My mom’s boyfriends worst to best: 10. Terry 9. Brad 8. My Real Dad (Frank) 7. Brett (before he went to jail) 6. Andre 5. Kirk 4. Brett (After he got out of jail) 3. Wesley 2. Patrick 1. Anthony Fantano
“Mo Bamba is the new 7 nation army” is the worst take ever on this series, not because it’s wrong, but because it makes me feel weird and I don’t like it
zachary ybarra I say it’s too early to make that call. Seven Nation Army is about 15 years old or so and people still cherish it as iconic. Mo Bamba is a song people are already getting somewhat sick of, is treated as a joke, a trash song that only has hype, and is less than a year old from someone who I’m sure if just gonna be a one hit wonder. Nobody gave a fuck about the rest of Mudboy. That’s already a bad sign.
@@atomicpunk2360 i dont agree many like mudboy, it was ight, and seven nation army is a simple song that just has alot of energy and basically is what mo bamba is, plus the story for the beat stop segment was pretty interesting actually
That put in my crisis because i think that Pinkerton is pretty much the only Weezers album that you can enjoy from start to finish. The others surely got hits and beautiful songs but aren't entirely good
Weezer is like my generation's Beatles - a decent but often overrated band that I only still like because nostalgia. I wouldn't play weezer for the kids and then get assmad that they didn't like it (unlike every Boomer and whatever band they thought was amazing when they were 15).
"you can't enjoy weezer if you hate yourself" Me- :) "except Pinkerton, you can hate yourself and enjoy Pinkerton" Me, who's favorite album is Pinkerton- :(
@Christopher Bingham I honestly don’t blame you since literally every other publication and RU-vidr have agreed with the weezer fans that Pinkerton is their best album. It’s one of Fantano’s edgy picks.
aphex127 as long as they eject it after the first track everything would be good. That first single had no right to be that great. The rest can be erased.
Update from 2021 - thankfully, Mo Bamba went away - Weezer has released a new album that is “a return to form” and “their best in years”; this has been the hopeful description of every album by them in the past 25 years - water still comes from the tap (Flint still hasn’t been fixed) - Rock has not dominated the 20’s in any way, shape or form and is positioned to continue this trend _ Bidets continue to be undiscovered in the US - Anthony has remained more and less critical about albums as he was “before”, depending on what he thinks of them - the Jonas brothers were revived, and quite successfully at that - Mr Fantano’s teeth still remain the ivory jewels that every human wishes they could have It is so cute think of the disappointment that all of the fans of this channel are feeling; they are the queens and (mostly) kings of wishful thinking!
that’s probably the closest you could get to the meme beating the artist, but I’m still pretty sure there are more people who’ve heard Drake but not seen the memes than people who’ve seen the memes but not heard a Drake song
what else would you argue they are? old political cartoons are considered art, and a lot of memes effectively have the same purpose. the only real difference is the medium
abcid ogg people find weird ways to justify excluding things they don’t like or don’t understand. It happens every time the old guard is forced to confront a trend among young people.
@@landonhagan450 Maybe older people are just smart enough to finish a thought: "beauty is in the eye of the beholder, art is subjective, therefore I get to decide. Plus if I say 'that isn't art' it pisses off young people." If you find yourself agreeing with the statement "____ is art," your relationship to art isn't terribly complex. But your explanation invokes feelings of belonging to something larger than yourself, so I can see the appeal.
Weezer is not just good. Weezer is phenomenal, outrageous, and soulful to the point of being truly 'awe'-some, and here are the two reasons why: 1) Rivers Cuomo writes the most beautiful and soulful guitar solos of any guitarist since 1990. Every solo is perfectly fitting for the tone of the song, and just perfect in every way: crunchy when necessary, dreamy and loose at times, taunting in a wholesome and playful way like an uncle who isn't creepy and actually has your back and loves you, and straight up beautiful. Plus, the lyrics are real. That's the second reason. Weezer is one of my top five, time will tell if they end up being my favorite band of all time. VV
@@maxmarks3503 kinda late, but 7 nation army has always been a standard hype track at stadiums and sporting events, then Mo Bamba came along and at the peak of its popularity, became the new standard hype track at stadiums and sporting events
@@aphex127 The White Album? Sure, I guess you could consider it good (although personally I'd say it's a 6-7). EWBAITE... no, man. And I would have considered Pinkerton a classic if it didn't get almost universally panned by every critic under the sun when it first came out. Personally, I consider classics to be instantly recognized as such; as in, it was considered amazing when it first came out and today. Retrospect albums almost never qualify as classics for me.
I don't think the 20's will be the comeback of rock, but I definitely think it will lead to the death of trap. If you look at the history of music trends it almost always happens. Late 90's rock turned into early 2000's era "Nickleback" type rock and then disappeared. Early 2000's crunk music was okay until it got oversaturated and disappeared. Dubstep had a few hot years around 2010 but then disappeared. I think trap actually started out as a good genre but, like crunk or dubstep, has gotten too overcrowded. Trap music was exciting and different when it first started out but it's developed into a group of untalented people like the Catch Me Outside girl, Lil Pump, and almost any 13 year old with a SoundCloud account and GarageBand shitting out beats and mumbling over them. The genre just doesn't have staying power.
@@lukereno823 if by indie you mean sound that's super unlikely I think. The indie sound for all intents and purpose is the continuation of alternative which has been really the only thing in Rock music for almost 20 years now. If by indie you mean the actual act of being unsigned and making the music you want to make, I could see that happening with so many artists having issues with their labels and the benefit of being unsigned in 2019. Let alone the fact it's 100% doable now, I could see that happening. @Tommy M I took a history of american music class and the teacher pointed something out. He said big changes in music generally take about 30 years. In the late 50's to early 60's you had Rock actually take hold and become an actual thing, then 30 years later you have the Grunge and Alternative movement shift everything. In theory we should be due for a big change in pop music soon.
@@aaronflorian8150 Kinda weird argument to say indie will dominate based on artists who haven't proven themselves in a mainstream context yet. You could make that argument at any point in time and it would be no more valid.
@Barry Goldwater I agree the lyrics are pretty basic references, but I think the reason people (including myself) hold that song so high is how relatable it can be. It was a time before "Nerd Culture" effected pop-culture like it does now. It was not so cool to sing/talk about being a loner playing games in your garage during the 90's. I do however respect your opinion.
@@ABCDEF-ix1qf I already said what I think of 'In The Garage'. But, 'Buddy Holly' is amazing, plus if you pair it with the Spike Jonze music video it is art and a beautiful homage to the era.
Rivers once tossed a pick out near my seat at a show where he emerged from out of nowhere in the middle of the nose bleed seats and I picked it not to realize the gurl next to me and I gave it to her and now we’re married. Thanks Rivers
i remember one time i was in the car with my mom while trying to sleep but she had weezer on so i couldnt sleep at all. i told her to turn it off and instead she put on this german death metal guy called rammstein and honest to god it was way easier to rest with that because it wasnt weezer
Weezer has at least 5 great albums Blue Pinkerton Everything will be alright in the end White Maladroit All the rest are up for grabs, but those 5 are objectively great
If you look at all of the the blue note record covers the letters and names etc were an integral part of the cover. The label built up an incredible style of cover with a number of iconic designs. Miss this kind of style and wish we could go back to that kinda thing as I find it so interesting
Maybe this is just philly, but rock music of every kind thrives here. Tons of venues, and decent turnout even on Wednesday nights. I see rock n roll growing on the ground level, and people have a much more malleable attitude toward genre than when I was a kid. Club Germ, the punk house where I practice, hosts punk shows (big surprise), hip hop shows (it's all rock n roll to me), and combinations of the two (oh, like that thing I just said that another guy said first). I think that yeah, rock n roll will dominate within 5 years, but what people define as rock will change in ways that might upset some people. Which is great. Rock music should upset people.
Rock is deffinetly going to come back. And the best part is it won't be under 1 banner anymore. It's just going to be a storm of people sick of pop and rnb that has dominated for near 20 years now who will take rap and current rock to knew heights.
Moe Greene trap is already so big though. I don’t think my generation (I’m a teen) or even kids younger than me will be really up for another decade of music like Chief Keef, 6ix9ine, Travis Scott etc. I don’t dislike the current trap scene but a few years from now it will feel very antiquated. If I had to guess, I’d say some kind of electronic music will be the next “big thing.” Rock will make a minor comeback but I don’t think rap will be going anywhere anytime soon.
While rock isn't going to be dominant for awhile, I do think there is going to be a return of hardcore and even emo coming out of the underground in under a decade. Weirdly, given that a lot of bands are coming out with a clear Nu-metal influence, I can see that slowly coming back (although probably not in a dominant fashion)
