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This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I googled for the lyrics and I think that they are just plain beautiful.

You were a child
Crawling on your knees toward it
Making momma so proud
But your voice was too loud
We like to watch you laughing
Picking insects off of plants
No time to think of consequences

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted to be haunted

I think that this says a lot about life. I feel like Rivers Cuomo really gets what life is all about. I feel like he can relate to ‘the common man’, just like me.

But seriously yall, this is big news. Two indie bands from different generations uniting to for a mega music meme.

This would be like Michael Jackson covering Justin Timberlake.
This would be like Marvin Gaye covering R Kelly.
This would be like Janis Joplin covering Jewel/Sheryl Crow.
This would be like the Beatles covering Coldplay.
This would be like Coldplay covering Metrostation.
This would be like Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails.
This would be like New Order covering Interpol.
This would be like Phil Spector covering Grizzly Bear.
This would be like the Beach Boys covering Animal Collective.
This would be like Giorgio Morodor covering Justice.
This would be like Depeche Mode covering Cut Copy.
This would be like ____________(old, transcedent artist) covering ___________(new, relevant artist).
This would be like Brit Spears covering the Hannah Montanas.
This would be like U2 covering U2.
This would be like Madonna covering Madonna.

I feel really lucky 2 be alive 2day.

MTHRFCKNG WEEZER

AND MTHRFCKNG BLINK 182
are fucking going on tour

Holy fucking shit. I am a 34 year old alt, so I have been around for a while. I know a lot of tweens only know about these bands’ recent stuff, but cmon yall. You can’t deny that this is serious shit. Like if you told me 15 years ago when I was a kid growing up in SoCAl that these bands would be selling out huge amphitheatres, I would have told u 2 shoot more heroine in2 my veins.  Who woulda thought these bands would become rock gods?  Do you realize how influential these bands are?  They revolutionized everything.

This is fucking huge. I was fucking sad that Blink 182 broke up, but I think now they realize that ‘all the small things’ are important, and u should just chill out and be bros.

I’m gonna see all of my favourite songs. Rivers Cuomo is seriously a rock god and a genius. Did u know he went to Harvard? The guy can seriously take a shit, and it’s a masterfully written pop song.

I am seriously fucking pumped yall.

(There is also an opening band called the Fall Out Boys.  I think they are a local band or something.)

WE FINALLY DID IT. INDIE MUSIC HAS ARRIVED.

But srsly….what tshirt should I wear to this concert?
a) Blink 182
b) Weezer
b) Angels and Airwaves
d) TRV$ DJAM
e) Boxcar Racer
f) Pete Wentz
g) Ashlee Simpson
h) Ryan Cabrerra
i) Further Seems Forever
j) Saves the Day
k) Red Hot Chili Peppers
l) Switchfoot
m) an Atticus shirt

n)  Choose.Your.Own.Response

Notable types of people in this video are:

• cool dad
• aging alts
• purgatory ‘alternative’ people who don’t know what aesthetic they are going for, but do know how to play acoustic guitar
• festival bros
• the wacky guy in your HS band
• People who wear baseball caps
• Men who wear sunglasses that are functional, instead of obnoxious
• Acoustic Guitar All-Stars who are recapturing the glory from their high school talent shows
• Rock Stars who are on a never-ending quest to ‘go viral’

I hope Prince makes Vimeo take down this video of his song.
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‘I dropped out of Harvard 4 this?’
-Rivers Cuomo after Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen covered ‘Island in the Sun’

Pre-Cool Dad phase (1994)

Cool Dads realizing that they are cool dads but still holding on to personal and fashion choices from the past (2001)

Cool Dads Who Dress in black and wear cryptic graphic tees to look younger, slimmer, and edgier (2005)

Rich Cool Dads Who show off their krazie side/let their kids drink alcohol if they give up their car keys and make their friends spend the night (2008)

While it will probably never be cool to like Weezer again, make sure you always talk about how important they are in the Anthropological Quest to understand the evolution of indie-bands to COOL DADS.

‘I love Weezer. I am in middle school. My friend is in a band that covers them.’
-a future alt-bro in the late 90s.

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