Paul Loves Weezer: July 2014

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

The Paul Loves Weezer Project - Song 48 Island in the Sun

Weezer is on tour! Check the front page of Weezerpedia.com and Weezertix.com for the details.

It's #WeezerWednesday, watch for a new video on Youtube! Here is the playlist.

Everything Will Be Alright in the End now has a Weezerpedia page!

Everything Will be Alright in the End is now availble for pre-order!

In honor of the new album announcement and Ric Ocasek, I'm going to go through the Green Album and it's b-sides.

The forty-eighth Weezer Song of the Day is Island in the Sun, which is the fourth song on the The Green Album and the second single. It has the most listens on Spotify of any Weezer song: nearly 22 million!

Island in the Sun got two different videos made. The first was made by Marcos Siega featuring Mikey Welsh and the second was by Spike Jonze with only Rivers, Pat and Brian and a lot of wild animals.

Island In the Sun Official Video #1 by Weezer:

Island In the Sun Official Video #2 by Weezer:

I have seen Island in the Sun performed live 9 times. According to Setlist.fm it has been played live 469 times, since it was first played live in Austin, TX in February 2001. It was certainly very cool to hear it played on an island in the sun in the Bahamas this year.

Island in the Sun is the fourth song on the Green Album and was the second single. The song was originally demoed in 1999 by Rivers and Ric Ocasek liked it so much, he insisted on reworking it until it made the record. It is also noted that it may be Brian's favorite Weezer song. It is a pop masterpiece and is one of the most recognizable post-Pinkerton Weezer songs by the general public, which is probably why it has the most Spotify plays.

I find it downright hilarious that this pop tune follows the fairly dark Hash Pipe on the record. I can't think of a way they could be more lyrically different.

Rock!

What do you guys think?

Weezerpedia Entry for Island in the Sun.

What do you think of the Back to the Shack studio version?

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

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

The Paul Loves Weezer Project - Song 47 Photograph

Weezer is on tour! Check the front page of Weezerpedia.com and Weezertix.com for the details.

It's #WeezerWednesday, watch for a new video on Youtube! Here is the playlist.

Everything Will Be Alright in the End now has a Weezerpedia page!

In honor of the new album announcement and Ric Ocasek, I'm going to go through the Green Album and it's b-sides.

The forty-seventh Weezer Song of the Day is Photograph, which is the second song on the The Green Album.

Photograph Official Video by Weezer:

The video was shot and directed by Karl Koch. It is Scott Shriner's Weezer video debut!

I have seen Photograph performed live 5 times. According to Setlist.fm it has been played live 255 times, since it was first played live in Japan in April 2001. On the 2014 Spring/Summer tour, Photograph along with Blur's Song 2 have been the set closers. Pat has been taking over on guitar and vocals and Rivers plays drums on these two songs before the encore break. This practice is a throwback to the 2005 tour.

Photograph is the second song on the Green Album and was the second single. The song was originally called "If you Want It." The song features vocal harmonies in a power-pop crescendo. It's a song about never giving up on love if you want it. It's an really enjoyable song that isn't overly complicated. The only real ding is the guitar solo is a bit too short and simple, but the great hook makes up for it.