Aug 4, 2026 · 14 min · 9 segments
On the first installment of this series of mini-episodes, Ralph and Michael try to get to the bottom of one of rock music's most confounding questions: What is the deal with Weezer? We're going…
So
These are the albums that everyone seems to agree are
good.
And they're two sides of the same coin.
That's how it struck me.
They're both albums of power chord heavy power pop.
Yeah.
What distinguishes one of
these albums from the other to you? They're both happy grunge,
It sounds at times, it's just like a general sense of fun and darkness hiding underneath that I think the Beach Boys share.
Yeah.
If Weezer said that they were going to be true to their school, it wouldn't surprise me.
Right.
But it also wouldn't surprise me if that was sarcastic.
And I wouldn't be able to tell.
That's the real thing.
When we talked about Love You, there was a lot of the same thing.
So
These are the albums that everyone seems to agree are
good.
And they're two sides of the same coin.
That's how it struck me.
They're both albums of power chord heavy power pop.
Yeah.
What distinguishes one of
these albums from the other to you? They're both happy grunge,
It sounds at times, it's just like a general sense of fun and darkness hiding underneath that I think the Beach Boys share.
Yeah.
If Weezer said that they were going to be true to their school, it wouldn't surprise me.
Right.
But it also wouldn't surprise me if that was sarcastic.
And I wouldn't be able to tell.
That's the real thing.
When we talked about Love You, there was a lot of the same thing.
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