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"El Scorcho" was not a successful single; several radio stations refused to play the song, and the video stiffed on MTV. This is considered to be one of the causes for the initial commercial failure of the album. On WeezerJonas, the official online street team for [[Weezer]], "El Scorcho" was ranked the 3rd best song on ''Pinkerton'', losing to "[[The Good Life]]" and "[[Tired of Sex]]." Although "El Scorcho" had little success as a single, the song itself has become somewhat of a cult classic. It is only now that it is seeing large strides in mainstream popularity (in large part from being on the video game ''Rock Band''). | "El Scorcho" was not a successful single; several radio stations refused to play the song, and the video stiffed on MTV. This is considered to be one of the causes for the initial commercial failure of the album. On WeezerJonas, the official online street team for [[Weezer]], "El Scorcho" was ranked the 3rd best song on ''Pinkerton'', losing to "[[The Good Life]]" and "[[Tired of Sex]]." Although "El Scorcho" had little success as a single, the song itself has become somewhat of a cult classic. It is only now that it is seeing large strides in mainstream popularity (in large part from being on the video game ''Rock Band''). | ||
The premise of "El Scorcho" is the struggle between confessing your feelings, waiting for the girl to, or simply doing nothing about it. The opening lines explain the frustration of finding out if someone likes you, and finding out everything you can about the person through their friends ("The redhead said you shred the cello"). The girl in "El Scorcho" appears later in the song "[[Falling for You]]" when she leaves her "cello in the basement" of Rivers' place. Many fans have related the chorus to that of a ''Pet Sounds'' chorus because of it's simple nature, yet incredibly effective wording: "I'm a lot like you, so please, hello, I'm here, I'm waiting." | The premise of "El Scorcho" is the struggle between confessing your feelings, waiting for the girl to, or simply doing nothing about it. The opening lines explain the frustration of finding out if someone likes you, and finding out everything you can about the person through their friends ("The redhead said you shred the cello"). The girl in "El Scorcho" appears later in the song "[[Falling for You]]" when she leaves her "cello in the basement" of Rivers' place. Many fans have related the chorus to that of a ''Pet Sounds'' chorus because of it's simple nature, yet incredibly effective wording: "I'm a lot like you, so please, hello, I'm here, I'm waiting." | ||