Weezer Coulda Been A Contender...

So I just listened to the first Weezer album (blue album) as I was making dinner and building our new tenant's basement apartment, and I thought "Goddamn! What a good debut!" Then I got to "Buddy Holly" (easily the worst tune on the album) and realized that - because of pop-centric bullshit American Idol culture - THIS is the direction Weezer has stridently striven to emulate. Every goddamn Weezer hit since has been more and more tailor-made for the Buddy Holly jerkoffs that really think "Hash Pipe" and "Beverly Hills" are any good. Look, they're hooky, but imagine if - instead of going the horseshit pop-route - they went more towards "The Sweater Song" route or even the Pinkerton classic "El Scorcho" route! What a band it would be...