short and sweet, this disc stands up with their earlier work. after that, there's not much, but you need to talk about the first three weezer records and not the first two.
as an aside, it was really nice to hear them "come back" at the time. with all the shit pinkerton got (and i gave it a thorough listen and liked parts of it but the reaction to the reaction has been exaggerated), it kind of seemed like he was going to give up....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_BspwFyaDU
one of the big problems - and most people might not realize it, but will agree once it's pointed out - is that he changed his guitar tone. that sounds trivial, but that thick bassy fuzz was really integral to what the band did. you take it out, you take out a big part of what made them rock. there's some other problems (less lead parts, more repetition, less angularity, dumb lyrics) but the blunt reality is that weezer without the bassy fuzz is not weezer...
deathtokoalas
it's really a shame that this song is destined for out-of-fashion obsolete pop obscurity, because it's one of the best songs of the 90s.
it might be the sole example of this kind of production in it's genre of sappy teen pop or whatever music. i mean, it could almost pass as the moody blues, or a wall outtake or an oldfield track. that's pretty rare in the genre.
RoseThePhoenix
Agreed. I always thought this song was amazing, and when it was released as a single I expected it to be a huge hit. It wasn't, and I'll never understand why.
deathtokoalas
i remember it doing well in canada.
there's lots of stuff by madonna that i recognize some production or cultural value in, but i think this is the only madonna song i've ever actually liked.
apparently bjork had something to say about it, but the truth is that mr. orbit has a discography of his own.
i actually should admit that i kind of liked this tune, but you'd have never heard me admit to it.
i had an mp3 list in high school that was hidden deep on my hard drive, beyond a few decoy folders in the windows spool folder. it had such gems as this track, viva forever, madonna's frozen and various other high production pop of the period that was simply not consistent with the array of nine inch nails t-shirts and other such things in my wardrobe. i would only listen to it through headphones when i was sure nobody would be home for at least two hours.
