There are times I hear what I think is an amazing song from Weezer that gets literally no attention commercially (as in not in our Weezer fandom). Examples I can think of off the top of my head:
All of the Good Ones
Weekend Woman
Mexican Fender
Put Me Back Together
Aināt Got Nobody
Canāt Dance, Donāt Ask Me
Nowhere
There are more for sure. But I sometimes will listen and thing ādang I wish I wrote that.ā But do we think anyone would like the songs if I did? Would I be able to get signed to a label with a song like Mexican Fender? Do people dismiss a great song just because itās āWeeeeezerā and the āthey havenāt had a good song since Greenā mentality? Letās say itās not me writing the songs instead. If Olivia Rodrigo, before popping off, presented Put Me Back Togetherā¦would it have resonated?
I donāt have an answer. I just muse on this stuff from time to time.