| Nerf Herder – We Opened for Weezer Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| Correction: Rivers Cuomo (lead guitar), Brian Bell (guitar) | |
| Nerf Herder – We Opened for Weezer Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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Nerf Herder opened for Weezer during January, 1997 leg of Weezer's tour. Nerf Herder had gained some popularity with their 1996 song, "Van Halen.: Nerf Herder hails from southern California which is why some of the band members had never seen snow prior to this tour. Matt Sharp was the original bassist of Weezer and was still part of the band in 1997. The backing vocals in this song pay homage to Sharp's unmistakable backing vocals in Weezer music from this time period. Wawa and 7 Eleven are popular convenience stores in the United States. While in their rental van touring the mid-Atlantic and middle-west states, this was presumably a popular stop for gas, restroom, and snacks/meals. Weezer and Nerf Herder are often labeled as "geek rock" or "nerd rock" bands which would make this billing a nerd core heaven for those that love this genre of music. Say It Ain't So is a staple of any Weezer set and arguably their most beloved song. Nerf Herder played in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 11, 1997. While historical weather data does not show snowfall on this date, temperatures were low and most likely the ground was still covered with snow from previous snowfalls. MTV2 was a secondary MTV channel where a lesser known band such as Nerf Herder would get its video for Van Halen played in 1996. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a television show that premiered in the winter of 1997. Nerf Herder performed the theme song for the show. Weezer's debut album was self-titled and is generally referred to as The Blue Album, when stating Weezer was "singing the blues", this refers to singing most if not all of the Blue Album at most shows. Pinkerton was receiving poor reviews as a follow up to the Blue Album. Rob O'Conner from Rolling Stone gave the record a 3/5 in 1996. Gavin Edwards reviewed the album again in 2004 for Rolling Stone and gave it a 5/5. The cities and venues in the next verse are all historically accurate with the January leg of the Weezer tour in 1997. "Half-Japanese girls" and "God Damn" are references to lyrics from Pinkerton track, "El Scorcho." Matt, Pat, Brian, and Rivers were the members of Weezer in 1997 - Matt Sharp (bass), Pat Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (lead guitar), and Rivers Cuomo (guitar and vocals). "Butterfly" is also from Pinkerton and is known to move the emotions of fans, sometimes to tears. Karl refers to Karl Koch. Koch is part of the band behind the scenes and is often referred to as the 5th member of Weezer. Mykel and Carli are Mykel and Carli Allan. They were superfans even before the band released the Blue Album and followed the band to most of their shows. The sisters founded the Weezer fan club. Mykel and Carli (along with sister Trysta) were tragically killed later in 1997 in a car accident when traveling from the July 8 Denver show to the July 9 Salt Lake City show. When Mykel and Carli did not show in Salt Lake City (in their home state), the band knew something was terribly wrong. Mykel Allan and Karl Koch are the female and male voices having a conversation in the Weezer hit song Undone (The Sweater Song). The kids saying you might as well (jump, jump. jump) refers to the one song that Weezer fans would have known from Nerf Herder, "Van Halen", due to its airplay in 1996. So while opening acts sometimes get tuned out by the audience, this song would engage the crowd into a sing along so much so that it reminded the band of how the crowd would sing along with Say It Ain't So during the Weezer set. |
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