This Track Is Fire!

In my opinion and experience there are many, many great albums, but there are few perfect  albums where I never skip a single track. Weezer's debut, untitled album (often referred to by the fans as simply "Blue"), is one such album. And it would be so very easy to pick "Undone (The Sweater Song," "Say It Ain't So," or "Buddy Holly" as great selections from this album, and honestly, I might highlight them in the future. But for me, the song "Surf Wax America" reminds me of being in college, working third shift the week of Spring Break because I didn't have money to go anywhere fun, enjoying the song with my friend Steve, who also loved this song so very dearly. It's a core memory of mine, because this album, this track, was important to me in my youth. Also, it's straight up fire the way that they harmonize on that chorus. All along the undertow (you take your car to work) Is strengthening its hold (I'll take my b...

  Let me first say that I respect Phoebe Bridgers and I fully recognize that she is massively talented. That said, for some reason her music just never seemed to click with me.  I am not saying I dislike her music, and if I could explain it better I would, but there's something about her music that just does not resonate with me even though everything else about her says that I should like her music, that I should be a fan of hers. I like strong, independent women who are singer/songwriters; in my defense I point to my love of Nina Nastasia, Fiona Apple, Ela Minus, Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga, Pink, Billie Eilish, Loretta Lynn, etc., etc., etc... Again, as I said, I respect her. I have listened to many of her hit songs and as much as I wanted them to resonate with me they just didn't. I even listened to the Boy Genius super-group she formed, and again, everything on paper said that I should like them, but again, nothing. To be clear, I didn't dislike her music; at no point did...