El Scorcho

Weezer - El Scorcho

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“El Scorcho” is the first single off the second album Pinkerton by Weezer, released in 1996. The music video features the band playing in an old ballroom in Los Angeles (as revealed by Weezer’s Video Capture Device DVD), surrounded by light fixtures of diverse origin, flashing in time to the music. The name of the song was supposed to have come from a packet of hot sauce from Del Taco, labeled “Del Scorcho.”

The song 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.

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Pinkerton
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1996-10-19: Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
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1996-11-25: Rochester, NY, USA
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El Scorcho
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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

great song, probably my introduction to the greatness that is Pinkerton. lots of great sentimental memories linked to this song. i'm about to get emotional. xP

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djnonplus wrote:
last month

....then my heart started listenin to cho cho san, fall in love all over again <3

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Trent_Jr wrote:
last month

I'm a lot like you, so please hello, I'm here, I'm waiting, I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me

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PinkFloydrulez wrote:
last month

WEEREZ

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Ismaningo wrote:
last month

very very cool song. So chaotic.

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oblivion0 wrote:
July 2008

This song is like a time machine through awesomeness! :D

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memeshift wrote:
July 2008

why you wanna go and do me like that?

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theonecoolest wrote:
July 2008

Best Weezer song, by far.

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MarchHeyYes wrote:
July 2008

very very very good!

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TheFinestFeline wrote:
July 2008

my fav. Weezer album

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Jn_Barnes wrote:
July 2008

This track is such good summer morning music

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CubesOfMadness wrote:
July 2008

God damn you half Japanese girls. Epic win line.

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Avius_Mind wrote:
July 2008

One of my favorite songs!

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ImAwesomeUrNot wrote:
July 2008

I agree. God damn you half-Japanese girls

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yugman wrote:
July 2008

i want to have sex with it

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Ebolt wrote:
June 2008

This song brings back so many memories... my first GF ever made me a mix tape with this song on it, so I listened to it all the time when I did my postal route (first summer job)... this is so awesome :)

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LionFlight wrote:
June 2008

these guys just get it all right

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Akilah88 wrote:
June 2008

i'm in the middle of a unquenchable fixation with this song

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jossgoesyh wrote:
June 2008

Awsome

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sionborg wrote:
June 2008

What a sickly freaky good song

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