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Album of the Week #63

Pinkerton

(1996)

by Weezer

Overall Rating: 7/10

TL;DR: Liked it more than I thought, but still a whiny white guy yelling. 

(I mean usually I applaud the use of prexisting old artwork for an album cover but in the context of the line "damn these half Japanese girls" its a little weird. 5/10)

Overall Thoughts

I know I’ve admitted this before on here, but I am in fact a Weezer fan. So much so that I was genuinely contemplating getting tickets to see them this summer, but the price was just too high that I was forced to rethink my life choices. Like Matt Damon in that one SNL sketch I listen to all their albums (if you’re curious I reviewed one of their newest ones) and am NOT a Pinkerton fan. In fact, as long as I’ve been a Weezer fan I’ve been a Pinkerton hater. I fully believed that it was the album that gave Weezer a bad name, and as a woman I cannot support something that has become so loved by incels. Also, when I listened to it for the first time in high school I thought it was just okay :/. Like not bad but not good enough to be one of their best of all time. After listening to it more thoroughly this time I’ve found that I actually kinda like it, but not enough to become a Leslie Jones. 

The whole vibe of the album is a classic “life sucks and women don’t want me” energy that is obvious in both the lyrics and the music. Heck it’s even obvious in the song titles like “Tired of Sex” (screaming vocals but a great riff), and “Why Bother?” (more screaming with nothing special happening in the background). The album is more raw and screamy than the first, with a lot of the songs having that classic emo alt rock sound of the late 90s. Its good, but truly nothing special. A lot of it sounded the same to me, something that kinda bugs me in an album. 

I couldn’t hate this album though as much as I tried. I didn’t know “No Other One” before this listen and it has really stuck with me as something actually genuine, sweet, and pleasant to listen to. Once you get to the middle of the album there are three absolute powerhouses that I have played on repeat for years. The first is “The Good Life” which I completely forgot existed until earlier this week and have since been playing it every single morning. I don’t think its possibel to get it out of my head, with estrained verses that make you want to scream along when the perfect chorus comes in, and a line about “shaking booty”! If you give any song on the album a chance I vote that one. 

That song is followed by “El Scorcho” which is by far the most famous off the album. The magic of it is in the riff, which was practically made to get stuck in your head. It also features those weird interjections that were common in alternative songs at the time making it much more appealing than the rest of the album. Last is “Pink Triangle” the classic song about when you ask out a girl and it turns out shes a lesbian. Happens to us all and is expressed in a catchy song. 

Final Thoughts

I wanna hate this, but I can’t. I end up shaking my booty everytime. It’s still not great though

Next week's review: McCartney III (2020) by Paul McCartney

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Play fair and I'll keep the dog muzzled

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So I spent a while chatting with Damien about what an alternate timeline version of Red and how our blorbo's would still end up together.

Skulk found Red in jail a bought his services for one of his death games. Though, he ended up catching feelings and keeps Red as a pet.

he shows red off to all his rich friends because he loves his guard dog

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