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  • 2:39 the best part.

  • 2:39 the best part.

  • This song is my life right about now. Rivers, I feel you man.

  • @postpunk27 too bad weezer fans in the 90's didn't see the genious of this album, huh?hang in there bro

  • The cat and spider sent me here lol

  • scott shriner =matt sharp

  • love the little breakdown at 2:25 and how it slows down

  • Greatest Chorus ever!

  • wonderful and GUITARS!

  • wish weezer wud cum to the uk proper wana see them live :D

  • im 14 and weezer are my fav band hardly any1 at my school have decent music taste. :)

  • @HiddenMohawk Stop thinking you're so indifferent, little pleb.

  • @ne0nstimulation Can only presume you mean 'different' rather than indifferent? Leave the kid alone, illiterate pleb.

  • Pinkerton is one radical sophomore album. To cool for school, indeed.

  • Yeah, Blue and Pinkerton were amazing. Their newer stuff is good too, Island In The Sun, Perfect Situation, Pork and Beans, so on so forth. It does lack the raw emotion that Blue and especially Pinkerton had that made them special. Rivers is getting older, he doesn't have nearly as much angst as he used to, he's settled down with a wife and he has a daughter now, he's not going to write more songs about how he wants to go back to being a young rock star and having sex with groupies, etc.

  • @xDaveTheButcherx

    Yeah but we can dream right? Maybe Rivers will come out with an album that will just blow us away in his mature years, now that he has a different perspective on life.

  • @MrMss4 That would be very cool. Like I said, some of the newer stuff is pretty good, but most of it isn't the same. It has nothing to do with Matt Sharp leaving, which even he admits. I think that Pinkerton bombing when it came out traumatized Rivers, because he put his heart out there and everyone shitted on the album.

  • @xDaveTheButcherx this album is pure heart and soul for sure.

  • Any old Weezer is good. New stuff is negotiable.

  • =w=

  • Pinkerton and Blue Album and two of the best albums ever released, and are by far Weezer's best.

  • My favorite band :)

  • DEATH TO NEW WEEZER.

  • R.i.p Mikey 

  • Much love to this album. *was made to this album*

  • Whatever girl that made rivers write this album i feel sorry for

  • I was there in 96, well I was 22 and I bought this album. It was panned and hated by Blue album fans. I loved it and still do. Weezer grew up, changed there bass players and are now different. We have to accept that. Pinkerton is still my favourite Weezer album.

  • best drum fill in the world at 1:32

  • Weezer's still a good band. What are guys all butt hurt about?

  • you just can't keep delivering the same stuff on 5 diferrent albums, it would easily become stupid and repetitive. once you gain success, you either commercial and make a job of singing, or your song remain and you go to the dump, broke, with no money left and nobody wanting to promote your records. the music industry doesn't give much of a choice. but anyway, we have a lot of good stuff already from a lot of great bands, so stop bitchin and enjoy the music

  • I'd like to dedicate this song to my recliner, and my joint :P

  • @GamecubeLPs Did you hurt your knee?

  • @MutantProductions Lol no Joint meaning weed. (I dont do drugs, but the comment seemed funny haha)

  • Nostalgia.

  • When Rivers Cuomo was in college, he had emotional thoughts.

    Then, when he came out of there, he started to right different kinds of music.

    So, basically, Weezer's the same.

  • old weezer, new weezer, its all the same fucking rad weezer. =W=!!

  • @Euniceeex3 That's the biggest lie on earth. Without Matt Sharp, they aren't nothing.

  • @IvyNirvana

    I wouldn't say that, but hey definitely are nowhere near as good

  • @TheCagedTiger imo, now they are just as lame as other commercial mainstream bands like Fall Out Boy, Paramore, ect. But I don't blame rivers, this album made him change.

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  • @AsMhMoOt No it's not shit, but it's mediocre, which is not enough for me. Blue and Pinkerton is definitely in my top 10 albums, out of hundreds I listen to though.

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  • @AsMhMoOt Actually no, I listen to Green Album, Hurley and Red Album, their bland. Except the only song that would sound like their old stuff is pork and beans. Weezer as Pitchfork said has become more of a brand then band.

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  • @AsMhMoOt You mean win back? Obviously.

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  • @AsMhMoOt I never said that, and they probably can't win them back, Weezer's mediocre-sucky stuff has over weighed blue and pinkerton by a huge margin. It's like if your a man who wants to back to his wife that he cheated on many times. "Honey, please come back even though I had sex with 5 other women."

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  • @AsMhMoOt Dude, you act like I only like 90s music, no.... my favorite band Radiohead was made way more amazing music then they did in the 2000s then they did in the 90s...I just don't like crappy music. Face it, it's my opinion that Weezer is shit now, I mean yea they got a few ok songs each album but overall it's crap, now if you excuse me Imma listen to the pixies.

  • @IvyNirvana That's fine if you THINK they are shit because that's your opinion. All you had to say in the first place was "In my opinion Weezer is shit blah blah".

  • @AsMhMoOt You keep flaming the argument and no I couldn't do that, cause you would get pissed and carry on the argument.

  • @IvyNirvana Well hopeful you realize that your opinion isn't everyone else's. If so my work here is done.

  • @AsMhMoOt Lol the hell is wrong with you man..

  • @IvyNirvana I don't know. But I do know that you're trolling on new Weezer. Now I look like the stupid one for feeding the troll =/

  • @AsMhMoOt Actually your a troll, cause you keep talking, I'm just telling my opinion, and it's on an old weezer video, if it was on a new weezer video, I'd be trolling.

  • @IvyNirvana Stating things like"New weezer sucks" makes you a troll. Saying things like "In my opinion new weezer sucks" Is acceptable.

  • @AsMhMoOt Ok argument ended.

  • @IvyNirvana

    That's what I'm saying, they still have talent, they just push out cheesy stuff now

  • @Euniceeex3 dude weezer today is garbage, they sold out so badly dont lie to yourself

  • @theguy134 yeah its true sadly

  • @theguy134 not saying you have to like it but no, they never sold out. In what aspect of their sound or style did they sold out? They've always had that pop edge since blue. The term you're lookin for i believe is "tone down" a lot of bands make this move in their later albums.

  • @Euniceeex3 Its not though... Pinkerton and Blue are fucking amazing. To me, all other Weezer is distinctly underwhelming.

  • @Euniceeex3 weezer is like chocklet and sex we all love it

  • This is my theme song.

  • @MrsFantastikxx  ... my theme song too when i was working at the parking lot !

  • Saw them last night, best thing ever!

  • @TheDrewTimes2 I WAS THERE TOOOOOOOOOOO

  • amazing song, amazing album!!

  • As a 14 year old I'm just really getting into weezer, and I must say, this song brought me close to tears. I can't imagine what it's like to be an old man looking back at you life and seeing how amazing it was and realizing you can never go back to it. It's just depressing, man

  • @dblmh

    lol rivers wasn't actually an old man when he wrote it with him in mind. he was just at harvard feeling lonely and isolated in the winters with a leg in a cast & a long beard, realizing how his rock star life had changed.

    he should've never left weezer after pinkerton to attend harvard..but he's all good now!

  • @UROCKMYSOX249 I realize this, I looked it up. That doesn't change what the lyrics mean, however

  • @dblmh It's still a positive song - he doesn't want to be an "old man anymore", so he's gonna go do something about it! I love this song - it's a good reminder of how you can still change your life whenever you want, no matter your age.

  • @dblmh Just a random note if this song almost brought you to tears listen to "thief you've taken all that was me" made me cry lol

  • @sousadude30 Ehh, I don't like that song

  • @dblmh but this is ironic because he was only a year or two older than when he was living 'the good life', probably in his mid-20's. He isn't actually older he just feels like his best years are behind him. Although double-ironically I think he was right.

  • @fuckamericanidiot Yes, I am aware of this. He could be 10 and a half when he wrote this song and it's still be about looking back at your life and wanting to go back

  • i love all of weezer's albums...

  • That's just like, your opinion man.

  • There isn't a single band in the world that gets better with time, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Blur, Radiohead, Oasis. The albums from beggining or middle are the best, but their last or latest ones are not as good, that rule applies to Weezer.

  • @antisadism

    not a single band...dino jr's new stuff is ten times better than what they did in the 90's, or their middle career :p

  • god i miss this. why cant weezer be good again?

  • The reason Pinkerton's my favorite album? Every song is awesome, but it starts off with "Tired of Sex", one of my favorite songs in existence, and then four songs in starts another four of my favorite songs of all time in a row -- "Across the Sea", "The Good Life", "El Scorcho", and "Pink Triangle".

  • @mjknlr Pinkerton and The Red Album are the best ones

  • @matica666 Are you slow? Have you heard the blue album?

  • @matica666 did you mean pinkerton and the BLUE album

  • @matica666 You spelled Blue wrong.

  • =w=

  • hahaha this tune brought me back to my high school years!!!!

  • gaay galllss

  • weezer are unique in my view, most of their songs make me happy I dun even know why O_O the weird thing is, nobody I know likes them :L, I for one LOVE weezer

  • @mm0reviewz Im a lonely weezer fan to in a sea of bullet for my valentine and avenged sevenfold :(

  • Shaking booty, making sweet love all that night

    It's time I got back to the good life

  • =w=

  • I dont know why but every time I listen to Weezer I feel like I'm going to burst from how much I love them.

  • Pinkerton and Blue album are the only good Weezer albums. They are the epitome of sell out.

  • @PeakExp Pinkerton and Blur are amazing albums also.

  • @PeakExp Weezer never sold out, they just "changed".......selling out would've been Weezer turning into a Pop-Punk band in the early 2000's to cash in on its popularity at that time.

  • remember that really good band Weezer? Ya, they are still good if you haven't realized or if your too busy making a comment on how the old weezer was better

  • @chanene22 THANK YOU! People are stupid sometimes.

  • @chanene22

    I wouldn't call anything post Pinkerton "Good"

    It ranges from okay to awful.

  • @NinjaJedi Word.

  • @chanene22 thing is... old weezer WAS better. that new stuff sucks really bad, dude.

  • @dirtbag1713 Weezer still writes good songs. The thing is, they aren't nearly as consistent as they used to be. Their new stuff has some good songs, but I would have to pick them out of an album I don't want to listen to in general.

  • @chanene22

    naw brah

  • @chanene22 They are still good? That's like the funniest thing I've heard in my life.

  • @chanene22 old weezer was better

    their mistake = releasing 3 albums in 3 years; not enough time to let the music make an impact

  • @ampNirvana10 4 albums in 3 years

  • @CountDruckula Death to False Metal is a compilation album , but Cuomo calls it a studio album

    either way - its too many; people are overloaded with material

  • @ampNirvana10 yea, how have they not had burnout yet

  • @NerdyGlassesFTW memories tour!!!!!

    

  • A single dislike...

    For real, that HAD to be a mistake.

  • @Xsuaveness35

    I've had that happened to me once in my life time. I wish we could change our votes. :/

  • @Xsuaveness35

    Definitely, they were probably dyslexic and thought it said "like dis"

  • Classic!

  • you guys really need to stop bitching about how one album or the next is is weezers last great alubm and just enjoy the music.

    o wait your weezer fans its your job to figure out when the sold out and why the suck now compared to when they rocked.

  • this is a great song from a great album, if you like early weezer, check out my band's free ep at squatthecondos (dot) com, they're a big influence

  • awesome song

  • @raidensawyer hey!why don't you shut the fuck up with your dumb ass dis like button comments.

  • red sucked all together, much like everything else post 96

  • @fat8622 The Green Album isn't that bad. Agree with you for the most part. This album and the Blue Album kick ass.

  • @JChurch84 yeah, green had it's moments, but compared to the genious of blue and pinkerton it wasn't to special

  • @JChurch84 maladroit was actually pretty good too although i think it would done better with a couple of b-sides they made like zep song

  • To shut everyone up about the Red Album, King is a beautiful slow song, The Greatest Man That Ever Lived is an amazing mock-prog thingy, and Troublemaker (which rips this off) and Pork and Beans are good.

  • @piemanbeatle, I like heart songs... regardless though, if anyone has ever seen them live they'll stop caring which albums are better than others. honestly, I think their live shows blow all this studio stuff away. These guys are freakin talented.

  • @athroughme Speaking of which, I'm seeing them live in three days

  • @piemanbeatle  and dont forget heart songs,thought i knew,cold dark world,dreaming

  • i miss the old days without twitter and facebook and all that

  • Its hard to believe that when this album was released it was a commercial failure. But I love pinkerton!

  • Yeah, that's all good and well, but I prefer my Rivers to be poppy and uplifting -- like sugar. I don't want him all lemony and sour, confessionate and raw. That shit will only go so far. People have enough downers in life and don't need to turn on music to get any more of it, you know?

  • @RavishingBeyond I suppose, I suppose, but that is what is precisely what is keeping you from placing it a pedestal above Blue. Say what you will about what you like in Weezer, but there is a certain appeal from the emotion he puts in the album; one which all his ohter albums are missing. I dunno, it's all personal opinion regardless.

  • @realslimvulcan I wonder if Weezer is going down a long, winding road to oblivion. Nobody stays on top forever, but from what I gather, Weezer's shows and CDs get worse and worse as the years roll on. The last time I saw them live was just after Black Album came out, and the concert was garbage. They put half effort in at best. Hashpipe was even sang low key instead of blowing the roof off. A telling sign was that probably a third of the crowd came to see the opening band instead, then left.

  • @RavishingBeyond Well, Hurley was something of a redemption, what with songs like Represent, Viva la Vida, and Memories. Up until then, though, it was pretty horrid. Raditude is a candidate for worst alternative albums of all time, with Make Believe up there as well. Red was pretty bad as well, but it had a few decent songs. While I don't think they are going into oblivion right now, nothing is even so much as close to the two godly albums, Blue and Pinkerton. And some of Maldroit, too.

  • @realslimvulcan Raditude has some decent songs on, in fact i'd say weezer have been consistently good throughout their career.

  • @thebestpathetic I dunno, even the best song on Raditude would be beaten by anything on Pinkerton or Blue. And then there are songs like Can't Stop Partying... ugh.

  • @realslimvulcan I totally agree, Pinkerton is one of my all time favourite albums, but I still enjoy their new stuff.

  • @thebestpathetic

    =/ Weezer has fallen greatly. I think it was because Matt quit and because Pinkerton was received so badly initially. The public wanted goofy songs, so they gave them what they wanted.

  • @realslimvulcan so you probably at least liked "Haunt You Every Day" off Make Believe then, right? It was pretty dark. Probably the only decent song on the disc. Red Album sucked too. I agree. I haven't listened to Hurley yet, but now that you brought it up, I'll have to check it out. Thanks.

  • @RavishingBeyond Yeah, some of the songs on there are great. In my humble opinion, the best songs on there are Viva la Vida, Represent, Memories, Hang On, and Ruling Me. Of course, a few of the songs on the album are utter trash, as well.

  • @RavishingBeyond Yeah, some of the songs on there are great. In my humble opinion, the best songs on there are Viva la Vida, Represent, Memories, Hang On, and Ruling Me. Of course, a few of the songs on the album are utter trash, as well.

  • @RavishingBeyond Red sucked EXCEPT for The Greatest Man that Ever Lived. That was a masterpiece!

  • @michaelhays92 What about Dreamin'?

  • @michaelhays92 I also like "The Angel and the One" "Dreaming" and "King."

    "Pork and Beans" and "Troublemaker" are fun songs for when I'm feeling poppy, but for use in moderation.

  • I don't get Pinkerton's cult following. This, in my opinion, is the only badass song on the whole disc. It has a wicked bass line and an awesome hook. But anyway, are people on acid when they listen to Pinkerton? Is that what I'm missing here, keeping me from putting it on a pedestal way above Blue Album?

  • @RavishingBeyond I think you might be missing the raw, confessionate emotion on the album or somethin'.

  • what guitar does rivers cuomo use most of the time?

  • @BlastFromYesterday fender strat

  • :putnam:

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  • I always thought it was chicken booty hahaha

  • I like the transition at 2:40 =p

  • I <3 this. 

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  • SHAKEING BOOTY MAKING SWEET LOVE ALL THE NIGHT,

    ITS TIME I GOT BACK TO THE GOOD LIFE!

  • Hey guys you see that 1 dislike, IT WAS ME!!!!!

    BTW i love this song aswell weezer

  • @olivamichael huh?!

  • @olivamichael Jew?

  • @butterbuns2 Jews are cool!

  • i had to have this song...so i stole it....=D

  • saw this live last night as part of the Memories tour, it was fucking great

  • @derpdederp101 ughhh ur so lucky!!

  • how can u possibly NOT lik this vid???!?!?!the guitar bass vocals and drums r do a badass job!!!!

  • that one person needs to get back to the goodlife

  • 1 person disliked this video as of december 10th 2010

  • Best part of this song: After they get done with all the frustration of the first chorus, you can still hear the frustration in the chords. Then Rivers exclaims: "Screw this crap, I've had it!" Then Matt Sharp in falsetto : "I've had it!" That's pure bliss.

  • this song reminds me of highschool and in school suspension... always made me feel better about being in trouble =D

  • Mmm, how could rivers regret doing this? It's the best Weezer disc.

  • 0 dislikes, lets keep it that way.

  • @IIIhittmanIII i disliked this video just coz of your comment lol

  • @geekypoo poop face

  • @geekypoo ):

  • Screw this crap! I've had it!

    I've had it!