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 ===Flying Under the Radar of That Whole World===
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 ''Commentary for "[[Beverly Hills]]".''
+'''Rivers:''' I never really thought about getting recognized by the establishment by getting a Grammy award or something. I kind of figured we were flying under the radar of that whole world. But when Beverly hills came out, to me, that was easily the best rock single of the year. And so when the awards came around, I thought we deserved to win. And I was... I wouldn't say shocked, because so many times I've seen the Grammys give the award to the wrong recipient.
+'''Brian:''' But what was great is that we couldn't even sit in the Grammys. I got an invitation to watch the Grammys.
+'''Scott:''' Yeah we got an invitation. Then I was told I would have to pay—
+'''Brian:''' to watch it in a television screen! Not even at the Grammys!
+'''Rivers:''' That was our first number one.
+'''Scott:''' Yeah and it's like every time I would look at iTunes, it was just hanging in there week after week after week. It was unbelievable. It was us and the Foo Fighters.
+'''Rivers:''' Yeah, and at that time, I didn't realize what an extraordinary thing that was.
+'''Brian:''' And it's one of those songs... I think the lyrics are quite deep, and I think they're deeper than people realize, but it's one of those songs, like, kids like my nephews age, like five, really love that song. So you know you're hitting a huge audience when five year olds like you.
 ===There's So Much Danger in Playing it Live===
 ''Commentary for "[[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived]]".''
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 '''Brian:''' After we did ''[[The Red Album]]'' proper, we turned it in and they felt we needed a couple more, a couple singles. And... we were really, y'know, we thought we had made a piece of art and we have to put some singles, I love both of these songs, and then... uh, Rivers pulls out this song about eating pork and beans with candy. And we actually recorded it in the room we're sitting in, right today.
 ===I'm Starting to Get Vertigo===
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 ''Commentary for "[[Troublemaker]]".''
+'''Rivers:''' Troublemaker, we figured we needed... After we finished the Red album, we were like, well, we need a few more, like, fast songs with a kind of badass attitude. And so I just kind of started just scrolling through my iTunes and—because I have everything all organized there—just looking through old demos. And I found a song I'd written a few years earlier called Troublemaker and I listened to it. I was like, dang, that's exactly what we're looking for. So we brought it in and we jammed it out very quickly.
+'''Brian:''' And then this is the first time we worked with a producer named Jack Knife Lee...
+'''Scott:''' Who did things really different than we had done on the rest of the album. So it was really shocking and fast, but it came out amazing.
+'''Rivers:''' Troublemaker is a fun one to play live. I often smash a ukulele over my head while I'm playing, but I'm starting to get vertigo. And apparently I knocked something loose in my inner ear. I think it's initially from my bus accident last December, but it's starting to get worse. So I think I got to layoff the ukulele smashing on my head.
+'''Scott, Pat, Rivers, and Brian:''' [Laughs]
 ===We Just Got to This Point===
 ''Commentary for "[[Can't Stop Partying]]". Details Cuomo's writer's block while attempting to finish the song.''