This is Rivers Cuomo's songwriting at both its most unorthodox and most powerful. Likely as no huge coincidence, it's yet another song about turning his back on rock stardom, combined with a lyrical overtone regarding a chick who's unintentionally stabbing him in the heart repeatedly due to his own insecurities. Drivin em fuckin craaazy, to the point where it effects self-worth: "I can't believe how bad I suck, it's true / What could you possibly see in little old three-chord-me?" "Falling For You" expresses every ounce of his celebrity-influenced anxiety with some of the most overly dramatic key-changes and gun-to-the-head screams of guitar feedback ever recorded for a studio album. This is the sound of a genius going batshit insane. So yeah, Pinkerton actually WAS the Pet Sounds of the 90's afterall. This goes beyond the average "emo" that Weezer ended up influencing over the next ten years.. Musically speaking, none of that stuff ever matched the emotional extremes presented here. In the video we found, a slightly stripped down (referring to less overdubs) live performance from late '96, Rivers appears to be anything but comfortable... Luckily Matt, Brian and Pat were there to help keep him in check and kick some major ass.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
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