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Strangely enough, the huge success of the music video confused and angered Cuomo. He thought people only liked Weezer because of the seemingly "gimmicky" music video, and weren't taking seriously or appreciating his song writing. This played a large part in causing the more serious, gimmick-free sophomore album [[Pinkerton]]. During promotion for Pinkerton, Cuomo refused to have any of their music videos contain anything even remotely gimmicky, and many blame that as the cause of the album's eventual commercial failure. | Strangely enough, the huge success of the music video confused and angered Cuomo. He thought people only liked Weezer because of the seemingly "gimmicky" music video, and weren't taking seriously or appreciating his song writing. This played a large part in causing the more serious, gimmick-free sophomore album [[Pinkerton]]. During promotion for Pinkerton, Cuomo refused to have any of their music videos contain anything even remotely gimmicky, and many blame that as the cause of the album's eventual commercial failure. This attempt at a straight-forward, more less bubble-gum music video can be seen in [[El Scorcho#Music video|El Scorcho's music video]]. | ||
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