Pass.

ANY cover of "Rosanna" is not gonna be as good, but it may be near as fun.

ANY cover of "Rosanna" is not gonna be as good, but it may be near as fun.

I don't really get the point of either of those Toto covers. Weezer brings nothing new to the table. They play the songs the same way Tributosaurus would play them.

Sounded like they slowed it down...probably because Porcaro's original drum part is too difficult for mortals to play at regular speed.

I don't really get the point of either of those Toto covers. Weezer brings nothing new to the table. They play the songs the same way Tributosaurus would play them.

I don't really get the point of either of those Toto covers. Weezer brings nothing new to the table. They play the songs the same way Tributosaurus would play them.

Fans were clamoring for them to cover Africa for a long while (I have no idea why, they just did), so to do a bit of a gag they released the Rosanna cover instead. Africa came a few days later.

That said, I also very much enjoy Weezer, so to each their own.

Here's Pocaro drum track for Roseanna isolated.

https://youtu.be/DQ-gfb6nUus

I have no problem with Weezer. I just don't need them to play suburban cover band versions of Toto songs.

Part of it is probably the simple joy of playing Toto. I wish I could!

I think Jim DeRogatis said this, but I agree: I can never tell if they are parodying something or not. It's not the talent, it's not even the music--it's the weird songwriting. I think they are exactly my age, so I should be getting it, but I just never got it.

Seems like they have some fans here, so allow me to shut the fuck up. I hate when someone shits on what you like.

Cuomo is a tough nut to crack. i stopped being hard on him years ago when i just accepted the Blue Period isn't returning. it has its moments, like about 70% of the Red Album, the White Album, parts of "Maladroit". But it's all hit or miss. and when it misses it misses by a mile. but when it hits, i still love it.

what you first mentioned is why i liked it. cuomo's covers are usually genuine loving tributes. they don't fuck with the song, they just try to play it as close as they can without losing the Weezer.

i have always thought of him as sincere; but the guy's on the spectrum and sometimes his sense of humor is just weird. also, sometimes it's completely vacant. there are songs like "where's my sex?" which is a clever thinly veiled little joke. then there's "my best friend" which feels like it was written by a 5 year old. when he loses his pretentiousness, and just has fun, that's when he's at his best.

Agreed. They are both pedestrian at best.

Is this the first time the three of us collectively agreed on something?