Weezer: \'Make Believe\' - May 2005

[davepeck]

from pitchforkmedia.com

Nick Patch reports:
Weezer are still planning to release their fifth LP in May, and we now know its title: Make Believe. Maybe they should\'ve just self-titled this one, too.

If you\'ve been following LP5 the last couple of years, you know that making the record has proved problematic. Let\'s recap: The first recording session for the album occurred in December 2003. The songs from those sessions were reportedly scrapped. More sessions in Summer and Fall 2004 followed. Make Believe will probably contain 12 songs and feature tracks completed during the 2004 sessions, tracks started at those sessions and later touched up, and tracks salvaged from 2003 and recently reworked with new vocals.

Adding to the confusion was a bunch of bullshit about Rick Rubin producing, then Rick Rubin having a diminished role, then Rick Rubin maybe being fired and spending his time picking peanut brittle out of his beard. But, you see, it\'s really quite simple: The Roobster was \'round for the original December \'03 sessions, which were eventually scrapped before being revived. Roobies skipped the \'04 sessions, but was still listening to the band\'s daily efforts and adding his input. Rubin then oversaw Rivers Cuomo\'s vocal rejiggering, thereby smearing his fingerprints all over the album\'s vinyl ridges.

"Beverly Hills" is still slated to be the record\'s first single, and its video was shot two weekends ago at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles. The vid will feature the band and some of its fans mingling with playmates and an old man whose hypothetical sex life is even grosser than your dad\'s. Whatever. At least there\'s no fucking Muppets.

The band is playing Coachella and some dates in Europe. Here they are:

04-30 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
06-03 Nurburgring, Germany - Rock am Ring Festival
06-04 Nuremberg, Germany - Rock im Park Festival
06-05 Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freheit
06-10 Nicke***orf, Austria - Nova Rock Festival
06-13 Birmingham, England - Academy
06-14 London, England - Brixton Academy
06-17 Glasgow, Scotland - Carling Academy

[helluvahat]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ChrisPitch]

I\'d like to Make Believe that Weezer wasn\'t a band

[davepeck]

0/5

[ChrisPitch]

Yes, I agree. Out of Weezer\'s 5 albums, 0 are listenable.

[Buquebus]

I\'d have to say that the Blue Album, is the shit.. maybe I have some neurological connection with listening to that album and doing mad homework in sixth grade, but imo it is very listenable.. \'Say it Ain\'t So\' hits the sappy meter at a 10, but besides that I\'m down..haven\'t heard any Weezer since, and this is prolly a good thing

[helluvahat]

IMO, their other albums, save pinkerton, aren\'t very different from the blue album.  I, for one, love them!!!

[Stephengencs]

Mikey, you like Weezer?  Jesus. I would have never ever have known.....

you comin down tonight?

[freddiewaht]

Yes, I agree. Out of Weezer\'s 5 albums, 0 are listenable.

D+

[helluvahat]

Mikey, you like Weezer?  Jesus. I would have never ever have known.....

you comin down tonight?

lol

I\'ll definitely be at guitar center.  Chance there could be some weezer requests at richter\'s tonight as well.

[Stephengencs]

Fresh Cut Tonight Baby!!!  And I aint talkin teases....

[davepeck]

[Mamalakabubadaya]

those are the ultimate nerds...what a bunch of losers-definitely not the same coolness as the breakfast, but i\'ll give them .037 props for the sweater song and buddy holly - cause it\'s buddy "HOLLY". that\'s all i have to say about that

[helluvahat]

those are the ultimate nerds...what a bunch of losers-definitely not the same coolness as the breakfast

uhhh....I think you could easily interchange timmy with at least 3 of those guys.

[jocelyn]

I was thinking that. Not to mention, nerds are slowly taking over the world.