The One Below, but Continued

   So, for the whole first song ("My Name is Jonas") the band was in white and Rivers Cuomo had this thing over his head. The first verse of the song was sung by the drummer, the second by the lead guitarist, and I'm pretty sure the bassist took a verse as well. Rivers didn't step to the mike until the very last line, which he sang in Spanish, "Me llamo Yonas." After a couple songs, the band lost the white jumpsuits to reveal matching red track jackets and pants. One of the most prevalent themes of Weezer's new album is that of fame and not wanting to be the typical celebrity. The idea "I'm (gonna) do what I wanna do" (a line from the single "Pork and Beans") was displayed all throughout the show. Rivers walked around the stage waving his arms in a very non-rockstar way, jumped around on the little trampoline with his guitar, let his bandmates sing, played covers and more obscure tracks, and spoke spanish with the audience. It was quite the contrast between the Angels & Airwaves guy who was trying so hard to be cool and Rivers who was just doing whatever he felt like. For the first encore, the band invited a few dozen or so local musicians and their varied instruments to play "Island in the Sun," and "Beverly Hills" with them. Rivers held his microphone to the accordion for the solo on "Island in the Sun" and to an alto sax for "Beverly Hills."  I wished I was up there. All in all it was a really fun show to be at. If you missed it then I'm sorry.