How White Saved Weezer

Everything Will Be Alright in the End or EWBAITE was Weezer's critical comeback. It boasted a shockingly different sound than albums like Make Believe, Red, Raditude, and Hurley but it was still narrow in its appeal. Rivers Cuomo wanted the success found with Blue, Green, and Make Believe without betraying existing fans. He needed to strike a new balance. With the help of Jake Sinclair and strong inspiration from the Beach Boys, White became the ultimate compromise. Sincere like Pinkerton, but accessible like Green. Not to be confused with SZNZ summer lol.
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[@Baruch.Goldstein]

Weezer came up with 1 good album cover and it was so good that they knew they could never make one more perfect. That's why they've used it 6 times.

[@xelnoc8983]

raditude

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@@xelnoc8983funny dog

[@plumetminecraft9958]

@@xelnoc8983underrated and overrated

[@CZsWorld]

To go back to 2016 and experience White for the first time again...

[@aluminumcurtain]

I was 16 and hanging out in Japan at the time. Always gets me nostalgic for those days.

[@gffn7316]

@@ghost_mall lmfao

[@ocaugustwo8392]

I think you should either cover blue, Pinkerton, green, maladroit, red, raditude, Hurley, death to false metal, pacific daydream, teal, black, ok human, Van Weezer, spring, or summer next. But that’s just my opinion.

[@joshuahytrek4178]

Yeah, I think if he covers one of Weezer's other albums next, it will be one of those.

[@summerdrunktaiga7792]

he might even do autumn

[@jxchiu4614]

maybe even winter

[@x.pescobard3216]

@@jxchiu4614 or the yellow album

[@thereturnofglenhaven721]

@@x.pescobard3216or the brown album

[@thedogfromraditude5449]

While I don’t condone the blatant Raditude slander on this channel and the Lil’ Wayne diss was uncalled for, I’d honestly consider this channel one of the new best Weezer-themed channels on the platform. The Old Guy from White Album is gonna love this one, it’ll be like Christmas come early for him! Well, this as well as a finding an ancient artifact on the beach a few days ago planning to give it to Smithsonian for millions. I should probably tell him it’s just a broken patrón bottle from the party last week. Anyways, don’t stop partying! -Sidney

[@Scarlettaaaa666]

I'm your biggest fan Sidney Raditude is a misunderstood masterpiece for real

[@hellspawn32x66]

What the dog doin?

[@heavenly2k]

The lil wayne diss was absolutely deserved

[@Scarlettaaaa666]

@@heavenly2k Excuse me the line "Okay bitch it's Weezer and it's Weezey" is peak lyrical genuis

[@BaronVonBielski]

@@Scarlettaaaa666 OP was 100% being sarcastic. That album is pure garbage besides if you’re wondering if I want you to

[@ethanmiller631]

Patrolling the mojave almost makes you wish for a weezer radio mod

[@Agostoic]

Excuse me, do you know where sailors hang out?

[@ColaPowered]

White is goated. SMH at any oldheads who refuse to listen to anything after 2004.

[@robbocat7643]

Bro I've gone through all your content since I saw the Hash Pipe one, and you are making the content I dreamed of seeing when I first got into the band. I knew there was potential for these kinds of videos, but there really isn't that much great Weezer yt content to sink your teeth in to. So glad to have found your stuff, keep up the great work

[@TheMrartistman]

On a long car ride, my mom and aunt told me I could put whatever music I wanted at a certain point. Since their taste is so completely different, I thought maybe the white album's "popiness" might be okay for them. I put it on expecting them to just be okay with it, they ended up rocking out to it and asking me who it was. They didn't seem to enjoy the blue album that much. Still, my point is the white album probably is in fact a masterpiece most people can enjoy.

[@zeepsterd]

Great video! White is fantastic. Will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@CZsWorld]

Our first time meeting we sang Endless Bummer 🤘

[@CariHelstrom]

can't wait for the ok human video, i've been loving these videos

[@UrScum]

Nice reupload Now I can rewatch it again and act like I didn’t see it the first time W vidoe

[@trveno]

my favorite song off of white (and weezer in general) is jacked up. it's such a depressing song and it does it without going back to Pinkertons sound. the somber piano, grim lyrics, and heartbroken vocals all come together to make such a gut wrenching song. it makes me feel like I'm at a local fair by myself watching the lights of the rides flicker, everyone laugh and have fun while I miss out on all that because I went alone. one thing I'm slightly mad about is that the melody for the bridge is from one of my favorite weezers demos, since you came around, meaning that a melody so good for a full length song will only be presented as the melody for a bridge. even then the bridge is phenomenal and comes back to the chorus with a clash that would make me sob if I were in the mood to cry. it's just overall such a perfect song and the reason white album is probably my favorite weezer album (and album in general). tl:dr jacked up is such a good song it makes me want to kill myself

[@rohiogerv22]

For sure. Jacked Up is one of the most enduring Weezer songs to me.

[@megamegapop12]

Now check out the Hawaii or Since You Came Around demos and see what it could have been

[@rohiogerv22]

@@megamegapop12 Pretty cool concept, but I definitely think it works better as a bridge. Most of what I like about Jacked Up is exclusively in the final version of Jacked Up.

[@trveno]

@@megamegapop12 "what it could have been" bro shut up I literally mention the fact that since you came around is one of my favorite demos (syca > hawaii) and although I'm sad well never get either the demos I think jacked up works way better as a song. the melody though... I will miss that.

[@taibasarovadil]

epic tldr

[@josephperry3700]

I just realized you are playing Rush E during the review portion. Is that a statement on how it is impossible for Weezer to please critics and fans in the way that it is impossible for a human to play Rush E?

[@nickdonaldson466]

Have only listened to blue green and Pinkerton. Not a diehard fan, not a long fan, not a super into it fan, but this channel really is investing me into the band. Love these videos, keep this up it is great to see you talk about something you love with so much depth, care, and info.

[@SoniKast]

White-era fun fact, every cover from this album uses the weezer logo from before Make Believe (the one on Blue, Pinkerton and Maladroit)

[@Agostoic]

Certified classic indeed

[@milovegas123]

Been a while since listening to white, but white is such a perfect summer album and this is the perfect reminder to listen again. Love how deep you get into the albums and how seriously you take all things Weezer. Weez on

[@mazoku6793]

I'm so glad your channel exists. You don't know how long I've been trying to find a YT channel dedicated to Weezer video essays 😭 Good work as always!

[@zeepsterd]

Me too.

[@thursafternoon22]

@@zeepsterd whoa it's the other Weezer man

[@renatocruz4511]

@@zeepsterd will you be doing more weezy videos?

[@zeepsterd]

@@renatocruz4511 yes! Been busy with other projects but the series will come back one day :)

[@xx-jk1iq]

@@zeepsterd can u give us an eta

[@antihistamean]

You mentioned being a fan of Jimmy Eat World, if you ever finish the Weezer series you have I’d love to hear what you have to say about Jimmy Eat World!

[@jadedshade3136]

Ah yes, the long Awaited White Album. Haven’t started the video yet, but I’m already looking forward to it, as always

[@davidstraub7295]

This is so good jesus christ. I hope I live to buy you a beer on a weezer cruise

[@AndreevaOlya]

the last days of summer is one of my fav songs from rivers's bundels, and i would replace i love the usa with this song

[@TotallyNotTony_]

W content, Weezer is my favorite band and I love to see them covered on youtube!

[@Will-er9vr]

Great video! Can’t wait to hear you tear into pitchfork for their OK Human review lol.

[@MG-mn7ig]

I know info on the topic is extremely scarce, but I would absolutely die if you made (even a brief) essay on the Sea Opera! If not I’m sticking around anyway because I love your channel

[@Orangienblue]

This videos great, I I’m glad I found this channel

[@cantbehelped]

White album is the #1 PP (post-Pinkerton) Weezer album. Blue, Pinkerton, White, EWBAITE and OK Human are top 5 for me

[@WeezerBreezerElScorcho]

Been watching all your videos, one of my favorite Weezer channels!! Keep it up man

[@PMARC14]

Bro love these documentaries despite not knowing how to weeze or owning no weasels.

[@emmanuel_]

I loved the jokes on this one. Great writing as always.

[@ddaengjoon]

I've never heard a single weezer song but you best believe I've binged all your videos, they are really well made:)

[@wmvnotmp4]

You should listen to the white album :)

[@ddaengjoon]

@@wmvnotmp4 thank u for the rec, all these videos made me want to listen to all of their music lol

[@crumstopher]

Shoutout to Dan Wilson, who has a co-writing credit for California Kids. You may know him from Closing Time by Semisonic, but Semisonic has other great songs that I highly recommend checking out.

[@AQGamedev]

Which semisonic songs would you recommend?

[@crumstopher]

@@AQGamedev Never You Mind, Fascinating New Thing, Across the Great Divide, Bed

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@@AQGamedev Also check out Singing In My Sleep and Chemistry

[@MrMatttree]

I was in the middle of writing “what about Last Days of Summer?” right as the video ended… Anyways, great work as always!

[@funcoa3463]

thank you for doing this!

[@salemheideman808]

Thank you for talking about one of my strongest fixations, nice to see I'm not alone :]

[@Stelios78910]

I’m so glad you regard OK Human so highly as well, which means we’ll get a similar video in the style of this for OKH. Keep up the great work mate.

[@baggybandtshirt]

been waiting for this video🙏🙏

[@doggoli]

I genuinely do not even like weezer (trust me I tried) but your video essays are so fun I keep watching them.

[@nick__kitchen5028]

another banger from marc! keep it up man!

[@robertgerow670]

This video was definitely worth the wait! I only recently went from being a blue album fan to general Weezer fan, and the white album is a huge part of why that was possible

[@mccarrthief]

i dont even listen to weezer but something about your videos captivates me immensely

[@mccarrthief]

the times have changed i listen to weezer now

[@fiszu457]

Great vid! We need more Jake Sinclair

[@jadedmillion8991]

19:52 Ah, using "For River" from the To The Moon OST in the background. Clever, very clever Marc.

[@CalmTony]

The White Album could not have come out at a more perfect time for me personally. I was in my freshmen year of high school, and around that time I was really starting to get way more into music. I started to discover/rediscover bands that I actually liked instead of just listening to whatever everyone else my age was listening to at the time. The summer going into my freshmen year I had gone to my first concert, and I eventually started to collect vinyl. I remember hearing "Thank God For Girls" and "King of the World" for the first time and telling everyone I knew that they should listen to them too. Almost every time I got the same responses you would expect like, "Weezer sucks," and "Weezer hasn't made anything good since Pinkerton." I even remember my dad telling me the ladder. Before this, I really only knew Weezer for the songs that I would hear on the radio, on my dad's iPod, and the songs that were in the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games. When The White Album finally dropped, I listened to it on repeat so many times, and it eventually led to me becoming the Weezer superfan that I am today. The White Album was also like the 2nd or 3rd album that I bought on vinyl with my own money. I also remember one day my dad picking me up from some after-school thing, and he was listening to the fucking White Album. I asked him if he liked it, and he said he did. 2 years later, him and I went to see Weezer live when they were on tour with the Pixies.

[@lanelannan7565]

So glad this came into my yt recommended, you absolutely nailed this. White is one of my favorite weezer albums. I am also glad you touched on the frustration of being a fan of modern weezer, in that combating with people who refuse to move past Blue and Pinkerton can be annoying, especially in the case of a truly amazing album like White or Ok Human. All in all great video, look forward to seeing more

[@MrMitchbow]

I was a white doubter, but after second inspection of my Spotify, white is the only other weezer album besides green where I have more than 5 songs liked and downloaded, so maybe it is one of their better albums after all

[@Pikablast]

Love this video, very strong video and helped me learn a lot about the White Album, which is like a top 3 for me. Glad to see all the work you put into these videos. Thanks Marc.

[@chris_troiano]

I don’t know how I ended up on this channel, I wasn’t looking for Weezer content! But your knack for finding the story and delivering it with humor and love for the music is inspiring stuff. I haven’t listened to a Weezer album in many years, but I’m subscribed to this channel.

[@danlucas213]

White album reminds me of kayaking in ocean city with my sister. The album came out right as we were leaving for vacation.

[@BCDLB]

i love your format and you hhave a very nice quality in video production!

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

Very happy to see your channel suddenly explode like it has. 100k+ views for the MB video? Congrats man, here I was watching back when you were posting links to the Weezer cruise video on Reddit haha. Love your content G, keep it up

[@aaronwearsunderpants241]

White got better for me with relistens as did EWBAITE. I seriously can’t believe how much I passed those albums off the first time I listened to them. Great video btw!

[@nolan_sage]

I get weird looks for saying my favorite Weezer album is White instead of Blue or Pinkerton.

[@barbaraallen1258]

Finally! This is my favorite album. Great vid!

[@aron1858]

this channel is certified epic

[@lemon-xh9rw]

I love white. it's not my favorite weezer album, but I have nothing bad to say about it. great channel man. your videos are really well put together and really fun. keep up the good work brother

[@yaknow8493]

This video is just epic.

[@redbannerradio]

Friend of a Friend is my favorite from the White Album, also personally I think it's one of the best they ever released (officially) in the 2010s.

[@andig7929]

I simply like your videos style, truly refreshing and creative. Keep doing the best work!

[@chrisallen5855]

I've been championing this album for years, glad to see folks agree with me. It's absolutely their 3rd best album, a modern masterpiece, and the Beach Boys tribute record Rivers always dreamed of making. Anybody who says they can't listen to anything past Pinkerton needs to wake up and at least give this one a listen. Does it have some weird points? Sure. But just enjoy the ride. It's not often you get a Weezer album with no skippable tracks. Keep putting out the solid =W= content Marc.

[@kibbs1869]

I’m a newer weezer fan, I just finished listening to their entire discography like 2 weeks ago. When I first listened to white I went in with high expectations because how how much I liked EWBAITE, and when I finished listening to it I didn’t listen to anything else for like 3 days, I was blown away by how good it was. If I had to rank I’d say it’s my 2nd favourite album of theirs just behind Pinkerton

[@Zugerujk]

this is such a banger video, you are a professional hater and genuinely showstopping 🙌🙌

[@predeterminedmeat5024]

Weezer came back to show the world they could f**king rock!

[@el_guajolote]

I saw the boys live the summer following the album's release and it was magical. I have actually refused an invitation to see them again in the years since because I don't want to spoil the memory. White is truly special. Great vid, Marc.

[@logical_volcel]

thats a such a weezer fan thing to say

[@el_guajolote]

fuck. . . . you're right. . . . .

[@figlermaert]

That was a great fricking tour.

[@figlermaert]

Saw them a year later and I was very let down

[@hoodzoot]

"suffer through collaborations with lil wayne" when hes literally the highlight of that song lol

[@ardguez5987]

I really like your vids, and I was hoping for more. Glad this time is for my favorite album!

[@Kyle_etc]

Speaking of criticism on white, I agree there is no criticism for it. It’s a great album, not mind blowing or life altering like blue or pinkerton, but very solidly the 3rd best Weezer album

[@CodySterio2005]

tbh i liked EWBAITE a little better

[@CreeperSkullDZ]

ok human

[@Kyle_etc]

@@CodySterio2005 I go back and fourth between EWBAITE, white, and red

[@Kyle_etc]

@@CreeperSkullDZ top 10 but not 3rd

[@CreeperSkullDZ]

@@Kyle_etc i would put it just after white

[@cosmicthrillseekers]

this was the album that got me into weezer. picked it up on cd last year not having listened to a single weezer album and i immediately fell in love after hearing the intro to california kids

[@seamussc]

White Album is the best album since Maladroit, and better than Green, imo. The deluxe edition really does improve upon it too, especially the last two tracks.

[@yokedmonster]

Yes my favorite album gets some love.

[@epictom3423]

Epic

[@nix3l_]

youve summed up all the sheer love i have for this album in one incredible video. easily your best so far! great job man! so glad i found you through the make believe video on reddit :)

[@boogers69420]

time to play some weezee

[@jacobrobinson486]

Thank you so much for made this video. White is my favorite album of all time.

[@nickamars]

Fantastic video! Can’t wait for why blue is weezer’s worst album!!

[@larryf6443]

I love this album and I think Weezer (The White Album) is probably the greatest thing they have released since Pinkerton. Nice vid!

[@JonnyWanzer]

dang no mention of Prom Night? :( i guess thats techically the Japanese deluxe.

[@Upside_Down_Guitar_Guy]

I’m 11 minutes in, great video so far man. Blue and Pinkerton are my favorite albums but EWBAITE, Maladroit, and White are really incredible and White has kept me hopeful that Weezer will continue to record good music

[@snurtle7847]

I love weezer with all my heart and I am so grateful to have found this channel and its content. The quality you have in each video is just a testament to how amazing you are as a youtuber and content creator. These video essays are absolutely spectacular and I love to hear everything you have to say on the subjects on the albums and songs. Keep up the great work man and im very excited for the ok human video!

[@ndmt1225]

Thank you so much for making this video, White is and has been my favorite Weezer album since I got into the band, and I truly believe that if it were to have been released around the time of or in place of one of the first two albums, it’d be held in just as high of regard as them

[@weezerfan911]

Another great video!

[@gerardwayskneecap]

Finally the Weezer man posted

[@petem85]

My favorite album!. Thsnk for this video. Great job.

[@LMBECIL]

I remember so muuuch the day this album was released, april 1st, a great summer starting for me, starting a new life, and this album brings me a lot of joy, real joy, how 6 years passed away so quick?, I remember it like it was just yesterday, in that time I was a hardcore old weezer fan but this changed all my engine and I started to enjoy the modern one, and enjoy all poppy music in general, still in love with old weezer but man, this one was a life changer for me. Thanks for this awesome video, I love each of them, you bring a lot of information and personality.

[@megamegapop12]

Everyone needs the demo for Jacked Up, Since You Came Around, in their life. Please listen to it.

[@MarcNeilson1]

I remember getting round to listening to it back in 2016/17 and I was blown away one of my favourite albums by them. Really up there with the first 2 for me. That are some of my favourites of all time.

[@ghost_to_a_ghost]

i was 12 when Pinkerton came out. I got into Weezer off of blue in 1994. Pinkerton blew my ass away from the get-go. i absolutely adored that record and I still do to this day. Weezer's first several albums all came out at the exact right time for how old I was when each album dropped...or it seems that way to me. Pinkerton was loved when it dropped, though. All of my friends loved it. I guess we were just weird lol

[@xavierpeterson6448]

Damn, Weezer! Back at it again with the White Album!

[@ethansreviews9024]

The only thing I could think about during the counter-argument against Magnet was the "Do you like Hewy Louis and the news" scene from American Psycho.

[@luistijerina]

I don’t know enough about Rivers’ personal life to know, but does he have an open marriage? He seems to write a lot of lyrics about encounters with women even in recent albums.

[@ZyxthePest]

No. People have looked into to this and the answer seems to be that A. Rivers just has a lot of experiences to look back on for songs and B. He's just good at spinning fake narratives. The Tinder thing was Rivers basically running a social experiment to understand how people interact these days. If you listen to Spring, there's a song about how amazing and strong his relationship with his wife is and OK Human's Mirror Image basically indicates that he feels that she's his perfect match.

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best vids on youtube fr

[@danteguinazzo6244]

I love how you reference other channels through both their music and presentational style. It's awesome. I caught emp lemon and pan pizza, but I know there are more. You're a KZbin dj.

[@maryk5658]

I love this album. It is becoming entirely grating how every Weezer album since Pinkerton is hailed as their comeback album. I love Weezer!

[@sejol3081]

very hard to judge a weezer record on it's own, even their greatest modern records are somewhat tainted by the existence of their first two albums.. and imo it's understandable since they got most fans into the band in the first place at the end of the day, there'll be some weirdness, but that kind of makes somber and grounded tracks more impactful, at least to me

[@kingcon2k11]

Man these are so great, can't stress how bad I wanna work w you

[@ghostofury9755]

1:13 i appreciate this

[@KingOthius]

I can tell you're a fan of EmpLemon editing and I love that

[@Inacatsuit]

Enjoying your stuff, but you've implied in two videos that Brian wrote "Freak Me Out," and yet Rivers has sole writing credit for it according to both Wikipedia and Weezerpedia.

[@Inacatsuit]

Also, Blue Deluxe was release in 2004, before Red Deluxe

[@thefruitchef]

this video is so fresh, it's pretty obviously inspired by emplemon's sorta commentary style and it works for the sorta topic of weezer and i love it so much

[@spcjefferson1030]

you really need to do a video about paperface and other blue b-sides.