{"id":16,"date":"2011-02-10T13:36:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T13:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/weezer-disappoints-their-fans-again.html"},"modified":"2011-02-10T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T13:36:36","slug":"weezer-disappoints-their-fans-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/weezer-disappoints-their-fans-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Weezer disappoints their fans… again."},"content":{"rendered":"

If you thought Eminem sold out by appearing in two commercials during the Super Bowl, then get a load of this<\/a>.  With just a simple click of the “like” button you can watch Weezer slog through a poorly performed extended version of the State Farm jingle.  I’m not even kidding!  Be sure to “unlike” the page afterward, or else State Farm will actually think this was a good idea.<\/p>\n

This is not surprising coming from the band whose fans offered to raise 10 million dollars so they would break up<\/a>, but come on!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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