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NFT: Weezer covers Aha's Take on Me

superspynyg : 2/16/2019 4:56 pm
I think this is really cool.


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offical video - ( New Window )
The just released the Teal Album  
Ben in Tampa : 2/16/2019 5:08 pm : link
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....

It’s an amazing album
Not sure what Weezer is doing  
pjcas18 : 2/16/2019 5:09 pm : link
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 )
RE: Not sure what Weezer is doing  
superspynyg : 2/16/2019 5:15 pm : link
In comment 14298443 pjcas18 said:
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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.
They cover it well but  
Gregorio : 2/16/2019 5:17 pm : link
Doesn’t it leave you wishing for more? Leo Morachiolla’s cover is a bit more interesting.

https://youtu.be/NBiQPZxd81s
I like it  
montanagiant : 2/16/2019 5:38 pm : link
Living in San Diego, 20 years old in the Navy when that song came out
Lends itself very well to bluegrass covers  
Mad Mike : 2/16/2019 5:54 pm : link
Seven Handle Circus
pjcas  
fkap : 2/16/2019 5:59 pm : link
that's what I was thinking. Not quite carbon copy, but it's basically a polished bar band cover.

What's the point?
I’m  
Eli owns all : 2/16/2019 5:59 pm : link
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.
lazy  
Mr. Nickels : 2/16/2019 6:02 pm : link
and uninspired
Aha’s Unplugged is awesome  
Disturbed1 : 2/16/2019 7:16 pm : link
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RE: Aha’s Unplugged is awesome  
montanagiant : 2/16/2019 7:20 pm : link
In comment 14298504 Disturbed1 said:
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That reminded me of the updated version of "Mad World" by Gary Jules. Which I think is far superior to the original
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RE: They cover it well but  
GeorgeAdams33 : 2/16/2019 7:49 pm : link
In comment 14298449 Gregorio said:
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Doesn’t it leave you wishing for more? Leo Morachiolla’s cover is a bit more interesting.

https://youtu.be/NBiQPZxd81s


That guy is annoying.
Don’t get these guys at all...  
trueblueinpw : 2/16/2019 8:53 pm : link
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.
First of all  
Bockman : 2/16/2019 9:21 pm : link
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.
RE: First of all  
allstarjim : 2/17/2019 12:35 am : link
In comment 14298577 Bockman said:
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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.


+1
Wore out their first album  
Beezer : 2/17/2019 8:32 am : link
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.
RE: First of all  
pjcas18 : 2/17/2019 10:14 am : link
In comment 14298577 Bockman said:
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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).
Weezer is one of those bands  
Deejboy : 2/17/2019 6:01 pm : link
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...  
Britt in VA : 2/18/2019 9:35 am : link
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.

Pretty cool if you ask me.
stand alone, should have said.  
Britt in VA : 2/18/2019 9:36 am : link
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Is it a double album?  
Beezer : 2/18/2019 10:41 am : link
I didn’t know about the new material. Unless that refers to the white album stuff
It's not a double album....  
Britt in VA : 2/18/2019 10:46 am : link
it's two separate albums. The Black Album is the new material. The Teal Album is the cover one.
What do you think  
Beezer : 2/18/2019 11:01 am : link
about this new material?
Haven't heard it yet.  
Britt in VA : 2/18/2019 11:03 am : link
Comes out March 1st.
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