# Weezer song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501 "2001-09-29T18:07:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/1 "2001-09-29T18:07:08Z")
What is the name of weezer’s big hit, the one that’s kinda slow and every now and then they go “do do”, can’t explain it anyother way. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/2 "2001-09-29T18:18:48Z")
Island in the Sun? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/3 "2001-09-29T18:23:19Z")
Is that the one that’s getting airplay now? The one that sounds like the harmonies were ripped off from They Might Be Giants? ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/4 "2001-09-29T18:33:26Z")
Weezer actually had a hit? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/5 "2001-09-29T18:47:42Z")
Luna’s right. It’s “Island in th Sun” ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/6 "2001-09-30T01:54:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bernse \* > \*\*Weezer actually had a hit? > > 😕 \*\* Weezer has had several hit songs. I would consider Buddy Holly, Undone, Island in the Sun, and Hash Pipe hits for sure, and there are a couple others that got pretty big airplay, but I can’t remember their titles. And yes, that song is “Island in the Sun” ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/7 "2001-09-30T02:02:41Z")
Their biggest hit, and the one that put them on the map, is Sweater Song from their first album. I love Weezer. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/8 "2001-09-30T05:08:53Z")
Undone = The Sweater Song [/shameless post count boost] ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/9 "2001-09-30T06:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by clayton\_e \* > **What is the name of weezer’s big hit, the one that’s kinda slow and every now and then they go “do do”, can’t explain it anyother way.** I always thought it sounded more like “hep hep.” I rolled down the windows in my car and blasted it when it came on the radio today. Oh yeah! I went to a Weezer concert last week, even though I only know their big hits (the ones **Ooner** mentioned). It was kind of weird, going to a concert to determine whether or not I like the band. Not the way most people do it, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/10 "2001-09-30T06:26:45Z")
> [@](#): > > It was kind of weird, going to a concert to determine whether or not I like the band. Not the way most people do it, I suppose. Actually, I’ve recently found myself going to concerts of bands I’m just sort of familiar with (incl. Weezer) to see if I like them or not. It’s probably more accurate than making that determination based on a CD, and usually not much more expensive either. And I hear “hep hep” in that song too. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/11 "2001-09-30T07:11:29Z")
They are saying “hep hep/hip hip.” And **bernse** , them’s fightin’ words. I’ll meet you outside by the bike racks at 3:30pm. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/12 "2001-09-30T16:17:00Z")
For my money, “Buddy Holly” is one of the best sing-along-in -your-car songs around. The video was a hoot, too. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/13 "2001-10-01T05:49:58Z")
The Buddy Holly video is on the Windows 95 CD if anyone wants to check it out and still has it hanging around. ---
**Author:** ![Phlip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-song/84501/14 "2001-10-01T08:00:50Z")
Weezer is THE most under-rated badn of the 90’s. I am a hardcore kid at heart, but I have always had a special place in my heart for weezer. They are fantastic writers. THey are by far the softest albumn in my collection, but I listen to them all the time. My little 2 year old girl loves the new CD. Pinkerton was so under-rated. The thing that sunk them is that they got grouped in with the grunge scene in the early 90’s and died with it. They are not even grunge. I cant say enough about this band. Awsome. Buddy Holly has my favorite guitar solo of any song ever. El Scorcho!!