Island in the Sun and Weezer's Reinvention 

The fact a video about the green album is longer than the green album is crazy

Imagining rivers just silently eating cereal while a confused bandmate patiently waits ... hilarious

So, the Black Room era was basically that episode where Spongebob forgets how to make a Krabby Patty and he locks himself inside his house and does stuff like nail toast and eggs to the wall?

Can you delete this and upload it later? Im busy rn

His experiments on how to create the perfect song leading to a huge downturn in his artistic output is a real lesson on how creativity really works.

At this point, Marc can DEFINITELY make a whole documentary on a band.

epic weezer fact: matt sharp never really listened to any of weezer's later works, so when he heard island in the sun at a panera bread while eating a bread bowl years later, he referred to it as "dip dip or whatever the fuck", recognizing it from river's songwriting style and not his voice. this is a reference to the fact that matt sharp dip-dipped out of the band after the release of pinkerton.

Green album is like asparagus because they are both green

She i on my land till i sun

Damn, I wouldn’t have expected a video about an album like Green to be so deep. It goes to show that no matter how shallow an album may appear, there’s always a story.

I would really love to see a video on the Red Album. Geniunely with this video's quality of sources, Red should be at least 40 minutes and we love MarcButEvil content.

I’ve been watching all your Weezer lore videos and I’m so happy there’s a new one

Rivers was on that cereal grind

Rivers Cuomo is living proof that there is intelligent life outside of this planet.

That bit about Cuomo ignoring his new bandmate until he’s on the verge of leaving is a pretty clear instance of conditioning for obedience. He may’ve wanted to set the bar for what constitutes convivial behavior that low so he could ensure his future dominance. If you’re a master of “dosage” like that, you can figure out the smallest amount of flexibility and courtesy that people are willing to demand from you. (I think that’s called breadcrumbing.”) Anyway, even if that thing with his new bassist wasn’t an intentional act of manipulation, it’s still creepy. Witholding decent treatment until the last second before it might cost you professionally is so fucked up.

My favorite comment gets pinned in one week!

Nothing better than a half hour Weezer video on a boring Saturday afternoon :3

I saw the Blue Album tour in 95 when I was 14 with my best friend. He passed away a few months ago from an overdose.

Ive always liked The Green Album, but i think the leadup leading to Weezer's comeback is endlessly fascinating. I feel like it's lost to time in a lot of ways. Excellent work!

I can’t believe they edged rivers😢

Excellent. Thoroughly-researched (understatement), creative, comprehensive, engaging and well-written. I loved this!

The concert bill at 16:30 is BANANAS. Coldplay is down at the bottom in tiny font.

New Marc upload, must stop all I'm doing

Help I was literally playing island in the sun yesterday and found this channel today 😭 the coincidence is crazy

I have very conflicted attitude towards the Green Album. on the one hand, it's what got me into Weezer into first place. when I started playing guitar, it was the perfect collection of easy beginner songs: simple chord progressions, nothing but power chords, and solos that you can play with one finger. at the same time, the album only has three songs: Hash Pipe, Island in the Sun, and the rest which is, lyrics aside, is just one song. same structure, same sound, same solo that copies the vocal line, played seven times just with different chords and melody. it's certainly not my least favorite album of them all, but it is a rather dull affair once you get to Crab.

It’s like Christmas whenever a new MarcButEvil video pops up.

I don't know if it's fair to say Mikey ever really buried his internal issues with Weezer considering the circumstances of how he died.

Another example of Ric Ocasek's kindness, professionalism, and comraderie. I suspect if poor Benjamin Orr had lived, he would have been just as generous and helpful with these younger artists as well. The Cars were from I think a slightly older, more personal and cooperation-oriented generation. Good guys.

Solid video my man. This is the kind of content I enjoy watching. You got a new subscriber 😊

Solid retrospective. I am a hardcore weezer fan and there was quite a bit I learned. Would love to see a Maladroit video, I think it is their most underrated album (Space Rock, Slave).

I just finished watching all of your current videos on weezer and I gotta say I’m in love with your content dude. It’s evident how much work you put into these videos and I’d love to see you go over The Smashing Pumpkins catalogue up to Machina.

I hope marc keeps doing 20-30 minute videos on the green album so I can spend my weekends doing nothing.

i get on youtube oh nice new marc video i'll watch that later *WEEZER?* i must devote my time to this *THIRTY MINUTES* already gonna be a masterpiece

Great job Marc, can't wait for Maladroit!

i love this channel i think ive watched every weezer & nirvana video ( i showed my mum your channel 🔥🔥 )

This is surprising.....I never pictured Rivers being anything but modest, and quiet. Thanks for posting- even lukewarm Weezer fans like me appreciate your honest reporting here. Thanks.

It might come as a surprise to kids these day that disconnecting was rather different back then. "Disconnecting my phone" in the 90s was quite literally and physically unplugging a land line, not mere switching off your data or mobile phone.

Still sad that the failure of Pinkerton scared Cuomo away from ever writing more confessional based songs for the longest time

a full video on the GREEN Album.. NICE

Rivers closing out an interview by saying hes gonna treat himself to some lean is the best thing ive ever heard

Mikey Welsh was the coolest person to every weez R.I.P

I'm new to your content and i thought id just listen to your Nirvana videos, but I'm hooked. I went down the weezer rabbit hole with you now I'm finishing up with every video you've done. New but big fan. Thank you for making my mundane job better.

16:20 loved that reference, psychic pal. -the end. 🫡🌷🦩

Just discovered your channel and man I love it and I watched this all the way to the end… you keep making them. I’ll definitely watch them great work thumbs up.

finally another marc but evil weezer episode!! i love them so much. they’ve turned me into a massive fan, please keep it up.

My 10 favorite Weez albums: 1) Blue 2) Pinkerton Edit: it's later in the video now, and i'm feeling bad about what i said earlier. Thanks for the great video.

Fun factoid… The interviewer next to the band at 19:40 went on to become the the co-founder of Drive-Thru Records. (the more you know gif)

What happened to your Nevermind video? I really enjoyed it and now it’s gone. I’m working my way through all of your videos because they’re all such high quality

this right here is going viral, much luck to you!

Yay new weezer vid from you marc, this is gonna be great

Never consciously listened to a weezer song. Barely heard of them. But this video was so good I still watched it in full.

the green album came out on may 15th, 2001, and shrek came out on may 18th, 2001. that is a difference of 3 days. the green album is the third weezer album. shrek is rivers cuomo confirmed!!!!!!

R.I.P. Mikey Welsh

Love your series on weezer, nirvana, and foo fighters great video!

MARC UPLOADED

Hip-hip Hip-hip Hip-hip Hip-hip When you're on a holiday You can't find the words to say All the things that come to you And I wanna feel it too On an island in the sun We'll be playing and having fun And it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain Hip-hip Hip-hip When you're on a golden sea You don't need no memory Just a place to call your own As we drift into the zone On an island in the sun We'll be playing and having fun And it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain We'll run away together We'll spend some time forever We'll never feel bad anymore Hip-hip Hip-hip Hip-hip On an island in the sun We'll be playing and having fun And it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain We'll run away together We'll spend some time forever We'll never feel bad anymore Hip-hip (Hip-hip) we'll never feel bad anymore Hip-hip No, no (hip-hip) (Hip-hip) we'll never feel bad anymore (Hip-hip) No, no (hip-hip) No, no (hip-hip)

Did You Know: When you compare the totality of Sonic games to Weezer albums, Sonic 4: Episode 1 and Hurley are 1-to-1 equivalents that function as reference points exactly in the middle of their respective quality curves

it's been a while marky-poo... I missed you...

OMG a weezer vid? In 2024? I can’t believe it!

My favorite Weezer channel posted a video about Weezer, so I got a watch the video about Weezer.

I have a lot of nostalgia for this album. It’s the first Weezer album I ever listened to. I still find Blue and Pinkerton objectively better, but there will always be a place in my heart for Green.

rivers edge 😭😭

I was just talking about this with my music teacher! He argued they did sell out and I said "sure."

babe wake up new MarcButEvil weezer retrospective just dropped

keep these coming, amazing content, my friend! Seen the previous one, this one and will watch each and every next one, promise :)

when’s the raditude video coming smh

Great video. I wonder why we haven't had an official release of the pre-Green demos that were floating around the internet in the 2000s.

A Weezer new video. Finally!!! I was waiting for it. I'm going to sit back and enjoy this. Thanks Marc, you made my Saturday.

Weezer spelled backwords spells rezeew

Great documentary of an excellent band. Love your narration style too, jokey but not too much. Brilliant stuff.

I have a love hate relationship with Green, but at the end of the day I'm glad they're still around making music instead of burning out as a relic of 90s rock

man i’ve just binged most your videos and your content is incredible. i would love to see you make a video on the making of there is nothing left to lose, that would be a great watch.

are you going to continue this series with the rest of the albums? its very enjoyable !

Island in the sun is very nostalgic to me

Man, can’t believe I’m saying this but these dudes deserve a biopic lol

Ngl I like the green album

As a pretty classic “early” fan of Weezer, I can admit that Blue was really, really important to me but I only heard Pinkerton once, played at an Xmas party by my sister. It took a close listen years later to bring me around. So Green caught me by surprise and though it’s been retconned, Green was widely understood to be not just a return to form but nearly like the actual next album after Blue. I understand why Pinkerton got reassessed because I did the same thing, and it’s true that Green lacks some (but not exactly all) personal lyrics and imaginative solos, but Green reconnected Weezer to its fans in critical ways. While nothing before Blue had sounded quite like it, nothing afterwards really did either: for years there had just been that one Weezer album. Green basically doubled the number of Weezer songs. It also came out the same year as the Strokes debut, so it was timed just right on that wave of “garage rock” bands with guitars and catchy songs. So yeah, context around an album really matters in explaining to others just why Green, now kinda derided, hit as hard as it did: I heard that Strokes album along with Green in Italy, played to me by my younger sister who was studying there. It felt like a revelation at the time, me being unaware that there even was a new Weezer album. Hearing Green after Is this It?, in that place and at Christmas once again, actually brought tears to my eyes. Edit: autocorrect failure

Recently I’ve genuinely fallen in love with Green and it’s making me angry

Can't wait for the Christmas cd video

rivers edge😫

i feel as if i spoke this video into existence by listening to island in the sun this morning

Yippee more fuel for my Weezer brainrot

I always hear how Pinkerton was so badly received, but fucking why!? it’s fucking amazing?

I don't care what anyone says, Green Album is great just because it brought Weezer back & gave us a more positive, chilled out & happy Rivers. He matured, and it was nice seeing him more upbeat & enthusiastic again.

what an amazing video. thank you for this.

The story behind this album is so much more interesting than the actual album lol

Your channel is a hidden gem holy shit

I feel like saying Okahsick instead of Okaysick is a deliberate troll on me

Honestly one of your best videos! There was a lot here I didn’t know, even as a big weezer fan

the green album is a pop/rock masterpiece... one of the most perfect records ever made.

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No mention of the East Coast tour in the early fall of 2000? I saw them in buffalo on this tour and it was the most incredible audience energy. everyone thought they were done and was so excited to be there. It was an outdoor stage at a venue that is at the base of the Buffalo airport, so planes flying overhead really added to the atmosphere.

Dude wake up MarcButEvil posted another weezer video

THE COUGH SYRUP AND CODEINE THING MADE ME CRY LAUGHING I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S REAL 💜RIVERS LOVES LEAN💜

Pat sounds like more of a Harvard man than rivers ever does. He talks like he's doing a political science lecture.

Jimmy Eat World recorded the song “Hear You Me” as a tribute to the Allan sisters. It’s one of their best.

“hi” “We’re weezer”

new 30 min weezer video les go

today I kept relentlessly checking marcs channel for a new video because i had a feeling. And guess what? I was right.

Day 32 of asking for a Red Album video (including bonus tracks)