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According to the [[Recording_History_-_Page_3#March-_May_1992:_various_8_track_recordings|Recording History]], the guitar riff for "El Scorcho" was originally written as the intro to an 8-track demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]] around the spring of [[1992]] titled "[[Simply State (and the Girl Will Follow)]]". A similar riff was also used as the outro to the demo "[[Blast Off!]]". While attending Harvard in December of [[1995]], Cuomo composed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evPzxPxaREo a piece of music] as a homework assignment for his Music 154 course. This piece would form the basis for the chorus melody of "El Scorcho". "El Scorcho" was one of the first songs written by Cuomo (following "[[Pink Triangle]]") to be written while Cuomo was attending Harvard and began moving away from the ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' album concept. The title "El Scorcho" was inspired by the sauce "Del Scorcho" from the fast food chain Del Taco {{Citation needed}}. | According to the [[Recording_History_-_Page_3#March-_May_1992:_various_8_track_recordings|Recording History]], the guitar riff for "El Scorcho" was originally written as the intro to an 8-track demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]] around the spring of [[1992]] titled "[[Simply State (and the Girl Will Follow)]]". A similar riff was also used as the outro to the demo "[[Blast Off!]]". While attending Harvard in December of [[1995]], Cuomo composed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evPzxPxaREo a piece of music] as a homework assignment for his Music 154 course. This piece would form the basis for the chorus melody of "El Scorcho". "El Scorcho" was one of the first songs written by Cuomo (following "[[Pink Triangle]]") to be written while Cuomo was attending Harvard and began moving away from the ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' album concept. The title "El Scorcho" was inspired by the sauce "Del Scorcho" from the fast food chain Del Taco {{Citation needed}}. | ||
[[Image:Grunge Leg New Jack.gif|200px|left|A GIF of the actual moment when Grunge leg-dropped New Jack through a press table.|thumb]]In a [[Harvard Crimson interview with Rivers Cuomo - April 26, 2006|2006 interview with the ''Harvard Crimson'']], Cuomo confirmed that two of the lines in the song ("Watching Grunge leg-drop New Jack through a press table" and "Listening to Cio-Cio San fall in love all over again") were taken from an essay written by one of his classmates from an expository writing class. The former lyric references ECW's star Johnny Grunge leg-dropping New Jack, through a table, while the later references Cio-Cio San, the character from ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'', the Puccini opera on which ''Pinkerton'' is loosely based. The lyric "I'm the epitome of Public Enemy" is a reference to the song "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Believe_the_Hype Don't Believe the Hype]" by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy_(band) Public Enemy] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQaVIoEjOM&feature=youtu.be&t=40]. The reference to "shred[ding] the cello" suggests that the object of Cuomo's affection in the song is the same girl as in "[[Falling for You]]". This is corroborated by a blog post by Cuomo to his Myspace account in [[2007]] in which he confirmed that both "El Scorcho" and "Falling for You" were about a "Half-Caucasian/half-Asian" girl. In ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]'', the lyrics for "Falling for You" precede a cello composition written by Cuomo for a woman with whom he was acquainted, referred to only as "[[B.G.]]". In a journal excerpt the book, Cuomo laments "exposing" B.G. on ''Pinkerton''. | [[Image:Grunge Leg New Jack small.gif|200px|left|A GIF of the actual moment when Grunge leg-dropped New Jack through a press table.|thumb]]In a [[Harvard Crimson interview with Rivers Cuomo - April 26, 2006|2006 interview with the ''Harvard Crimson'']], Cuomo confirmed that two of the lines in the song ("Watching Grunge leg-drop New Jack through a press table" and "Listening to Cio-Cio San fall in love all over again") were taken from an essay written by one of his classmates from an expository writing class. The former lyric references ECW's star Johnny Grunge leg-dropping New Jack, through a table, while the later references Cio-Cio San, the character from ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'', the Puccini opera on which ''Pinkerton'' is loosely based. The lyric "I'm the epitome of Public Enemy" is a reference to the song "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Believe_the_Hype Don't Believe the Hype]" by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy_(band) Public Enemy] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQaVIoEjOM&feature=youtu.be&t=40]. The reference to "shred[ding] the cello" suggests that the object of Cuomo's affection in the song is the same girl as in "[[Falling for You]]". This is corroborated by a blog post by Cuomo to his Myspace account in [[2007]] in which he confirmed that both "El Scorcho" and "Falling for You" were about a "Half-Caucasian/half-Asian" girl. In ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]'', the lyrics for "Falling for You" precede a cello composition written by Cuomo for a woman with whom he was acquainted, referred to only as "[[B.G.]]". In a journal excerpt the book, Cuomo laments "exposing" B.G. on ''Pinkerton''. | ||
[[Brian Bell]] is the one who says "El Scorcho" and "rock and roll!" at the beginning of the song. Bell's first lead vocal on a Weezer record can also be found on the song during the bridge ("How stupid is it, won't you give me a minute? Just come up to be and say hello to my heart.") Bell was also responsible for the guitar solo, according to a [[AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo excerpts - January 10, 2002|2002 fan interview with Cuomo]]. The song also mentions the band [[Green Day]] in the lyric "''I asked you to go to the Green Day concert/You said you never heard of them.''" When performing the song live, [[Rivers Cuomo]] has often substituted in other bands when singing the lyric, such as "I asked you go to the [[Foo Fighters]] concert" when touring with the band on the [[Foozer]] tour. | [[Brian Bell]] is the one who says "El Scorcho" and "rock and roll!" at the beginning of the song. Bell's first lead vocal on a Weezer record can also be found on the song during the bridge ("How stupid is it, won't you give me a minute? Just come up to be and say hello to my heart.") Bell was also responsible for the guitar solo, according to a [[AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo excerpts - January 10, 2002|2002 fan interview with Cuomo]]. The song also mentions the band [[Green Day]] in the lyric "''I asked you to go to the Green Day concert/You said you never heard of them.''" When performing the song live, [[Rivers Cuomo]] has often substituted in other bands when singing the lyric, such as "I asked you go to the [[Foo Fighters]] concert" when touring with the band on the [[Foozer]] tour. | ||