Sliver

At the concert, Rivers, Scott, and Pat came on for a second encore. Pat was still in a red jumpsuit. Scott was in an awesome black robe with golden lining and a huge golden "W" on the back (like a boxer's robe). And Rivers still had on his red pants and green headband but now had on a muscle shirt and was showing some tattoos that have really got me wondering. He isn't the kind of guy to get tattoos and in pictures of their earlier shows, they weren't there.

So, they come on, "Heart Songs" is playing on a record player, and Rivers just dropkicks the record player. Scott starts one of the awesomest bass riffs ever and they play "Sliver" by Nirvana. I had no idea what it was, but I liked the sound of it. So, for the past two weeks, I have listened to that song a lot. I never gave Nirvana a chance, but I think that I'll like them. I've also decided that when I get a band, that is going to be one of the songs that we play at our first gig.




I would also like to take this opportunity to show how good of a band Weezer is. Nirvana was plagued with drugs and alcohol as many rock bands are. This, I'm sure was a factor in Kurt Cobain's death, which caused Nirvana to stop recording awesome rock albums. Weezer doesn't touch drugs. I know that they at least experimented with them in the 3 and a half years that Mikey Welsh was the bassist, but they got rid of him pronto. And I'm sure they all like their spirits every once in while.

I realize that all members of Weezer are very near or are over 40 years old; however, I don't see that as a counterargument to the previous paragraph. Boys will be boys. I've seen Scott's wife and don't think that she cares if he drinks. But, collectively, they don't base their lives around sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. Three of them are in healthy marriages. Two of them have healthy children. And I can only hope that Brian will find a woman soon.