Weezer @ MSG

Euerka sweetums! I finally discovered the silver lining of working in midtown. Easy after-work access to Madison Square Garden. That just might be the only silver lining, but it sure makes concert going much more convenient. For instance, last night it was a quick 5 minute walk to the Weezer concert. Oh, if only every work day concluded with a kick ass concert (and over-priced beer) I would be the happiest girl in all the world.
A quick aside:
The Garden sells my favorite beer, Smithwicks! I can remember a time when the only beer served at the garden was bud, and bud lite, possibly you could get a heine, but times have changed (and for the better baby) Now, I can choose from Bass, Killians and Smithwicks (because I am extremely British and Irish when drinking beer). It makes the $9.25 price go down a little easier.
Weezer, the best nerd-core band put on an awesome show last night. Now, I've been to alot of concerts, and I thought I had long ago lost that excited feeling. That little flutter of anticipation I used to get when seeing an artist I really like live. I've been a fan of Weezer since the blue album, so I've been listening to them since I'm 15. That's half my life. That's a sobering fact, and I guess that puts things into perspective. I hadn't even realized subconsciously how much I really wanted to see the band when I bought the tickets last month, until they stepped out on stage and played the opening chords of Jonas. I was ready to rock, and Weezer really rocked hard last night. They played a great smattering of songs from their catalog. Rivers spoke to the crowd in Spanish? Japanese? Both? I couldn't quite tell. For the first encore, they brought out 30 NYC area musicians, which included such instruments as a saxophone, trumpet, flute, and cowbell. The cowbell solo fucking rocked! (Oddly enough during the aforementioned solo the voice of Christopher Walken popped into my head saying: "Guess what?! I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!")
The second encore started out with an empty stage, a spotlight shining on a record player, center stage, playing the song from the new album "heart songs"
The band came back on stage while heart song was playing, and Rivers kicked over the record player, and the band launched into a rendition of Nirvana's "Sliver". It was (for lack of a better word) great! Which is the only way I can sum up the entire show. It was great. And to think, I was feeling so shitty yesterday with this annoying cold and almost didn't go, to wind up not wanting to leave when the house lights came up..Now, I can't wait to see them again!
Here's the set-list from last night I'm sure you can understand why I had to geek out.
1. My Name Is Jonas
2. Pink Triangle
3. Perfect Situation
4. Say It Ain't So
5. Susanne
6. Keep Fishin'
7. King
8. Undone (the sweater song)
9. Pork and Beans
10. Dreamin'
11. Dope Nose
12. Troublemaker
13. Automatic
14. Hash Pipe
15. El Scorcho
16. Morning Glory
17. Greatest Man




First encore:

18. Island in the Sun
19. Beverly Hills
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Second encore:

20. Heart Songs vinyl into Sliver
21. Buddy Holly