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Weezer! Now With 98 Percent More Lightsaber!

May 28, 2008 11:05 PM

have to admit two things. First, I really liked "Beverly Hills," the lead single off of Weezer's last album, Make Believe. Second, I fucking hated the rest of the album. I was pretty much done with the whole band.

I mean, I guess I've already talked about what I think of each of Weezer's albums, so I won't rehash that. But the point is that I was somewhat sad but mostly relieved when I read that Weezer had broken up. And then I was cautiously excited but mostly apprehensive when I heard that they were actually releasing a new album. Then I sort of forgot about the whole thing until pH mentioned that the new song was out. Then she told me the title of the song--"Pork and Beans"--and I remembered why I had sworn to acknowledge Weezer's work only through Pinkerton.

Out of morbid curiosity, I looked up the video on Youtube. And what I found didn't suck. I mean, I think it's still far short of the awesomeness of songs like "Say it Ain't So" or "El Scorcho," for example, but it's clearly better than anything on Make Believe and is probably better than anything on Maladroit--I wouldn't know because I can't really remember any of the songs on that one.

And the video is just fucking awesome. Here it is:

I really like the Youtube all-stars angle, and it references not only really popular videos but ones that I think are fucking amazing. For example, the coolest referenced video is Ryan vs. Dorkman, I think. I don't know if any of you have seen it, but here it is:

It's essentially a fan-made lightsaber fight, but is clearly the best fan-made lightsaber fight ever--with the possible exception of Ryan vs. Dorkman 2. Simply put, the fight choreography in the video results in what is arguably the best lightsaber fight ever, even counting the ones in the real Star Wars movies. I mean, it's definitely got the fights in the Original Trilogy covered. I'd say that only the fight between Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Darth Maul rivals this one. Check it out:

Anyway, getting back to Weezer. I like the song a lot. The new album--"The Red Album"--will probably be a huge letdown, but at least this song's good. Still, maybe I'll be wrong and this'll be a return to form. I doubt it, but it's not like the band can do more to sully its once-good name.



2 Comments


Elise said:

Ryan v. Dorkman...wow. I mean wow. Who the hell are those dudes? Can I marry them?

May 29, 2008 12:50 AM



morenonesense said:

dude, that song freakin' sucks. what happened is that weezer has been so bad for the past, i dunno, decade, that you've lowered your standards enough to let a terrible song with a good video pass for good music.

May 29, 2008 9:59 PM



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