Monday Bears: You, me, and Weezer

Weezer, the iconic band of the 1990's the produced such enjoyable and endearing gems as their 1994 debut Weezer (The Blue Album) and 1996's emo-friendly Pinkerton, is scheduled to release their seventh studio album, entitled Raditude, November 3 via the band's longtime label Geffen.

The album, which features collaborative works from such artists as Lil' Wayne on the track "Can't Stop Partying," and Jermaine Dupri, who also helped write a few tracks.

For the select few who unabashedly adore the band for their frequent mentioned works in the 90's and 2000's Green Album, Raditude isn't so much a departure from the hallowed sounds that created "Buddy Holly" and "Susanne," but rather a stagnant continuation (or deprivation, if you will) of sounds more commonly heard from 2005's Make Believe and 2007's The Red Album.

Those aforementioned sounds fit more into a category that remains more "novelty" than iconic. Asking for earnestness from Harvard graduate lead-singer Rivers Cuomo is something entitling that what Cuomo is attempting is not earnest to him and his band mates. It is that little detail what may pain Weezer fans (past and present) the most - that the band who made such adoring, everlasting songs is not so much gone but completely carefree of what made their name so relevant.

Of course, fans will always be fans in one way or another. For every person who proclaims their illicit distaste for what Weezer has become in 17-year history, there will always be another, young or old, still standing for the band that filled their heads with the staggering, alluring sounds of "Say It Ain't So." Those fans will stand by, after future records with the same distinguished affection for the band that to many of us, are lost amid a pop-culture induced mid-life crisis.

Maybe the horribly titled Raditude will enlighten the sounds and senses that seem lost in that decade, but more likely the album will feature the songs that stir a minimal amount of imagination and ingenuity. With song titles like "The Girl Got Hot" and "Get Me Some," the latter seems to make more sense.

Weezer - (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To