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    Best Opening Lyrics: No. 13

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    "What's with these homies dissin' my girl?"
    --Weezer's 'Buddy Holly'

    And with these words, Rivers Cuomo became the dorkiest rock star since, well, Buddy Holly.
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    razzar508at 7-04-2009

    i love that song

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    Faylynnat 8-06-2007

    330 in the morning not a soul in sight the cities looking like a ghost town on a moonlit summer night . Thunder rolls Garth Brooks Another great opening lyric

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    chrisat 8-06-2007

    garth brooks??? whats a garth brooks??

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    James Michalekat 8-06-2007

    Only the single best selling artist since Elvis. The only artist ever to have TWO albums in the ALL TIME top ten best seller's list. How about the main attraction of the concert with the biggest audience ever.

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    Annat 8-06-2007

    Hey #2 Chris! Whats a Garth Brooks? Either you have a great sense of humor or just don't remember "well i've got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away"

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    Annat 8-06-2007

    Hey James.....great post. Not to mention that he has sold over 150 million albums!

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    Brettat 8-06-2007

    Garth Brooks sucks incredibly bad. I'm sorry you rednecks want in his pants. Not only does he suck, he has that awful alter ego nonsense for a while. Listen to something that doesn't involve alcohol or a dog dying.

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    annaisfancyat 7-08-2009

    HAH! thank you! you took the words right out of my mouth.

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    Lifes to shortat 8-06-2007

    to 2 and 6. Can't you find a small animal to torture or something. People get on here to share their thoughts not to be ridiculed by the like of either of you. Wether you like country or not Garth was an ultimate. Just like Hendrix. Learn to let go of such anger towards people you don't even know. There is enough of that in the world. FYI I listen to it all and yes I mean ALL! Get over yourself and move on.

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    Rogerat 8-07-2007

    First off, why are all you idiots talking about garth brooks on a weezer lyric page. Secondly, garth brooks is a chump. Anyone rememebr whne he spawned another personality called Chris gaines? I don't even mind his music but you are putting him on this crazy pedestal and weezer is far far better anyway

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    chrisat 8-07-2007

    dear lifes to short: yours seems to be running a bit long!

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    Rogerat 8-07-2007

    Chris, what does that even mean? or anything you have posted for that matter. Don't post if you have nothing to say, its not clever, its just boring and stupid.

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    The Truthat 8-07-2007

    What a f*cking stupid choice. Another attempt to get people to pay attention.

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    nikoat 8-07-2007

    Man,chris you r so funny. also i agree with lifes to short, chris does suck. :)

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    meye5sunsat 8-07-2007

    weezer is a joke, and garth brooks is even worse, and i don't see how garth brooks can even be considered as popular as elvis was when the majority of the worl doesn't even listen to country.But anything belongs up here besides go shoprty its your birthday. i love you you love me might as well be no 1, and lifes too short shut up this isn't about stupid little life changing speeches, he doesnt have to know garthbrooks personally to hate his music.

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    Annat 8-07-2007

    #6.....I am NOT a redneck. I was just surprised that chris apparently did not know Garth Brooks. I don't need to defend Garth or his billions of $ he made on the 115 million albums, tours, etc.
    Peace!

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    danimalat 8-07-2007

    whats with a rock band using the word (homies) isn't that something you would hear in the vario or the getto wheezer sucks

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    Mozelleat 12-26-2008

    ....why do they gotta front.......LOL. Love this song.

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    nicknmemphisat 8-07-2007

    He used the word Homie for that exact reason. It was meant to be funny. The key to the first line in a song is to grab the listeners attention. He did that with this song. And with the whole apparent Garth Brooks scandal. if you check album sales a large portion of america which is where the vast majority of english speaking music is sold does listen to country however the amount of money you make doesn't make you a great musician. Warren Zevon one of the best songwriters was never an extremely wealthy musician. to base greatness on money and record sales is to say that the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears are more talented then Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan. Garth Brooks and Elvis both deserve there places as music Legends however let's keep that in perspective they were great entertainers not musicians. I like Garth Brooks and if I didn't live in Memphis I would prolly like Elvis more than I do but they were entertainers Hendrix was a musician Dylan and Rivers Cuomo are writers. Lets give credit where it is due and not misinterpret what makes people great and why they are great.

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    J Zat 8-07-2007

    This should have been "My name is Jonas"

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