New Rivers Cuomo Video - "Blast Off!"
If we've learned one thing since blogging about Rivers Cuomo's solo home recordings, it's that Weezer fans know their trivia frighteningly well. And, hey, speaking of frightening, the video for Alone single "Blast Off!" is pretty eerie, especially considering Cuomo's fascination with Japan ... and his mustache. In it, an often somber (but sometimes smiley) Rivers is looking to regain the eye of the tiger. Cast against a wintry gray landscape, he heads to some YMCA-kinda place, strips down to his workout gear, stretches, gets to bouncing on a trampoline with his workout friends, mostly older Japanese ladies (some trickier in their trampoline tricks than others). From there, it gets even more Zen.
What's he trying to master amid all that silence, Weezer buffs? Nice to see he gets home safely at the end. Looks like nobody was harmed.
Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo 1992-2007 is out on Geffen.
Posted at 10:11 AM in Video
Tags: Rivers Cuomo | Weezer
shit's weird
Posted by: jon at January 11, 2008 11:08 AM | ReplyScore = 0
This song is great...the fast beginning, lyrics, and that weird synth part in the middle are all awesome. It's strange to see a video for it after all these years though.
It reminds me of Lost in Translation, especially the end, but it's not that good. I still can't get over the shitay mess of their last album though...
Posted by: EnchantingWizardofRhythm at January 11, 2008 11:16 AM | ReplyScore = 0
"What's he trying to master amid all that silence, Weezer buffs?"
I'm no buff, but you mean the calligraphy part at the end?
Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at January 11, 2008 11:41 AM | ReplyScore = 0
- or - where'd he find footage of the moustachio'd backstreet boy -and- why did he play a Microphones song over found footage?
Posted by: special ed at January 11, 2008 11:49 AM | ReplyScore = 0
WTF was that? Rivers?...........Um.........yeah.....yeah.
Posted by: Richard Kuta at January 11, 2008 1:39 PM | ReplyScore = 0
weird ass video but the song is amazing. if weezer can make songs like that, and sing about half japanese girls again. i will be a very happy man.
i think that is calligraphy as some one else stated.
Posted by: Jonathan at January 11, 2008 2:11 PM | ReplyScore = 0
he looks liks a mentally-challenged brandon flowers with that 'stache...
Posted by: bly at January 11, 2008 4:09 PM | ReplyScore = 0
God if there was ever one person who should be banned from growing facial hair, its definitely Rivers.
Posted by: Yossarian at January 11, 2008 4:48 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Good heavens, that was the most fantastic thing I've ever seen. Especially the ending. I love that man. That weird-ass little hippy shit. Love him.
And OMG, it's Rich Kuta!
Posted by: The Other Matthew at January 11, 2008 5:36 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaat the fuck!
Posted by: Claire Evans at January 11, 2008 6:01 PM | ReplyScore = 0
that's not a microphones song, it's "Ooh" off of the Rivers Cuomo album.
Posted by: bobby brown at January 12, 2008 12:23 PM | ReplyScore = 0
I think he was snarkly trying to say that rivers ripped that song off of the microphones. Pretty funny considering this song was written in 95, long before they were writing...
Posted by: doog at January 12, 2008 9:59 PM | ReplyScore = 0