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Post by webm@ster on Jun 13, 2005 11:54:07 GMT -5
...MB '05 Tour: Day 28: Paris, France - Olympia Flying on the same day as a show is never the preferred way, but today was just one of those days where the rules had to be broken to make things happen. So we go to the airport in Dublin for an early flight to Paris, fly, and while waiting for our baggage in Charles deGaulle airport, we see some familiar looking blokes sitting over on the bench, obviously waiting for their luggage too. Well, whattaya know, its Oasis. We've never actually ever met them before, but eventually Pat breaks the ice like a trooper, and thank goodness. Turns out theyre big fans of weezer (or at the very least Liam is - hes just a bit more talkative than his brother Noel), and in fact, in Liam's words, weezer is their favorite American band! Now thats cool. After some small talk, its established that while Weezer is on their way to the Olympia gig, Oasis are basically just waiting around till their own TV gig tomorrow. So I slip in a little "do you wanna go to the show tonight?", which is enthusiatically embraced as the plan. When I asked "how many will there be?", they said "A lot." The necessary phone numbers were exchanged amongst tour managers, and the plan was set: Oasis were coming to see weezer tonight! Off we go thru the busy streets of Paris directly to The Olympia for soundcheck, which is a very nice and rather large venue thats hosted countless famous shows over the years. Come showtime it looked totally full but there was some question as to whether it had actually sold out or not. Well, no matter, it was very full and the crowd was very loud, and thats all that mattered! After the show, the band met up with Oasis (or rather, part of Oasis, as some of them bailed right after the show for parts unknown), namely Liam Gallagher and Gem Archer and some of their friends/crew, for a rousting round of conversation which was frequently quite hilarious, such as when the Oasis men went into detailed and hysterically funny acting out of several choice parts of the Metallica documentary! Contrary to what you may have read in the press, Liam was warm, friendly, and funny as hell. I guess having just seen his "favorite current American band" didnt hurt the mood! Top men, the lot.  weezer.com thanx@Tod |
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Post by stephenn on Jun 13, 2005 13:11:01 GMT -5
thats wicked cool, someone should let liam know that weezer arent american though, canadian.
Don't weezer look even dorkier next to liam and gem?!?
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Post by chocolate st*rfish on Jun 13, 2005 13:14:16 GMT -5
well weezer still carry the title as the best american emo band and other fellow US bands would die for the possibility of having only one or two of cuomo's older compositions in their own catalogue.. but with the latest record, they totally fucked up.
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Post by shakrmakr on Jun 13, 2005 16:55:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't call Weezer an EMO band. All EMO music sucks, which Weezer doesn't. And Weezer isn't Canadian they are American. I wish they were Canadian because we got alot of shit bands here. They would make canadian music look better.
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Post by maketradefair on Jun 13, 2005 17:39:35 GMT -5
i think weezer are shit. i heard the song 'island in the sun' .. really liked it.. went and bought the 'green album' and thought it was awful. sorry if ive offended any weezer fans..
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Post by Dominic on Jun 13, 2005 18:04:05 GMT -5
like the new tune
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Post by helmet959 on Jun 13, 2005 20:41:05 GMT -5
rivers cuomo is my 2nd favorite songwriter, behind Noel of course!
want a crash course in weezer... listen to their first two albums (hmmm reminds me of Oasis?)
album rundown in chronological order:
blue album 1994 is brilliant, truly in my opinion the 2nd best debut album of all time, behind DM of course, haha, what a great time for music... perfect pop tunes with a slight surf rock CA sound, even tho the track Surf Rock America is a dig at surfers, In My Garage, World Has Turned, Only in Dreams...hard to find a weak song here
blue album b-sides - rivers was writing too many good tunes around this time, Jamie, Suzanne and other unreleased tracks from this era are great, really important to get a feel for weezers talent
pinkerton late 1995 - is dark, raw, loud, and so honest it hurts to listen to, it's still way too raw for rock music taste in america, brilliant but a hard listen... track El Scorcho is a bit weird, but the best IMO
green album - 2000- clean, very straightforward, crisp rock tunes, all solo's are based on vocal harmonies, and album is only 28 minutes long!!! lyrically lacking, I can't remember what any of the songs are about, which is a step in a different direction for weezer, good album for blasting while drivin on a sunny day tho with your windows rolled down
maladroit- 2002, heavy metal inspiration? some songs are great, track 1, Burndt Jam, Slob, but album is inconsistent IMO, musically more interesting than green album with some wicked solo's, some people love maladroit and some people hate it...
and i havent listened to the new one yet, i better get on it tho, people say it's terrible, i'll reserve judgement for later but the Beverly Hills single kinda sucks :-(
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angelchild
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Post by angelchild on Jun 14, 2005 2:34:06 GMT -5
how feminine does Liam look in that pic! lol
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Post by maketradefair on Jun 14, 2005 5:11:06 GMT -5
he got that jacket in zara.. cos i have it..lol  |
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Post by shakermaker00 on Jun 14, 2005 6:44:11 GMT -5
how feminine does Liam look in that pic! lol how information technology graduate do weezer look? |
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Post by rob on Jun 14, 2005 8:08:33 GMT -5
lol yeh
those prescription glasses dont help do they?
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Post by angelchild on Jun 14, 2005 11:10:00 GMT -5
what about the bloke on the far left, lol
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Post by nyr401994 on Jun 14, 2005 19:07:41 GMT -5
well weezer still carry the title as the best american emo band and other fellow US bands would die for the possibility of having only one or two of cuomo's older compositions in their own catalogue.. but with the latest record, they totally fucked up. they're not emo, mate |
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Post by epiphone335 on Jun 15, 2005 15:24:20 GMT -5
i think weezer are shit. i heard the song 'island in the sun' .. really liked it.. went and bought the 'green album' and thought it was awful. sorry if ive offended any weezer fans.. What?? ALL of ur comments are always shit...Cant u stop being stupid and writes all those little useless post? Try to be a little objective when u express urself coz for a moderator, u often write bullshit. |
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Post by maketradefair on Jun 15, 2005 17:52:31 GMT -5
man im just saying i dont like weezer. and as i said at the bottom of the post.. 'sorry if ive offened any weezer fans'
if liam had have said someone his shit you would think hes mad for saying it.
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