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02-11-2018, 06:00 AM
Internet nostalgia: Revisiting the meme-filled music video for Weezer's 'Pork And Beans'
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I remember cringing when the video for Weezer's song "Pork and Beans" came out in 2008. Now, I look back on it with nostalgia for a simpler time on the internet.
Lead singer Rivers Cuomo wrote the tune after meeting with the band's label, Geffen. According to Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pork-and-beans-weezer), the band was asked during the meeting to produce more "commercial-sounding tunes," and as a result they created "Pork and Beans" as a defiant middle finger.*
Weezer may have been trying not to conform to conventional stereotypes ("I'mma do the things that I wanna do, I ain't got a thing to prove to you"), but the song actually turned out to be an extremely catchy commercial success. * Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/10/weezer-pork-and-beans-memes-look-back/)
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I remember cringing when the video for Weezer's song "Pork and Beans" came out in 2008. Now, I look back on it with nostalgia for a simpler time on the internet.
Lead singer Rivers Cuomo wrote the tune after meeting with the band's label, Geffen. According to Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pork-and-beans-weezer), the band was asked during the meeting to produce more "commercial-sounding tunes," and as a result they created "Pork and Beans" as a defiant middle finger.*
Weezer may have been trying not to conform to conventional stereotypes ("I'mma do the things that I wanna do, I ain't got a thing to prove to you"), but the song actually turned out to be an extremely catchy commercial success. * Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/10/weezer-pork-and-beans-memes-look-back/)
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