The Paul Loves Weezer Project - Song 34 Superstar

Weezer's Spring Tour is on hold until the end of May.  Check the front page of Weezerpedia.com and Weezertix.com for the details.

For the thirty-fourth Weezer Song of the Day, I chose Superstar, which is another summer songs of 2000 demo, which is still officially unreleased.  It was revived as a demo for Make Believe, but didn't make the cut.

Superstar by Weezer:

Superstar live in Japan 2000:

I have not seen Superstar performed live.  According to Setlist.fm it was played live by Weezer 41 times from 2000 through 2002.

Superstar is an outstanding demo song except for one thing.  I don't like the vocals at all for the verses.  This could be a 5-star song, if he continued the singing style of the choruses into the entire song.  The music is fantastic and metally.  The choruses make this song and how did it not make Death to False Metal?

The lyrics are about what I call, 'lead singer syndrome' like the metal guys of the 80's and 90's   Rivers isn't one of these, but wishes he was.  My favorite lyric, "I never summon things from hell."

Time for a Goat Punishment reunion!

ROCK OUT!

What do you guys think?

Weezerpedia Entry for Superstar.

Love the vocals or hate them?

Project Info: 

So why did I create this blog?  To document my Weezer Song Project.  Over the next year, I am going to attempt to listen to every...EVERY Weezer song recorded.  All the album tracks and b-sides will be easy, but there are some unreleased songs that may or not be accessible.  Hopefully, the search (and destroy) will be fun to follow.  At the moment, the list has 214 songs!  My list includes You Gave Your Love to me Softly, Longtime Sunshine, Turn Me Round, Getting Up and Leaving, Waiting on You, and Back to the Shack.  We learned early this year that a new Weezer record is on the way and we got to hear Back to the Shack twice on the Weezer Cruise II.

So here is the master list from Karl et al. on Weezerpedia!

 I will soon publish my Google Doc Spreadsheet, which will document my progress.

Here is my Spotify playlist.

Paul Loves Weezer YOUTUBE Playlist

PLW Rater!  It's not quite Leonard Maltin, but it will work.

1 - Go get a beer...It's still a Weezer song, but it's a good time to rent a beer
2 - Head Bobber...The song causes at least moderate movement
3 - Rock it out...Banging of the head and the arm is in the air \m/
4 - Undone...No choice but to jump around