Great Lost Weezer Songs: 2009 Edition Part 4
So here we are at the final collection of “lost” Weezer songs. I’ll probably pull the lot within a week or so, so get them while you can. It could be another three years before I post them again. Hopefully you’ve enjoyed them, or have at least found them “interesting”.
Listen kids, there’s a piano in this one! I’m a sucker for a piano, and it’s something that Weezer didn’t utilise anywhere near as often as they should. It’s also quite an upbeat sounding song, which is something of a refreshing change. Oh no, wait, it’s all about getting dumped.
Saturday Night would have felt perfectly at home on Maladroit. Take that how you will.
As romantic comedies go, you could really do worse than this one. I mean come on, it’s got John Cusack playing a likeable everyman! Eugene Levy being the cranky funny guy! Kate Beckinsale looking good! And Jeremy Piven! Everyone loves Jeremy Piven!
This is another one of the songs that went through several different versions. I can’t recall exactly where this one slots in timeline wise, but it doesn’t really better as none of the versions were really any better than any of the others. This one included solely because it contains the fantastic lyric of “I need a tissue for my nose”. I kid you not.
Weezer song not being sung by Rivers shocker! This one is a Pat Wilson original, and to be perfectly honest, I’d kind of prefer that he stayed behind the drum kit. If you’ve heard any of the records he’s done with his other project The Special Goodness you’ll know exactly what to expect here. A decent enough song that could use more developing sung with a vocalist that sits just this side of bland. It’s just a novelty to hear someone else on vocals more than anything else.
Another song that dates back to around 2000, this is Rivers in full on introspective mode about how he compares as a rock star to the bands he grew up with. Of course he finds himself lacking in comparison (”They’d strut around and do their thing / All I know how to do is sing / And I don’t do that so well”), which is to be expected from Rivers I suppose. He continues, “I’m just a regular white guy / Who’s afraid to rock so hard / I’d break my guard / And give myself away”, yet not trying to do anything about it because he’s too scared that he’ll fall into the rock stereotype and end up doing something like killing himself if he does. That said, the idea of Rivers fully rocking out on stage is something that would amuse me a little.
There’s nothing quite like a Weezer song of bitterness that seems to turn up everytime someone breaks Rivers’ heart. This would be the 2002 contender for the title, which although starting mundanely enough (”You like me / I like you”) quickly descends into rather more angry territory. While even managing to throw in the traditional “wha-oh” lines.
This one came from the same batch as Comin’ Home from the first set of songs I posted, and again it’s a completely different sound for the band. It’s a very downbeat acoustic affair, which works giving the content. Once again, I don’t know how right I am, but I get the same kind of feeling from this song as I do from Nick Cave’s Where The Wild Roses Grow. Whether or not the song is supposed to be about the guy killing the girl, I don’t know, but it certainly comes across that way at times (”Darling I think it’s time to I let you go / I don’t feel any guilt as I touch your throat”). If it is, that makes it just about the darkest Weezer song recorded.
We close our selection of rare Weezer material with another song sung by somebody not named Rivers. This one is all the work of guitarist Brian Bell. From what I understand, a Camaro is some kind of automobile type thing, so I guess there isn’t much in the way of explaination to this particular song. It’s not a great song, but it has a certain kind of frantic energy not usually heard on Weezer songs that gives it some unique appeal though.
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Thank you for this 4 part of rare Weezer tunes! I’m a huge Blue & Pinkerton Weezer fan and think your rares were exceptional. Keep up the GREAt work!
Ryan