6 Reasons Why People HATE Weezer

[@beyondartv]

Behold Weezer, one of the most loved & seemingly hated bands ever! Remember, as with all episodes of this series, the initial opinions presented are those of the internet at large, and the follow up thoughts agreeing or disagreeing are mine (sad that I have to say this but some simply just don't get that)

[@swaggyyankee1627]

I hate their cover of Where Is My Mind?

[@ejenplitobarces]

@@swaggyyankee1627 did they cover Where is my mind? I know they covered Velouria

[@nicklong7661]

I love Weezer and I don't care. Rivers Cuomo does what rivers Cuomo wants and it's bad ass. I love change. I love Weezer idc about it. Weezer is consistent even in the inconsistencies. That's river and we love him.

[@JoshTheGalibo]

sad that you stink, buster

[@TheInsaniacGuy]

Nobody hates Weezer more than Weezer fans - fact.

[@jesus6841]

@@recordcollector0665 exhibit A

[@sneetsnart44]

as a weezer fan, i say that this is true.

[@ajecommunity4208]

Blink 182 fans be like

[@KydLives]

True,we loves the music but we hate the people who made it!

[@mirandapacheco4160]

@@KydLives speak for yourself

[@johnbarraza4349]

At this point I can’t tell the difference between weezer fans and weezer haters

[@sneetsnart44]

same thing different flavour

[@dromendus]

I'm pretty sure most of us are both, lmao

[@Pundit07]

Metallica fans: Hold our “Blackened” whiskey

[@coldguto]

they're the same person.

[@threepe0]

Same thing with most bands tbh

[@JesusIsTheGoodSheppard]

I think weezer doesn’t care... they do what they want, and that’s honestly what is interesting about them.

[@neilkrystianzagada2510]

Not only do they not care, but they make fun of the people that do, which imo, makes them even more interesting

[@mcluigi117]

Ima do the things that I wanna do

[@benchwashere]

Or in other words... they will do the things that they want to do

[@will1222]

@@benchwashere they aint got a thing to prove to you

[@drakethesnake3984]

I eat my candy with the porks and beans

[@dbrandmill]

Ah yes, Weezer. The band that doesn’t give a hoot about what their fans think.

[@germanbushin9723]

They wrote almost an entire fucking album (Everything Will Be Alright In The End) apologizing to their fans for their previous stuff (especially Raditude). I doubt they don't care, listen to Back To The Shack's lyrics, for instance.

[@davidhoff9628]

Pork and beans

[@johndolby9822]

MiraculousMImikyu they shouldn’t. They make the music they want to. I admire them for that

[@grass1092]

@@germanbushin9723 They apologize for being bad and then release things like Raditude or California Snow.

[@TIMMUT17]

@@germanbushin9723 EWBAITE is definetely not an apolgy. I've had it up to here is the total opposite of Back to the shack. BTTS is about wanting to pander to the fans and go back to their old roots. I've had it up to here is about Rivers reasuring us that he's not selling out, but that he's doing the new stuff because he loves it and he's fucking sick of fans telling him what he should do.

[@my_name_sucks]

Weezer in a nutshell: you hate them or love them

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

I don't know. I'm guessing you dislike them.

[@shevandaalfaridzi_fe7852]

Neutral?

[@matthewroberts3125]

Ehh...I'm personally neutral

[@beyondartv]

But are you ride or die??

[@jjwp-ql5rv]

No, it's not obvious.

[@dalfin9286]

Weezer is like the Star Wars of music; nobody hates it more than their own dedicated fanbase

[@maggiemattison5995]

I just saw Weezer two months ago...I personally love them alot

[@atomicpunk2360]

Maggie Mattison I saw them in 2016 with Panic! at the Disco and in 2018 with The Pixies and they killed it both times.

[@thegay]

Thank you

[@frankrevare4405]

Nice, I’m going in March

[@wxffle4470]

me too

[@theeasternspy266]

@@atomicpunk2360 I saw them with the pixies as well!

[@QuanNguyen-kr6hz]

Do one for Blink-182 one day. Their subreddit is even more toxic than Weezer's imo.

[@gravyboot1830]

r/Weezer isn't a toxic subreddit at all. It's 60% shitposts and 40% actual discussion. There isn't any hatred or toxicity there. You might hate the memes, but for many people, that subreddit is a really good time.

[@laineobzut2744]

the weezer subreddit isnt even toxic what

[@DetectiveWhom]

@@gravyboot1830 Exactly what I was going to say. I love the whole Black Album "insiders who received an early copy" review shitposts going on lately. The sub is in on the jokes and they love it.

[@danielphilpott4308]

The good weezer stuff definitely outweighs the bad but damn we have been through some rough times Cough cough radtitude cough cough

[@Phil.The.Lumberjack]

Raditude kicks ass compared to Hurley

[@hildkiin]

I still listen to "put me back together" it's actually good

[@Grapevin]

People hate on Raditude because it's a meme, yet it's far better than Red and Make Believe, and I'd even say better than Green.

[@sir_egg6321]

Excuse me make believe is absolutely awful have your opinion on the red being worse than ratiturd but never reference make believe again

[@CLUN_k]

​@@Grapevin This comment made me question reality. How can you say red, green and make believe are bad? Even raditude is good. I struggle to find a bad weezer album but I can easily find bad weezer songs. The albums, as a whole, are typically good and aim to do what they set out to do!

[@CZsWorld]

This is asinine -- it's hard to imagine anybody not liking Weezer. Sure, the Black Album didn't blow me away -- but they put out 12 great albums in a row -- seems ridiculous to turn on them now. I love Blue and Pinkerton as much as anyone, but that doesn't mean Green - Daydream isn't good too.

[@actuallicensedteacher1846]

HAhahaha fool!

[@DEU9002]

Omgosh I didn’t know you liked weezer

[@BCWasbrough]

I don't like Weezer. :)

[@jmansfield8554]

It’s true! Who couldn’t love the world’s most overly stroked EMO band?!

[@robbiebrewer9515]

Rivers would defeat Shaggy and Matt from Wii Sports

[@kimberlykitty3449]

Dang, that brought back some memories.

[@greyonyt]

Discovered Pinkerton last week. Now it´s on my top 3 albums of all time.

[@andybiehl8364]

It's a good one

[@glonn]

Same.

[@acekoala457]

Everyone forgot about my man Mikey Welsh. He's my favorite Weezer Bassist. Edit: I meant to say Mikey but I said Matt because that was his brother that my uncle was roommates with during the Green era.

[@SayItAintTso]

Musician here. I feel a kinship with Rivers Cuomo because of his love for melody. I'm always a little surprised when people call them inconsistent, because his melodies have always been extremely consistent in my opinion. But not the lyrics. And most people only seem to pay attention to the lyrics. So here's my advice: listen to Raditude, but ignore the lyrics. You might actually find that the music is still well-paced, catchy, and enjoyable (even if it pales in comparison to the first two).

[@eloisapantazis6232]

Alexander Tso I hated Can’t Stop Partying for years then all of a sudden I love it, even the hootenanny version on YT....ahhhh the melodies ❤️

[@DEU9002]

I’m more of a music person then lyric person

[@atomicpunk2360]

One reason to love them: see them live. Honestly, when I saw them the first time in concert back in 2016 with Panic! at the Disco, I was a fan, but not too big of a fan per se. However, seeing them in concert made me go from casual fan to a diehard. Saw them in again in 2018 with The Pixies and that was badass as well!

[@lindsayday4181]

I love their discography up to Maladroit, then some of the Red Album and I love EWBAITE and the White album, so it’s not as if they haven’t produced good music. I just get annoyed knowing their potential and with them putting out seemingly half assed material

[@JawJX]

Rivers voice is so unique, love their songs , lyrics and the sound .. just listened to other albums a few days ago now I'm an even bigger fan of them

[@BriannaNLC]

Say It Ain't So will always be a rock highlight, but the band is really prone to fluctuating in quality to maintain the "cool nerd/nerdily cool" image.

[@arkham9843]

I fucking love Weezer!! Even through the bad, both Blue and Pinkerton are too good to hate them!!

[@Cris18Martinez]

Yup those two albums cement weezer as one of the greats imo

[@ev219]

I think that blink-182 would definitely be a good band for this series

[@jasonsieffert7394]

To quote Weezer in one of THEIR songs, “I don’t care what they say about us anyway. I don’t care about that!”

[@tomney4460]

Bang, bang, knockin’ on the door

[@notalleyna]

@@tomney4460 ‘nother big bang, youre down on the floor

[@tomney4460]

@@notalleyna oh no, what do we do?

[@notalleyna]

@@tomney4460 dont look now but i lost my shoe😨😨😨

[@LotteYanson]

Most of the hate for Weezer that I see tends to come from Pitchfork and those music hot take pages on Facebook. I feel like it’s become an elitist thing to hate Weezer.

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

Nah, more for that rough patch in the 00s

[@LotteYanson]

Lucas Robinett In my opinion, Weezer’s only disappointing album in recent years was Pacific Daydream. Everything Will Be Alright In the End and The White Album were great and I’m liking the material from The Black Album so far.

[@houstonfob2FOREVER]

I dont hate weezer, but when they play live, its 70% blue album and the other 30% is just singles, they never play deep cuts from any of their albums live and it's kinda boring.

[@beyondartv]

Agree. I’ve seen them live 3 times now, and it’s mostly the same stuff.

[@foodongo]

Not like they used to.. 😢

[@lukemurray7744]

I agree except it’s never boring

[@mwilso2]

I agree. Albeit when I saw them last summer they really started to throw in quite a few cover songs (Toto, Oasis, the Turtles) Quite disappointing for a band that’s put out as many albums as they have. On the other hand, as was mentioned there are many different types of Weezer fans that follows the band and goes to the shows. So I can understand why they just stick with hits and covers rather than including new songs & deep tracks that a 1/3 to 1/2 of the audience are not familiar with and don’t want to hear.

[@jusbaize]

Thank you. I was gonna say the same thing. Their live shows just don't do it for me.

[@fabianlopez3693]

I think the band is coherent: They are good musicians, they are not doing much to be stream or snob guys, they keep their essence. To hate them is simply, some posser fans just want them to adjust. Either you like the band or hate it, everyone takes their option. They rock!

[@lunarink2142]

I only know three songs by them, the singles of their first album. I'm going to one of their concerts on March 27th. I have to prepare. Please wish me luck as I gorge on Weezer.

[@dalilalouami4861]

can you do a hate it/ love it for nirvana? they aren’t really a band anymore but it was still a controversial one.

[@HeavyMetal-jy4vj]

Definitely this, I feel like everyone pretends like they like them but so many people go on social media and blast them sharing their true feelings.

[@sinner2084]

no shit Nirvana is Dr. Dre's fav rock band.

[@canaanclb]

Most of the people who hate nirvana are 80s kids who are upset that Smells Like Teen Spirit put an end to all the hair bands.

[@Ponaru]

@@canaanclb At least Kurt hated Teen Spirit as well.

[@cooliofoolio]

@@Ponaru Kurt hated everything

[@mikerobinson9466]

I've been a Weezer fan since there first album. As a musician myself, everyone has to Remember music is art. Imagine if Weezer kept her same sound just like ACDC did. I always wanted ACDC to go outside the box and do something different but they never did, and are still one of my favorite bands. We all need Weezer, hate em or love em.

[@jusbaize]

EWBAITE is my favorite Weezer album. I was super dissapointed when they totally ignored it on their last tour. I probably won't go to anymore of their shows anymore. Hearing Buddy Holly, Say it Ain't So and Beverly Hills live just isn't doing it for me.

[@mikestanshillporter4425]

I do understand that Weezer walks the tightrope between alternative modern rock, or what ever you want to call it and pop music. Rivers has said it himself in an interview, that they play alternative music, but he likes melody and pop songs. I’ve always liked and loved what they have done, but I understand the heartburn of the fans that don’t. It is incredible the amount of music they have put out and the unbelievable amount they’ve put out lately. Remember fans you always have the albums you love along with the others you don’t like as much, but maybe there’s a track or two you like, and maybe in the future you will rediscover that album you once hated. I’m along for the ride, I can enjoy the band that brings out a variety of sounds and moods like, Hash Pipe to Tripping Down the Freeway, El Scorcho to Weekend Woman, and many other alternative rock Weezer songs to many other Weezer to pop sounding songs. Is it inconsistent or evolving, and going back to the shack, then coming back to evolve some more. Whatever it is, I’m enjoying this extensive discography and all of this new music of late. I will be riding and dying with Weezer.

[@thenoodledrop]

My 6 personal reasons why i stopped liking weezer: 1. Inconsistency: I first got super into the band in 2014 through Blue and Pinkerton. that year also gave us EWBAITE, in my opinion their best album since the 90s. but was kind of disappointed by White. Then completely disappointed by Pacific Daydream. Then really annoyed by Africa. And now i really couldn’t care less about Teal or Can’t Knock the Hustle. they put so much emphasis on cutting the crap and doing what they do best: being a crunchy alt rock band for a good two years, as well as excessively apologizing for their mistakes of the 2000s. but now they’ve completely seemed to disregard that mentality. I’m just confused and don’t know if i could trust them. 2. Pacific Daydream was a pure sell out album. I hate being that guy, but let’s be honest. Pacific Daydream sounds like one of the most cash grabbing albums released by a rock band since the start of the millennia. Hell i feel like it’s their Dynasty (in reference to Kiss’ 1979 disco album). Feels very unnatural and devoid of anything people want from Weezer 3. The Memes and marketing: To me it just feels so forced. Over the past 3 years i’ve noticed Weezer really start pandering in order to be as relevant as they could possibly be. Think it really started with Thank God for Girls. how weird and quirky it was. but it didn’t feel natural. Then we got Feels Like Summer, which sounds like an unreleased One Direction song to me. then Africa. buying into a huge trend/meme. now it’s the Teal Album, another entry into the reaallllyy annoying 80s nostalgia bait trend that has vastly overstated it’s welcome. It all feels so calculated to me. 4. The other members seem so disinterested. Man. When i look at members of weezer (aside from Rivers and MAYBE Scott) they just look like they’re old and tired, but are just staying in Weezer for a paycheck. Especially Brian. i get no sense of passion from him at all anymore. It seems like they’re not having fun and enjoying what they do anymore, just going along with Rivers’ ideas because they know they only have Weezer in terms of financial and commercial success. 5. Quantity over quality. This happened back in the late 2000s at their nadir. an album per year generally seems to hurt this band and their reception, and i feel like they’ve been releasing too much content (albums, singles, etc) that the quality control has just gone out the window, and it’s also making people more disinterested. It’s not the 70s or 80s anymore. you don’t have to release an album once or twice every year. a year or two gap usually gives artists the perfect amount of time to truly perfect their craft of a next release. The Black Album hasn’t even been released yet and rumors of Weezer recording their NEXT album have already surfaced. give us a break!! 6. No emotional connection. this one is extremely personal to me, but i know many millennials and Gen Zers (?) turn to music as a form of catharsis nowadays. Which is one reason why artists like Post Malone and XXXTentation (as much as i hate him) got so big so fast. Their music helps the generally disenfranchised and depressed youth feel like they’re not alone, no matter what you think of their music. They help their fans through life with their music. And that’s what young people look for now. The turn-up jams of the early 2010s are long gone (LMFAO, Katy Perry, etc) and music has turned very personal and introspective. Also, with the internet being the main source of music discovery throughout the decade, people music tastes have greatly expanded. People are now more comfortable with more experimental music and bigger themes, look at To Pimp a Butterfly and Redbone. I can’t say that Weezer has made anything truly and genuinely emotional and personable since maybe The Angel and The One off of the Red album. Rivers’ self admittance of having a binder of how to write the perfect pop song, where he admits to following a formula of making the perfect pop song, is a huge culprit. When people a lot of Weezer fans say they want Weezer to return to their roots, i think this is what they mean. Writing from the heart. Writing from the soul. Something they’ve neglected to do (or do well) in a long time, or inconsistently through time. i could elaborate further but i’m getting tired of typing so i hope y’all get my point here. Anyway, this was my TED talk.

[@henriarm367]

You surely don't know shit

[@TruSuperGamerFriends]

@@henriarm367 how so?

[@thenoodledrop]

Henri Armanda yeah i’m also curious how i don’t know shit

[@justaladTaken]

How Could you be disappointed with White Album?

[@justaladTaken]

spando dongdee When you close your ears and go ‘LALALALALALAL WEEZER HAS NEVER MADE A GOOD ALBUM SINCE 96’ LALALALALALALAL’ Is why you don’t know shit

[@MistyLake]

My favourite Weezer albums are the Blue album, Pinkerton and the Green album. I really like Rivers' Japanese project with Scott Murphy from Allister called Scott & Rivers.

[@rohiogerv22]

I think what Rivers mainly wants to do in his best songs now is fully explore a set of character traits, good and bad, to a character who isn’t him. It really started on the Red Album (Pork and Beans, Troublemaker, Greatest Man, Miss Sweeney) but a lot of people either missed it entirely or only caught it in the most obvious cases and in those cases assumed he was writing gimmick songs. So then I think Raditude and Hurley were him totally giving up on the incorporation of higher concepts, and just putting out some music while he figured out what to do. And since then the work he’s done has been to wean us towards this character concept, first with almost pandering approaches (Foolish Father, Go Away, Cleopatra), then with a narrative we’re familiar with (Nerdy teenager in Cali, White Album), and now we’re finally getting back into meaningful iterations of this idea (Can’t Stop the Hustle, California Snow, QB Blitz, Mexican Fender)

[@matthewgilkison7615]

Why can’t people just listen to the albums and songs they like and not listen to the ones they don’t like. Every album has a different theme. Some are darker or more pop than others. They do that so that you have a bunch of options what kind of music you want.

[@Stupeflan]

I've been a fan since 2013 and I absolutely love '94 and '96, whereas the following ones don't really please me that much (though the Red album is actually way more creative than what people usually say it is, and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" will always be Weezer's Bohemian Rhapsody to me). EWBAITE was the first record I got to discover as it came up, and I can only say I loved it and I think it reaches the same level as those in the 90's.

[@universalist42]

Was a casual fan but haven't paid attention for years. Then found the White album, which led me go through their catalog. And it was a rediscovery. They were like a new band that I had work backwards through their music but well worth it.

[@pressurechief]

I came to a consensus with a friend when talking about weezer, I like all their albums except for blue album, pinkerton and raditude, but he likes blue album, Pinkerton and maladroit. We came to an agreement that their discography, is overall okay. It’s not bad music, it’s enjoyable and they know what they’re doing.

[@madeleinep.828]

I feel like another reason people don't like them (or fans are frustrated with them) is because they mostly do whatever they want and don't worry about others. I kind of admire that about them, but I get why some people would think that means they just don't give a shit about their fans.

[@maggiemattison5995]

People may hate them but I sure love them. They are so good live. I personally can't wait for the black album 🖤

[@Textile_Courtesan]

Me, too! I love their happy upbeat music. 'Hustle' just hits me. They make me happy when I am down.

[@sleepyowl76]

I thought Pacific Daydream was okay

[@MichaelPSmith-mp1fk]

I love it... Been a Weezer fan for years but only last year discovered PD. It's my favorite, right now... Love the summer sound.

[@Caelums_]

Alot of people hated Pacific daydream because it's not like the conventional alternative rock that the band is known for.

[@ejenplitobarces]

I also think it's good... Not my favorite but I like it

[@2510katjo]

I see most comments are from 3 years ago. As a Weezer fan for almost a year now, since early 2022, i love everything i have heard of their current music, (2022), Van Weezer and OK Human. I have heard a lot of their older music watching concert videos. I find them to be a creative band, as they age so does their "style" of music. They can't be expected to have the exact style of the 90's. Rivers is a brilliant songwriter, i don't see them as "hated", but if anyone does there is always other music. I find them refreshing, i had almost given up on rock music continuing on, i respect Weezer for keeping it going. They do everything from ballad soft rock to more hard rock with guitar riffs, a great drummer and bass player, and harmony's./vocals. I think they are popular with younger people but also have a fan base of older people who grew up listening to the best rock music, especially the 70's and 8'0's. I can hear the influence of some of that music in Weezer music sometimes. I don't compare one record to another because i find them all unique in their own way. When you compare it means there will be a "winner" and a "loser", that's not what music is about. Anyway, i hope all Weezer fans appreciate what they have, a brilliant songwriter and an excellent band. Rock on Weezer.

[@andee3090]

why would anyone hate one of the best bands... ever? the music community is confusing

[@andee3090]

@Lucas Robinett I don't know if i should've said "best", but it is true that they are pretty influential for nerd rock.

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

Red Album is good. Fight me

[@colinv4482]

For every good song on Red, there is a bad one

[@Jim21500]

The deluxe

[@naterapach5789]

The deluxe tracks are better than most of the album imo

[@toolongforyoutoread6]

It comes as no surprise that someone with your username would defend the red.

[@simple8670]

ì don't really like the inconsistency of that album

[@cnrsfilms]

Who's hyped for the Black Album?

[@PinkDice]

Me!

[@lazrpo]

As long as its more "Can't Knock the Hustle" than "Zombie Bastards," I'll totally dig it!

[@smoshbooz]

Not since the singles they posted 😔

[@itsmeagainjohn3054]

The two singles are growing on me. So yes

[@SteMCFC79]

Rivers Cuomo is, just him!

[@camired_]

Weezer is fantastic tbh, the lyrics, music, everything about them is awesome. 11 years of my life listening their music and I'll keep doing it :)

[@R98Shadow]

So I just saw Weezer at Pittsburg Hella Mega Tour, and I am now a huge fan. Never really got into them but now I am completely sold!

[@Zombieberry27]

I enjoy most of their discography except Raditude and Pacific Daydream. Yeah some of it can seem generic and forced. Their good days are definitely behind them but I am always interested seeing how they go on into the future.

[@alanbennett4017]

I wouldn't say their best days are necessarily behind them. Personally I think White is even better than Blue. I'm a little biased though because I like all their albums except PD, and even then I just don't like the first four songs off it.

[@ejenplitobarces]

Raditude was OK for me. The only song I truly disliked was "Can't stop partying". Rivers has a good voice but the instrumental in that song was awful.

[@vinifeol]

2021 weezer fan here, they did challenge themselves with OK Human this year, and the result was fcking amazing

[@thegay]

How about the Offspring? Still great, but reviewers are out to get them since Conspiracy of One

[@nosephhh1570]

Gotta say that Pacific Daydream and Maladroit are underrated albums. I really like PD because it's done quite well in it's style. It's not supposed to be alt rock. It's very polished.

[@williambinns218]

Am I the only one who will stick up for make believe? Weezer Fans please don't kill me but if you don't take the songs seriously, the songs are just fun, catchy pop rock songs, I will defend that album, even though it is not good by a rock band standards, it's good buy a pop rock standard it's not like it's top tier quality, but it's better than Pacific daydream are Hurley

[@corinnmildenberg9488]

william binns Make Believe is one of my favorites.

[@eloisapantazis6232]

william binns I love Make Believe

[@SteveWKk]

In the right mood, Make Believe can be pretty good :)

[@Voltrix77]

hurley is better

[@ees3155]

omg ikr make believe is great, I think there's only two songs on there I don't like and I'm super picky with my music

[@cherylwolfe4045]

Toxic fanbase definitely pushes people away.

[@cherylwolfe4045]

@Christopher Bingham look for a band that encourages harmony among their fans as opposed to inciting toxicity.

[@cherylwolfe4045]

@Christopher Bingham Jon who? There are always going to be toxic fans, but some bands encourage it more by pitting older fans against newer ones.

[@Balsley1105]

I just climbed out of my rock as a 37 yo music lover and I just discovered their music and I love all of it for some reason

[@riverh6998]

I love that Weezer seems like they make music purely for themselves. The fans can listen to it and love it or hate it, but they're having fun with it so who are they really hurting

[@NOCLICKBAITISWEAR]

I don’t have a problem with them. They have some AMAZING songs and some flops, but I think they just like making music. More power to them!

[@tjnugent62]

You can't take away the good they have done. But, they are aging and the fact that Rivers is sitting on a pile of money to the tune of $40 million, you can't blame them for changing. The part of being a genius is to keep producing a lot, the brilliant parts come out along with the not... You can't take one without the other.

[@michaelconner2950]

I had never heard of Weezer until I saw them perform Africa on Dick Clarks Rocking New Years Eve show. I love that song from the 80's and being 66yrs old enjoy music from the 60's thru the 80's. I began researching their music on KZbin and honestly cannot get into their music style. But I love all their new 80"s cover songs. Maybe they will develop a whole new fan base of Baby Boomers.

[@Giratina1999]

Met them in 2014, I’ve loved these guys since sixth grade

[@dbastard]

I was 20 years old when the Blue album came out. bought it & loved it! something a bout that guitar tone just hit in all the spots.. they came out at the perfect time to be a one hit wonder. I also saw them perform twice before the end of the 90's. 95or 96 at the Aragon ballroom Chicago. Rivers had a brace on his leg & he looked so unconfutable and annoyed. but he got the job done and i enjoyed the show, although I wasn't there to see them- he gained my respect. ask anyone my age if they thought we would be talking about Weezer 30 years later. but here we are. you have to put Rivers, in that Genius category with Prince. He/ they have been pushing for new art and new ways to connect with their audience. 30 years of hits speaks for its self. Long live Weezer!!!!

[@jaydenzaragoza371]

I wasn't a fan of their Africa cover. I'm not sure why there was such a push for them to cover it, but hell. The fans spoke and Weezer listened. So, like the cover or not, Weezer did listen to the fans and that says a lot. That's more than a lot of bands can say nowadays.

[@josephrobertson9687]

I saw Weezer and Pixies last July, and it was a wonderful show. There’s something to be said about people who make what they want to make regardless of other opinions. I definitely don’t like all of their music, but I definitely love some of it.

[@viniciusathaides5851]

I'm from Brazil and I love this band.For my Weezer is the one of the most groups of rock in the world actually!

[@Alex-dd9of]

no one hates weezer. everyone just wants them to succeed

[@aamarkhan7448]

Great video - fascinating subject

[@rogergoza3180]

Unpopular opinion I actually really liked Make Believe

[@ees3155]

Sameee

[@richardolvera842]

To be honest I like the roller coaster ride it always keeps me excited when new content comes out plus theirs always at least a good song and decent song in every album .

[@jasonsieffert7394]

“I don’t care what they say about us anyway, I don’t care about that.” - Weezer.

[@theintrovertoddball7463]

I love this series. In fact this is the reason I subbed to your channel in the 1st place.

[@beyondartv]

😎

[@BigMommaGart]

I found Weezer from a Funke video, the song being The Good Life, and it remains one of my favorite songs. Yeah I’m a new fan, but I just enjoy their music. That’s good enough for me

[@blossombunny777]

i love weezer, i’ve been a fan since i was in middle school, i remember thinking i was so cool blasting we are all on drugs while i walked to school💀

[@beyondartv]

Did you twitch in your seat cuz you wanted to hit the streets?

[@isaiahsmithproductions9866]

I love Weezer, but I understand the frustration within the fanbase. They've made some questionable decisions throughout the years.

[@zeitgeistdinahmoebwanafefe8721]

a) "Perfect Situation" is a shit song. b) Geek culture is now widely accepted. We now have some of the most popular, well-respected and extroverted individuals going out and professing that they're a geek too. Awkwardness has now become "cute". This used to be a derogatory term used by bullies to talk down awkward kids. That's why Rivers usually switches from self-irony to self-deprecation. He has his own emotions, but he has to fit the mold of today's priorities because the tide has drastically shifted.

[@gabbywest5723]

Perfect Situation is great

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

a) nah b) yeah

[@tintinabello]

8:23 tag yourself i'm Weezer (the fortnite album)

[@BradyRowland]

I'm going to see them soon there one of my favorite bands super excited!!!!

[@blossombunny777]

hiccup Rowland they’re really good live! i saw them last august and it’s one of my favorite concerts i’ve been to in my opinion

[@orionrowan7777]

I think the biggest reason to hate Weezer is the toxic themes their lyrics are about. The lyrics on both Blue Album and Pinkerton describe incredibly toxic idas about women. No one else is literally about controlling women. Cuomo uses The Pink Triangle which is a symbol of oppression of gay ppl and names a song that is about how a lesbian girl is the bad one for not liking him. The feelings, ideas and opinions a lot of their songs describe are incredibly toxic. It is objectifying women a lot, blaming them for men's loneliness, etc. The thing is I don't think that Cuomo is promoting those ideas, rather he knows those are toxic and decided to describe them regardless. Rather than hide his thoughts, he put them out into the world knowing his thoughts are "bad"

[@ethancooke593]

I've honestly never heard anyone say they hate Weezer. But I have seen Pinkerton supremacists bash everything they've released over the past twenty years.

[@ryanweatherford4023]

I love Weezer just because of the fact that you really never know what you’re gonna get, and that’s what keeps it interesting

[@innotech]

Ive been on board with them from the start but I have enjoyed a huge amount of their production. There is an occasional miss but generally this band puts the biggest grin on my face

[@curly_wyn]

There’s a few reasons why I don’t like Weezer: 1. Rivers irks me. 2. None of their album appeal to me. 3. Creepy reactionary lyrics. 4. They sabotage themselves. 5. They don’t seem to know what kind of production they want. 6. I don’t like the whole “geeky” and “nerdy” image. 7. Most of their stuff is just kind of forced and generic. 8. Rivers uses an online spreadsheet to make his lyrics. 9. They have more bad albums than good ones and a lot of their music sounds the same. 10. Their fans suck. Bonus: 11. I hate Pinkerton.

[@SteveWKk]

As bad as Raditude is....check out Cant Stop Partying in acoustic... Whole different song!

[@davidlennox6242]

same shit different style

[@zombiehunter767]

The reason why I like weezer is that the band had a lot of good covers and there songs that have alot of emotion just like if your wondering has a good story say ain't so, my name is jonas, hash pipe, that Africa cover that was amazing, buddy holy island in the sun and Beverly Hills are good tunes all in all I've been listening to them on the radio it's a rare thing for me to hear weezer I love weezer I don't hate change they definitely changed in the 200s with some heavier songs there a good band with great music

[@randomdudewholikesmusic1640]

I suggested this so long ago and you replied you would work on it. Thank You!

[@beyondartv]

Finally delivered :) was waiting to bring the series back and this was always the first episode I had in mind. You’re welcome!

[@killswitch5738]

weezer is the greatest thing that was ever allowed to pass through out ears, we don't deserve weezer.

[@debonaire_nerd]

I would say Metallica fans are far worse in accepting changes to sound and style. It's either RTL, MOP or nothing. They even bickered over The Black Album!

[@williambinns218]

These are one of those bands you're either gonna love or hate. There's not a lot of people that are really just eh with them

[@dylansabbath9085]

I've been learning to play the full blue album on guitar it's so good

[@GregariousMedia]

Great points brought up here. I love a lot of Weezer's discography because I think their high points are classic, but goddamn have some of their low points been equal in the opposite direction.

[@AriOrSomething]

To the people complaining about the memes, do you not remember the Pork And Beans video?

[@crunkaholic81]

Even to this day I go back and listen to Weezer while looking at Weezer memes

[@robf6105]

I thought that Everything Will Be Alright In The End was a MAJOR return to form but I was very disappointed when I heard Thank God For Girls as I felt like they were going off track again. I notice that Ric Ocasek is involved with my favorite Weezer albums. I think he may have brought more to the table than we think. Rivers has said that they try harder when he is producing.

[@carlinisatnirvana8499]

"Im ride or die!" "For weezer?"

[@xavierdireen687]

Rivers Cuomo is Kurt Cobain.

[@davidlennox6242]

sorry but kurt cobain shot himself :(

[@xavierdireen687]

@@davidlennox6242 nah dude, he faked his death and became Rivers Cuomo of Weezer.

[@davidlennox6242]

@@xavierdireen687 oh ok

[@joefarley7536]

I don’t understand why people hate the green album. I thought it was decent.

[@akwilson1676]

2 words. Beverly Hills.

[@WSDfirstoffence]

Lol I'm 35.. been a fan of Weezer for years.. today is the first time I learned there was hate for them. Literally everybody I know likes weezer. Who cares. The music is still good.

[@Josh-gi9fe]

i cant understand rock fans taste, all the rock music thst i actuslly enjoy, other people hates it, i just cant see whats wrong

[@haerin4evar]

SAME

[@SyIynt]

I only love Weezer, I have no reason to hate them.

[@warrenxiii6721]

Can't say I know much of Weezer, but I love say it isn't so. Beautiful song. Definitely need to get into these guys a bit more

[@michaeledwards6683]

Could you do a Hate It Or Love It on The Smashing Pumpkins? They're one of my favorite bands of all time, and one of the best things about them is their polarizing presence. It seems like people either... love it or hate it...

[@sethmcgrath1093]

I like the analogy with the roller coaster. Your in a roller coaster park(Spotify).You get on weezer coaster and it's fun ur going fast, and then you slow down, speed back up, slow down etc. Overall that's not a great coaster when you can get on another coaster that keeps going fast (another band).

[@ChipEzii]

I'm looking forward to the black album cause it'll be like Rivers talking to his fans, for instance "Can't knock the hustle", and "Zombie Bastards"