We Do It Better

By Dave Gross, Brian McDonough, Dennis Ryan

Dave, Bri, and Den, the comically untalented, analyze and criticize your favorite albums, track-by-track, and ironically tell you whether we could do it better.... more

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We Do It Better episodes:

October 15, 2024007-AFI - Sing the Sorrow
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Insta: https://www.instagram.com/wedoitbetterpod

Things we discussed:
Téléfrancais! - Episode 1 (youtube.com)

AFI Lore

Clandestine Short Film

Full Album Cover by Todd Barriage

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Need more AFI in your ears? Try Art of Drowning or Black Sails of the Sunset. You can't go too far wrong with either.

00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:48 - Killer Intro Song
00:01:10 - Bantery Banter
00:10:56 - Background & Origin Stories
00:29:00 - Research Team Findings
00:44:24 - Research Continues
00:49:30 - Miseria Cantare - The Beginnings
00:56:00 - Leaving Song Part II
01:08:00 - Bleed Black
01:14:51 - Silver and Cold
01:23:00 - Dancing Through Sunday
01:27:36 - Girls Not Grey
01:37:06 - Death of Seasons
01:46:45 - The Great Disappointment
01:52:25 - Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)
01:57:14 - This Celluloid Dream
02:03:22 - The Leaving Song Part I
02:07:47 - ...but home is no where
02:14:55 - This Time Imperfect
02:18:41 - B-Sides, Etc.
02:26:12 - Awards & Superlatives
02:31:14 - It's Time For Letters!!!
02:43:35 - Next Time On...
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2h 49min
September 06, 2024 006 - Bayside - Bayside s/t
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00:01:21 – Banter & Nonsense
00:06:49 – Real Intro this time
00:14:45 – Research Team
00:26:00 – More Research
00:29:54 – Hello Sh*tty
00:37:41 – Devotion & Desire
00:45:54 – Tortures of the Damned
00:52:56 – They Looked Like Strong Hands
00:59:00 – Montauk
01:04:49 – Blame It On Bad Luck
01:08:46 – We’ll Be OK
01:14:31 – Existing In a Crisis (Evelyn)
01:20:26 – Don’t Call Me Peanut
01:25:49 – Half a Life
01:29:35 – Dear Tragedy
01:33:25 – Could this have been an EP?
01:35:27 – Superlatives & Awards
01:41:53 – What’s Next?!
01:43:29 – Letters & Chicanery

Stuff we discussed:
1.     Devotion & Desire
2.    They Looked Like Strong Hands (acoustic)
3.    Montauk (live – Dave was right)
4.    If You’re Bored (check out the solo!)
5.    Gives You Hell gang vocals
6.    (There is no Number 6.)
7.    A really, really solid cover
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1h 53min
August 08, 2024 005 - Goldfinger - Hangups
00:00 - Theme & Banter
09:15 - Proper Intro Sorta
19:30 - Reviews & Community Takes
26:40 - Superman
32:40 - My Head
36:35 - If Only
42:20 - This Lonely Place
48:45 - 20 Cent Goodbye
52:30 - Question
59:20 - Disorder
1:04:10 - Carlita
1:07:05 - Too Late
1:09:30 - I Need To Know
1:12:25 - Authority
1:15:05 - SMP
1:18:15 - The Last Time
1:22:25 - Chris Cayton
1:25:45 - Secret Tracks
1:29:05 - Thought Experiments, Superlatives, Awards
1:43:40 - Denouement & Next Time On...

Things we discussed:
1- Flagpole Sitta
2- Weezer
3- Long Island
4- Weird Al
5- Teenage trauma not turning generational
6- There is no number six.
7- Die Hard: The Arcade Game
8- Triads Hep Hep Hep
9- Tony Hawk
10- Mike Herrera's Acoustic Cover - I like this, but it also kinda feels like this video was made for a funeral.
11- Post Modern Jukebox Cover
12- Bayside Bayside (for next time, y'all)
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1h 54min
June 23, 2024 004 - Ozma - Rock and Roll Part 3
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0:00 looooong intro fitting for ozma
33:05 domino effect
39:12 apple trees
45:12 shooting stars
51:05 Natalie Portman
1:01:42 ups and downs
1:08:45 if I only had a heart
1:12:50 baseball
1:25:59 rocks
1:30:26 battle scars
1:38:16 in search of 1988
1:42:35 last dance
1:46:21 superlatives and awards

Stuff that we talk about:
1- Iceland (Ozma) - https://youtu.be/QuQUb7p8Jl8
2- Mykel & Carli Compilation -
Hear You Me! A Tribute to Mykel and Carli - Weezerpedia
3- Utsukushii Shibuya
4- Tetris and whatnot
5- We didn't actually discuss it, but please check out anything Daniel Brummel did, including his solo stuff.
6- there is no number six.
7- the game over acoustic demo, often mislabeled as weezer for..... reasons. https://youtu.be/5nxKA9h5IYg?si=bM8sEE3dN8-GmorD
8- "...the breezes seem to blow, always, through you..."
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1h 57min
June 14, 2024 003- The Get Up Kids - Something To Write Home About
holy smokes, what an exciting pod we had today. great to hang with the admiral. hope y'all love it. here are some notes about the contents of our chat.
1- the get up kids
https://youtu.be/bj8m8AdmfGQ?si=l1-TV3QlJ8tSrgyu
2- legion of doom
https://youtu.be/nay7yudXpa0?si=YuwcKAAcv1l11CfX
https://youtu.be/H-5oC-w7qOM?si=RfvdeBR2qPlVdszC
3- pete's deli
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4- our unofficial sponsor: kidde carbon monoxide detectors!
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5- brand new (your favorite weapon)
YouTube Music
(there is no number six.)
7- amityville
Amityville - Google Maps
8- Eddie Reyes & Newsday
TBS, The Movielife, Glassjaw and more: When emo ruled LI - Newsday
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1h 60min
June 14, 2024 002- Saves the Day - In Reverie
the show in richmond was actually at peabody's in virginia beach. new found glory was the opening band, followed by saves the day, then alkaline trio, and finally face to face. 9/5/2000
yes, eben d'amico was still the bassist when this record was recorded and released.
here's the anywhere with you video that you've never seen.
https://youtu.be/dAxi8T4iWAQ?si=Lv4FC6Xlp9kwGDeQ
and maybe you've never seen the shoulder to the wheel video either: https://youtu.be/f5eOwgzJmV0?si=XFBnReSabt5x1GF-
when we talk about what we do on "birds," what we're really talking about is the song from our second full length called "a lie worth telling." you can listen to it hear on spotify if you're so inclined:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1o4xkYLbwsYgwNPdJqtMzz?si=8e2c5ba01da34632
when bri mentions "handcuffs," he's talking about the last song off Brand New's third full length masterpiece The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me. that album is phenomenal, but that song is trash. smelly, hot trash.
i don't see a full band cover, but i do have an acoustic cover on the 'gram of take our cars now!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CWKIsqlMjhL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
there's also this video from the show i was talking about where we covered a song from sound the alarm ("say you'll never leave"). but i think i conflated the stories. i don't think we actually played a whole set as saves the day. we did play a whole set as the juliana theory, which is probably what i was thinking of. anyway, here's the video for that cover, where you can get a load of lump's debut as a drummer (i think). he crushes it, like everything in life. https://www.facebook.com/diminishingreturns/videos/10150662422650227
angels and bagels and whatnot:
https://youtu.be/qHuImrQTrzE?si=sib-HHqzRd6Pi1tN
IT WAS AN EVENING I SHARED WITH THE SUN
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1h 31min
April 30, 2024 001 - Weezer - The Blue Album
First episode of the pod! Long overdue! We discuss seminal rock record, Weezer's "Blue Album" (technically, their first self-titled record). A true gem of 1994 turning 30 very soon.
I would say "sorry for the quirks and technical difficulties" but screw you. Embrace them. This is our inaugural effort.
Random, non-Weezer stuff we discussed/should have discussed:
1. Chopper One - Touch My Fuzz - https://youtu.be/ChTgbN5JtQI?si=D3wdTCKZhL6ZkijV
2. Dynamite Hack - Boyz in the Hood - https://youtu.be/EZNFo5lL4iw?si=iJXiCNVdprUUg9Qi
3. Middle school pictures (coming soon)
4. Metallica - Sanitarium
https://youtu.be/ZiIc0HuJ78Q
5. Dashboard Confessional - Jamie https://youtu.be/8ef3IBfPjQY?si=VyZtoa32jdfICtU_
6. Midtown - Susanne
https://youtu.be/RCawLvxqKg8?si=-SkyzMa-pAk_FIHV
7. Taking Back Sunday - My Name Is Jonas
https://youtu.be/CgmcltghaIk?si=LMlTEPbZQMo6pQfk
8. Piebald - No One Else
https://youtu.be/3-sOJjd2kWY?si=U-v6gLKxPbB1xffr
9. Right as Rain - No One Else (WDIB!)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuW-bE_MUly/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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1h 20min
March 29, 2024 We Do It Better (Trailer)
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1min

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