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The album is self-referential at times. "Back To The Shack" directly references the past five years of Weezer's career over a thick, two-chord ''rawk'' riff, whereas "Eulogy For A Rock Band" paints a picture of fans sending off their favorite band to that farm upstate where they can run free and chase mice all day long. (Sample lyrics: "We'll never forget the jams you made/Let it fade/It's time that we laid you in your grave.") But then there are "classic Weezer"-sounding crunchy rock songs about love and yearning that are sonically similar to the Blue Album ("[[Ain't Got Nobody]]"), the Green Album ("[[Lonely Girl]]") and the Red Album ("[[Da Vinci]]"), the last of which is stacked with quirky instrumentation (whistling, keyboards) and pop culture-referencing lyrics that somehow feel sincere, not cloying ("I looked you up on Ancestry.com/There was no record of Dad or of Mom... Rosetta Stone could not translate you/I'm at a loss for words"). "[[Foolish Father]]" bobs and weaves like a lost ''Pinkerton'' track, ending with a triumphant choral refrain that doubles as the album title; "[[I've Had It Up to Here|I've Had It Up To Here]]" finds Cuomo lamenting about the struggles of not wanting to "become the very thing that I despised" or have his "ideas polluted by mediocrity." | The album is self-referential at times. "Back To The Shack" directly references the past five years of Weezer's career over a thick, two-chord ''rawk'' riff, whereas "Eulogy For A Rock Band" paints a picture of fans sending off their favorite band to that farm upstate where they can run free and chase mice all day long. (Sample lyrics: "We'll never forget the jams you made/Let it fade/It's time that we laid you in your grave.") But then there are "classic Weezer"-sounding crunchy rock songs about love and yearning that are sonically similar to the Blue Album ("[[Ain't Got Nobody]]"), the Green Album ("[[Lonely Girl]]") and the Red Album ("[[Da Vinci]]"), the last of which is stacked with quirky instrumentation (whistling, keyboards) and pop culture-referencing lyrics that somehow feel sincere, not cloying ("I looked you up on Ancestry.com/There was no record of Dad or of Mom... Rosetta Stone could not translate you/I'm at a loss for words"). "[[Foolish Father]]" bobs and weaves like a lost ''Pinkerton'' track, ending with a triumphant choral refrain that doubles as the album title; "[[I've Had It Up to Here|I've Had It Up To Here]]" finds Cuomo lamenting about the struggles of not wanting to "become the very thing that I despised" or have his "ideas polluted by mediocrity." | ||
Shriner's favorite songs are currently "[[Cleopatra]]" and "[[The British Are Coming]]," two of the most unorthodox entries in Weezer's cannon to date (the latter literally being about Paul Revere's midnight ride, at least at press time). Bell currently holds an affinity for the super-shredding trilogy of "[[The Waste Land]]," "[[Anonymous]]" and "[[Return to Ithaka|Return To Ithaca]]" that closes the album and which he describes as "outrageous." Wilson appreciates "[[Go Away]]," a beautiful, '60s-esque pop duet Cuomo and Bethany Cosentino from Best Coast initially started in [[2010]], when he was co-writing with just about anyone who would sit down in the same room as him for a few hours. (In addition to collaborating with professional songwriters for Weezer tracks, throughout the past five years, Cuomo has co-written music with All Time Low, Simple Plan, Matt & Kim, Halestorn and others.) | Shriner's favorite songs are currently "[[Cleopatra]]" and "[[The British Are Coming]]," two of the most unorthodox entries in Weezer's cannon to date (the latter literally being about Paul Revere's midnight ride, at least at press time). Bell currently holds an affinity for the super-shredding trilogy of "[[The Waste Land]]," "[[Anonymous]]" and "[[Return to Ithaka|Return To Ithaca]]" that closes the album and which he describes as "outrageous." Wilson appreciates "[[Go Away]]," a beautiful, '60s-esque pop duet Cuomo and [[Bethany Cosentino]] from Best Coast initially started in [[2010]], when he was co-writing with just about anyone who would sit down in the same room as him for a few hours. (In addition to collaborating with professional songwriters for Weezer tracks, throughout the past five years, Cuomo has co-written music with All Time Low, Simple Plan, Matt & Kim, Halestorn and others.) | ||
Fans aren't as concerned by the "Go Away" co-write as they are with those of "Back To The Shack" and "Da Vinci," both of which were recently revealed to be collaborations with some extremely mainstream pop songwriters. Cuomo co-wrote "Da Vinci" with Josh Alexander, who he previously worked with on Miranda Cosgrove's [[2011]] single "[[High Maintenance]]," and who has also written for Demi Lovato and Krewella. More concerning still is "Back To The Shack," a song very specifically about Weezer atoning for the mistakes they've made, that was co-written by Jacob "JKash" Kasher, best known for his co-writes with Selena Gomez, Big Time Rush and Ke$ha. | Fans aren't as concerned by the "Go Away" co-write as they are with those of "Back To The Shack" and "Da Vinci," both of which were recently revealed to be collaborations with some extremely mainstream pop songwriters. Cuomo co-wrote "Da Vinci" with Josh Alexander, who he previously worked with on Miranda Cosgrove's [[2011]] single "[[High Maintenance]]," and who has also written for Demi Lovato and Krewella. More concerning still is "Back To The Shack," a song very specifically about Weezer atoning for the mistakes they've made, that was co-written by Jacob "JKash" Kasher, best known for his co-writes with Selena Gomez, Big Time Rush and Ke$ha. | ||