Comments on: Rivers Cuomo Sings About Pat Noonan

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:22:05 +0000

Brooks,
Umm….You shouldn’t have?

[Grabs Darth Helmet replica from basement.]

By: Marlon

Marlon — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:36:46 +0000

Song is kind of weak, but the premise is heart warming for an American soccer fan.

By: Brooks Peck

Brooks Peck — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:26:23 +0000

Thanks for the info, Nick. You win the prize of the day.

That prize will arrive at your home or place of business shortly. I suggest you wear a helmet.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:46:15 +0000

One last soccer related video from Rivers from the 1st “Alone” album….

It provides a brief explanation behind his love of soccer, some clips of the US national team, and clips of him in the Mia Hamm/Nomar Garciapara Celbrity soccer match in LA (set to some previously never released material.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLcPOD6fLd0

By: travis

travis — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:51:06 +0000

Seriously, great stuff for any fan of the USMNT and/or Weezer.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:10:46 +0000

Just a bit more information about it. MTV.com had a July 2006 article which mentioned the song. Looks like it was a response to the 2006 World Cup performance (of course, a few of the players mentioned had no hand in the 2006 WC.) ….and again, no mention of Kenny Cooper [kicks dirt.]

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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536119/20060711/weezer.jhtml

Some of the tunes Cuomo has been recording are autobiographical. “Heart Songs” is about all the artists and records that have influenced him, “From Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘[The Wreck of the] Edmund Fitzgerald’ when I was 5 to Nirvana’s Nevermind.” Others are just plain nonsensical: “Our Time Will Come” is his ode to the underachieving U.S. men’s soccer team.

But again, he’s writing them for no one in particular.