It’s all covers. Including Take On Me, Africa (which was a viral hit a few months ago) and some others including Billy Jean, No Scrubs, Everybody wants to rule the World, Paranoid....
their Africa cover and now this are just like carbon copy remakes of the originals.
If that's their goal, mission accomplished.
I don't hate it, because despite the fact Weezer peaked 20 years ago, I still like them and the song is nostalgic at least a little for people from that era.
But for Take on Me, I like Reel Big Fish cover better, I just think it has a more unique spin on the original and ska can be fun.
their Africa cover and now this are just like carbon copy remakes of the originals.
If that's their goal, mission accomplished.
I don't hate it, because despite the fact Weezer peaked 20 years ago, I still like them and the song is nostalgic at least a little for people from that era.
But for Take on Me, I like Reel Big Fish cover better, I just think it has a more unique spin on the original and ska can be fun.
Reel Big Fish - Take on Me - ( New Window )
That group is weird...but I liked it! Thanks for sharing.
Sure it brings back memories when they first started playing music. I think what their doing with the covers is pretty cool. I’m sure it gets tiresome playing same songs over and over again and trying to think of new music. Seems like their having fun, I’m enjoying the covers.
The Toto song was fucking awful when it came out and Weezers version is even worse because they already knew that Toto’s version sucked ass and they covered it exactly. The only thing that explains all this is money. I guess they needed to get paid. Hey, at least no one got hurt.
Africa is fucking amazing, and anyone who says otherwise has shitty opinions.
That being said, none of their covers are especially inspired or groundbreaking. However, they are getting a new generation interested in older music, which is undeniably a good thing.
My guitar-teacher friend even had practically all his students ask to learn how to play Toto a few months ago. I suspect A-Ha is next.
Africa is fucking amazing, and anyone who says otherwise has shitty opinions.
That being said, none of their covers are especially inspired or groundbreaking. However, they are getting a new generation interested in older music, which is undeniably a good thing.
My guitar-teacher friend even had practically all his students ask to learn how to play Toto a few months ago. I suspect A-Ha is next.
on hour-long commutes for work in the 90s. Blue album. Loved a lot of what followed. My kids were little when the green (lime?) Andrés albums came out and they loved those. I liked some.
My son and I have been sad about a lot of their released stuff the last several years. Africa was an annoying head-scratcher.
Buddy of mine, huge Weez fan, giant and wide-ranging music fan who sees a ton of shows, told us when the White album came out, “oh it’s awesome! Goes back to heavy guitars. Reminds me of the Blue album.” We were pumped. Then disappointed.
Maybe two weeks ago, same guys texts me that this Weezer Teal album is “the best cover album I’ve ever heard.” Said it’s the album with Africa on it.
Haven’t had any interest to listen. Probably will eventually our if some odd feeling of fan obligation.
Africa is fucking amazing, and anyone who says otherwise has shitty opinions.
That being said, none of their covers are especially inspired or groundbreaking. However, they are getting a new generation interested in older music, which is undeniably a good thing.
My guitar-teacher friend even had practically all his students ask to learn how to play Toto a few months ago. I suspect A-Ha is next.
this is not a great take (the second part of your post) - couldn't Weezer have made some remakes with their own spin on them and spun up interest in these songs or songs from the 80's? Sort of like the Lemonheads with Mrs Robinson, or thousands of other covers that get people interested in the originals?
I wasn't a huge A-Ha fan, or a Toto fan, but I won't comment on that part of the post, music is one area where people should be able to have their own opinions of what they like or dislike without caring about other people's opinions, but the fact these covers (the first two at least) are very vanilla and antiseptic is fine for people to criticize IMO (though I guess I'm contradicting my former point a little).
that don't care what anyone thinks about them anymore. Rivers Cuomo went through his pretentious artist phrase a long time ago and for the last decade doesn't care.
I listened to the Teal album and wasn't entirely impressed at first... Â
but I would recommend people give it another chance on vinyl or at the very least, with quality headphones....
There is a lot of depth in that recording that doesn't necessarily come off in a compressed listen on a shitty blue tooth speaker or ear buds.
I think it's a love letter to those songs, which I can appreciate.
If they were releasing it as stand along new material, I'd say it was kind of mailing it in. But it was a surprise cover album released along with an entire album of new material.
It’s an amazing album
If that's their goal, mission accomplished.
I don't hate it, because despite the fact Weezer peaked 20 years ago, I still like them and the song is nostalgic at least a little for people from that era.
But for Take on Me, I like Reel Big Fish cover better, I just think it has a more unique spin on the original and ska can be fun.
Reel Big Fish - Take on Me - ( New Window )
If that's their goal, mission accomplished.
I don't hate it, because despite the fact Weezer peaked 20 years ago, I still like them and the song is nostalgic at least a little for people from that era.
But for Take on Me, I like Reel Big Fish cover better, I just think it has a more unique spin on the original and ska can be fun.
Reel Big Fish - Take on Me - ( New Window )
That group is weird...but I liked it! Thanks for sharing.
https://youtu.be/NBiQPZxd81s
What's the point?
Link - ( New Window )
That reminded me of the updated version of "Mad World" by Gary Jules. Which I think is far superior to the original
link - ( New Window )
https://youtu.be/NBiQPZxd81s
That guy is annoying.
That being said, none of their covers are especially inspired or groundbreaking. However, they are getting a new generation interested in older music, which is undeniably a good thing.
My guitar-teacher friend even had practically all his students ask to learn how to play Toto a few months ago. I suspect A-Ha is next.
That being said, none of their covers are especially inspired or groundbreaking. However, they are getting a new generation interested in older music, which is undeniably a good thing.
My guitar-teacher friend even had practically all his students ask to learn how to play Toto a few months ago. I suspect A-Ha is next.
+1
My son and I have been sad about a lot of their released stuff the last several years. Africa was an annoying head-scratcher.
Buddy of mine, huge Weez fan, giant and wide-ranging music fan who sees a ton of shows, told us when the White album came out, “oh it’s awesome! Goes back to heavy guitars. Reminds me of the Blue album.” We were pumped. Then disappointed.
Maybe two weeks ago, same guys texts me that this Weezer Teal album is “the best cover album I’ve ever heard.” Said it’s the album with Africa on it.
Haven’t had any interest to listen. Probably will eventually our if some odd feeling of fan obligation.
That being said, none of their covers are especially inspired or groundbreaking. However, they are getting a new generation interested in older music, which is undeniably a good thing.
My guitar-teacher friend even had practically all his students ask to learn how to play Toto a few months ago. I suspect A-Ha is next.
this is not a great take (the second part of your post) - couldn't Weezer have made some remakes with their own spin on them and spun up interest in these songs or songs from the 80's? Sort of like the Lemonheads with Mrs Robinson, or thousands of other covers that get people interested in the originals?
I wasn't a huge A-Ha fan, or a Toto fan, but I won't comment on that part of the post, music is one area where people should be able to have their own opinions of what they like or dislike without caring about other people's opinions, but the fact these covers (the first two at least) are very vanilla and antiseptic is fine for people to criticize IMO (though I guess I'm contradicting my former point a little).
There is a lot of depth in that recording that doesn't necessarily come off in a compressed listen on a shitty blue tooth speaker or ear buds.
I think it's a love letter to those songs, which I can appreciate.
If they were releasing it as stand along new material, I'd say it was kind of mailing it in. But it was a surprise cover album released along with an entire album of new material.
Pretty cool if you ask me.