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Ep. 62. John welcomes Christopher Knott of the We'z Talkin' Weez' 2 Thee podcast to the show. They discuss "Death and Destruction," tracking its journey from instrumental demo to one of the best tracks off of the band's fourth album, Maladroit. LISTEN: 1. "Death and Destruction" (Maladroit version) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Death and Destruction" (SnS demo) on YouTube 3. "Death and Destruction" (1/5/02 demo) on YouTube 4. "Death and Destruction" (1/6/02 demo) on YouTube 5. "Death and Destruction" (1/7/02) demo) on YouTube 6. "Death and Destruction" (1/11/02 demo) on YouTube 7. "Death and Destruction" (1/12/02 demo) on YouTube*** 8. "Death and Destruction" (The Lion and the Witch version) on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Death and Destruction" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Death and Destruction" at Weezerpedia 2. Maladroit at Weezerpedia 3. Maladroit Demos at Weezerpedia 4. The Lion and the Witch EP at Weezerpedia 5. We'z Talkin' Weez' 2 Thee podcast 6. We'z Talkin' Weez' 2 Thee on Twitter 7. Christopher Kno

Ep. 61. "Where's My Sex?" is a song inspired by Rivers Cuomo's daughter, Mia. But if that makes it sound like you're about to hear a sweet and sappy episode, well, you're quite mistaken. John explains why "Where's My Sex?" sounds like a bad April Fool's joke that, unfortunately for fans of the band, is all too real. LISTEN: 1. "Radio Ga Ga" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Radio Ga Ga" (Live Aid) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 3. "Where's My Sex?" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Where's My Sex?" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Where's My Sex?" at Weezerpedia 2. Hurley at Weezerpedia 3. "Radio Ga Ga" at Wikipedia 4. Queen at Wikipedia 5. Live Aid at Wikipedia 6. Bohemian Rhapsody at Wikipedia 7. Roger Taylor at Wikipedia 8. "Q&A: Rivers Cuomo of Weezer" at Spin 9. Greg Wells at Wikipedia 10. "Tunes to Fill Your Ears - Weezer - Where's My Sex?" at Wattpad 11. Hurley review at Rolling Stone

Ep. 60. "Wind in Our Sail" can be read as just another relationship song, but John thinks it has bigger aspirations than that. He talks about the song and its many references, including a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Pinkerton nod, in today's new show.  LISTEN: 1. "Wind in Our Sail" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Surf Wax America" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 3. "California Kids" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 4. "Pink Triangle" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 5. "Falling For You" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 6. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (as read by Ian McKellan) on YouTube 7. "Come and Get It" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Wind in Our Sail" at Genius.com 2. "Surf Wax America" at Genius.com 3. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Wind in Our Sail" at Weezerpedia 2. Weezer (The White Album) at Weezerpedia 3. Scott Chesak at Defend Music | Twitter 4. Ryan Spraker at Defend Music 5. Eli "Paperboy" Reed at Wikipedia 6. "Put Me Back Together

Ep. 59. "Possibilities" is one of the more disliked songs in Weezer's catalog. John describes why fans hate it, why he doesn't mind it, and why this song sounds so damn loud, and why we have so many versions of it in today's new episode. LISTEN: 1. "Possibilities" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Gone To Stay" (SnS Demo) on YouTube 3. "Possibilities" (12/22/2002) on YouTube 4. "Possibilities" (12/30/2002) on YouTube 5. "Possibilities" (1/4/2002) on YouTube 6. "Possibilities" (1/22/2002) on YouTube 7. "Possibilities" (1/23/2002) on ????? 8. "Minority" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Possibilities" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Possibilities" at Weezerpedia 2. Maladroit at Weezerpedia 3. Weezer (Green Album) at Weezerpedia 4. SnS Demos at Weezerpedia 5. Maladroit Demos at Weezerpedia 6. "Fall Together" Episode of Post-Pinkerton 7. Loudness Wars at Wikipedia 8. "Minority" at Wikipedia 9. Billboard Alternative Rock Charts: 2001, 2002

Ep. 58. "Cygnus X-1" is a Maladroit-era demo that remains one of Weezer's few instrumental tracks. Learn about how this short, minor work in the band's catalog was almost one of the first Maladroit-era tracks to receive radio play. LISTEN: 1. "Cygnus X-1" on YouTube 2. "This Charming Man" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 3. "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 4. "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 5. "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: N/A MORE INFO: 1. "Cygnus X-1" at Weezerpedia 2. Maladroit Demos at Weezerpedia 3. The Glenn Sound Demos at Weezerpedia 4. 107.7 FM The End 5. Maladroit at Weezerpedia 6. Weezer (The Green Album) at Weezerpedia 7. "Slave" at Weezerpedia 8. "Space Rock" at Weezerpedia 9. "Photograph" at Weezerpedia 10. Jamb at Weezerpedia 11. The Smiths at Wikipedia 12. Rush at Wikipedia 13. "Cygnus X-1" (Song series) at Wikipedia 14. Cygnus X-1 at Wikipedia 15. Black hole at Wikipedia 1

Ep. 57. Weezer released their sixth self-titled album on Friday, and John's ready to talk about its lead single, "Can't Knock the Hustle." Learn about why the band struck out in a new direction, how many other songs had this video concept, and what the heck Pineaplemon is. LISTEN: 1. "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Weezer) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Jay-Z) on YouTube 3. "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve) on YouTube 4. "Can't Knock the Hustle" (NHL Winter Classic) on NHL.com 5. "Surf Wax Off Your Shoulder" on YouTube 6. "Cardigan Disaster" (Live) on YouTube 7. "Happy Hour" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Weezer) at Genius.com 2. "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Jay-Z) at Genius.com 3. "Cardigan Disaster" at Genius.com 4. "Happy Hour" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Can't Knock the Hustle" at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 2. Weezer (Black Album) at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 3. Weezer (White Album) at Wikipedia | Weezerpedia 4. Jay-

Ep. 56. John is joined by Sean Paul Ellis of Saturday Mourning Cartoons to discuss Photograph, the third single off of the Green Album. John and Sean discuss why they like the song so much, what they think it's about, and why Sean stopped listening to the band so soon after their comeback.  LISTEN: 1. "Photograph" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "If You Want It" on YouTube 3. "Photograph" (Promo mix) on YouTube 4. "Photograph / Song 2" (Live) on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Photograph" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Photograph" at Weezerpedia 2. The Green Album at Weezerpedia 3. Mikey Welsh at Weezerpedia 4. Scott Shriner at Weezerpedia 5. Karl Koch at Weezerpedia 6. Sean Paul Ellis on Twitter 7. Saturday Mourning Cartoons on Twitter 8. Nox! at Washington Improv Theater 9. Post-Pinkerton episodes with guest Jenna Hall: 19, 20

Ep. 55. When working on Maladroit, Weezer released six different demos for a song called "Porcupine" (originally known by the title "Spend Some Time"). This usually makes for ripe podcast material, but on today's show, John explains why six "Porcupine" demos don't amount to much.  LISTEN: 1. "Spend Some Time" (12/19/2001) on YouTube 2. "Spend Some Time" (12/21/2001) on YouTube 3. "Spend Some Time" (12/22/2001) on YouTube 4. "Porcupine" (1/1/2002) on YouTube 5. "Porcupine" (1/2/2002) on YouTube 6. "Porcupine" (1/6/2002) on YouTube 7. "Cryin' and Lonely" on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Porcupine" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Porcupine" at Weezerpedia 2. "Cryin' and Lonely" at Weezerpedia 3. Maladroit at Weezerpedia 4. Maladroit Demos at Weezerpedia 5. All Things Weezer 6. "'Porcupine' Appreciation Thread" at All Things Weezer 7. "Rate A Weezer Song, Day 144: Porcupine (aka Spend Some Time)" at All Things Weezer 8. Möbius Strip at Wikipedia

Ep. 54. Rivers Cuomo wrote "Put Me Back Together" with the help of Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects. They had a wonderful time working together and thought they had created a new Weezer classic. John explores all of the ways they got it wrong in today's episode. LISTEN: 1. "Put Me Back Together" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Put Me Back Together" (Rich Costey mix) on YouTube 3. "Put Me Back Together" (VEVO Go Show) on YouTube 4. "The World Has Turned And Left Me Here" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 5. "Gives You Hell" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Put Me Back Together" at Genius.com 2. "Gives You Hell" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Put Me Back Together" at Weezerpedia 2. Raditude at Weezerpedia 3. "Working With Weezer: All-American Rejects on Raditude Sessions" at Rolling Stone 4. "11 Things You Learn Hanging Out With Weezer" at Rolling Stone 5. "Put Me Back Together" at Setlist.fm 6. Serban Ghenea at AllMusic 7. Rich Costey at Wikipedia 8. "The Girl Got H

Ep. 53. John is joined by podcaster and longtime Weezer fan Tom Chansky on the show to discuss "1,000 Years," a song we have from the late '90s when Rivers Cuomo was performing in the Boston area with a group fans dubbed The Rivers Cuomo Band. John and Tom discuss the song, why it sounds so different from eventually became the third album, and why it's often confused for a Homie song.  LISTEN: 1. "1,000 Years" (Rivers Cuomo soundboard recording) on YouTube 2. "1,000 Years" (HOMiE Vol. 1) on YouTube 3. Clips from Weezer's unfinished "sea opera" on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "1,000 Years" at Weezerpedia MORE INFO: 1. "1,000 Years" at Weezerpedia 2. Tom Chansky on Twitter 3. The Sith List podcast 4. Homie at Weezerpedia 5. HOMiE Vol. 1 at Weezerpedia 6. Indecision and Abandoning the Past by Tom Chansky 7. "Sheila Can Do (It)" episode of Post-Pinkerton

Ep. 52. When last week's episode was released, the album that features "Happy Together" was a mystery to us. But despite last week's surprise release of The Teal Album, the sixth track from this new record of covers was first performed all the way back in 2002, by request of Spike Jonze. John explores the history of Weezer's relationship with this Turtles song in today's episode. LISTEN: 1. "Happy Together" (Teal Album version) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Happy Together" (Turtles original) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 3. "Happy Together" (Weezer, live in 2002) on YouTube 4. "Happy Together" (Weezer, live in 2018) on YouTube 5. "Happy Together" (Rivers Cuomo, live in 2018) on YouTube 6. "Longview" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Happy Together" at Genius.com 2. "Longview" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. The Teal Album at Weezerpedia 2. "Happy Together" at Weezerpedia 3. The Teal Album on Spotify & Apple Music 4. The Turtles at Wikipedia 5. "Happy Together" at Wikipedia 6. Adapt

Ep. 51. A big show for a big song: John dives deep into the 18-year life of "Hash Pipe." Today's episode has everything: Summer Songs 2000, The Green Album, the TV show Peter Gunn, a Massachusetts band called The Shods, and the Santa Monica prostitute who inspired it all. LISTEN: 1. "Hash Pipe" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Hash Pipe" (video edit) on Spotify | YouTube 3. "Half Pipe" on YouTube 4. "Hash Pipe" (SS2k) on YouTube 5. "Hash Pipe" (Toto cover) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 6. "Peter Gunn" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 7. "Shot Himself Up" on YouTube 8. Spy Hunter music on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Hash Pipe" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Hash Pipe" at Weezerpedia 2. "Hash Pipe" at Wikipedia 3. The Green Album at Weezerpedia 4. The Green Album at Wikipedia 5. Summer Songs 2000 at Weezerpedia 6. "Dope Nose" at Weezerpedia 7. Pitchfork review of The Green Album 8. Toto at Wikipedia 9. "Africa" at Weezerpedia 10. "We Are All On Drugs" episode of Post-Pinkerton 11. Weezer B-Sides YouTube Chan

Ep. 50. "Silent Night" is the last track on the Christmas With Weezer EP. John takes it as an opportunity to reflect on why he likes this EP, what the detractors have to say about it, and why he thinks it's sneakily one of the band's best Post-Pinkerton projects. LISTEN: 1. "Silent Night" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Silent Night" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Silent Night" at Weezerpedia 2. "Silent Night" at Wikipedia 3. Christmas With Weezer at Weezerpedia 4. Previous episodes of the Christmas With Weezer mini-series: We Wish You A Merry Christmas | O Come All Ye Faithful | O Holy Night | The First Noel | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Ep. 49. On today's show, John talks about "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," why Pat Wilson's love of his iPhone helped lead to Christmas With Weezer, and why this project made him think about, of all things, the Weezer Snuggie. LISTEN: 1. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" at Weezerpedia 2. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" at Wikipedia 3. Christmas With Weezer at Weezerpedia 4. The Weezer Snuggie Commercial at YouTube 5. Previous episodes of the Christmas With Weezer mini-series: We Wish You A Merry Christmas | O Come All Ye Faithful | O Holy Night | The First Noel    

Ep. 48. "The First Noel" is the fourth track on the Christmas With Weezer EP, and the focus of today's new episode. John explains who is responsible for the instrumentation given that Rivers Cuomo didn't pick up a guitar at these sessions, and why 2008 was the perfect time for such a different approach to a Weezer recording.  LISTEN: 1. "The First Noel" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "The First Noel" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "The First Noel" at Weezerpedia 2. "The First Noel" at Wikipedia 3. Christmas With Weezer at Weezerpedia 4. The Red Album at Weezerpedia 5. Previous episodes of the Christmas With Weezer mini-series: We Wish You A Merry Christmas | O Come All Ye Faithful | O Holy Night

Ep. 47. "O Holy Night" is a familiar Christmas carol, but not one many would think to be a fit for a band like Weezer. Quite often featured on Christmas albums as a vocal showcase, the song is the most challenging task Rivers Cuomo faced on the Christmas With Weezer EP. On today's episode, John talks about how he fared. LISTEN: 1. "O Holy Night" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "O Holy Night" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "O Holy Night" at Weezerpedia 2. "O Holy Night" at Wikipedia 3. Christmas With Weezer at Weezerpedia 4. Previous episodes of the Christmas With Weezer mini-series: We Wish You A Merry Christmas | O Come All Ye Faithful

Ep. 46. "O Come All Ye Faithful" is the second track on Christmas With Weezer, the EP that began its life as an iPhone application. On today's show, John talks about the band's version of this famous carol and why Rivers Cuomo plays a different role than usual on these recordings.  LISTEN: 1. "O Come All Ye Faithful" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "O Come All Ye Faithful" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "O Come All Ye Faithful" at Weezerpedia 2. "O Come All Ye Faithful" at Wikipedia 3. Christmas With Weezer at Weezerpedia 4. "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" episode of Post-Pinkerton

Ep. 45. On today's show, John kicks off his monthlong look at the Christmas with Weezer EP, which didn't begin its life as an EP but as ... an iPhone application? Learn all about its strange beginnings on today's show! LISTEN: 1. "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" at Weezerpedia 2. Christmas With Weezer at Weezerpedia 3. Tap Tap Revenge at Wikipedia 4. "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" at Wikipedia 5. "Keep Fishin'" at Weezerpedia

Ep. 44. "New Joint" is one of the first songs Weezer recorded in their sessions for the Green Album. John talks about this song as the transition point from SS2K to New Joint, and what its original title tells us about this song and its limited scope. LISTEN: 1. "New Joint" on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "New Joint" at Weezerpedia MORE INFO: 1. "New Joint" at Weezerpedia 2. Green Album Demos at Weezerpedia

Ep. 43. "Cold and Damp" is another entry from the mysterious late '90s period of the band's history, where the band wasn't really a band and Rivers Cuomo was isolated and trying to reinvent his songwriting process. Learn what this song has to do with Oasis, Cuomo's unconscious and the Encyclopedia of Pop on today's show. LISTEN: 1. "Cold and Damp" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Trampoline" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 3. "Supersonic" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Cold and Damp" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Cold and Damp" at Weezerpedia 2. Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo at Weezerpedia 3. "Trampoline" at Weezerpedia 4. Oasis at Wikipedia 5. "Supersonic" at Wikipedia 6. Arbitrary-Progression-Distortion-open-Strum-Intro-Melody-Arrange at Weezerpedia 7. The Encyclopedia of Pop at Weezerpedia 8. Episode 31 of Post-Pinkerton: "Trampoline"