22/25 Tegan & Sara - Tired of Sex- Weezer Cover w/ Matt Sharp@ #2 The Fonda, Los Angeles, CA 10/17/08

[hacker777]

My only thought is, if you're going to perform a song live, take 10 minutes to learn the lyrics.

[daisyrepilectric]

ohmygod. sara. why do you manage to torture me like this?

[Ca1aPi9e0n]

Awful..

[wallcrawler32]

this is AWFUL, THE ONLY MUSICIAN HERE IS MATT SHARP. the one chick doesn't know how to play the song and the other has to read the lyrics

[wojo4hitz]

@wallcrawler32 i think they just decided *that day* to play the song for the first time ever, so cut them some slack, geesh...

[wallcrawler32]

@wojo4hitz YEAH you think. so you don't know

[ashlyn57]

@wallcrawler32 matt would have preformed with them if he didn't they could do it right. so chill.I don't see you in the video playing up there with them

[megbasketball09]

sara said in ON IN AT that she was extremely nervous to play this song. she did amazingly well tho. love it

[jennYlliill]

sara is so sweet in this vid <3

[Shimmer311]

Do they pay Weezer to perform this song?

[wojo4hitz]

@Shimmer311 no, you don't have to pay bands to cover their song live, you only have to if you record it.

[Shimmer311]

@wojo4hitz It think thats a wrong statement... It you hold a concert that you are charging people to see, then the band is essentially being paid, thus profiting off another bands work.

I still could be very wrong, but I'm interested in maydecember513's reply as well.

[wojo4hitz]

@Shimmer311 @maydecember513 No, artists do not have to pay to cover a song live, only if they record and sell it, as I said. Rather, venues (radio stations, etc. etc.) pay licensing fees to ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC in order to play music, and then those organizations (ASCAP, etc.) distribute the fees back to their (musician) members as royalties. This is done because it is completely impractical to monitor live performances of cover songs. Look up ASCAP on wiki, etc.

[maydecember513]

@Shimmer311 no. i think matt sharp may have co written that, so no.

[Shimmer311]

@maydecember513 Perhaps they have an agreement. Most bands really fight over such things as co-writing and performing when members leave. I applaud them if they have a friendly agreement. Is he a full time member of the band, or a special appearance?

[maydecember513]

@Shimmer311 I think it's a guest thing. I'm pretty sure he is a "co-writer" of that song, so I can understand why it's use here is not only allowed, but embraced. It's really paying tribute to Rivers Cuomo and that Weezer line-up anyway.

[wojo4hitz]

@maydecember513 @Shimmer311 Also, think of all the other covers T&S have done, like Dancing in the Dark and Umbrella. Definitely wasn't a guest thing, though it would have been pretty entertaining to see Rihanna or Bruce Springsteen up there with them.

[maydecember513]

Wheres matt? is he on bass? he doesnt look familiar.

[wojo4hitz]

@maydecember513 he's the one with the thick dark glasses that t&s are impersonating. ;)

[kingcon101]

They cut out the solo (N)

I love this solo :(

[nickyjfriesen]

this song absolutely floors me every time i've popped in pinkerton since it was released. this is equally amazing.........!

[TheHarlequinsMusic]

lol, is she reading the lyrics?

[chickenfun777]

wow! great performance, Sara's so into it!

[amritaSG]

this is fucking awesomeeeee

[jessiestg]

those are some hot glasses

[badriah1987]

Somehow it's quirky when Sara reads the lyrics. Plus with the glasses! OMG! She looks like Leisha Hailey for some reason. I'm a total Tegan fan but Sara is so cute.

Tegan and Sara has accomplished a lot and they have at least 100 songs that they have written. So Sara needs the lyrics to some of the songs, so what? Other singers don't even sing live.

[TanDEMXy]

she does this on purpose. it's to show that she sings the lyrics, which are not her own, with great respect. and she has no guitar to play at the moment ;)

[wojo4hitz]

never thought of it that way, but i like the analysis. ;) i think she was probably nervous to play a song that wasn't hers for the first time... why does everyone care so much that she was holding the words?!

[japobere]

It's a decent cover, but it's really distracting when she has to look down and read the lyrics after every line.

[wojo4hitz]

meh, cut her some slack, she was fine the next two nights. ;)

[ClaireUhHuh]

you say it's a decent cover, but it's distracting? just close you're eyes then :)

[missoctober23]

I've always wondered if their so "talentless" why are you watching videos of them?! how much sense does that make seriously!

[UnrequitedTruth]

I never understand people who call artists "talentless" just because they don't like them. Yes, I'm sure they have tonnes of fans, record deals, and tours because they're so talentless...

P.S. Ha, at looking at the lyric sheet. :P It's all good though, she didn't need it after that night.

[wojo4hitz]

that's what i said.

[UnrequitedTruth]

Then I'm a parrot, apparently. :P

[wojo4hitz]

i was just agreeing!

[UnrequitedTruth]

Haha! I know! :)

[SuperSaruh9907]

whoa. i can understand if you don't like this kind of music. but don't bash on artists.

it's not like you could do any better.

btw: i love tegan and sara.

[wojo4hitz]

:)

.

[butchfalutch]

daaaamn Sara is always lush.

[LarissaMarianne]

I only just realised how much I LOVE this video =)

[wojo4hitz]

p.s. and i don't really care about them being "hip" or "emo" or even lesbians... so if you're going to criticize, you could at least stick to explaining why you didn't like the cover instead of attacking them as people.

[wojo4hitz]

you must have missed the part where i said attacking them as people wasn't welcome here. i believe what you just said qualifies... and isn't welcome. goodbye.

[wojo4hitz]

well, for starters, *they* didn't flood YouTube with anything... fans and people like me did. so leave them out of it.

and i'm sorry you hate the cover... but i think i'll take the opinion of matt sharp, a MEMBER of weezer, before yours... and he seemed to think it was worthy of not just letting them play it, but playing it with them, three nights in a row. so...

[LarissaMarianne]

nicely said (Y)

[xpressTIBETTE]

i love both but sara omg she's my weakness

[Valindie]

haha, sara can get away w/ looking at the lyrics and nobody would mind.

tns fans, UNITE!

[RahOhReplica]

they're so awesome :]

[turtleturd6736]

yeah... but they have enough charisma to make it alright...!

[turtleturd6736]

that's cool...i'd be so scared if like i showed up to a show to play in a different country and there were like 5 people...but good for them.

[wojo4hitz]

lol... well... they had their share of those, i think.

[turtleturd6736]

were the shows as big in europe as in the us?

[wojo4hitz]

not AS big, but still pretty full. somewhat comparable, i guess?

[turtleturd6736]

OMG that was soo funny! perfect timing. was that in europe? I felt bad for them...the europe audiences were much more awkward.

[wojo4hitz]

it WAS perfect... unbelievably so. and yes, that was in brighton. you're right, too... nottingham was the most awkward show ever... but it was kind of great because t&s were so nervous from the silence of the audience that they just kept rambling in hysterically funny directions. to us, anyway. ;)

[turtleturd6736]

hahaha...where can i find that?

[wojo4hitz]

jesus, i don't remember WHERE i heard that. i know that boot is SOMEWHERE around here...

[wojo4hitz]

lol... and my all-time favorite...

tegan: "it's good for our balance. you're dark, i'm light. you're mean, i'm nice. you say no, i say yes..."

sara: "i have standards, you're a slut."

*audience dies*

tegan: "i'm still nice."

sara: "and a slut."

[turtleturd6736]

Fine...fine... but can we compromise that sara is more "funny" vicious, but tegan can get some real low blows! Sara also says more compliments to tegan then tegan does to sara.

[wojo4hitz]

lol... still disagree! i'd have to go back and rewatch to give you some good examples, but remember that blog post in late 2007 where sara was like, "i'm funnier than i've ever been!"... we were all like, yeah, seriously, at tegan's expense...

[wojo4hitz]

tegan: (talking about "divided") and so i wrote a song with sara's name in it so that *maybe* she would be happy since i would have to say her name every fucking night that we played a show, but has she ever once returned that favor, that wonderful honor i bestowed upon her?

sara: i thought of renaming the band once. and calling it "not with tegan."

[turtleturd6736]

hell yeahz! but even you have to agree that tegan usually wins the onstage bickering by a long shot.

[wojo4hitz]

oh noooo... sara can be downright vicious! summer/fall 2007, poor tegan was like sara's punching bag...

[turtleturd6736]

Yeah. That was funny cause sara always lets tegan push her around and she was just like FUCK OFF!

[wojo4hitz]

hahaha... oh that's so not true... sara DEFINITELY does her share of pushing tegan around. haven't you seen any of the august 2007 shows?!

[turtleturd6736]

She was reading the lyrics- i don't have a problem with it because they always joke about reading lyrics! Have you seen the one where she tears up the sheet dramaticly?

[wojo4hitz]

for umbrella? lol... i have that one somewhere...

[BrendanIsCool]

was she reading fucking lyrics. SOMEONE TELL ME SHE WASN'T

[wojo4hitz]

hhaha... yes, yes she was, but give her a break, it was the first night they sang it! by the third night she had it down! (and seriously, tegan had lyrics sheets for "superstar," "the first," AND "love type thing." and those were at least THEIR SONGS!!!)

[BrendanIsCool]

oh, alright.

[amandaflores]

hell yea!

[marigb27]

they play it better than wezer, they have a better rhythim and sara kicks ass in it.

[kutieboo]

I love those glasses on Sara.! :) shes really cute! and i love her covers...

[wojo4hitz]

i wonder why she's almost always the one singing their covers?

[CGH2366]

Maybe Tegan's not that much into covers ... idk

[wojo4hitz]

possible... i mean, tegan was the one arguing that they shouldn't come on stage to someone else's song because they have so much of their own stuff that they don't need other people's songs...

[CGH2366]

Right.

Thing is, it's not like they suck at it. Umbrella, Dancing ITD, and now this AWESOME cover of Weezer ... I wish Sara would play Sweetness follows one day.

[kutieboo]

hmmm, Ive wondered that too. Maybe because Tegan's usually always the one to sing because most concerts the majority of the songs sung Tegan's....and its Tegans voice we hear a lot. So i guess having Sara cover is a way to get her voice and vocals out there too. That's all i can think... =\

[wojo4hitz]

really? i always thought it was pretty balanced, but i've never really looked at it in depth. hmmm.

[kutieboo]

I really have no clue to be honest though, there could be a lot of possibilities ya know...only they would know. They need some sort of fan Q&A type thing so we can address these things. lol =]

[looneydai]

it is balanced

if oyu listen to the con album 7 is tegan and 7 is sara

i guess i knew that right off the bat because i can tell which is which when they sing

i guess because i ahve been listening to them for a ver long time

or i just have really good ears

[wojo4hitz]

they meant concert set lists, not the album tracks... and how many songs at each show are tegan's vs. sara's. of course the ALBUM is balanced!

[adrocknlil]

she has a really distinct voice. she can make any song her own, without taking away from the essence of the song which is no easy task.

[JulielovesTandS]

this is just wonderful, fantastic, amazing... PERFECT! love this cover + Sara is super hot in this vid.

ps. love that you filmed her shoes, for some weird reason I found that pretty cute ;)

I think I´m turning into an S-teamer.

[wojo4hitz]

hehe... well i thought it was funny, i love how she's always up on her toes.

man, going to ten million of these shows leads you to know way too much about what's going on/going to happen and when...

[kutieboo]

i said the same thing... i'm liking Sara more and more now. It used to be ALL about Tegan.

[looneydai]

it usually is all about tegan

and sometimes i just ask myself when i hear people say tegan this tegan that

what about sara

sara is just as much adorable as tegan

[MeerFidge]

No way, it is ALL ABOUT Sara. :) Her songs are what my heart would sing if it was a little canadian monozygotic twin.

[looneydai]

if it helps i am canadian but

i have no twin

and i am definitly

sara

:]

[LarissaMarianne]

Yeah.. everyone obsesses over tegan more than sara..

And They have (in my opinion) completely different song and everything..

And just in general they're pretty different..

But i lvoe them both they're ace =)

[MusicGodess2010]

You are awesome. XD

I'm glad someone else also loves them equally.

[LarissaMarianne]

XD

LOL!

[MusicGodess2010]

I'm serious. :P

You're awesome. I'm awesome. Tegan and Sara are awesome.

How's about we runaway to Canada and get married in the sun? Yeah? XP

[LarissaMarianne]

haha.

Obviously!

Let's do it =P

And hell yes Tegan and Sara are awesome!

I sooo want to go to Canada!

XD

[MusicGodess2010]

Then Canada it is! XP

Kay... So firstly we're gunna need tickets... I have no money... It seems that my brilliant plan already has a flaw.

:O

[LarissaMarianne]

GAH!

damn, that's a big hole in the plan then!

=O

ah well.. one day I'll get tickets for canada XD

[MusicGodess2010]

Ah! And I shall get multiple jobs and save up the money for the tickets!

Have no fear my fair lady, we shall get there someday. XP

(I feel like I quoting one of those romance books...)

:P

Anyway, we can stalk Tegan and Sara once we get there, yeah? Lol.

[LarissaMarianne]

haha! XD

Romance books eh?! LOL! =P

Yes, I'll get loads of jobs too and we can go to Canada :)

Yeah.. we'll just go to all of their shows, and make friends with them.. Obviously!

=)

[sojealous08]

hahaha you missed sara's cute little dance

to experience that cover in person was amazing.

[wojo4hitz]

lol... don't worry, i got her dancing the next two nights... coming soon...

[herekittykitty29]

that was so cool! I can't believe Hunter and Matt were there! great cover. I love their glasses too. so adorable.

[Jbarbarian09]

This is amazing! Sara is wonderful. And I love Matt Sharp going crazy on the guitar. Awesome

[adevoli]

amazing

[FoolyFool]

YOU ARE MY HERO!

[wojo4hitz]

*grins*

[HowToWalkAway]

this really should have happened a loooong time ago :)

[bornadisaster911]

omg this is great!

i love saras dancing

and those fucking glasses kill me!

i just love them

and this song

haha

thanks you thank you for going to all of these shows with your amazing camera.

your sick!

[wojo4hitz]

:D you're so welcome.... my pleasure. ;D

[utensilaction]

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i have no words!

i love you and your fantastic camera! thank you SO MUCH for recording this!

[wojo4hitz]

hehe... thanks!! :-D i love my fantastic camera too!

[CGH2366]

Hunter, Matt??? Like EVERYf*BODY was there!!!

I'm speechless. And a lil' bit jealous too ;) What an amazing night it must have been.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

[wojo4hitz]

welcome!!! it was insanely awesome...

[CGH2366]

Seriously, I'm gonna die when all of your shows @ the Fonda are up on YT. Waiting for your vids is like waiting in line for your very first -and most awesomest T&S concert -which I haven't had the occasion of doing just yet :)) So yeah, basically, you're kind of my hero right now. You're like SuperTNSwoman!

YAY for SuperTNSwoman!! lol

[wojo4hitz]

aww, that's so sweet! *grins and blushes* thanks so much... you don't know how crazy it's driven me to have such sucky wireless in our hotel and not be able to upload everything right away! i'm sitting in the LAX airport right now doing it cause the wireless here is WAY faster... plus i missed my plane. brilliant.

[jenathecon]

That was awesome! I love how they were all rocking out. I so wish I was there.

[doescher]

omg...so glad you got this on camera...this is amazing... this song rocks!!!!!! Her glasses and constantly coming back and forth from the mic are insanely cute.

[zaranbenji]

you missed saras dance moves lol!

great video! thank youu!

[wojo4hitz]

don't worry, i got it two other nights! coming up soon...

[eylikeeee]

i fucking love love love this performance. i recorded it too last night (night #3) but the sound on my camera was bad. yours is awesome!

[wojo4hitz]

night #3's performance is coming... sometime, hopefully very soon... lol.

[MrsAineIero]

Fucking amazing!

[scribbles22]

:O what song is this?! :)

[userword16]

Tired of sex- Weezer