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Fires Burnt Anew: Why I Love the Band Weezer

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I love the band Weezer. This might not sound that odd since Weezer’s first album went triple-platinum and had three smash hit singles, but realize also that I have a certain kind of despicable distaste for alternative rock music. I just simply cannot stomach the grungy guitars, angsty vocals and unimaginative drums that come with your run-of-the-mill alt-rock band, but something about Weezer makes them different. Even when their songs lean towards the highly despised pop rock genre, I still feel right at home with my musical sensibilities. No matter my anguish upon hearing any of their counterparts, Weezer strums a wonderful chord with me whenever I hear anything from their first two albums. This strange and inconsistent love is the result of nostalgia. Nostalgia is when you see an old episode of Sesame Street and enjoy every second of it because it makes you remember a time when you were small. Nostalgia is the feeling of comfort you get when you visit your old elementary classroom and relive your grade school memories. When I was too little to know it, my brother and sister loved Weezer, and whenever I rode in their cars, I loved Weezer too. Nostalgia is a love for something from your past, no matter how illogical and outdated that love may be. Nostalgia is most comparable to déjà vu. It’s familiar, but at the same time new. But, where déjà vu is unsettling, nostalgia is a comfortable sort of bliss that is distinct and undeniable. We all have re-watched a childhood

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