Weezer - Beverly Hills - Single Review

Rating: 4 out of 5

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Weezer - Beverly Hills - Single Review

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Beverly Hills This is trademark Weezer, so distinctive it’s almost unbelievable. There are soooo many identical bands doing what Weezer do, yet they just whip these little bands kicking and screaming out of the water and straight into the dirt. All this and it’s not even a great bonafide classic Weezer song. This is the kind of song that does really well commercially but the fans find other beauties in the back catalogue to worship, as do I but you just can’t beat Pinkerton, just pick any song its amazing. But you can’t have it all, and as this ‘commercial’ gem shows Rivers has not lost any song writing skills whilst studying down at Harvard. How can you fault a super uber geek who records music videos inthe playboy mansion? Good stuff from Rivers & co. always ones to play on their success with a stunning vid. This is a simple song (as most compositions of Weezer’s are) basic yet undeniably strong to the ear, picking most lyrics up on first listen and defiantly a tune to drive to.

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4/5 Check weezer.com for more details.

Alex Parker