“Beverly Hills, that's where I want to be … rollin' like a celebrity.”
Whenever Weezer’s “Beverly Hills” came on the radio when I was a kid, I would air guitar and drum in the backseat of the car as though my life depended on it. The way the band's songs were recorded, it was hard not to. The brash, loud sounds of the live sounding instrumentation, the tastefully simple melodies, and their conversational lyrics were perfect sonic fodder for a little burgeoning music nerd. Through the airwaves, Weezer became a huge part of my childhood and love of bands. Their music dominated the '90s with platinum records and chart success, with their rock/emo-meets-pop sound.
Not too far from The Hills themselves, I went to see Weezer at the new Intuit Dome in Inglewood this past week. Celebrating 30 years of the band’s iconic self-titled LP (a k a The Blue Album) on their The Voyage to the Blue Planet tour, they created a show where (dressed as astronauts) they are on a mission throughout the set list to play The Blue Album in full.