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Brad Paisley's "Wheelhouse"

If you ever have a moment and the chance, I recommend checking out Brad Paisley's 2013 album called "Wheelhouse". You might recall the single he had back then called "Beat This Summer"; it's on the same album. And FWIW, the acoustic version of "Beat This Summer" is one of the best things ever made, solidly in The 5-Star Club, and I legit don't know why anyone ever listens to the non-acoustic version. Unless it's because they don't have it, because I believe the acoustic version may only be available on the special Cracker Barrel edition of the album (I'm not making jokes; that's actually what it's called).

There's a song called "Karate" that goes "He's in a bar chasin' Cuervo with Tecate/He doesn't know she's been takin' karate/The way she figures it, about July/She'll finally have the belt to match her eye". It's basically that movie Sleeping With the Enemy played out in 4 minutes, but at the end, instead of shooting the guy, she whips his ass. And listeners get to hear Charlie Daniels describing said ass-whooping in play-by-play detail over the sound of his own fiddling. So, in spite of the irritating subject matter, the song is worth knowing.

I don't like that "Accidental Racist" song featuring LL Cool J, and never did, but the rest of the album is good stuff. There's an instrumental with killer guitar; the title is some Asian characters I don't know how to pronounce. "Outstanding in Our Field" is a good ride, and so is "Harvey Bodine", "Those Crazy Christians", and "Pressing on a Bruise". "Mona Lisa" has one of the best sentiments I've ever heard as it's chorus: "I feel like the frame/That gets to hold the Mona Lisa/And I don't care if that's all I ever do!"--dawww.

There's also a song called "Death of a Single Man" with some badass steel guitar, and a folksy, feel-good melody, in spite of it's kinda eye-rolling Saving Silverman theme, comparing a wedding to a funeral: "I didn't understand, why, with champagne and cake/We celebrate the death of a single man."

But I'm not gonna lie, the best thing about the latter is the other track on the album, 42 seconds long, called "Death of a Married Man". After a musical intro it goes, "I had a heart attack/While I was playing charades/Everybody yelled "Heart attack!" ("Pledge of Allegiance?")/But it was too late." And that's the whole song! And it's hilarious. :D

#brad paisley #wheelhouse #Beat this summer #music

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dyffryn-ddibwys · 2 years

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One of my favorite bands of all time is Weezer. I've loved them since I was in high school, and I still love them now. After all these decades of listening to, and watching videos of, Rivers Cuomo, I still can't tell you what he looks like, or pick him out of a crowd. But frankly, I think that's part of his charm. Plus, his voice is so smooth and beautiful, I'd pay $12.99 to listen to him read Apple's TOS out loud.

Weezer has lots of songs that a lot of people love, but my personal favorite Weezer song is one that most people have never paid attention to, or even heard. It's from the soundtrack to the movie Mallrats from 1995 (remember Jay & Silent Bob? Me too. Now go get your grey roots colored, Methuselah), called Susanne.

If you've ever heard the song, you understand how it's comfortably in The 5-Star Club. True to Weezer's style, it's got a very 1950's doo-wop flavor going on. Also, the lyrics are cute and clever, the music is impeccable, and if I could wear Rivers' Cuomo's voice, I'd want to be wrapped and buried in it when I die so I can luxuriate for eternity. Frankly, the relationship he sings about makes me want to puke into some tinfoil, eat it, and then puke again, but that's another blog post for another day. Susanne, the song itself, is *chef's kiss*. Here are the lyrics:

Chorus:

Susanne, you're all that I wanted of a girl

You're all that I need in the world

I'm your child, make me blush, drive me wild,

Susanne, you're all that I wanted...

Verse 1:

When I met you I was all alone

Cold and hungry, cryin' on the phone

Ya baked me brownies

And said 'Don't you cry',

And gave me the coat off your back.

Chorus

Verse 2:

Even Kurt Cobain, and Axl Rose

When I call you put em all on hold

And say to me that you'd do anything

And all I can do is say

That I haven't much I can give you in return

Only my heart, and I promise not to turn

I'll sing to you, every day and every night

Susanne, I'm your man!

Chorus

Me and the rest of the old school crew reading this (you thought I was exaggerating about that tinfoil, huh? Nope) may recall that back in the Gay Nineties, the lyric in the second verse "Even Kurt Cobain and Axl Rose..." was different. On the album, as you can see from the link below, and on the audio tracks I still have from back then, he says "Even Izzy, Slash, and Axl Rose...".

The reason for that, is that back in 1994 when the song was written and recorded, Kurt Cobain was alive. By the time it was released on the movie soundtrack, he was not. (Kurt Cobain, the front man for iconic rock group Nirvana, tragically committed suicide by shotgun in early April of that year.) Weezer changed the lyric out of respect. Around 2010 or so, we (the entire rock and roll community) all got together and collectively chose to change it back. Again, out of respect. <3

So be sure to sing "Kurt Cobain" whenever you hear the song.

#weezer #susanne #mallrats #Youtube

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