Karl's Corner - 12/08/2001

...tonights weez set opened with "Death and Destruction", which made only its second public appearence today. Later in the set they busted out with "Keep Fishin'" which hasn't been played live since early in the summer. Also the set was peppered with a fair amount of between song chit chat, including some creedly quotations... All in all it was a really strong show, with all bands reporting good times on stage. However, Jack Black suffered some sort of a freak fretboard injury at the tail end of the Tenacious D set, and was heard yelling "Ow!" in the hall afterwards. And so Rock exacts its toll on those who Rock once more!
...some fans' "p.o.v.'s"...
:::"i just got back from the cleveland show and wow, was it worth the wait!!!! everything was amazzzzzzing! j.e.w. rocked out in their short, but rad set. the d went on for a little too long in my opinion, but they were pretty funny... then when i didnt think it could get any better, it did!! weezer totally raawwwwkeed. i recorded it on a tape recorder i snuck in, in my sock (sneaky bastard, eh). i will get those songs to be downloadable as soon as i can. well anyways, the show opened up with rivers singing a little rendition of "higher" by creed, which i found particularly amusing. the first song was "death and destruction" and the crew kept pumpin out the songs from there. i an safely say that the best surprise of the night was keep fishin'! that was my favorite song from the summer, and i was totally surprised when they started playing it.. all and all, a flawless set full of surprises and a little humor from rivers. a good blend of old and new, i found that the new songs that they played were some of the ones i liked (still not too much of a fan of "your room though). it was a dissapointment not seeing the familiar face of mikey on the bass, but scott was dern good. i just want to say thank you for coming to cleveland weezer, and i hope to see you again." --chris
::: "about a month ago my ex boyfriend and I, being such big weezer fans, got our
::: tickets for cleveland on internet presale. we were so stoked because we had
::: such great seats behind the sound booth. a few weeks past and he secretly
::: started talking to another girl behind my back so when i found out i thought
::: revenge would be sweeter than just catching him redhanded, so i went and
::: messed around with his roomate to even the score. then about one week to the
::: day we got into a really huge fight and i ended up telling him everything
::: out of anger. he moved out of his house the next day to live with his mom
::: again, refusing to talk to anyone. i felt really sh---y about it and we both
::: said our apologies, but that doesn't change that he gave his new girlfriend
::: MY weezer ticket! luckily, my sister was generous enough to buy me another
::: ticket in the peanut gallery. then i got there and i saw them, i thought i
::: was okay, but s--- was i ever wrong. i really enjoyed the first two sets,
::: especially tenacious d because i'm a huge jack black fan (it was hi fidelity
::: that did me in). then weezer came out for their set, and it was wonderful up
::: until they played "only in dreams". I looked over and i saw him and her,
::: holding each other, swaying back and forth to the music. i have never felt
::: like rivers cuomo until tonight." --(unsigned)
::: "Wow! What a night. It couldn't have been any better. Jimmy Eat Wold was
::: awesome. I llike a few of there songs a lot. They were good opening for
::: they had a lot of energy and really got the crowd going. I couldn't wait for
::: more once trhey were finished. I was very anxious to see Tenacius D because
::: I never heard them berofe. It turns out I loved them. They were hilarious.
::: They live show is awesome! Once the D was done the anticipation really
::: begain to grow for we new what was comming next. However, while we were
::: waiting for the stage to be set up there was only on thing bothering me and
::: my friends, all the empty space on the floor. We used this down time to try
::: to devise a way to get down there. We finally came up with a master plan,
::: Find someone with a wristband and use there ticket stup to get a wrist band
::: of our own. I was doubting it would work but since it was our only hope it
::: was worth a shot. After asking a few people for their stubs somone finally
::: told us that they stamped them anyways. Turns out our master plan wasn't
::: full proof. After some more waiting the lights went down and I ran to my
::: seat. Unfortunately, it was so dark I ran into several people pretty hard.
::: I hope I didnt hurt anyone. Once I finally made it to my seat I was able to
::: enjoy the amazing show. Weezer rocked it hard. They are definitely the most
::: talanted band out there. They played all of the old clasics and many new
::: ones. A lot of the new songs are really good. I cant wait for the next cd.
::: Well, I am glad I was able to join you on the magic carpet ride and i really
::: cant wait for the next Cleveland show." --k.
::: "Ok, first off, kick butt show! I was definately surprised at how awesome
::: Jimmy Eat World was. I didn't like them much until after I saw them, and now
::: that I have...wow. The D, I was expecting a great set from them, and was
::: amazed at how much better, funnier, and outright dddelightful. Then Weezer
::: came on. I was disappointed that Ticketmaster screwed me out of floor seats,
::: because the first time I saw them I was on the floor at the Odeon, but the
::: show rocked just as much from the seats. I loved the new songs, especially
::: Going Fishing, that song blew my mind. Then they busted out Only in Dreams
::: which was phenomenal. You never could really see the band, only silhouettes
::: through all the smoke, which gave the song a perfect dream state. After the
::: show I got to meet Scott, and he is seriously the nicest guy I've met from a
::: band. And I think he even knew my name...freaky. But all in all the show was
::: freakin amazing!" --Rob
::: "Despite the fact that the venue's whole staff was
::: really anal and very pushy about everything the show
::: did indeed rock. It was great to have had the pleasure
::: to see weezer 3 times within the last 10 days. This
::: pushing my total weezer shows to 6. Although they
::: rocked really hard, coming from seeing two other shows
::: on this tour I can safely say that tonight they
::: sounded a bit off. Much of that wasn't their fault as
::: VERY minor technical glitches seemed very apparent,
::: even in the D set. But tech problems aside they did
::: seem a little off, but I guess the road does that to
::: you - not being able to score high on Tony Hawk due to
::: the bus shaking takes it's toll. Again, it was a
::: totally rearranged Tenacious D set, with several new
::: "songs" that i hadn't seen before at the other two
::: shows. They still managed to make me laugh and enjoy
::: the show for the 3rd time even though many of the
::: songs were the exact same. As for the weezer set:
::: They started to really change it up - not starting
::: with The Dawn. And it was really cool that they
::: brought back "Keep Fishing". I was there at the St.
::: Louis Pointfest show when it debuted so it was nice to
::: hear that song again live. Overall, I really loved
::: seeing weezer and the D all 3 times. But I regret not
::: being able to make it on time not even once out of
::: those three times to see J.E.W. Overall, if I had to
::: rank the 3 shows I have seen on this tour, I'd rank
::: them as: Columbus, Cleveland, St. Louis from best to
::: not the best. The columbus show just kicked." --Andrew
::: "Hey, just woke up after the Cleveland show. I've been a Weezer fan for years, but this was the first time I've made it to see them live. Definitely worth the three hour drive. The new material was very killer. I can't wait for it to be published. It was great seeing all these generations of fans there, although I have to admit that me and my compadre felt a bit out of place drinking our brews amid a sea of high school kids. But it's better than them being at a Creed concert (anyone at the cleveland show should chuckle at that). Anyway, the only disappointment I can think of about the show is the complete lack of Pinkerton material. It's my favorite Weezer album. It was great to hear Tired of Sex, but I was hoping to hear Getchoo, Why Bother, Across the Sea (that one was very doubtful), or at least The Good Life or El Scorcho. Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing about the show. I hadn't heard much of Jimmy Eat World. They put on a good show. Tenacious D rocked all! They were definitely a fitting opening act. Can't wait for the next tour/album, whichever comes first." --J.E.
::: "I had the pleasure of attending my first Weezer concert last night,
::: with floor tickets no less. So we showed up in line at 4:30, and played
::: gameboy until they opened the doors at 6. My friend and I rushed in as
::: soon as the door opened and ran to get wristbands and get on the floor.
::: The security guards were cool, the one guy was telling the crowd up
::: front which celebrities are nice and which ones are jerks in real life.
::: Just so you know, Matchbox 20 and Linkin Park are nice, Blink 182 and
::: Stevie Nicks aren't. We got there front row center, and were so happy we
::: were like 5 ft. away from the stage! Jimmy Eat World was pretty cool,
::: and really into their songs. It was cool to see Rachel Haden because I
::: like her work for the Rentals and in "I Just Threw Out the Love of My
::: Dreams", but she really didn't do anything. She only played the keyboard
::: on one song, and her background vocals weren't really noticeable.
::: Tenacious D was hilarious and a real treat. Jack Black started hitting
::: on this girl who was a few feet to the left of me. It was funny. When
::: Weezer came on, things got crazy! Way too much moshing and crowd
::: surfing. I kept getting thrown from side to side, and after the first
::: couple of songs I could only have one foot on the ground at one time! I
::: was very happy they played "Keep Fishin'". because that was my favorite
::: DC demo. I also lucked out because "Your Room" and "Living Without You"
::: are my favorite 2 new demos. So basically, after getting kicked in the
::: face 6-8 times by crowdsurfers, and almost getting my neck snapped
::: twice, my freind and I left the front row and got something to drink,
::: but not before my friend pulled a crowdsurfer to the ground by his belt!
::: +__+ Even Rivers pointed out there were too many surfers, and it was
::: also cool how Brian pointed out Cleveland was home of the Browns. Scott
::: seemed cool, so he's from Toledo huh. That would explain a few
::: things...just kidding. When we came back we stayed in the middle of the
::: crowd where it was safe. The lighting effects were very nice, especially
::: the flower lights in the mist. The fog and silver confetti during "In
::: Dreams" was a nice touch. I can truly say that Weezer was the best
::: concert I ever went to, Weezer rocks! =w=" --Mark
(...as always, these and many many more fan's stories will be up in the "weezer fans" section, as soon as i dig out from the months-old backlog of great stories and get them all posted!)
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2001