So this weekend instead of getting drunk and grilling, I spent most of my time at work which means sitting online for extended periods of time.
First off, the new Weezer album, which is self-titled AGAIN and casually known as The Red Album leaked online and my first impression is that it is much better than their last offering of Make Believe, but doesn't come close to touching Weezer (The Blue Album) or Pinkerton. There are some catchy pop songs like "Pork and Beans" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived," but there are some failures like "Everybody Get Dangerous" which comes off sounding like a terrible Red Hot Chili Peppers track. Overall, it will make for a good summer release, but there should be dozens that are better.
The second thing that I did this weekend was getting back into music videos. MTV killed music videos for me about five years ago when every track got a music video and for the most part they were awful. Recently I have stumbled upon a few really good videos. One is from the afore mentioned Weezer album. The other one is from the French dance-duo Justice. This video is extremely realistic and makes me a bit tentative of going to France if the video captures any truth at all.
Weezer's newest single "Pork and Beans" brings back the fun, pop culture loving Weezer that disappeared after Maladroit in 2002. If you are as much of a nerd as I am, you will recognized the majority of the cameos in this video. If you don't, you need to watch more YouTube videos.
The next video is for Justice's song "Stress" from †, which never popped out enough at me to warrant a music video, but French director Romain-Gavras does an absolutely amazing job with the song and the video. Throughout the whole video, all I could think to myself was "Where can i get one of those jackets?"
Are there any new video you've found that you want to share? Leave a comment so we can check them out.
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