(AU magazine October 2008)
(DGC RECORDS)
SINGLE REVIEW
Rivers Cuomo is such a kidder. Taking on the mantel of a ‘troublemaker’ in this new single, he is shrugging off his meek muso tag and doing his level best to sell himself as a rocker, a roller, a devil mare care… Oh, wait, it’s a joke. Weezer’s latest wheeze follows the same slightly sardonic tone as their non-hit Beverley Hills.. Both have the stamp of someone who finds himself absolutely hilarious, but in truth, it seems like Rivers lost his balls circa 2004 and instead picked up Fisher Price’s My First Rhyming Dictionary. Witness: “I'm a troublemaker, never been a faker… I'm a troublemaker, not a double taker” over a plodding, unfashionably tuneless melody.
The trouble with Weezer is that their die-hard fans hunt down the critics who give them poor reviews and threaten them with sticks. Oh, sorry, that’s fans of Iron Maiden. Weezer fans will be exhaling loudly when they read that this single is nothing more than very poor indeed. As juvenile and uninspired as their last single Pork And Beans, this will have fans of Judd Apatow movies rolling around on the floor.
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