![]() ![]() Pat sings "Automatic" and the cover of Talk Talk's "Life's What You Make It".Scott sings "Cold Dark World", the bonus track "King" and shares lead on their cover of The Band's "The Weight".Brian sings "Thought I Knew", the bonus track "It's Easy", and shares lead vocals on "Dreamin'" and "Everybody Get Dangerous".A Day in the Limelight: The Red Album lets Brian, Scott, and Pat shine.The EPs The Lion and the Witch and Winter Weezerland both credit Rupert Peasley as a producer: "Rupert Peasley" was the invoked Fan Nickname for the man depicted on the cover of Maladroit. Credits Gag: Pinkerton includes the credit "Karl Koch - Karl Koch" (a long-time friend of the band who runs their website, among other things).Cover Album: The Teal Album covers the likes of Toto, Eurythmics, Michael Jackson, and even Black Sabbath.Everything Will Be Alright in the End is at least a loose one: Rivers Cuomo has stated in an interview that all of the songs on the album are parts of three song cycles with common lyrical themes: Belladonna (songs about girls), The Panopticon Artist (songs about the band's relationship with fans and the music industry), and Patriarchia (songs about fatherhood, heavily informed by his reconnection with his own father).Concept Album: Pinkerton drew much of its influence from Puccini's opera, Madame Butterfly and of course, there's the scrapped Songs From the Black Hole.Clothing Damage: "If you want to destroy my sweater.Rivers Cuomo on Twitter: Wow the fact that the blue album is the same age as me is wild. Changing Chorus: The chorus to "Tired Of Sex" changes with each repetition, with only the final line staying consistent:.Call-Back: In "The End of the Game," the singer laments how the loss of his friend makes him feel like he's "on an island with no sun," referencing the popular Green Album song "Island In the Sun.".It's especially evident on their first two albums - the later ones somewhat hid that aspect beneath Word Salad Lyrics. Buffy Speak: One of Rivers' trademarks is occasionally breaking into this during his lyrics.Break Up Song: "Go Away" featuring Bethany Cosentino goes back and forth between I want you back and don't want you back between Cuomo and Cosentino, respectively.See "Troublemaker," "Everybody Get Dangerous," and "Cold Dark World." Bonus track "King" is full of them but the tone of the song has them intentionally come off as more pathetic and desperate than convincing. A lot of The Red Album can be described this way.Badass Boast: "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived".The "oh OH!" chorus of "Perfect Situation.".The 'hip hip' part of "Island in the Sun.". ![]()
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