A guy I knew in high school is part of the Weezer version of deadheads. The stories of his trips to events and the people he meets are the most insufferably boring things ever and their wall is mostly pictures of themselves standing next to dead-eyed members of the band.

i remember seeing they had a weezer cruise at one point

for fuck's sake

A friend of mine went on a Goner Records cruise some years ago; fuck a Weezer Cruise but The Oblivians on a Boat sounds awesome to me.

Yeah, me neither. It's like hating the Beach Boys for not being dark and gritty enough.

They're an easy band to hate on because even non-Weezer fans admire Pinkerton, myself included, and that's the one that Rivers hates. And the loss of Matt Sharp was every bit as detrimental to the band's aesthetic as Kim's departure from The Pixies was. But at least with the Pixies reunion shows, Frank would still play Debaser, whereas for years Rivers went out of his way to not play El Scorcho.

But I dunno, I really liked The Green album, but stopped caring when "Beverly Hills" was on repeat ad-nauseum at the movie theatre I worked at and pretty much everywhere else too.

i agree, though i guess by that caveat it's a good cover because they made it their own

Totally on-the-nose cover of a great song. Competent and ultimately pointless.

what the fuck, this song just hit top 100, it's like watching people i know and love tell me they think the disturbed cover of sound of silence is great (did you know it's also the default google search result now)

Yep, you're fucked.