I Weezer pubblicano, nell'anno 2001, quello che sarà destinato ad essere il disco della loro definitiva esplosione: "Weezer", comunemente conosciuto come il "green album", da non confondersi con l'altro disco eponimo (il primo, definito invece "blue album").
E' innanzitutto un disco assolutamente fondamentale per comprendere il percorso artistico della band, iniziato col primo album e proseguito col controverso "Pinkerton", inizialmente denigrato in maniera vergognosa e successivamente addirittura innalzato a capolavoro della band. A modesto parere di chi vi scrive la verità riguardo "Pinkerton" sta nel mezzo, perché il vero punto più alto della produzione del gruppo americano è proprio questo "album verde".
E' incredibile come in quest'opera niente sia fuori posto: la sei corde alterna carezze melodiche a schiaffi distorti, le linee vocali sono semplici ma clamorosamente perfette, la band tecnicamente è in formissima ed ispirata come non mai. Cuomo firma interamente tutti i pezzi dell'album ed è talmente in palla da definire, nella mezz'oretta scarsa di durata del full lenght, il Weezer sound una volta per tutte.
I pezzi sono dieci potenziali singoli, nessuno escluso: spiccano in maniera clamorosa due canzoni in particolare, poi scelte proprio per la rotazione radiofonica. Una è "Hash Pipe", che tre anni dopo verrà vergognosamente plagiata da Gwen Stefani per la sua "What You Waiting For?": la chitarra "svanga" subito un riff stoppato e pesante, su cui si poggia il cantato in falsetto di Cuomo che lascia spazio subito ad un refrain impeccabile, in cui la melodia è assolutamente perfetta ed azzeccata. Significativo descrivere come Rivers l'abbia concepita: praticamente ubriaco di primissima mattina.
L'altra è "Island In The Sun", destinata a divenire una delle più grandi hits del combo a stelle e strisce, che si presenta invece come una morbida ballata semiacustica che esplode improvvisamente in un ritornello deciso. Notissimo anche il videoclip, in cui la band gioca amabilmente con vari animaletti.
Ma sono le note di "Don't Let Go" (che la casa discografica spingeva per presentare come primo singolo) ad aprire il disco, seguite a ruota dall'altro estratto "Photograph": i due pezzi aggiungono alle atmosfere tipiche del vecchio "blue album" un flavour british rock tipicamente Ash primissima maniera (all'epoca pochi giorni prima era uscito pure "Free All Angels" dei nordirlandesi).
Cose come "Crab", "Glorious Day" e "Knock-down Drag-out" (cito le migliori) proseguono sulla stessa falsariga, costruendo ponti e sottopassi fra pop punk, college rock e pop rock britannico, in un turbinio di melodie coinvolgenti e chitarre roboanti.
Un disco oggettivamente bellissimo, che rilanciò verso l'alto la carriera di Cuomo e compagni (un milione e mezzo di copie vendute) e ci consegnò una band destinata a divenire un punto di riferimento per chi ama il pop rock di altissima qualità.
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01 Don't Let Go (02:59)
ooh woah woah. [2x]
anytime that you want i'll be here in your arms
silently holding on to the girl with the charms
[CHORUS] but if there comes a day
you should turn your heart away
i'll be down on my knees
beggin for that girl to stay
don't let go ooh woah woah [2x]
anything you desire i will set at your feet
with a kiss in the air for the gods to recieve
[CHORUS]
confrontation's in my mind
and i've been running out of time
dont let go. ooh woah woah. [2x]
[CHORUS]
confrontation's in my mind
and i've been running out of time
dont let go. ooh woah woah. [4x]
02 Photograph (02:19)
If you want it, you can have it
But you've got to learn to reach out there and grab it
'Cause everybody wants some love
Shooting from the stars above
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never get enough
If you need it, you should show it
'Cause you might play so monastic that you blow it
'Cause everybody wants some hope
Something they can barely know
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never let it go
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph of love
'Cause everybody wants a dream
Something they can barely see
And though my heart will break
There's more that I could take
I could never let it be
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph
It's in the photograph of love
If you blew it, don't reject it
Just keep drawing up the plans and re-erect it
Just keep drawing up the plans and re-erect it
Just keep drawing up the plans and re-erect it
03 Hash Pipe (03:06)
I can't help my feelings, I go out of my mind
These players come to get me cause they'd like my behind
I can't help my business if I can't get a trick
Down on Santa Monica where tricks are for kids
Come on and kick me
Come on and kick me
Come on and kick me
You got your problems
I got my ass wide
You got your big G's
I got my hash pipe
I can't help my boogies, they get out of control
I know that you don't care but I want you to know
The knee-stocking flavor is a favorite treat
Of men that don't bother with the taste of a teat
Come on and kick me
Come on and kick me
Come on and kick me
You got your problems
I got my ass wide
You got your big G's
I got my hash pipe
I got my hash pipe
Come on and kick me
Come on and kick me
Come on and kick me
You got your problems
I got my ass wide
You got your big G's
I got my hash pipe
I got my hash pipe
I got my hash pipe
I got my hash pipe
04 Island in the Sun (03:20)
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 playin' and havin' 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 playin' and havin' 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 playin' and havin' 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
05 Crab (02:34)
Crab if you wanna,
She won't be comin' down, (Down,)
Down, (Down,)
Down, (Down,)
Down, (Down,)
Crab if you wanna,
She won't be comin' down
Crab if you need it,
She put her knickers on, (On,)
On, (On,)
On, (On,)
On, (On,)
Crab if you need it,
She put her knickers on
She said she's feelin' lonely
And I say that's ok
She won't be comin' back round here, no way
(instrumental break)
Ooh, Ooh
She said she's feelin' lonely
And I say that's ok
She won't be comin' back round here, no way
Crab at the booty,
'Taint gonna do no good,
Good, (Good,)
Good, (Good,)
Good, (Good,)
Crab at the booty,
'Taint gonna do no good
No,
Crab at the booty,
'Taint gonna do no good
06 Knock-Down Drag-Out (02:08)
Any day now you'll call me up on the phone
Say you love me more than you ever did before
It's all that I can do right now
To make it up to you somehow
And meet you on the other side of home
Take no prisoners here in this knock-down drag-out war
That we're waging on each other forever more
It's all that I can do right now
To make it up to you somehow
And meet you on the other side of home
Say you love me now
It's all that I can do right now
To make it up to you somehow
And meet you on the other side of home
Take no prisoners here in this knock-down drag-out war
That we're waging on each other forever more
That we're waging on each other forever more
07 Smile (02:38)
Open the door and let your love come down
Over the wall you're spinning round and round
'Cause you wanted some love, I'll make it happen
'Cause I don't wanna break
Your fine face, I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up
Inside your smile
Open your heart and let the good stuff out
Water me good, and let me ease the drought
'Cause you wanted some love, I'll make it happen
'Cause I don't wanna break
You fine face, I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up
Inside your smile
I can't be gone darling
For very long
No, never know what you're gonna do
Standing there deep in front of you
Take a look in between my eyes
Because I'm back, yeah
'Cause I don't wanna break
You find things I can't take
The way you wanna wrap me up
Inside your smile
I can't be gone darling
For very long
never know what you’re gonna do
Standing there deep in front of you
Take a look into my eyes
Because I'm back, yeah
Give me a chance if you can force yourself
Look at me girl and get up off your shelf
'Cause you wanted some love
I'll make it happen
08 Simple Pages (02:56)
Gimme some love, gimme some love, gimme some I want you to know
Gimme some love, gimme some love, sugar thats the wrong wrong way to go
Open your arms, open your arms honey, and come right back home to me
Gimme some love, gimme some love, sugar thats the wrong wrong way to be
Can't you see
We're to be this time
Simple pages on my mind
Kick it on back, kick it on back, kick it on back to what you know
Gimme some love, gimme some love, sugar on the hard rock radio
When they play tunes, when they play tunes,
when they play riffs of the hard rock beat
Gimme some love, gimme some love sugar from the drop with the old school beat
Can't you see
We're to be this time
Simple pages on my mind
Gimme something I can believe, oh baby
Can't you see
We're to be this time
Simple pages on my mind
Kick it on back, kick it on back, kick it on back to what you know
Gimme some love, gimme some love, sugar on the hard rock radio
So gimme some love
Gimme some love
Gimme some love
Gimme some love
Gimme some
Can't you see
You're just me
Turn these pages of my mind
Oh, oh
09 Glorious Day (02:40)
Gonna make my move
Gonna make it stay
Gonna make it last
Nevermind the past
Living for today
Hey, hey
You know what you want me to say
Right, right
Fight, fight
We can start a glorious day
Gonna take my chance
Gonna rock and dance
Gonna hit the ground
With a brand new sound
Looking for romance
Hey, hey
You know what you want me to say
Right, right
Fight, fight
We can start a glorious day
Glorious children on my mind
Glorious wastings of my time
Glorious plans we make up
Forcing things in line
Hey, hey
You know what you want me to say
Right, right
Fight, fight
We can start a glorious day
Glorious children on my mind
Glorious wastings of my time
Glorious plans we make up
Forcing things in line
Gonna rock it out
Gonna scream and shout
Gonna do it right
Standing in the light
Perchin' on the clouds
Gonna do it right
Standing in the light
Perchin' on the clouds
Gonna do it right
Standing in the light
Perchin' on the clouds
Hey
10 O Girlfriend (03:50)
I miss you
And I wonder how you feel about me too
Do you miss the way we would play?
And waste our time away?
Suddenly
We're apart and I can't see you every night
Though we fight
I love you so much
Now I can't feel your touch
O girlfriend
That's the end
And I'm lost without your love
O love
In your arms
I was happy as a little boy could be
Taking pills and mellowing out
Now I just want to shout
For your love
Cause I'm drifting further from you everyday
Driving by your place every night
I used to feel alright
O girlfriend
That's the end
And I'm lost without your love
O love
Feeling fancies every night
When I dream to be alright
O love
O love
(Approximately 16 measure guitar solo)
O girlfriend
That's the end
And I'm lost without your love
O love
In your arms
I was happy as a little boy could be
Taking pills and mellowing out
Now I just want to shout
(Do do do do do do do do do do)
Now I just want to shout
(Bling de do do do do do do do do)
Now I just want to shout
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