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In the first 8 seconds alone, a series of remarkable trademarks are established: first, there are those chugging, heavily down-stroked rhythm guitars Rivers Cuomo’s geeky faux-rap parody that comes with a smile in the brilliant form of the opening couplet, “What’s with these homies dissin’ my girl? / Why do they gotta front?” - sung in a melody so damn good that it transcends the kitsch entirely and that striking little synth lick that had folks asking Weezer “where’d the keyboards go?” as late as seven years later.įour quick lines - all in just under fifteen seconds - and with a warm little swell of feedback, we’re into the pre-chorus, a heavenly sweet swirl of “woo-hoos,” more winning melodies, a bright and tasteful little guitar lead, and a rising falsetto line - “and that’s for ahh-all time!” - so perfect that the band could never quite recreate it live.

For now, in 1994, there is The Blue Album, and there is its crown jewel single “Buddy Holly,” and boy is it ever something.

Jonze is tearing up the box office with his feature-length motion picture Where The Wild Things Are.īut that’s all in the distant future. Likewise, it also happened to boost Jonze’s career into the stratosphere, and like Weezer, he’s entered a new league of mainstream popularity that at the time would’ve seemed impossible: as Weezer gets ready to release its own attempt at a hypercommercial blockbuster, Raditude, Mr. And though the infallible melody and charming pop cultural lyrics played their part, it’d be hard to contest the fact that it was the Happy Days-themed music video - one of the greatest of all time - that put the song over the top. Spend an evening with The Sweater Songs and you’ll see why so many fans adore this band-and don’t be surprised if you find yourself singing “ooooweeeeeooo I look just like Buddy Holly” for days after.“ Undone - The Sweater Song” was the first Weezer song to capture the imagination of the alt-rock nation (and in 1994, it really did have enough of a set perimeter and population to be called a “nation”), but “Buddy Holly” was the first to make the band pop superstars. The band continues to add momentum with more shows and demand coming in every week. 'So many people listened to these songs in their bedrooms, or dorms, or first car-now you can share those moments with hundreds of people together.' I think that's why people love it' says Dan Logan. 'People just want to sing the hell out of these songs. Apparently we’re not the only ones who like Weezer!” “We actually have legitimate and crazy fans” says guitarist/singer Wes Hutchinson “it’s the coolest thing to look out and see a massive crowd of people singing along to every song with us. They’ve continued to get great buzz and press and recent shows have featured Jared Scharff of the Saturday Night Live band who has officially taken on the title of “guest guitar soloist.” They’ve sold out several venues in New York City (which is no easy feat) and are now playing bigger venues to crowds of 600-1000 people. The Sweater Songs pay homage to the “Buddy Holly” video (as well as geek rock in general) by wearing cardigans, collared shirts, ties and those classic thick-rimmed glasses.

“At first we were just playing the ‘Blue Album’ from start to finish and now we’ve incorporated ‘Pinkerton’ and a handful of B-sides” says drummer Gunnar Olsen, “this is a tribute to their best music and fans have loved the fact that we’ve focused on their earlier songs.” Wes Hutchinson, Oscar Albis Rodriguez, Dan Logan, Gunnar Olsen and Robert Cooper have been playing, writing and recording original music for almost ten years but they have all agreed that The Sweater Songs is possibly the most fun they could ever have in an evening. The band is made up of five life-long musicians who are all extremely active in the New York City music scene. “The first show was just something we wanted to do for fun for ourselves because we loved playing Weezer songs and now we’re selling out shows and being asked to play larger venues-it’s pretty wild.” “I don’t think any of us had the slightest idea that this was going to become as big as it has” says The Sweater Songs lead singer Robert Cooper. The Sweater Songs perform early Weezer albums in their entirety such as iconic classics “The Blue Album” and “Pinkerton” which include songs like “Buddy Holly”, “Say It Ain’t So”, “El Scorcho”, “The Good Life” and of course their namesake “Undone/Sweater Song.” What started out as a fun idea to mix up their set has now turned into a huge event with every show bigger than the previous.

Sweater song buddy holly