Weezer - Viva La Vida

[MaskOfTruth]

He's reading the words right? lol

[geOR531]

ahhhhh! no, this is a shit!

[Chancelax33]

dog shit

[nikebest89]

i phone at 0:55 -_-

[psylabius]

weezer are so much better than coldplay billions of light years

[odiealegodediego]

Love how Weezer always seems like a regular band playing in a random bar but they are so awesome

[Lightscribe721]

@will72694 Did you get that from the arm flailing etc from the vocalist? I was thinking the same thing...

[warningletter]

on drugs

[producionesx]

live the life jaja viva la vida

[mr931126]

He looks like my religion teacher...now have finally have something to ask him..

[benjaigle]

Is Weezer still alive making concerts right now?

[PLAZMACHARGE]

@benjaigle OF COURSE! I went to one of their shows a little while ago at Jones Beach Theatre, they're currently on "The weezer cruise" Which is why you're not hearing much about them.

[jasminegoede]

Weezer is way better than Coldplay.

[CoN0R115]

@jasminegoede Pah!

[will72694]

Does anyone else see this as a satire on Coldplay/Chris Martin? I think the band is subtly poking fun at Coldplay...

[PLAZMACHARGE]

@will72694 I think that's just you, he's obviously serious while singing this.

[andrreview]

Coldplay will never make my eyes wet , but this !

[Cheese4Kebab]

rivers has a way better voice than chris

[tofuhamster983]

@Cheese4Kebab true dat



[Draculabutt]

this is the best thing ever.

[tonixs34]

@Draculabutt Yes it is!

[vince65bopb]

@tonixs34 the best thing ever is viva la vida live, by coldplay haha

[rfcsahinrfc]

@Draculabutt No it isn't. Btw if you're using a constanent like this is, its this'is.

[Draculabutt]

@rfcsahinrfc 1. It isn't called a "Constanent" it is called a "Contraction"

2. That isn't a real contraction

3. You're clearly not from an english speaking country if you believe that that is acceptable grammar

[YourGirlsLover]

@Draculabutt Watch Out America, We Have A Grammar Nazi

[Draculabutt]

@YourGirlsLover Excuse me for enlightening someone that thought they were correcting me.

[Jmarley912]

I don't like Coldplay

[munchmaster12]

Where can i get one of those sweatshirts they're wearing??

[MuchosMetallicaz]

JOE SATRIANI IS SO MUCH BETTER! THATS WHY HE WON THE COURT CASE!!!

[linne82]

Pet Shops Boys version top's this one

[WhackyJonathan13]

Are coldplay big in the US then?

[dan11009]

@WhackyJonathan13 yea they are massive everywhere

[WhackyJonathan13]

@dan11009 BEAST! You heard of feeder?

[robdong1]

@WhackyJonathan13

yes

[xn6]

this guy is pitch-perfect without autotune

[phillmnm]

hated coldplay, hated this song, loved weezer

things have not changed since listening to this song...

[TheRed201025]

hes so cute lol hes like a little kid haha

[fednm]

he is reading the song ahhahaha

[gregjeans2000]

@fednm he's reading the lyrics so he dont F up !

[fednm]

what the fuck?? who is weezer?

[pete3333333333333]

@fednm a band that has 10X the talent Coldplay has...the lead singer even has a degree from Harvard.

[fednm]

@pete3333333333333 harvard is pretentious to say, who cares?, what matters is that you admire so much to sing Coldplay songs

AC1PT PETE JAJA

[idiotsummer]

@fednm Honestly, I'm not sure how it's possible to not at least know who Weezer is. One of the biggest bands of the last 20 years, off and on.

[sarupk]

noo...coldplay is better.

[ilovestevenmore]

WOW....fantastic!!!

[nacotube]

karaoke??

[t33n5p1r17]

omfg before this vid i was watching lady gagas version of this song...and it sucked. ALOT. good job weezer :) you didnt fuck this song up. and btw...if you hadnt done that wierd yelp at :52 it would have been perfect.

[DjGrizzlyWolf]

@t33n5p1r17 its weezer wat u expect 

[hripcse]

coldplay anyone? Gosh rivers has become a docuhe.. Can we go back to spring of 2001? Or can he?

[OtherAtomsk]

@hripcse Rivers is a douche for covering a great song? He's just showing his appreciation.

[ThePiefacify]

@hripcse no shit it's coldplay's song. it's called a cover

[ItRagdoll]

He's putting a Martin Feel into his movement.

[dilzo999]

LOL the ginger in the back looks like she's having fun

[TheJohnny990]

he also looks a little like Tobey Maguire in spiderman

[TheJohnny990]

awsum. rivers looks like rick moranis

[TheJohnny990]

blows the original out of the water

[AtCholicious]

FUNNY! LOL!!

[justin323769]

i like it

[jake4farve]

This would be good if he knew the lyrics...

[blakester515]

wow.. read better

[aem1994]

@blakester515 i think he sang it like that on purpose

[MrScalzo13]

matt sharp would be proud, Rivers.......BAAAAAAARRRRFFF!!­!

[tennisfreak36912]

That's how it's done, Rivers!

[theredm35]

READING LYRICS LIKE A BOSS!

[Impromptwo]

They really didn't do anything to make it original, nor is his voice appropriate for this song.

[Scott757]

I wish Rivers would pickup the guitar again

[Lightnessdragon3157]

is that goot music guy?

[eternitypass]

I was actually expecting heavily distorted guitars.

[robdong1]

definately the best cover. can't ever top coldplay though :)

[JordRhodesify]

@robdong1 coldplay are wank.

[robdong1]

@JordRhodesify

hair is wank

[thecigaroman]

He's not even half as good as Chris Martin -_-

[EsfelVengance]

@thecigaroman When u make a cover u dont make it to be like someone, is just a way to show how that artist is great. Off course he's not as good as Martin, but, there's someone like him?

[russianfantastico]

!!!

[mrspufflepop]

Wheezer make the world rubbish. Watch memories. (is that the song?idont know because i dont really take notice of them.)

[nikkitriblu]

Rivers is fucking hilarious :) Must be fun to watch the band live

[ToadsMGodes]

nice track jackets

[lamberty]

@jenniferdarlton The melodie they stole is from a song called learning to fly I think, anybody w/a good ear can hear the similarities

[Majik518]

@lamberty The melody of Vida is actually stolen from Mario, its the main mario theme slowed WAY the hell down.

[lamberty]

@Majik518 true, but mario must have then sampled from a joe satriani track then, because thats who went after coldplay when they released this track

[guerojordan]

Rivers is so amazing! He tore it up on that song and it's not even his!

[OctanBlue]

rivers uses his hands to much

[PlatyMoose1]

@OctanBlue Go watch the original video by Coldplay. You will know why he does...

[MsDeffoMik]

I love Weezer. I just hate live music by mostly every artist, hahaha. This was good and fun, I like it.

[howlinlevi2]

Lady Gaga's coldplay cover < Weezer's coldplay cover

[gux290]

it seems like my friend's karaoke! And my friends are not good singers...

[lamberty]

still sad that coldplay stole the melody from joe satriani

[jenniferdarlton]

@lamberty really?

[lamberty]

@jenniferdarlton yes really, look it up

[jenniferdarlton]

@lamberty unbelievable.. but where did you get that?

[Reesy1510]

looks and sounds like the cheapest band ever

[akwardJUICE]

eat fresh cabbage + sing along this video = PERFECT SITUATION

[NoPleasureNoPain]

i fucks wit weezer

[SarahMarieShelley]

hilarious



[fenderella97]

matching track suits? i like it!

[doeikno]

I like how he animated the lyrics as he sang

[WolfyTheVampire]

pfft paahh...Weezer? Coldplay? = EPICNESS

[SuperBrightside]

Weezer. Hell Yahhh !

[sillydude314]

Rivers is the greatest man that ever lived



[VHBravo1]

I love how he is completely making fun of Chris Martin, down to the corny hand movements.

[starlight1215]

haha he's throwing up nerdy hand signs

[AwesomeJimJam]

Gangsta hand motions, yo

[tolla02]

@XhibiChise Quizás te guste =)

[XhibiChise]

@tolla02 Que buen coveeeeeeer!!!!!

[tolla02]

@XhibiChise me gusta su timbre, que bueno que te gustara =)

[hacktheplanet90]

we are Weezer and we all wear the same tracksuit

[HEARTHEANGELSVOICES]

I DO THINK WEEZER SHOULD SEE HIS DOCTOR SO MAYBE HE COULD STOP WHEEZING !

[nuramber]

RIVERS

RIVERS

RIVERS <3

[JessVoda]

Rivers is the new Harry Potter.No wand needed to make magic. 

[Skyinyourface]

This song was plagarized from Joe Satriani. Coldplay actually ended up paying him a huge chunk of money.

[camnow90]

This is it :) This is Viva La Vida :)

[jrh1196]

guys i think he's reading the lyrics, off the stand, no way would he be this awkward

[MenAmongPoodles]

@jrh1196 yeah he is. but yes, he can be this awkward. that's why he's awesome.

[mycurse117]

gotta love river's awkward hand motions..

[Pedobearx35x]

nice pic at 0:54

[CloneSchool]

holy shit this is sad to watch. poor Rivers

[bmart1516]

What kind of sorcery is this?!

[TheMDovellos]

@geoprism930 I was replying to the people that have idea whatsoever and therefore attacked me. I was right though, in saying, Coldplay gets compensated. Also, of they don't get compensation they have to have permission. I did some research too

[mdaugherty1221]

Who the hell is that on the drums?

[omgdonkeys]

What is he doing with his hands?

[tommymooremusic1]

@omgdonkeys Making fun of Chris.

[Youarenowcursed]

@omgdonkeys Touching the air :)

[allybeggsss]

rivers is just the cutest little thing :')

[pps234]

"Come one everyone, touch the air while i Sing. Like this"

River is soo good yet soo strange.

[shelta1116]

sounds like karaoke

[1ll0n3]

he's reading the lyrics off the music stand the whole time haha

[joshuamanism]

How can you call Rivers Cuomo a hipster?

he wore those glasses before they became hipster crappy.

[ksengage014]

@joshuamanism Exactly..

[DeadReanimation]

@joshuamanism Then that actually makes him a hipster.

[ShuklaInToonTown]

Sorry, but Rivers cannot pull off Chris's dance moves.

[vrae2214]

@ShuklaInToonTown true

[teschoen]

@sk8rboy730 Dude, Coldplay ripped this off from Joe Satriani

[izisvi]

holy shit look at that fuckin hipster lol

[MoonAtsu]

If I am correct he is playing with coldplay, cause that is NOT Weezer's Drummer.

[Krazytaco951]

I like both Weezer and Coldplay, but dang this guy cannot carry a tune very well in this cover. So out of tune.

[Christoff27B]

He wouoldve been a good bubbleboy

[WOLFSUCKSIHATETHEM]

it was great

he just looked weird pointing.

btw, butthurt people saying they copied coldplay/ruined it can gtfo

[SaturnProds]

bono anyone

[daver8228]

@Double0hobo Fair enough. I accept your counter arguement.

[SixtyNineWoodstock]

Those 74 people need to listen to the Lady Gaga version of this. They would then start to worship this...

[CantStopDancinMan]

whose playing the drums???

[MilaNkuff]

didn't "like"

[Daroga1]

Stop saying "X version is better then Y version." People don't appriciate that there can be more then one version. In Japanese culture, for example, 12 artist will each do their own rendition of a single song, and guess what? They ENJOY that diversity. Alt rock version? CHECK. Country Version? Check. Pop version? CHECK. It's a way to expand the horizon in music, it's seriously not Competition. American artist are JUST now starting to do this, but we are so into...competition, its going badly.

[daver8228]

They didn't do anything original to the song. They just copied it, and made it less exciting. Disappointing.

[Double0hobo]

@daver8228 Dude no offense, but when u cover a song, u either get hammered for changing the original song or get hammered for not changing it. it's a lose lose, people just like to try to play songs they like. Rivers Cuomo is proof of that.

[pauly14]

who's he pointing at???

[VelvetInferno7]

Weezer & The Dirty Heads Do Good On This Song

[esprit15d]

@TheSwordsman1995 this is more like a fun sing-a-long in the car. This isn't some serious cover. I think their ambitions were low.

[esprit15d]

he's kind of channelling Chris the way he's performing the song

[soulreapr1]

I'm a weezer fan, but this isn't really good...

[SpankWagon719]

My hand is a dolphin!!

[pauldpeters44]

Awesome !!

[ugcSeL]

Nice handmoves dude...

[Aninhafz]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!! Love Weezer!!!!!!!!

[TheHornetzBand]

this cover is so fucking amazing and all the haters like that fag TheFranchieShit should take all their pissed ass to another fucking channel like jeffree star

[linkaz]

its about time weezer wrote something of there own again..but this song is shite anyway

[SarahOrias]

@linkaz if thats how you feel why the hell would you reply? Im sorry, can you sing or play any better?

No?

i thought so douche.

[SavSecrets]

His hand motions are cute.:3

[TheBiganaconda]

Sorry but this is not better than gagas are you serious the guy stays in the same monotone stupid voice the whole time and is not playing the piano he has a whole band sorry but gagas was better and it was unimprovised she made all that up in the moment that's why she screwed up in some parts

[SavSecrets]

@TheBiganaconda It's called an opinion, Bitch.

[youtubenoob]

@TheBiganaconda lol, hate hate hate, gaga is a tranny hooker that just happens to have musical talent

[youtubenoob]

@TheBiganaconda you defend lady gaga like she's your lover. chill out

[MrJackmullen]

The girl on the bells looks pissed off?

[TheMDovellos]

@sk8rboy730 dude, calm down... Coldplay had to consent to this and they did... They get compensation as well... Thats how a cover works. Learn before you call others a "dickweed" shitface

[learue8]

@TheMDovellos You don't need consent to do a cover...only if you're changing the words.

[geoprism930]

@TheMDovellos They do not have to consent to a live performance - venues pay an annual fee to an organization which then compensates those artists whose songs get covered most frequently regionally or nationally (I'm not an expert in the process so I don't fully understand) but basically Coldplay could hate this and nothing would happen as long as the venue (and youtube, theoretically) pay the agencies which they need to. Go research copyright law before you call people "shitface" sir.

[goobertay]

@TheMDovellos technically...coldplay doesnt get shit from this....this is a live performance...its only if weezer intended on making money from this ie- putting it on an album..

[edwinlav04010]

@goobertay its a bonus track actually so they coldplay does get money from this...im pretty sure

[sSyLc]

@TheMDovellos That's how a cover would work if it was published and sold... Not so much for a live cover.

[markmarktarmann]

@sSyLc Ascap bmi US and Gema in güntherland bills the clubs hotels restaurants monthly a blanket usage fee.. so you can cover any song live, (or use satellite, internet, cd or muzak, they charge to use recorded music too) and the money goes into a pool of money and every member gets a few pennies. the sound police got yo ass covered. you can always get away with covering a few songs as long as you don't release it.

[ufficioinformazioni]

i bet coldplay wouldn't have this very big fun watching it... LOL

[makitsukiori]

It's just singers are like us, singing songs they like. I really enjoy seeing weezer do covers.

[sk8erboy730]

weezer can't write their own songs? They have to steal them, pfffffffttttttt I thought they were better than that, cmon guys, not cool.

[TheMDovellos]

@sk8erboy730 dude.... it says "COLDPLAY'S VIVA LA VIDA" in the description... come on its called a COVER...

[sk8erboy730]

@TheMDovellos well, yeah I would be fine with that if they weren't making money off of it. But they are, you aren't supposed to make money off of someone else's song, dickweed.

[OutstandinMediocracy]

@TheMDovellos oh and the Beatles too.

[OutstandinMediocracy]

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