Rivers Cuomo Went To Harvard After Weezer's First Album

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@tomatops Жыл бұрын

Was a huge Weezer fan growing up. Still blows my mind the guy was a garage rock icon and then just went to college as an unrecognizable dude.

@conman1395 Жыл бұрын

It's one of the most Weezer things ever imo

@drunkendrink5241 Жыл бұрын

I don't understand why it blew your mind. It's actually the most sane thing a popular artist could do

@andrew3606 Жыл бұрын

Rivers has become more physically recognizable with age, circa 1995 he was literally just some dude

Жыл бұрын

@@romeohio19 Weezer members are just dudes, they're not that easily recognizable. It's kind of their appeal.

@Glitch_sa_Mhaitris Жыл бұрын

Kurt cobain

@Monkeyseemonkey79 Жыл бұрын

I think Conan's tone is so appropriate in this interview. It seems to set Rivers at ease, and there's clearly a mutual respect between them. I can't wait to listen to the entire interview. Rivers and Conan (edit: not 'Cuomo'!) are two of my favorite creatives - inspiring me in different ways since the 90s!

@Christopher-md7tf Жыл бұрын

Rivers and Cuomo? 😄 You mean Rivers and Conan, right? Or is this like a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde situation lol

@Monkeyseemonkey79 Жыл бұрын

@@Christopher-md7tf haha yep!

@thokim84 Жыл бұрын

Two successful creative Harvard guys. They might have a similar wavelength to their vibe.

@judithcastro5254 24 күн бұрын

So true! I just watched the interview Rivers had with Kelly Clarkson and wow ….the energy was not a match. 😂

@jasonmoyer Жыл бұрын

Had no idea the Blue Album was big with little kids. I was 17 when that came out, and listened to 99% industrial music, and we still used to blast the hell out of that record and learned how to play the songs because it was so good.

@Wisdawms 4 ай бұрын

I used to listen to the hell out of the Blue Album when I was an angsty teenager.

@kevingorzny Жыл бұрын

It is absolutely amazing how low key Rivers is. Seems to be as modest as can be.

@cascade1125 6 күн бұрын

He’s been humbled

@Phi1618033 Жыл бұрын

This makes me want to watch the SNL Weezer skit again. "Bitch, Rivers don't understand what Rivers is going through!"

@KatSauceUp Жыл бұрын

Omg literally just did that because of this interview 😂

@fdrstan Жыл бұрын

Drink my blood. 🩸

@Christopher-md7tf Жыл бұрын

"I'm ride or die!" - "For Weezer??"

@FairuzaMNasir Жыл бұрын

".. I understand Rivers better than he understands himself!!" - Queen Leslie Jones

@christopherperkins1733 Жыл бұрын

That skit caught me off guard in both it's existence and accuracy

@alexperaza9475 Жыл бұрын

I'll never forget staying up listening to the Blue Album with headphones on every night before school for weeks. It was one night in particular where I distinctly remember listening to the guitar solo in Only In Dreams and thinking "That sounds cool. I want to learn how to play guitar." That was over twenty years ago and I'm still playing guitar but never did get around to learning that solo 😂

@Literallyjustmint Жыл бұрын

Dudee learn it nowww lol

@christopherperkins1733 Жыл бұрын

Such an underrated song off that album.

@Literallyjustmint Жыл бұрын

@@christopherperkins1733 it's the only weezer song that i know how to play on bass XD

@targetrender9529 Жыл бұрын

Rivers is such a nice, humble guy. I’m happy for him and the bands success.

@digitalsoldier3894 Ай бұрын

Just like Kurt Cobain

@Bombadil-ez9ns Жыл бұрын

I can attest to what he said. At that time, Rivers Cuomo was not a famous name; Weezer was. (And Thom Yorke was not a famous name; Radiohead was.)

@latinolawdog5067 Жыл бұрын

People forget. Before the internet really took off, you didn’t see people’s faces/images plastered everywhere, even with some of the “bigger” bands. You’d catch a video from time to time, and perhaps the album had a picture of the band. But otherwise you wouldn’t ready have any idea what Rivers looked like on a day to day basis like you would now a days where you can follow pretty much any celebrity’s entire life online.

@omgvague Жыл бұрын

@@latinolawdog5067 Buddy Holly came with Win95 by default. Granted, PCs weren't nearly as abundant as today but anyone who opened the media player back then saw Weezer front and center.

@occisoft8082 3 ай бұрын

I was 10 years old when the first weezer album came out and it was, and still is, one of my favorite albums.

@bernlin2000 Жыл бұрын

Such a cool guest: these guys made rock n roll fun in the 90s 🙂

@DoctorFurioso Жыл бұрын

I was one of those 10 year olds at the time and wasn't even a fan at the time but somehow really fondly remember their music. Big Windows 95 energy.

@maxonmendel5757 Жыл бұрын

bot

@catcontent Жыл бұрын

Literally the most quiet Cuomo on earth.

@eltravos99 Жыл бұрын

That's so weird he said his fans were like 10 years old at the time. I was literally 10/11 when I got their album in 1995 or so.

@leemcqueen500 2 ай бұрын

No way most Weezer fans were 10 years old.

@insomnyuk Жыл бұрын

I was one of those kids who was a fan when I was 11 years old. The first album I bought with money I earned doing chores for people in my neighborhood was The Blue Album on CD. I still listen to it 30 years later.

@deveryshepardson3640 Жыл бұрын

The first time I heard their first album (I was 18) my friends and I were on an acid trip. The album had come out that week and we played “Say it ain’t so” on repeat and every once in a while start the album over until it played the intro to “My name is Jonas” just until it said the title we would switch it back to “Say it ain’t so” on repeat. Good times!

@MaryamofShomal Жыл бұрын

Rivers reminds me of Steve Young, since #8 was an NFL quarterback when he decides to go to - and finish - law school. Some of the greats!

@digitalsoldier3894 Ай бұрын

Or Kurt Cobain

@liferiot Жыл бұрын

"In my music class" He was like Andy from Parks and Rec in there.

@KatSauceUp Жыл бұрын

“I’m just a beginner, I barely haven’t even never seen a *gortar*” - Rivers Cuomo

@blaxe0129 Жыл бұрын

"You're the bus driver for Weezer?" "The cook?" "The masseuse??"

@raradis Жыл бұрын

Sona laughing in the background is so precious. :))

@globdrop Жыл бұрын

*foreground

@AnakinIHateSandSkywalker Жыл бұрын

I love you Conan, you’ve saved me more times than I can imagine Lots of love to you and lisa from halfway around the world

@dasbootykid Жыл бұрын

Think it's Liza

@familydinner1 Жыл бұрын

I was 10 years old when my dad bought me the blue album. My mind is blown that Rivers knew that his fans were 10 years old. Super cool!

@8bitchiptune420 Жыл бұрын

College reunion? 2 of my most favorite person ever in 1 video. I am so happy.

@melyann25 Жыл бұрын

I was 11 when the blue album came out. 💕

@davetbrunner Жыл бұрын

Playing the same songs over and over for 10 year olds literally made Rivers come undone. Hold this thread as I walk awaaaay Weezer was on my Winamp playlist all the time

@omgvague Жыл бұрын

It really did whip the llama's ass, didn't it?

@damienb9271 2 ай бұрын

Just back from a Weezer gig in Dublin Absolutely fantastic live

@janacopolis 2 ай бұрын

I’m still grinning like a madman after it

@darrencarter Жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Way to go Conan. Love this

@patreekotime4578 Жыл бұрын

Matt is in such awe he cant even move. The granddad of hipsters is right next to him... 🤓

@BasilicaUlpia Жыл бұрын

I suppose the zenith of hipsterdom is ironically living the ideal square life, going to college, getting a job and starting a family. Reminds me of that Mr Show sketch “I’ll marry your ass!”. Anyways nice to see these two achieve the dream.

@patreekotime4578 Жыл бұрын

@@BasilicaUlpia are you sure it isnt a bigger lunch box collection?

@Anw120 Жыл бұрын

something similar happened to me at UC Irvine, on our last year I was talking to a classmate who was talking about eating expensive sushi and expensive places in Japan, and I said "dude, how'd you afford all that as a student", and he then said "Oh I played in this band a few years ago, Reel Big Fish, our label paid for it". Was pretty crazy - just a normal dude that was in my classes for 4 years, until we worked on a project together and got talking. Another funny thing... I remember as a kid seeing No Doubt play live, it was my first concert, and I was super stoked. I remember Weezer opening for them, and thinking "who is this band with this huge W on the stage" and not understanding what an opener was and waiting for No Doubt. I guess that was the tour he mentioned in the interview.

@bradleylovej 8 ай бұрын

This guy looks like Johnny Knoxville's nerdy younger brother. "What's that, Wheezey? Don't throw firecrackers at your face? Ok..." *pop, pop, pop* *maniacal laughter*

@Bitshitter Жыл бұрын

As interesting as the stories were about Cuomo being at Harvard and riding the student buses around Weezer fans while they were oblivious to who he was, it's also mind-boggling to me to hear that the front man and singer/guitar player for a multi-platinum rock band who's had great success and toured the nation, is taking music class in college. It's like, he might should be teaching the class.....

@bossdunkz Жыл бұрын

It's an interesting interview because Rivers almost comes off as the anti-Conan. The man seems allergic to being the focus of attention.

@lomarsweed6604 Жыл бұрын

He should be teaching the class just because he was in a successful band? I'm guessing you didn't get accepted to an Ivy League school with that logic.

@fhornet3123 8 ай бұрын

What a midwit comment

@rachid6338 7 ай бұрын

Im not sure if they knew music theory so maybe he was trying to understand that

@stephenwatchesyoutube Жыл бұрын

it's funny to think that mark zuckerberg and natalie portman also attended around the same time and she was briefly referred to in the social network

@rothloaf1980 Жыл бұрын

I like the Conan/Gorley music idea. I don't think the audience would bolt. Conan isn't a bad guitar player but he's better heard than seen while playing because he looks terrified when playing.

@PlasticMogaBand Жыл бұрын

I love how Conan asked him whether the success made him miserable when Pinkerton exists

@maxonmendel5757 Жыл бұрын

what

@lomarsweed6604 Жыл бұрын

@@maxonmendel5757 You heard the woman.

@fdrstan Жыл бұрын

Saw them way back on the Pinkerton tour. Front row at the Grenada in Lawrence. Matt Sharp stole the show lol. Some chick through her bra at him and he wore it the rest of the show! 😂

@brucelee4996 Жыл бұрын

*Threw

@narrow3601 Жыл бұрын

Guys in the 90s had Blue and Pinkerton. Me in the 2010s had White and OK Computer.

@on2wheels378 Жыл бұрын

I am a longtime customer of of record/music store in Long Beach, Ca. Since 1988. In 2014, I was given a invitation to see Weezer at Fingerprints Music in 2014.

@kenkobra Жыл бұрын

I remember the Weezer video being on the Windows 95 disk. That alone tells you how long ago that was.

@MLG2007 6 ай бұрын

The fact weezer performed in the conan show since 1994

@mitchkupietz Жыл бұрын

I’ve always looked up to Rivers since I was really little. Big reason why I started playing guitar and writing songs. Love you Rivers long live Weezer ❤

@MayraAraujo01 Жыл бұрын

Are we ignoring the fact that Rivers looks like Gourley? Hum, ok...

@FilippoBuscemi93 Жыл бұрын

Ahaha você tem razão :D !!!

@thousandblood Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I thought that was Gourley for a second.

@transcreatureofchaos Жыл бұрын

Huh I thought more people knew this lol A lot of Pinkerton was about his time at Harvard lmao

@itsjustasong1030 5 ай бұрын

This is so charming. Funny to think of the hum-drum workaday life of the rockstar, but it must be how a lot of people feel doing jobs that they wish provided more stimulation.

@EightPieceBox Жыл бұрын

Jerry Harrison from Talking Heads was on Marc Maron's podcast recently. He went to Harvard the same time Bonnie Raitt did.

@elijahneal5286 Жыл бұрын

Instead of undercover boss, it was undercover artist 😂

@Eric_In_SF 11 ай бұрын

I like how he thinks his whole audience was 10-year-olds and nobody knew who he was. They were huge and everybody knew who they were. In college radio play them nonstop.

@iammrbeat Жыл бұрын

He looks just like Buddy Holly. And Conan is Mary Tyler Moore.

@timmancillas8326 Жыл бұрын

Love your vids Mr. Beat!

@bobabooey4537 Жыл бұрын

I was wrong about that band when they were popular with Buddy Holly. I thought they were a goofy sort of band because of that song and video. It wasnt until I heard the entire album did I know how wrong I was, but that initial showing of the band... it messed with me and I didnt give them a fair shot until months after.

@AkiroKiro Жыл бұрын

Hey, same over here! I saw that video when MTV was still a thing and went like okay that's cute, then i heard "The world has turned" for the first time in our local indie disco waaaay later and was blown away. The blue album will be in my top ten for forever. Also "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams" might be my favorite b-side ever.

@Christopher-md7tf Жыл бұрын

I mean, they are goofy, that was a big part of their image, being goofy nerds.

@gavinelliscreative 8 ай бұрын

They are a goofy band! In the best way

@viz8746 Ай бұрын

Just two normal guys "who went to college in Boston" chatting it up and reminiscing about old times! 😄

@smithscarborough Жыл бұрын

Love Rivers! Such a great story.

@nomisukeindustries Жыл бұрын

I was part of an anonymous program and had moved to a new area. As soon as I found a meeting I knew I needed to ask someone to be my next sponsor. A man came forward and said he would be honored, but we only had a few months before I had to find a more permanent solution because he had a "summer gig". We worked together for a few weeks before I finally asked him what he did. He was reluctant to answer my question because, well... it's an anonymous program. When he told me I nearly fell off my chair. Let's just say that whenever you ask Alexa to play "'80's hair metal", you will eventually hear him playing guitar.

@maxonmendel5757 Жыл бұрын

Alice Cooper?

@omgvague Жыл бұрын

@@maxonmendel5757 Cooper wasn't a guitarist but if the answer is Quiet Riot then that's wild because that was the band that got Rivers wanting to play in the first place.

@pAThomies 2 ай бұрын

Rivers seems like a chill guy

@madzen112 11 ай бұрын

Think I read about this in Rolling Stone of all places back then

@Ultradude604 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I wanna go back to school An east coast college with some history I'd be satisfied, I know In the simple things

@carmen3091 Жыл бұрын

Best podcast ever

@blueazure9658 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a Decedents record.

@omgvague Жыл бұрын

They do share a lot of the nerdiness with Descendents.

@citalopram20 Жыл бұрын

My name is Rivers!!!!! Give my books back. - ok, but i want your guitar. -Ok, i dont need it.

@stefanmarraccini8646 Жыл бұрын

What amazes me is how we all miss our collective understanding of what it means to be an animal. Do you have a permit for your minkey 🐒 ? We all wanna keep the fun coming. Solitude is boring but the older we get and the more we know our TREASURED loved ones in our work family or home, the more we pine 🎍 for the novel and exciting. Speaking of rewards, the Sweater Song beckons. Jeez Louise do I love me Mr. Cuomo's work. The Musical Northerner

@ferruscx Ай бұрын

Prof. Rivers... Humbled

@thechapelperilous Ай бұрын

My niece just turned 15 and LOVES Weezer and the Blue record.

@elishmuel1976 Жыл бұрын

more pleeeease!!

@goodness-may 2 ай бұрын

Of course they accepted him lol he’s a rockstar. That’s like Paul Mcartney applying to work a guitar center.

@damienrowley443 Жыл бұрын

He looks kinda like Johnny Knoxville mixed with Jon Hamm.

@TheMadisonHang 11 күн бұрын

@1:50 lol

@ArthurHammerr Жыл бұрын

It's always a pleasure to hear Conan generally laugh.

@lomarsweed6604 Жыл бұрын

Generally?

@peteplayz-norskgaming5723 10 ай бұрын

@@lomarsweed6604its not always a pleasure, but generally it is

@SP-po1sd Жыл бұрын

I loved this episode Get Julian Casablancas next time!

@tokyodirect4594 Жыл бұрын

Harvard is not unlike other schools in that if they see someone is famous from the information on the application (I have a band called Weezer that has top hits on the radio and famous videos) and wants to get in, they will say yes.

@willswalkingwest7267 Жыл бұрын

Put a blonde wig on him and he becomes Dana Carvey's character in Wayne's World. I love Weezer.

@zoperxplex Жыл бұрын

It was either rock star or finding the mystery behind Dark Energy.

@ryansummers4661 Жыл бұрын

98 we went to a concert i thought was going to be a punk show, bridges to brazil, it sucked. weezer was next door and their PA system broke so most of those people went outide thinking it was over, then they just let everyone in with no tickets, I of course chose their 2nd set to finish my night. like other bands id seen pull off the connection with the audience of everyone on the same page doing it correctly, loud fast intense fun.

@raymondk6721 Жыл бұрын

I think he got in because he was celeb and these ivy league schools like giving easy admission to celebs makes their alumni list look "interesting"

@raymondk6721 Жыл бұрын

@PeteManic no if already famous or have some interesting back story (like refugee from Timbuktu who made a backyard particle accelerator) very easy to get into ivy league that's how bubblehead like Brooke shield or actress from silence of lambs go to ivy league. Of course if minority super easy. Or kid of some rich family that donates or child of foreign dignatry etc- For Asian and white and the rest of us plebs not easy get into Harvard ok thank you

@bossdunkz Жыл бұрын

Rivers Cuomo has big Gourley energy

@luigiaiden2501 Жыл бұрын

I love weezer a lot!! :)

@Urlocallordandsavior Жыл бұрын

Please invite Stephen Malkmus.

@axqrn Жыл бұрын

captions are terrifying

@rangers11ization Жыл бұрын

That's insane

@joejoe3011 Жыл бұрын

I would bet a lot of those 10 year old fans discovered Weezer on the Windows 95 CD

@DjBurnherbs-vg2pd 4 ай бұрын

Kurt lives!

@waltergregoireshling Жыл бұрын

at first i thought it was johnny knoxville

@oxouk 4 ай бұрын

Who loves the drum sound on Pinkerton?

@tonyc8752 Жыл бұрын

Can attest, the 11 year old girls on my school buss in 5th grade used to swing The Sweater song daily

@AITreeBranches Жыл бұрын

I'm binge watching this podcast, is way better than Rogan, of course, but where can I find the full interviews?

@David_Downs Жыл бұрын

I mean Rogan and Conan have kinda different approaches to their interviews, so wouldnt really pit them against each other.

@LEGIONofSPOON21 5 ай бұрын

Clearly rivers’ love language is “words of affirmation”. And physical touch too I guess

@mikeyissurfin 3 ай бұрын

"Sing the same songs over and over again." He's been doing that for the better part of 30 years now. Got to "play the greatest hits".

@WhatTheMotherBear Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Weezer the name of one of the Alley Kids? That's where I thought they got the name

@WhatTheMotherBear Жыл бұрын

@@mothpig you should listen to this full podcast. Rivers says his dad Nicknsmed him Weezer over a little rascal character.

@nickpaz9113 8 ай бұрын

Everyone at my highschool was into Weezer. Loved the songs. Not sure what he’s talking about with 10 year olds being the entire fan base. That would be depressing

@patton303 10 ай бұрын

He also shared a house with a couple of other dudes and just lived like a regular college kid.

@atravelerofbothtimespace4172 Жыл бұрын

Weezer is singlehandedly responsible for modern hipster fashion

@digitalsoldier3894 Ай бұрын

Hello Kurt

@TheMilford Жыл бұрын

Didn’t he go after their 2nd record, Pinkerton? Which honestly is there best record.

@brandall101 Жыл бұрын

He wrote Pinkerton while at Harvard, then dropped out… and went back - twice - before actually graduating. I remember hearing the same back his Wikipedia clarifies things.

@Aerosolli Жыл бұрын

Who is this internal auditor?

@RodRessell Жыл бұрын

I'm sick of people calling this interview pretentious.

@brentj.peterson6070 Жыл бұрын

I can see getting bored playing the same songs night after night...but do you realize how many unknowns would kill for that level of success? Rivers was fortunate to have the skills to take a break and come back to it later...

@Bdhacker101 Жыл бұрын

Sona has essentially taken up the same role that Robin plays in the Howard Stern show She contributes nothing to these podcast interviews apart from being seated next to Conan and giggling like a high school girl.........