I think it's safe to say that, for every one great idea that comes out of the mind of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, there are about five or six other ideas that, say, five or ten years ago, probably wouldn't have made it past the "dude, wouldn't it be funny if we…" phase. Alas, we're living in a post-Weezer snuggie, post-Weezer cruise world—a world where Cuomo's rampant penchant for silly ideas is kept in check only by his fans' willingness to help pay for whatever goofy romp he's dreamed up next.
Case in point: in a new interview with Australia's Herald Sun (the band are set to tour The Blue Album down under in January), Rivers reveals he's been tinkering around with the idea of following up the band's inaugural Weezer Cruise with… wait for it… Weezer summer camp. "We'd like to put together some sort of Weezer camp," he explains, "But we're just beginning to talk about it, so I don't have any details yet."
"So what? What's wrong with going out into the woods and pitching tents and cooking marshmallows and sharing spooky stories with other Weezer fans and maybe even a few members of the band?" said no well-adjusted adult ever. To be fair, it's more or less on par with the Weezer Cruise when it comes to wonky rock 'n' roll ideas, but for some reason, the idea of a Weezer Summer Camp just feels… I don't know, a little creepy. Maybe it's just the mental image of Rivers Cuomo (wrapped up in a Weezer snuggie, of course) sitting on a log strumming "Butterfly" by the faint glow of the campfire light… or maybe it's the knowledge that, at least on a boat, you can jump off if things get too weird… but I think I'll be passing on this one. Sorry, guys.
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