Weezer Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions

We're Weezer and this is

the Wired Autocomplete Interview.

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Okay. What does Weezer mean?

Weezer was what my dad called me

when I was like two, three years old.

That's my nickname.

I reminded him at that age

of the character, Weezer on The Little Rascals.

And I said, Why?

And he said, Because he was the cool one.

[Patrick] Why are Weezer albums named after colors?

They're not named colors at all.

They're, they're all named Weezer.

And it, that happens to be the color.

Also, yeah, from our first album.

People called it the Blue Album,

but they didn't call it that

until the second album came out.

Then they started referring back to the first album

as the Blue album.

Why did Weezer cover Africa?

I saw a screenshot

of somebody whose neighbor was playing Africa

and he was like, Turn that shit up.

And I think I reposted it.

And somehow this girl in Ohio, she was like,

Okay, this has to happen.

And so she went on like a journey

to get us to cover that song for months.

The chord changes are so sophisticated but smooth

and you don't, it's modulating all over the place.

But it is such a great song.

Yeah, very well written. We learned a lot

making that record, actually.

[Patrick] Weezer x Olivia Rodrigo.

Me, Scott and Rivers all went to Chicago

after like a, was it again?

Once I, like we were flying from

like another part of the world and the next day flew from LA

to Chicago to do this show.

She was so nice. So nice.

We rehearsed with her band, who were all really nice.

And then we went and played pickleball

and we all got hot dogs, it was great.

Why Weezer is the best band ever.

That's not really a question.

I think what like, the way we persevered throughout the,

throughout the years is why we're in that discussion.

Oh, and the music. That's the clear answer.

Why is this sky blue?

Yeah. Why is water wet?

Alright, now. Careful.

It's all in the wrist, but don't tell anybody.

[Patrick] What is the Weezer gathering?

We're about to find out in September, in-

I like that answer.

Cities near you in

the United States of America and Canada.

It's gonna be fantastic.

We have an amazing concept that we're not,

we're not gonna share here, but come see us.

You better get your tickets 'cause they're gonna sell out.

[Patrick] What do Weezer fans call themselves?

I don't think they have,

I don't think they've come up with a name.

We don't have a name.

Wheezies.

Weezoids?

Weezoids?

What Weezer song has the best riff?

I think it's Hash Pipe.

I gotta agree. It's gotta be Hash Pipe.

I also like, what's the song off of Malad

where you're like do, do.

Oh. ♪ We come together ♪

Is it Come Together?

Come Together, yeah, I love that riff.

[Patrick] What Weezer song has the iconic riff?

I think the most iconic riff is The Sweater Song

or Island in the Sun.

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That's a riff. That's a riff, right?

Island in the Sun is a riff.

Yeah, yeah, play Island in the Sun.

[Brian hums tune]

Yeah. You know it.

[Patrick plays guitar riff]

Yeah. What is the Weezer logo?

It's a W with Wings.

It's this kind of thing with our hands.

And I thought we're gonna surely grow

out of that at some point, right?

Like it's gotta, this has gotta be like,

and it just keeps following us everywhere we go.

There might be a bigger W but it's the same one.

It's very important for bands of our era

to have some kind of like strong symbol.

[Patrick] What is Weezer's best song?

Guess I'd vote for- Say It Ain't So.

I was gonna say Buddy Holly.

Teenage Dirt Bag.

That's a classic.

It's a classic.

I'll say Say It Ain't So.

I'll say Crab.

What is Weezer's biggest hit?

Internationally, it's Island in the Sun.

But culturally we don't know.

What is Wees? I'm gonna say this is gonna be apostrophe S.

Oh no. What is Weezer blue hex code?

#0033H9.

[Brian] What is Weezer Go Away about?

It's about a boy girl relationship

and the boy has misbehaved.

The girl has left him for that reason

or is telling him to go away

and he's basically imploring her to,

to let him back into her life

and expressing his intense passion and remorse.

And I guess the story isn't resolved by the end of the song.

Is it based on personal experience?

No. No, there you go.

Does Weezer? Does Weezer

actually look like Buddy Holly?

I came up with that lyric years ago

because people used to come up to me all the time

and say, Hey, you look like Buddy Holly.

But nobody says that anymore.

I think I know why.

I think at that time having

kind of big black frames that I had gotten,

there were military issue,

people weren't wearing those.

It wasn't popular at all.

But I think since then they've become more widely accepted.

Did people say it to you too?

Yeah.

Yeah. And I don't look

anything like Buddy Holly.

Yeah. Obviously.

This was in the before times.

Yeah, the before times.

[Scott] Does Weezer play Magic: The Gathering?

This member Weezer doesn't even know what that is.

Well they may be searching

because of the name of our tour as well.

That's right. The gathering.

Oh, that's interesting.

So maybe we need to add an element

of the Magic: The Gathering to our tour.

Does Weezer like-

Wait, wait, can I say one more thing?

Oh sure. Does Weezer play

Magic, the song, at The Gathering, the concert.

[Patrick laughs] Okay. Sorry.

Does Weezer like Green Day?

I like Green Day. Yeah.

Yeah. Yup.

Yeah, we like them. We've toured with them.

We hang out a little bit with them

and I like all the guys personally.

So my answer is yes.

Does Weezer like Nirvana?

Yes, of course.

[Crew] That can be an enough said.

Well, I mean I could've give you a good story

of meeting Kurt Cobain,

but if it's enough said I won't do it.

Yeah. No, no, I won't do it.

It's all over now.

Hold that back. Yeah, sorry.

[Crew] No!

[Brian] Just Weezer.

Who created Weezer?

Well you did.

Wasn't it God?

Rivers is the God of Weezer.

He created us.

Whoa. A double peel.

Where did the name Weezer come from?

I think we answered that already.

Weezer pickleball.

Olivia Rodrigo did give me a pickleball set.

That is where my pickleball participation ends and starts.

There's been a couple companies that have given us gifts

and their pickleball, so we must be a little bit

known for it somehow.

Yeah, but did they host SNL

and were they the musical guests as well?

I don't think so. Let's not fight.

I was fighting, I dunno what the fight is.

What's with these homies?

That's a great lyric from the song Buddy Holly.

Some guys were making fun of a friend of mine

who had a strong accent when she spoke.

So I was, kind of wrote the song to come to her defense.

I think I was, you know, had listened to lots of NWA

and Ice Cube and Public Enemy.

And so that is just in my head, that word.

From the first line of the song,

I'm kind of like squaring off with these guys.

Okay, what is Weezer's new album?

The new album is called Weezer.

Again.

Again. The color this time is the color gold.

It's not about currency, it's about staying gold.

More like The Outsiders.

Who is Weezer going on tour with?

We're gonna go on tour in September with The Shins.

And Silver Sun Pickups.

You get to peel.

How to Weezer someone.

It's kinda like a Rick Roll, right?

Is it with the color or with the riff?

It's the riff- From Buddy Holly.

It's the riff.

You get somebody to look at something

and then you get 'em all interested.

And then the blue album just kind of,

like that blue color takes over the screen

and you have the riff behind it.

You've been Weezered.

Why Weezer became-

[Patrick] Become a meme.

Have we become a meme?

Well, the go away thing,

like a bunch of kids took that idea

a sentiment from the song

and then put it towards another situation with two people.

And you make a clip and the girl takes off.

[Brian] Weezer.

Oh no.

Is Weezer family friendly? I'm gonna say extremely.

We only have just a couple of brief moments

where you may wanna take the kids in the other room,

but other than that,

it is really straight up a real fun family act.

Is Weezer demonic?

Ooh. Ooh.

Somebody's actually doing that?

I wonder why they got that.

I don't think we're very demonic.

I don't think so.

But it must be a concern if it's been Googled enough.

How is that a concern?

Run that through Bing. What is this?

I don't know what's going on at Google.

Duck Duck Go that.

We're angelic as well as demonic.

I think we're a little bit of all these things.

You mean like casting spells?

People say that there are spells being cast.

Well, music is very powerful.

Just in, our music is very powerful.

So you know, maybe we have cast spells, not intentionally,

but our music is powerful.

Just willy nilly, throwing spells.

You can cast spells and not be a demon or demonic.

Like your alignments is like neutral good.

Yeah. Okay.

[Brian] Is Weezer a valid Scrabble word?

No. No, because

it's a proper noun.

You can't use proper nouns in Scrabble.

But wheezer is, with an H.

Yeah, it would be a great Scrabble word

because you usually have all these vowels,

you know, and you're like,

How do I get rid of three E's?

Nothing on the internet surprises me anymore.

I guess the most surprising one was the demonic question,

but actually I kind of like.

Thanks for those questions.

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