Weezer Posts Song Co-Written by YouTubers

We all like rebels. Admit it. Especially when one emerges from the kicked-around kid who once tried to make everybody happy. There isn’t much that’s more fun to watch than the uncooperative underdog flustering persons of authority.

Take poetic indie-hero Rivers Cuomo, who seemingly in response to label pressure to make himself as teen-idol as possible, decided instead to sport a moustache, trucker hat and knee-length socks. Possibly in an attempt to have fun while making things confusing for his record label, Rivers (or River, as he is now going by) recently posted a song he co-wrote with fans via YouTube, NME reported Wednesday.

Weezer’s increasingly eccentric front man has created a song by posting chunks of it on YouTube, gathering fans’ advice via comments and video responses, and making adjustments along the way. The resulting piece is (so far) called “Turning’ Up The Radio.” Contrary to most of Weezer’s released material, it sounds loose, free, fresh – and more or less like something a label would love to own the rights to. Take that, suckers.

Weezer has lately been one of the more active bands surfing the wave of intimate band-fan interaction. Besides this, the band has held “Hootenannies” in three cities, where they actually recorded music live with fans (stay tuned for a close, personal account of that), plus releasing three tracks to be included in the Rock Band video game. All of this uncharacteristic attention would make me want to go out and buy the new album, but I’m still partially convinced River will suddenly show up on my doorstep and hand it to me.

Check out the collaboration for “Turnin’” below.






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