# Weezer-The Beatles for nerds?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-beatles-for-nerds/154084>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-beatles-for-nerds/154084 "2003-02-10T12:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![senor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@senor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senor)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-beatles-for-nerds/154084/1 "2003-02-10T12:34:43Z")

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Hola!

Is Weezer the Beatles of the nerd generation?

I love Weezer, I like Star Trek fully, I was not sucessful with women until I met my wife, I enjoyed Dungeons and Dragons, and the muppets are a favorite since early childhood.

Does the band play to the almost cool nerd generation? I LOVE WEEZER, and I hope they last as long as the Stones!

SENOR

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**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-beatles-for-nerds/154084/2 "2003-02-10T13:09:11Z")

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While I think Weezer is immensely talented and lots of fun, I doubt each one alone would be able to market themselves solo.

But they do kick ass.

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**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-beatles-for-nerds/154084/3 "2003-02-10T13:12:25Z")

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hardly.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-beatles-for-nerds/154084/4 "2003-02-10T14:17:50Z")

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I dont think so, while I like a lot of their stuff, I dont really identify with them, despite that people have often said stuff like in the OP.

With regards to who I relate to: current bands: Promise Ring. All bands: Echo and the Bunnymen (although a lot of Echo’s stuff is sort of “introvert with a wink”: they seem to be almost the exact people Elvis Costello was singing about in Town Crier.)

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**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-beatles-for-nerds/154084/5 "2003-02-10T15:21:16Z")

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Nope. Not as prolific nor as talented.

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**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-beatles-for-nerds/154084/6 "2003-02-10T15:40:02Z")

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Weezer isn’t “The Beatles for nerds”.

They’re barely even “The Cars for nerds”.