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There are two songs between "El Scorcho" and "Falling For You"
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"El Scorcho" was not a successful single; several radio stations refused to play the song, and the video stiffed on MTV. This is considered to be one of the causes for the initial commercial failure of the album. On WeezerJonas, the official online street team for [[Weezer]], "El Scorcho" was ranked the 3rd best song on ''Pinkerton'', losing to "[[The Good Life]]" and "[[Tired of Sex]]." Although "El Scorcho" had little success as a single, the song itself has become somewhat of a cult classic. It is only now that it is seeing large strides in mainstream popularity (in large part from being on the video game ''Rock Band''). | "El Scorcho" was not a successful single; several radio stations refused to play the song, and the video stiffed on MTV. This is considered to be one of the causes for the initial commercial failure of the album. On WeezerJonas, the official online street team for [[Weezer]], "El Scorcho" was ranked the 3rd best song on ''Pinkerton'', losing to "[[The Good Life]]" and "[[Tired of Sex]]." Although "El Scorcho" had little success as a single, the song itself has become somewhat of a cult classic. It is only now that it is seeing large strides in mainstream popularity (in large part from being on the video game ''Rock Band''). | ||
The premise of "El Scorcho" is the struggle between confessing your feelings, waiting for the girl to, or simply doing nothing about it. The opening lines explain the frustration of finding out if someone likes you, and finding out everything you can about the person through their friends ("The redhead said you shred the cello"). The girl | The premise of "El Scorcho" is the struggle between confessing your feelings, waiting for the girl to, or simply doing nothing about it. The opening lines explain the frustration of finding out if someone likes you, and finding out everything you can about the person through their friends ("The redhead said you shred the cello"). The same girl that is the subject matter of "El Scorcho" may also be the subject of "[[Falling for You]]", with a mention of leaving her "cello in the basement". | ||
In the second verse, Rivers finds out the girl actually does like him when he reads her diary and mentions listening to Cio-Cio San. During the bridge, Rivers expresses his frustration with not being able to confront things directly, and instead having to make songs and records that are so personal | In the second verse, Rivers finds out the girl actually does like him when he reads her diary and mentions listening to Cio-Cio San. During the bridge, Rivers expresses his frustration with not being able to confront things directly, and instead having to make songs and records that are so personal. | ||
==Inspiration== | ==Inspiration== | ||