Weezer Enjoy ‘The Good Life,’ Celebrate the Blue Album on John Mulaney’s ‘Everybody’s in L.A.’
Weezer were among the many people in Los Angeles this week who showed up for John Mulaney’s Everybody’s in L.A., performing two songs on the comedian’s delightfully shaggy and silly one-week-only talk show.
The band led with “The Good Life,” the great Pinkerton single about wanting nothing more than to shake off anxiety, heartache, and despair, and get back out in the world (even though the song is still shot through with a bit of that anxiety, heartache, and despair). Mulaney introduced the performance with characteristic anti-zeal: “Hey party animals, do you like rock music?”
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Along with “The Good Life,” Weezer played another early classic, “Buddy Holly,” as a way of marking the upcoming 30th anniversary of their self-titled debut (a.k.a. “the Blue Album”), which was released May 10, 1994. Unfortunately, only a snippet of that performance is available to watch on social media, so you’ll have to log onto Netflix to see the whole thing.
Weezer will further celebrate the 30th anniversary of “the Blue Album” with a lengthy North American tour this fall, which kicks off Sept. 4 in Saint Paul, Minnesota and wraps Oct. 11. And while “the Blue Album” might be the main attraction, it’s a remarkably stacked tour lineup, with the Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. joining Weezer throughout the trek.
As for Everybody in L.A., the show has featured a musical performance each night, with St. Vincent, Warren G, and Joyce Manor all taking the stage before Weezer. The final two shows — airing tonight, May 9, and tomorrow May 10 — will feature Los Lobos and Beck, respectively.
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