(NOTE: This is not the actual page of Weezer's Raditude, please keep that in mind.)
Raditude is the seventh studio album by Gothic Metal band Weezer, and noted as one of the best albums the band has ever recorded. After the failed yet fandom-acclaimed album Make Believe, Weezer decided to take themselves as an actually serious band rather than their Nerd Rocky of their last six albums (although they still kept their sarcastic and absurd humor on this album), and even though there is a mixed reception when they decided to do that, it paid off in the long run.
The album also has a more Brutal Prog-like tone compared to Make Believe (which had a less Prog approach, and more of a Pronk-ish vibe to it), and it has some unique experimental sounds to it. Signature Songs include "If You're Wondering If I Want Your Mom (I Want Your Mom), "The Girl Got Not Hot With Robots And Pot", and the instant classic "Can't Stop Partying".
Tracklist:
- If You're Wondering If I Want Your Mom (I Want Your Mom) - (6:27)
- I Was Your Daddy, Tim. - (5:39)
- The Girl Got Not Hot With Robots And Pot - (8:57)
- Can't Stop Partying - (15:30)
- Keep Em' Separated (The Offspring Cover) - (6:55)
- Freeway Home - (9:00)
- Answers - (7:55)
- Hangin' Out At The Mall (With Mallgoths and Other Monstrosities) - (8:27)
- Let You Go - (20:00)note
This album provides examples of:
- Abusive Parents: The Dad in "I Was Your Daddy, Tim.", who abandoned his son for some milk.
- A Wild Rapper Appears!: Downplayed for "Oh Hey Look, Lil Wayne Is Here, Oh Golly Gee". Even though Lil' Wayne IS there, he's not rapping at all. Just being in the back.
- Wayne: Hey man, can I actually RAP now?Rivers: No.Wayne: Understandable. Keep playing.
- Child Supplants Parent: "If You're Wondering if I Want Your Mom (I Want Your Mom)" is about this, where the main character even goes insane from the idea of it.
- Your mom looked hot i asked to go my seatShe dug me so much, she took one for the teamThe dad was silent... cuz' i killed him
- Cover Version: The Offspring's "Come Out And Play" but now with more Prog instead of Skate Punk
- Darker and Edgier: Even though Make Believe was a little more on the dark side, this album made a new tone for Weezer that carried on to this day. Songs were more abrasive and experimental to the point it sounded nothing like the past six albums.
- Epic Rocking: While most of the tracks are pretty lengthy, "Can't Stop Partying" trumps all of them.
- Everything Is an Instrument: "The Girl Got Not Hot With Robots And Pot" uses the following instruments: Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, 3 vibrators, handclaps and even a bulldozer, if you listen closely.
- "Freeway Home" has a water gurgle solo for 1 and a half minute.
- Hidden Track: "Oh Hey Look, Lil Wayne Is Here, Oh Golly Gee".
- Missing Dad: "I Was Your Daddy, Tim." is about this:
- This is impossibleThis is impropableYou were my baby sometimeAnd i was your daddy
- New Sound Album: Compare it to their critically acclaimed debut albums (Blue and Pinkerton), and you WOULDN'T recognize that this was the same band! This album expands Weezer's sound from sorta prog (with pop undertones) to full-blown expiremental, pants-on-brain prog. Explained here in an interview with Rivers Cuomo:
- "We like to screw around with our sound... and also get high with it."
- One-Word Title: "Answers"
- Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: "Can't Stop Partying" deconstructs this trope. Which is about a glam-rocker who slowly goes into a life of torment.
- Shout-Out: The submarine pings during "Let You Go"'s transmission, might be a reference to Pink Floyd's Meddle, and the track from it "Echoes".
- The Cover Changes the Meaning: "Come Out And Play" originally was about a school with gangs. Weezer's version... is... um.... colorful, to say the least...
- Word Salad Title: "The Girl Got Not Hot With The Robots And Pot".
