I got myself a copy of Weezer's new album. Make Believe. Le sigh. It is quite bad. And embarassing for them. I can't believe this is the same band that made such masterpieces as the Blue Album and Pinkerton. It seems the songs were thrown together very quickly with no lyrical maturity. "Hold On" is just a pianful balad with Rivers moaning "Hold On" the whole time. And "My Best Friend" basically goes, "your my best friend, and I love you sooooooo". Rivers Cuomo is pushing 40 and that was the deepest he could get? This is so disappointing to me because Weezer had such an impact on my young life. I'll best most people my age can remember when they first heard "Buddy Holly". Listening to "the Sweater Song" made me realize that rock music could be so much more than big hair and spandex. Pinkerton then took the cake. Amazing. So amazing that the No Andrews Band even paid homage with a cover of "Tired of Sex". It's a sad time for music, people. Let's have a moment of silence.
Actually, I've never actual quantified albums/music that truly had a significant impact on my life. I'd say most of them are from when I was younger (Debbie Gibson's Out of the Blue, Weezer, Guns N Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II, Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral) as well as albums that made me rethink my musical tastes (The Strokes' Is This It, Rancids' And Out Come the Wolves). What music impacted you? I will dropkick the first person that says Britney Spears.
I finsihed the Red Tent this weekend and throughly enjoyed it. Although I was singing Joseph and the Amazing Color Dreamcoat in my head the whole time to keep track of all the sons of Jacob. Also devoured Laurie Notaro's new one. I rarely laugh out loud when reading a book. I can't tell you how much better she makes me feel about my life.
