Weezer - self titled, aka The Blue Album
May 10, 1994
My Name Is Jonas
No One Else
The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
Buddy Holly
Undone – The Sweater Song
Surf Wax America
Say It Ain't So
In the Garage
Holiday
Only in Dreams
From the first note in "My Name Is Jonas" to the last note of "Only In Dreams" I love this album. Every track. Every chorus. Every everything. I was thinking about it before I started writing this, if I love this album because it reminds me of a certain time in my life and the answer is yes. And no...
Of course I love this album because it reminds me of my youth. Freshman year of High School. In love with the cool, hot senior on the basketball team. Getting picked on by the bitchy senior girls at the table across from me and my friends at lunch. Doc Martens. Tight rolling jeans. Watching the "uncool kids" skateboarding home after school while I walked. My white Esprit tote bag (which I still have). I hear this album and I am instantly transported back to me and all my awkwardness. But I also love this album because the music is fucking amazing. The guitar, though not entirely complicated doesn't have to be. It's purposeful. The voice, hitting those high notes you didn't expect. The lyrics, singing about the every man or kid depending on your perspective. You understood how he felt. Guy or girl. You understood the heartache. He was you, singing about you. It just made sense. And it always will...
I wonder what will be said about this album in another 20 years? I'm pretty sure my opinions won't change, if anything I'll fee closer to it than I do today (which always feels like the case the farther from something you get). And I'm pretty sure the music community as a whole won't change their opinion either. I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
Have a great weekend! Don't forget to call Mom!
Peace, love and Buddy Holly glasses,
{PL}
