I Listened To Weezer's Green Album Today, And...

...Discovered someting very interesting.

Look, Weezer are cool. They're the kids in high school who are smart enough to snooze through their classes and get B's, while also having the best weed. If you say you DON'T like Weezer, you potentially face a barrage of semi-emo kids' guffaws and debukes. However, as this post title suggests, I listened to the band's third album and second self-titled effort (the Green Album) today, and realized something not only interesting, but I'd argue, unprecedented.

Um, every single guitar solo on this album mirrors the vocal melody of its song. OK, I get it, I didn't just divulge the meaning of life, but seriously - listen to this record, and tell me you DON'T think the lead guitarist was majorly dogging things. There's a time and a place for a guitar solo that's a vocal melody replica - the Beatles did it, for God's sakes. But every solo on an entire album??? Really???

I don't think I'm alone in stating that guitar solos are very hit and miss, and certainly not every song dictates one. But Weezer, in its history, has recorded some VERY cool lead guitar parts - I'm looking at you, debut album - so I expect something comparable on subsequent records. What blows my mind about this 3rd album is the thinking behind this - was the band rushed? Was the lead guitarist being plain lazy? Was it an oversight? Was this their intention? I mean, like I said, to employ this tactic once in a while is fine, but across the span of a whole album? Wow. Just, wow. And hey, Mr Recording Engineer, where the fuck were you to catch this? Or was he bought off, too???

Guess I'll never know...