The only true hard-rock song on the album is “We Are All on Drugs.” Still, Cuomo holds himself back from the raw sound of Pinkerton - and this time he just blatantly sings, “We are all on drugs.”
When you hear Rivers sing, you know it’s the ultimate ballad for all the lonely teens driving home after a terribly depressing night of wishing they had made a move on their date. One of the more significantly well-written songs on the album, “Hold Me,” doesn’t express much poetic genius but entertains the heartbroken. Great message, guys, but frontman Cuomo, who anticipates an English degree from Harvard sometime before his death, shouldn’t have compiled the lyrics from instant messenger profiles of 15-year-old cheerleaders.
Then what happens? Did Coldplay’s pianist join the band or something? The song gets into a mainstream rock jumble, but makes up for it with the power it carries and the voice that you just can’t get enough of.Īn ’80s rendition of George Harrison’s “Isn’t it a Pity?” is what you’ll find in “This is Such a Pity” - except this version’s got terrible lyrics. “Perfect Situation,” the second track on the record, boasts a classic Weezer beginning to a song with a strong lead guitar. Well, for a hit single on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks charts, that’s probably to be expected. But come on, it’s depressed ol’ Rivers here. Then he dares to talk sensually during the interlude. The album kicks off with a military drum roll that rolls into “Beverly Hills.” Cuomo speaks his way into the chorus and then rhymes something about the glories of Beverly Hills. Let’s not make judgments yet, though - searches for lust, love, fitting in and escape from loneliness are still deeply rooted in Cuomo’s screaming heart. There are too many slower, drum-machine-esque sounds that tear away from the Weezer we knew in 1996 with Pinkerton’s Percocet-induced, love-starved, depression-drowned noise. The track follows other recent joint projects the award-winning megastar has worked on, including Post Malone’s “One Right Now”, Swedish House Mafia’s “Moth To A Flame” and Rosalía’s “La Fama”.The group’s latest, Make Believe, on the other hand, holds a different feel - and by different, I mean namby-pamby. Meanwhile, The Weeknd has also shared another new collaboration this week, this time teaming up with FKA Twigs on “Tears In The Club”. I wanted her adoring fans to get a special gift before the holidays and felt it was the perfect time to release a never-before-heard offering.”Įarlier this year, Aaliyah’s back catalog was released on streaming services for the first time as part of a new partnership with the label EMPIRE.
In a press release, Barry Hankerson, founder of Blackground Records, said: “I’m so excited to share this new song by Aaliyah and the very talented The Weeknd. The Weeknd responds with his thoughts on the chorus, singing: “ You’re so cold, I can see your breath, I swear/They told me not to fall in love/Wondering where it all went wrong/You were my poison all along.”