As an America separated from this song by an ocean and a couple decades, an Arab Strap is slang for a strap on sex toy, AS WELL AS a band they were touring with at the time.
Blasphemy! Rent is bloody amazing, and you, sir or ma'am or other, are a philistine!
Which is jokey over the top so you know I'm just playing, but is also true, minus the philistine part; tastes vary, and we don't all have to enjoy the same things :)
I dunno, I think if you lived through the era, even as a youngster, the story hits home harder. There's some brutal reality behind it all. Helps even the weak parts resonate for me
Just heard an interview Rivers gave to Rick Rubin where he said that he wanted to write a song on drugs. So he took a bunch of Ritalin and drank three shots of tequila and wrote that song really fast then took a long nap.
He literally has a spreadsheet of neat phrases categorized by rhythm and syllable count so that he can word salad a song together. I love Weezer songs, but the lyrics have no meaning beyond what the listener brings with them.
Here's the Song Exploder episode for anyone interested. The other episodes are also always really interesting even when I don't know the band or song they break down.
So, when I first saw your comment I was pretty sure I'd heard this on a podcast, and yep, it was the episode from your edit! I'd have to listen again to see if Rivers got specific about when he started with the spreadsheet system, but I don't think it's something he's always been doing.
But back when I listened to the episode, finding out about the spreadsheet made a ton of sense, because I'd low-key suspected Weezer lyrics to be jumbles of random ideas… though I don't get that feeling from the first two albums, at least.
6 beers plus $25 plus nothing equals 31 things. Dez must be doing pretty alright if he has 31 things. Rivers Cuomo only has 2 things and he's like a millionaire.
My first CD I bought and played it over and over. Just seeing the album cover brought me back. I just realized how much more insignificant album covers are nowadays!
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