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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Hash Pipe" was the first single released from the band's long-awaited third album, ''Weezer'', and the only SS2K song to make it onto the album (although "[[Dope Nose]]" and "[[Slob]]" were later released on ''[[Maladroit]]''). According to an interview with [[Rivers Cuomo]], the song was written on the same night as "Dope Nose". The story is that he took "a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of tequila", paced around for a while, then wrote both songs. It was inspired by a male transvestite prostitute known for rambling to people in Santa Monica. | "Hash Pipe" was the first single released from the band's long-awaited third album, ''Weezer'', and the only [[SS2K]] song to make it onto the album (although "[[Dope Nose]]" and "[[Slob]]" were later released on ''[[Maladroit]]''). According to an interview with [[Rivers Cuomo]], the song was written on the same night as "Dope Nose". The story is that he took "a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of tequila", paced around for a while, then wrote both songs. It was inspired by a male transvestite prostitute known for rambling to people in Santa Monica. | ||
The label was very reluctant to release a song like "Hash Pipe" as the album's lead single. They wanted to release "[[Don't Let Go]]" instead, but Rivers was adamant that "Hash Pipe" be the single. | The label was very reluctant to release a song like "Hash Pipe" as the album's lead single. They wanted to release "[[Don't Let Go]]" instead, but Rivers was adamant that "Hash Pipe" be the single. | ||
Rivers would be vindicated when the song became one of the band's biggest hits, and it is perhaps best known for its driving guitar riff, offbeat lyrical content, Cuomo's falsetto vocals and the gang backup vocals of "whoa-oh-oh." The guitar riff was at least partially inspired by the "Theme From Peter Gunn", the theme music for an old, cops-and-robbers style tv show. The theme has proven to be much more endurable than the show, and has appeared in many TV shows and films, both in its original recording as well as cover versions. Rivers has stated in several interviews at the time of the single's release that he ripped off the ''Spy Hunter'' riff, alluding to a popular arcade video game from the 80s which featured a digitized version of the ''Peter Gunn'' theme. | |||
There is some dispute among fans over the song's correct lyrics, and as no official lyric sheet has been released, they remain up for debate. Examples of disputed lyrics are "eyes wide"/"ass wipe" and "big cheese"/"big G's" ('G' as in 'money'). | There is some dispute among fans over the song's correct lyrics, and as no official lyric sheet has been released, they remain up for debate. Examples of disputed lyrics are "eyes wide"/"ass wipe" and "big cheese"/"big G's" ('G' as in 'money'). | ||
==Alternate Versions== | ==Alternate Versions== | ||
There are several incarnations of the song. The original live version from 2000 featured slightly different drums, lacked backing vocals, "uhs", and instead of "kick me","kiss me" was sung during second line of the chorus. Also, since late 2001, the band has played the song live with a reworked guitar solo that no longer follows the verse melody. | There are several incarnations of the song. | ||
===Live versions=== | |||
The original ''Green Album'' studio version is no longer in use, and was replaced by a shorter edit on reprints. | The original live version from 2000 featured slightly different drums, lacked backing vocals, "uhs", and instead of "kick me","kiss me" was sung during second line of the chorus. Also, since late 2001, the band has played the song live with a reworked guitar solo that no longer follows the verse melody. | ||
===Studio versions=== | |||
The original, full-length ''Green Album'' studio version is no longer in use, and was replaced by a shorter edit on reprints. This edit cuts the first chorus in half (ending after "eyes wide"), and both ascending bridge sections were removed from the end of the second and third choruses. This edit summarily replaced the original studio versions on repressings of the album, and is featured prominently on the edited "Hash Pipe" video on the DVD ''[[Video Capture Device]]''. | |||
===Remixes=== | |||
Three official remixes of the song were released in 2001. Chris Vrenna's "Kick Me" and "Under Glass" remixes were released on the "Hash Pipe" 12" remix single - which was Weezer's first 12" single. The record also featured [[Jimmy Pop]]'s remix of the song - a version that was also released on multiple international releases singles, as well as a one-track CD-R promo in the UK. | Three official remixes of the song were released in 2001. Chris Vrenna's "Kick Me" and "Under Glass" remixes were released on the "Hash Pipe" 12" remix single - which was Weezer's first 12" single. The record also featured [[Jimmy Pop]]'s remix of the song - a version that was also released on multiple international releases singles, as well as a one-track CD-R promo in the UK. | ||