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Title: Pinkerton
Post by: ComfortEagle on 07 Oct 2006, 19:29
I just got the album ( after loosing it the first time) and am currently listening to it.
Have you ever just put in an album layed back, listened and just got chills?
This ablum does that to me.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Johnny C on 07 Oct 2006, 20:24
Disregard the above post. Tommy eats cock (http://www.wallsofthewild.com/rooster.jpg).

Pinkerton is a great album. I'd argue that there isn't a single low point on it.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Gryff on 07 Oct 2006, 21:38
it probably should too.

what with it being about screwing underage asian weezer fans etc.

Haha, awesome.

Good album though.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Slick on 07 Oct 2006, 22:29
I would easily say it's the best Weezer album. Also, there is a hidden ship in your album case! Unless you are a pirate, in which case I assume you already have a ship...

Besides underage weezer fans, it is also about not liking being a rock star. Or not liking ladies.
"But it's just sexual attraction, it's nothing real so I better keep whacking"
Probably one of my favorite lines in any song ever.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Thrillho on 08 Oct 2006, 04:27
I've always preferred Blue, because I think 'No Other One' is a real dirge.

However, despite me preferring Blue overall - it's my favourite album - Pinkerton probably has my two favourite Weezer tracks, namely 'El Scorcho' because it's vintage Weezer and annoys the crap out of my mum ('you bring home the turkey and I'll bring home the bacon!') and 'The Good Life,' which is one of THE anthems of my life. The 'screw this crap, I've had it' makes my MSN name regularly when I'm pissed off.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Misereatur on 08 Oct 2006, 06:00
This thread reminds me that I have Weezer's Geektanic Weezermacht t shirt and I've only listened to one Weezer album (Pinkerton) once.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: pat101 on 08 Oct 2006, 07:45
easily one of my favorite albums of all-time, that and el scorcho is the best karoke song ever.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: valley_parade on 08 Oct 2006, 09:54
no, no i'm kidding i love 'pinkerton'.

great drum sound on this album and it has 'tired of sex', which is easily the best weezer song.

It also rocks the fucking fuck out.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: ComfortEagle on 08 Oct 2006, 10:36
it probably should too.

what with it being about screwing underage asian weezer fans etc.

Ha, actaully she was eighteen and they never actually had sex. He just kinda wrote a creepy song about thinking about touching her... it's a good album I promise!.

Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: E. Spaceman on 08 Oct 2006, 10:45
she is.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Joseph on 08 Oct 2006, 10:52
Pinkerton is easily my favorite album of the '90s, and definately beats Blue in my opinion.  Though some of the individual songs aren't quite as strong as some off the first album, it just has an amazing overall feel.  All the pieces of the album work together beautifully, the songs just seem to flow.  The repeated lines amongst some songs certainly helps with that.  And ComfortEagle, Pinkerton definately gives me chills fairly frequently as well.

I have to say, I really wish I could hear the album Pinkerton was originally intended to be, Songs From The Black Hole.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: valley_parade on 08 Oct 2006, 11:17
Ah yeah, Songs From The Black Hole.

Wait, are you talking about the Make Believe demos, tommy?
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Thrillho on 08 Oct 2006, 11:49
That's because Rivers liked to keep the albums short and sharp. They didn't want people skipping over to their favourite track; and it worked for the most part.

Yeah, I'm sure Songs From The Black Hole were the songs that were demoed for Album 5, not Album 2...
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Thrillho on 08 Oct 2006, 12:18
I miss the old Weezer board. It was the most stupidly pretentious, over-analytical board ever, but I miss it.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Johnny C on 08 Oct 2006, 12:31
I miss the old Weezer.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Slick on 08 Oct 2006, 12:37
The theory I've been running under is that Rivers went a touch mad from becoming popular, and in his spiteful rage he decided to release nothing but crap after Pinkerton. Well maybe he wasn't entirely focused on the crap plan for the green album, but he was fully committed to after it.
Now, even though he wanted to spite the music industry and prove that they can sell crap music, he still wanted to make good music, and Weezer still could make good music. So the second half of his plan, or the "not-full-of-crap" part of the plan was to write all this excellent music, record it, but never release it, save for some small, rare little demos. He then took his fortune from the rest of the music, and used that to secretly fund weezer fan sites and servers that would run popular peer to peer software sharing the music that was worth hearing, the music Weezer wanted to make, so that the fans would always be able to download and share the true meaning of love Weezer.

At least that's what I keep telling myself. That's the only way I can rationalise it anymore...
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: valley_parade on 08 Oct 2006, 15:42
i don't think any of them made it onto the all mighty shit-fest that is 'make believe'.

"Hold Me" was the only one, I think.

I miss the old Weezer board. It was the most stupidly pretentious, over-analytical board ever, but I miss it.

I used to lurk around the "gear" or "equipment" or whatever the guitar/drum/bass related one was. *sigh*
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: soak on 08 Oct 2006, 15:49
I almost wet myself the first time I heard Pink Triangle. Pinferton is just plain awesome.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Merkava on 08 Oct 2006, 16:55
I'M DUMB

SHE'S A LES-BEE-UHHHN
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: soak on 08 Oct 2006, 17:16
Everyones a litlle queer,
why can't she be a little straight?
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Johnny C on 08 Oct 2006, 17:59
WE WERE GOOD AS MARRIED IN MY MIND
BUT MARRIED IN MY MIND'S NO GOOD
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Joseph on 08 Oct 2006, 20:26
A Pink Triangle on her sleeve
let me know the truth, let me know the truth
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: ComfortEagle on 09 Oct 2006, 14:43
Might have smoked a few in my time

But never thought it was a crime
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Johnny C on 09 Oct 2006, 17:33
Screw this crap, I've had it.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Joseph on 09 Oct 2006, 17:34
I'VE HAD IT!
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Fleagle on 09 Oct 2006, 17:35
I miss the old Weezer board. It was the most stupidly pretentious, over-analytical board ever, but I miss it.
Weezernation's still around.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: B0bduh on 09 Oct 2006, 18:02
There was a time where I could sing every lyric in that album, in order... great stuff.

"And how STUPID is it, for all I know you want me too... and maybe you just don't know what to do... maybe you're scared to say, 'I'm falling for you'"
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Slick on 09 Oct 2006, 19:02
One of my housemates last fall played acoustic guitar and sang around the house a lot.
By which I mean he played most of pinkerton often and wonderwall every once in a while.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: valley_parade on 09 Oct 2006, 20:07
At 10 I shaved my heard and tried to be a monk
I thought the older women would like me if I did
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: La Creme on 09 Oct 2006, 20:12
People really need to pay a lot more attention to the fact that "Falling For You" is probably the greatest utilization of the power chord in the history of ever.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Thrillho on 10 Oct 2006, 08:44
I miss the old Weezer board. It was the most stupidly pretentious, over-analytical board ever, but I miss it.
Weezernation's still around.

...dude, don't play with my heart.
Title: Re: Pinkerton
Post by: Fleagle on 10 Oct 2006, 17:31
I miss the old Weezer board. It was the most stupidly pretentious, over-analytical board ever, but I miss it.
Weezernation's still around.
...dude, don't play with my heart.
I just lurk there because I'd be eaten alive by those people if I ever posted. They seriously scare me.

Now back to Pinkerton. Awesome album. I play it at work and by gum I gotta sing along.