Weezer's first single and video release,'Pork and Beans'.It really brings you back to the golden days of ....last year...fun and funny stuff:THAT ROCKS!

Now that we are put in the mood for nostalgia,Weezer gives us,'Heart Songs'.The boys(Rivers Cuomo,Patrick Wilson,Brian Bell,and Scott Shriner) aren't afraid to announce their musically influences.

The thing that I like about Weezer is that you know that you are listening to Weezer.'Everybody Get Dangerous' and 'Dreamin' prove this while also proving that the Weezer sound is wide and varied.

On the other hand,'Thought I Knew',isn't very Weezer-ish at all.

This is what I like about Weezer...fearless.

But,don't worry,the very next song,'Cold Dark World',is a Weezer masterpiece.

'Automatic' is ...automatic.

Finally,my cd format on line purchase's final regular song is,'The Angel and The One',an almost Wilco-ish sounding song(in part)...long and good.

I have been jamming to this weezer product all week.



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