{"id":484720,"date":"2019-04-16T07:21:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=822904"},"modified":"2019-04-16T07:21:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T13:21:07","slug":"watch-weezer-cover-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-with-tears-for-fears-on-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/watch-weezer-cover-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-with-tears-for-fears-on-kimmel\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Weezer Cover \u2018Everybody Wants to Rule the World\u2019 With Tears for Fears on \u2018Kimmel\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-16-at-9.11.32-AM-copy.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/weezer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_weezer\" data-tag=\"weezer\">Weezer<\/a> linked up with Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/tears-for-fears\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tears-for-fears\" data-tag=\"tears-for-fears\">Tears for Fears<\/a> for a performance of \u201cEverybody Wants to Rule the World\u201d on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jimmy-kimmel-live\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-kimmel-live\" data-tag=\"jimmy-kimmel-live\">Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/a><\/em> Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Smith and Rivers Cuomo shared vocal duties on the song, trading verses while Weezer guitarist Brian Bell breezed through the song\u2019s famous twinkling guitar lines alongside Orzabal. The best moments of the performance, however, came when Orzabal joined Cuomo and Smith to croon the famous chorus in perfect three-part harmony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The performance on <em>Kimmel<\/em> comes days after Tears for Fears joined Weezer on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/coachella-2019-weezer-no-scrubs-tlc-chilli-tears-for-fears-822078\/\">stage at Coachella<\/a> to perform \u201cEverybody Wants to Rule the World.\u201d The band\u2019s set also featured a special appearance from TLC\u2019s Chili, who helped the band perform \u201cNo Scrubs.\u201d Both tracks appear on Weezer\u2019s recent covers record, <em>The Teal Album<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Weezer released <em>The Teal Album<\/em> in January, while in March they offered up <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-weezers-latest-hunk-of-cali-rock-malaise-the-black-album-801787\/\">The Black Album<\/a>,<\/em> an LP of all-new material produced by TV on the Radio\u2019s Dave Sitek. Weezer will perform at the second weekend of Coachella this weekend, while they have a handful of other U.S. festival dates scheduled throughout the summer as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/weezer-tears-for-fears-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-kimmel-822904\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weezer linked up with Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith of Tears for Fears for a performance of \u201cEverybody Wants to Rule the World\u201d on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday. Smith and Rivers Cuomo shared vocal duties on the song, trading verses while Weezer guitarist Brian Bell breezed through the song\u2019s famous twinkling guitar lines alongside Orzabal. 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