New Weezer Video - "Kids/Pokerface"

After some fan footage of Weezer doing a dual MGMT/Lady Gaga cover became a (relatively) minor YouTube sensation, =w= had no choice but to edit together a supercut of the crowd-pleaser for official embed purposes. Rivers keeps up with the kids admirably on the band's reverent MGMT spin/Gaga segue, and not so much with the video's old-school overlay/background design. Haven't decided about his sunglasses selections yet.

Nice job, Weezer. And somewhat related: In his entertaining one-man show at UCB, comedian Gabe Liedman refers to Lady Gaga as an "avant-garde tranny supernova," which is just about my favorite phrase ever.

Posted at 10:58 AM by amrit in Video
Tags: Lady Gaga | MGMT | Weezer

12 Comments

this shit is WACK

Posted by: joe at 07/13/09 11:14 AM | Reply
Score = 9

I thought the MGMT cover was probably the best thing I've heard from Weezer in ages. "Pokerface" sounds awful, but I get the feeling that's not Weezer's fault.

Posted by: dafs at 07/13/09 11:23 AM | Reply
Score = 14

Aren't they suppose to cover the Deftones or something?

Posted by: mattabramson at 07/13/09 11:45 AM | Reply
Score = -7

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Posted by: Tim at 07/13/09 12:09 PM | Reply
Score = -83

-28 and counting. That's what we think.

Posted by: The Jury in reply to Tim's comment at 07/13/09 2:24 PM | Reply
Score = 12

weezer + synths = fail.
this is five minutes of awful.

Posted by: annie onymous at 07/13/09 12:57 PM | Reply
Score = -7

Weezer has sucked since 2008. I mean 2009.

Posted by: jaychuck at 07/13/09 1:01 PM | Reply
Score = 10

What happened to Weezer?

Posted by: b at 07/13/09 8:53 PM | Reply
Score = -2

is it weird that i like their cover of kids better than the original?

Posted by: monica at 07/13/09 11:13 PM | Reply
Score = 4

I AM GUILTY OF LOVING THIS

Posted by: bob loblaw at 07/13/09 11:19 PM | Reply
Score = 7

Not really sure these covers are "necessary". Weezer are a great live band as well but musically its a bit lacking at this stage

Posted by: Cougar at 07/15/09 6:38 AM | Reply
Score = 0

i am also guilty of loving this. i can't help it. glorious.

Posted by: alana lindsay at 07/19/09 7:53 PM | Reply
Score = 0