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"Pork and Beans" was not originally a part of ''The Red Album''. The song was written by Rivers after a meeting | "Pork and Beans" was not originally a part of ''The Red Album''. The song was written by [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] after a meeting with [[Geffen Records]] that left him fuming. In the meeting, label suits told Cuomo that the album was too slow and needed more upbeat, commercial material, which upset the band. Cuomo then wrote what [[Brian Bell]] would later call "a kickass song" based on a riff he'd written almost ten years earlier, taken from an old demo that he'd recently found in his personal library. He then reworked it into a new song adding a fresh chorus and bridge. The lyrics of the song explain his point of view of the meeting with the label. Supposedly, he'd paraphrased actual quotes of the label representatives. Ironically, "Pork and Beans" would go on to become one of Weezer's biggest hits ever. Pork and Beans is the first Weezer single ever to lack a guitar solo. | ||
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Originally, Rivers posted on his official MySpace page that the lead single would be twelve letters and one word that started with T and ended with R. In a revised update, Rivers said that he was wrong about the initial lead single and that the new single would be about a four-legged pink farm animal. He then added, "You ain't never gonna figure it out boi!" Many Weezer fans took this as a tongue in cheek comment that the lead single was obviously "[[Pig]]", which had leaked a little under a year ago in [[2007]]. Eventually, the name "Pork and Beans" was teasingly revealed by Rivers. | Originally, Rivers posted on his official MySpace page that the lead single would be twelve letters and one word that started with T and ended with R. In a revised update, Rivers said that he was wrong about the initial lead single and that the new single would be about a four-legged pink farm animal. He then added, "You ain't never gonna figure it out boi!" Many Weezer fans took this as a tongue in cheek comment that the lead single was obviously "[[Pig]]", which had leaked a little under a year ago in [[2007]]. Eventually, the name "Pork and Beans" was teasingly revealed by Rivers. | ||
On [[Albumsix]], [[Karl Koch]] shot this down saying he "for one would be very surprised if Pig was the first single", but commented that he did not know of the band's intentions. On [[April 1]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' released information that Weezer's new album was a self titled red album with the lead-off single to be "Pork and Beans". Many fans took this as an April fool's joke. Shortly after, on [[April 12]], a clip of "Pork and Beans" was posted on Amazon.com, with a release date scheduled as [[April 24]], [[2008]]. | On [[Albumsix]], band webmaster [[Karl Koch]] shot this down saying he "for one would be very surprised if Pig was the first single", but commented that he did not know of the band's intentions. On [[April 1]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' released information that Weezer's new album was a self titled red album with the lead-off single to be "Pork and Beans". Many fans took this as an April fool's joke. Shortly after, on [[April 12]], a clip of "Pork and Beans" was posted on Amazon.com, with a release date scheduled as [[April 24]], [[2008]]. | ||
==Release== | ==Release== | ||