My Name is Jonas

Doubling up today...

I purchased a new iPod recently, which has substantially more room on it, so I spent a good portion of today ripping some of my old albums into iTunes. Of the dozens of albums and hundreds of songs I put on however, there was only one complete album that made the cut: The Blue Album by Weezer.

I love this cd. Every single track is good. "Buddy Holly" is the best music video of all time (I just laughed out loud as I slightly reminded myself of Kanye West typing that). The other singles ("Undone- The Sweater Song" and "Say it Ain't So") are also so good, but it's a couple of the unreleased tracks that are my favourites.

I don't think a trip to Europe is complete without "Holiday"... I love the lines:

"Let's go away for awhile, you and I

To a strange and distant land

Where they speak no word of truth

But we don't understand anyway."

There's just something surprisingly fun about being lost and confused in a foreign country... This song takes me back everytime I hear it.

"My Name is Jonas" starts off the album and is a great track too... but for me the best is the third song, "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" which is the ultimate Weezer anthem, in my opinion. The melody is tight, the lyrics are angsty. What more could one really want?

Whenever I get together with friends from my high school days, playing this album results in loud, often off-key singing, the ultimate in air guitar riffs, and quasi head banging (we are all 30 now, after all.)

Ah, good times.