scannest wrote:I'll admit that Rivers Cuomo fascinates me as some sort of autistic pop-idiot savant, but most of their music over the past decade screams "product". The dude really does create spreadsheets breaking down Top-40 hits in an effort to figure out how they work. Like I said, the process is kinda fascinating but I sure as hell don't wanna listen to it.
This, though I'd say last 15 years, not just the last 10. I haven't bought a Weezer album since Maladroit, which is where they lose me. I did like the song they did with Bethany Costenino of Best Coast on a recent album and what I heard from the one after wasn't bad, either, but I just can't be arsed to care like I did in the early '00s. I didn't care at all when the s/t and Pinkerton (those obviously represent their best work) came out because I was way too snobby to get with anything on MTV then, but got into them around the time of the Green album (or right before it came out) because they were already cult favorites at the time. I was one of the few who liked the Green album.