Weezer - The Black Sessions - Say It Ain't So

Weezer performance on the French music series, The Black Sessions.
Part 4 - Say It Ain't So
My favorite version/recording of this song.

[@souvannarathtristin7458]

woah this one sounds way louder and abrasive than on the album, and the slower tempo really makes it more intense and dramatic.

[@microwavetrash2501]

I love how clearly you can hear Matt in this one

[@burnstjamp]

Windwaker Pfp on a Weezer video. Classic

[@andrewoid4711]

@@burnstjamp i dont get it

[@ChordyRingler]

@@andrewoid4711 It's a FUNKe reference, I believe. That youtuber used to have a toon link pfp I think, and he is a known weezer fan

[@aweirdstranger]

i like how at 0:36 matt completely misses the note and it actually works really well

[@38kob]

that's matt for you. everyone makes fun of his isolated vox, but there's magic in those shitty notes

[@lucasg.5534]

Where does he miss it? He's bang on

[@aweirdstranger]

@@lucasg.5534 can you not hear him miss the bass?

[@lucasg.5534]

@@aweirdstranger oh I thought you were talking about the singing

[@SendMeBelow22]

i love how rivers adds in a few more fancy little guitar riffs in.

[@toribjork10]

i like growing... but for me i think matt sharp was a pretty integral part of weezer. his touches on the first few albums really made them something special.

[@WRoberts108]

Whole thing is played better. . . warmer, and the intro is different and the end of the solo. Fresh guitar lines is a big part of what makes this version great.

[@gryffindork567]

Often when Rivers plays live, he always has distortion on, and turns his volume knob on his guitar down for clean parts. That's how he gets that great warm tone. At the beginning of the second verse, you can't hear his guitar, but then it suddenly clips in. I think that he turned his volume knob too low by mistake and then turned it back up.

[@frickindaniel]

Say it ain't slow

[@pietpadda593]

Your truck is a hard braker/your chuck is a hearth baker/your duck is hard-beaker/your joke is a-ha, wicked!

[@Isis3593]

weezer as shoegaze

[@DanmakuNyanNyan]

Weezgaze/Shoezer, My Bloody Weezer, Sloweez/Weezdive. That's all I could think of lol.

[@limlimewastaken]

@@DanmakuNyanNyan only weezing

[@38kob]

weezer as marvin gaye

[@peterthirdandthebridges]

@@limlimewastaken weezeless

[@joaovictor3312]

Say it ain't so on the neck pickup lol

[@Imdone13Gaming]

I love how he never really had a proper clean tone during this era, alls he had was the amps distortion, a wah pedal, and a boost. Along with the black ice module.

[@daniel90550]

3:18 the breakdown is so good

[@ColorsBright]

"DA BLACK SASSSION DA WEEZER"

[@tommymccracken487]

Holy crap that was amazing. Never heard this version

[@ichisame]

I really don't understand why people hate new weezer. Every artist needs to grow, to change style. If they'll always remain the same then everybody will forget about them, it's like the bubblegum. It's tasty in first 10 minutes, but then it's just the normal gum.

[@KCgrunge]

your comment is so basic

[@gabrielkramer]

Hey dude, i am not disagreeing with you but just because it has 4 chords it doesnt make it bad. Say it aint so has 4 chords(it only changes in the bridge, but that doesnt matters) im just saying that complexity does not equal good

[@gabrielkramer]

They could make simple songs but good ones though

[@KCgrunge]

dude the fuck youre talking about? first off, 4 chord music is not automatically bad and "complex" music is not automatically good, music is not math, so leave that hipster purist bullshit to yourself second, youre saying they are playing 4 chord "pop music" but their music was pretty simple to start with? youre contradicting yourself

[@KCgrunge]

simple songs > complex songs

[@diamondemeralds3902]

I take it nobody in the comments has heard weezers demo? Opposite sides of the good ol fence

[@ChrisPBacon-xn9up]

Yeh, boi

[@Iemonzinger]

Dude a lot of people have lmao

[@Imdone13Gaming]

Yeah, this is heavier and just as slow as that version lol

[@goldshieldinthedark]

Best version i have heard so far !!! So fluid, So dynamic, So Weezer !!!

[@38kob]

you can stop searching - this is the best one there is. trust me lol

[@macchiuatto]

wow that performance

[@missyurushi]

fantastic. better to chill than the album version x)

[@Iemonzinger]

Like it slow and dirty

[@toribjork10]

lol i agree, although i do admit i was actually into the red album, it kinda reminded me of pinkerton on a few songs. i just think matt sharp added a certain magic to the band that hasn't been emulated yet, which is a shame.

[@Skywohka]

Which parts of Red are like Pink?

[@sound-sakura]

late by 6 years but pork and beans kind of reminds me of blue tbh

[@lowan0]

Weezer black album guys

[@alienexist7417]

Punk Rock

[@Ozzmaster75]

You're both wrong. There's nothing "extra fancy" about it, however it is different than the original version. Notice he plays that little "solo" thing an extra time in this version, at the end of the intro.

[@skgbop]

Say it aint slow

[@devin2151]

1.25x 👌

[@GDjesusOfsuburbia]

Its little too slow version in my opinion.

[@vikinginspace4881]

Say it ain’t so..the opiate version.

[@kevincardinale8969]

The bubblegum simile really isn't helping your point at all.