Now, what he is doing hanging out with Jermaine Dupri is a topic for another time, but Rivers did say that the only way he could sing that song was if he sang it as though he was sad, and exhausted with all of the partying. "Can't Stop Partying" is a track, if I'm not mistaken, that Jermaine Dupri gave Rivers to be done in a serious manner. But for the moment, 'Raditude' is here to remind us that this band definitely doesn't give a fuck about anything.Ī few of those songs you mentioned, like "Beverly Hills" and "Can't Stop Partying" are, Rivers has said, meant to parody the subject matter. But that also means they'll still be there everytime their ex-favorite band, which they were so proud of buying a t-shirt from ages ago (now sold on eBay), will release a new record, with the unconfessed hope that Rivers Cuomo and his bandmates decided to stop playing the fools and went back to write proper good music again.
#TYSON RITTER WEEZER PERFECT SITUATION MOVIE#
Former fans will always ask themselves how in the world did this extremely talented band (it's quite hard but you can still hear how good they are from time to time, especially the drummer Pat Wilson) get to write stupid songs you could find in any American teenage movie soundtrack. Except from 'Turn me round', strangely put as closer, that reminds old Green Day with its old-school vibe in the production and the guitars. '(If you're wondering if I want you to) I want you to' is the typical post-'Pinkerton' Weezer single (the chorus is quite enjoyable, though), 'Put me back together' is a generic alt-rock tune (the chorus was written by The All-American Rejects' Tyson Ritter) and the others either sound like 'The green album', 'Make believe' or 'The red album'. There's also a fair amount of cheesy stuff on 'Raditude', 'I don't want to let you go' maybe being Weezer's most cliche song ever. 'Love is the answer' is Cuomo's hippy moment, a weird song in a terrible lack of actual lyrics with samples of Indian music and singing. Just by their titles, you can tell the other tracks aren't better: 'I'm your daddy' (another a la Cobra Starship party song), 'The girl got hot' (a worse version of 'Beverly Hills') or 'In the mall' (nothing like The Clash's 'Lost in the supermarket', if you were wondering). I can't even quote them, you have to read them to understand. 'Can't stop partying' is an awful Timbaland-esque song with barely any instrument, a terribly catchy dance chorus and the worst lyrics in rock history. Half of the songs on the record don't even deserve to exist. Who thought, when 'Pinkerton' came out, that 13 years later, we would witness Rivers Cuomo rapping with Lil' Wayne about partying with pretty girls? Yet, it's this kind of nightmare you're going to find on 'Raditude'. Weezer's new effort is the most "WTF?" album of the year. Unfortunately, the confusion doesn't stop here. But this one? And calling it 'Raditude'? Really? How far can the irony go? Their previous album's cover was kind of funny. But when it becomes recurrent, you start questioning their sense of humor.
Do you really think he is serious when he sings: "I wanna live a life like that / I wanna be just like a king / Take my picture by the pool / Cause I'm the next big thing! / Beverly Hills, that's where I want to be"? Me neither. Which feels like forever but is actually around 2001 and 'The green album'. I mean, ever since they got back together and changed their style.
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