This guy just gets better and better. This is Glenn Gould imitating "Teddy Slotz," his very own fictional character. Picture is in the fabulous book, "Conversations with Glenn Gould," by Jonathon Cott. Well worth the read!
**Update, 1-6-10'** Glenn Gould despised the Beatles. He rips on them in the same book. That I will never understand.
What on earth does Weezer and Glenn Gould have in common? Here is a quote from the book, "Conversations with Glenn Gould."
"...you could have a certain cluster [chord] and there would be one note absent from it that was the key to it's function as a cluster." What Glenn is saying is that a chord might still have the same effect even if it's missing a note. Of course, all I could think about were power chords. If you know about power chords, aka the ones that are used all over the place in rock including Spinal Tap as well as by Weezer, they have only two notes: The root and the fifth. The third is left out of a power chord. hmmmmm. Glenn Gould once again: "... you did not have to sound a root tone for that tone to be psychologically present." Again, Glenn is perhaps inferring that you do not need every single note of the chord, in this case the root, for the chord to have a psycological value. For guitarists, this question comes to mind: How can a song played completely with power chords still be silly and fun to listen to if these chords leave out the most defining note? And yet, this is what happens all the time. Power chords can sound sinister, fun, depressing, creepy, and outright joyful. It's all in the implication. It tickles me to no end to find funny little connections like this between classical music and rock.
Dave Wirth