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"El Scorcho" was released as a downloadable song for the rhythm video game ''Rock Band'' on [[February 19]], [[2008]] and as part of the ''Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 2'' on [[November 18]], [[2008]]. The version of the song included notably features an alternate guitar solo and vocal track from the version heard on the album, with a noticeably different delivery of the line "Come down on the street and dance with me". | "El Scorcho" was released as a downloadable song for the rhythm video game ''Rock Band'' on [[February 19]], [[2008]] and as part of the ''Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 2'' on [[November 18]], [[2008]]. The version of the song included notably features an alternate guitar solo and vocal track from the version heard on the album, with a noticeably different delivery of the line "Come down on the street and dance with me". | ||
==Music video== | |||
{{VCD liner notes|Whatever weirdness that led to the band's version being the 'MTV cut' has long since been forgotten, and everyone now concludes that Mark's cut is 'The One.' The video was hot in Downtown L.A. at some sort of old ballroom.}} | {{VCD liner notes|Whatever weirdness that led to the band's version being the 'MTV cut' has long since been forgotten, and everyone now concludes that Mark's cut is 'The One.' The video was hot in Downtown L.A. at some sort of old ballroom.}} | ||
The music video for "El Scorcho" was directed by [[ | The music video for "El Scorcho" was directed by Mark Romanek. The band initially considered an idea from [[Spike Jonze]] that would have involved a cameo from {{Wiki2|Flava_Flav|Flava Flav}} of {{Wiki2|Public_Enemy|Public Enemy}}.<ref>Bambarger, Bradley. "The Modern Age." ''[[:Category:Billboard|Billboard]]''. See [[Billboard interview with Patrick Wilson - October 12, 1996]]</ref> During the editing of the video for El Scorcho, Cuomo and Romanek disagreed about the way the video was to be made, which led to Romanek removing his name from the directing credit. Two versions came out of this dispute, a "Director's Cut" edition (Romanek's version) and a second, which is said to have been edited under Cuomo's supervision.<br> | ||
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