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Weezer – Why Bother?
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‘Why Bother’, track 4 on Weezer’s 1996 album Pinkerton, describes how Rivers wants a girlfriend but at the same time is afraid because he knows it’ll end with a breakup and
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Jack Maniac – Why Bother?
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I know, I should get next to you / You got a look that made me think you're cool / But it's just sexual attraction / Not something real so you better start packing / Why bother
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Weezer – Why Bother? - Live at Reading Festival / 1996
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I know I should get next to you / You got a look that made me think you're cool / But it's just sexual attraction / Not something real so I'd rather keep whackin' / Why bother? It'
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Rob Cantor – Why Bother?
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Why bother? It's gonna hurt me / It's gonna kill when you desert me / This happened to me twice before / Won't happen to me anymore / I've known a lot of girls before / What's the
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Weezer – Why Bother? (Live in Tribeca at the PC Richard and Son Theater)
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[Verse 1] / I know I should get next to you / You got a look that makes me think you're cool / But it's just sexual attraction / Not somethin' real so I'd rather keep wackin' / [
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Weezer – Why Bother? Samples
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I Fight Dragons – Why Bother
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I know I should get next to you / You got a look that makes me think you're cool / But it's just sexual attraction / Not something real, so I'd rather keep wackin' / Why bother? It
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Weezer – Holiday
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Rivers said about “Holiday” and “In the Garage”:
[Holiday was] written in a sudden burst of confidence and optimism right after we got a record deal. Those positive emotions have
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Weezer – Hash Pipe
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According to an interview with Rivers Cuomo, the song was written on the same night as “Dope Nose.” The story is that he took “a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of
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Weezer – Hash Pipe (Revised Version) (Big Cheese)
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[Verse 1] / (Uh) I can't help my feelings, I'll go out of my mind / These players come to get me 'cause they'd like my behind / I can't love my business if I can't get a trick
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El Zoinko – Brian Bell Rock
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[Verse 1] / Monday to Sunday I hit all the clubs / And now everybody knows me when I pull up / I got the real big posse with me, yeah I'm deep / And if you lookin' for me I'm in
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Weezer – Long Time Sunshine Samples
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See all of “Long Time Sunshine” by Weezer’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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El Zoinko – (Don't Fear) the Weezer
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[Verse 1] / I can't help my feelings, I'll go out of my mind / These players come to get me 'cause they'd like my behind / I can't love my business if I can't get a trick / Down on
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Weezer – Long Time Sunshine
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“Long Time Sunshine” was a demo track from the scrapped album Songs From The Black Hole and was meant to serve as the closing track to the album. It incorporates three songs from
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Half Past Two – Holiday (Weezer)
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[Verse 1] / Let's go away for a while, you and I / To a strange and distant land / Where they speak no word of truth / But we don't understand anyway / [Chorus 1] / Holiday, far
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Weezer – Hash Pipe (eyes wide/big cheese/album version)
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[Verse 1] / (Uh) I can't help my feelings, I'll go out of my mind / These players come to get me 'cause they'd like my behind / I can't love my business if I can't get a trick
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Weezer – Hash Pipe (Album Version Big Cheese/Ass Wipe)
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[Verse 1] / (Uh) I can't help my feelings, I'll go out of my mind / These players come to get me 'cause they'd like my behind / I can't love my business if I can't get a trick
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Ph0ton – Cuomohemian Rhapsody
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[Section 1] / [Verse 1] / Somebody's Heine / Is crowding my icebox / Somebody's cold one / Is giving me chills / Guess I'll just close my eyes / Oh, yeah / Alright / [Chorus
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Weezer – Long Time Sunshine (Reprise)
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Sometimes I wanna pack it all up, get on a bus and move to Vermont / Or Maine, or any of those states back east that I remember / Sometimes I wanna go back to school, an east coast
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El Zoinko – Brian Bell Rock Samples
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Gibusnipu – Hoofline Miami Samples
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See all of “Hoofline Miami” by Gibusnipu’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Gibusnipu – Hoofline Miami
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[Intro] / The president only makes the decisions / [Verse 1] / I know I should get next to you / You got a look that made me think you're cool / But it's just sexual attraction
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El Zoinko – Horsolation
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[Verse 1] / Goddamn you half-Japanese girls / Do it to me every time / Oh, the redhead said you shred the cello / And I'm jello, baby / But you won't talk, won't look, won't think
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Weezer – The Good Life
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“The Good Life” is the sixth track off of Weezer’s 2nd album, Pinkerton.
The song talks about Rivers Cuomo’s time at Harvard University after having corrective surgery on his legs
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El Zoinko – Horsolation Samples
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Weezer – Getchoo
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“Getchoo” tells the story of Jonas, the main protagonist of the concept story of Black Hole, professing his love to another character. Originally spelled “Gitchoo,” the song was
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Aerosol Airplanes (Ft. CC, Idk93712 & LieutenantRapture) – The Weezer Clean-up Page
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This project aims to clean up the entirety of Weezer’s large discography.
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Weezer – The Good Life - Live at Y100 Sonic Session
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[Verse 1] / When I look in the mirror / I can't believe what I see / Tell me, who's that funky dude / Staring back at me? / Broken, beaten down / Can't even get around / Without an
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Weezer – Across the Sea Piano Noodles
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[Instrumental] / [Outro] / Okay, stop the tape, please
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Weezer – Pink Triangle - Live at Reading Festival / 1996
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When I'm stable long enough / I start to look around for love / See a sweet in floral prints / My mind begins the arrangements / But when I start to feel that pull / Turns out I
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DougSalad – Wisirlou
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[Intro] / Unh! / Those things look so sick it makes me wanna bark like a dog / Ha! Ha! Haa! / I'm Back / [Verse 1] / I can't help my feelings, I'll go out of my mind / These
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Weezer – I Swear It's True
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[Verse 1] / It's been two and a half years now / That we've been apart / I've been kinda spaced out lately / Can't seem to get you out of my mind / [Chorus] / I really miss you
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Weezer – King of the World
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Reading Kyoko’s annotations helps me love the song more because I understand exactly why the lyrics are what they are. Initially I was disturbed and confused by the second verse
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Weezer – Getting Up and Leaving
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This song is likely Rivers' feelings about being away from college, which we know he misses dearly as his comfortable and rewarding life, and how this sort of homesickness is
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Weezer – Come to My Pod
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[Maria] / Come to my pod / There's no one there / We'll be alone / We can talk / And if you want to we'll get stoned / And relax... / Have fun... / In my pod / [Jonas] / In your
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Weezer – I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams
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Originally written for Weezer’s unfinished rock opera Songs from the Black Hole that was scrapped for what eventually became Pinkerton, “I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams
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Toto – Hash Pipe
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After an extensive Twitter campaign for Weezer to cover Toto’s “Africa,” Weezer gave in, covering both “Africa” and “Rosanna.” In response, Toto covered Weezer’s “Hash Pipe
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Weezer – El Scorcho - Live at Reading Festival 1996
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El Scorcho! / Rock and Roll! / [Verse 1] / Goddamn you half-Japanese girls / Do it to me every time / Oh, the redhead said you shred the cello / And I'm jello, baby / But you won't
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Weezer – She's Had A Girl
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[JONAS:] / She's had a girl / A child of mine / Her blood's my blood / Her eyes my eyes / I can't believe / She belongs to me / I belong to her / Even though / Now I finally see
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Weezer – Across the Sea
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Cuomo wrote “Across The Sea” after receiving a fan letter from Japan. A young girl wrote to him, asking several questions about his everyday life during the depressing winter he
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