Love is the Answer by Weezer

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Weezer is one of the most popular groups to emerge in the post-grunge alternative rock aftermath (and is by far, one of my all-time favorite alternative rock bands) so I couldn’t resist spotlighting this track from their 2009 album Raditude as this week’s Indie Rock Love Song selection. It makes absolute sense to play this sometime during the reception if you’re having a rock-themed wedding.

Love is the Answer was written and recorded by Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo in 2005 during the Make Believe sessions but it wasn’t included on the album. In 2009, Cuomo gave several of his demos to funk metal band Sugar Ray who, as it turns out, chose and recorded the said track which was eventually released on their album Music for Cougars.

A completely new version of the song which includes the use of Hindi vocals and instrumentation was eventually released by Weezer in 2009. The first Hindi verse is loosely translated as “There will come a day when love will reign. Where there is love, life flourishes.”

Love is the answer
Makes no difference what you have heard
Love is the answer
You have got to trust in the world.

Listen to the Weezer version:

There’s a version without the Hindi instrumentation, just in case you didn’t quite like it:

Sugar Ray’s version which features Rivers Cuomo on spoken word:

See larger image Love Is The Answer (MP3 Download) New From: $0.99 In Stock Release date November 3, 2009.

Tags: indie rock love songs, reception music