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Wait, no one remembers now? He once released a mobile app to stream Weezer songs, all written by himself. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weezify/id1598140531 ht
by amagitakayosi 3y ago
Wait, no one remembers now? He once released a mobile app to stream Weezer songs, all written by himself.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weezify/id1598140531 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weezify/id1598140531
I'm glad he's still writing code so hard.
- happytiger 3y agoIt’s so great that musicians can have a backup plan that works lol. :)
- dang 3y agoMy parents-in-law had an old friend who with her folk-singer husband ran a club in Montreal in the early 60s. Bob Dylan came through town before he changed his name. They were sitting around after the show and Annette said to him: "Kid. You better go back to college. You need something to fall back on." Dylan told her: "If I don't, you'll eat my hat." She had other great stories. Lenny Cohen played "Suzanne" for her and said "what do you think?" Annette: "it stinks. who wrote it?" Lenny: "I did."
- gonzo 3y agoShe’s not wrong
- dang 3y agoAw come on. It's Suzanne by Lenny Cohen.
- nocoiner 3y agoI don’t know how exactly we got on this topic, but there’s also an excellent Weezer song called “Suzanne.” Edit: I guess it’s actually spelled “Susanne.”
- jmmcd 3y agoLater on, Michael Stipe of REM wrote a song that shamelessly ripped off Suzanne, except it was about merging a human's DNA with a crocodile. He asked Peter Buck what he thought, and Buck said "it's great, but it was great when it was Suzanne too".
- jszymborski 3y agoAnnette sounds like a straight shooter. Cheers from Montréal!
- nraynaud 3y agoI'd like to add the caution that songs might change a lot during their author's life, and the "suzanne" she heard might be different from the one we know.
- Duanemclemore 3y ago"I mean, you just never know if this rock and roll thing is going to work out, son."
- nraynaud 3y agoTBH, teachning music is the general backup plan for all musicians, so there was another one.
- KMag 3y agoI wonder what Brian May's parents thought... "It's tough to make a living as a musician... if that doesn't work out... uh-oh, astrophysics is his backup plan?"
- johnxie 3y agoThis is still being actively updated, just wow. Growing up on alt rock, it's so good to see most of these bands still kicking it. (RIP Chris and Chester)
- rezonant 3y agoRIP indeed. It still bums me out, especially Chester.