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El Scorcho
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“El Scorcho” is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer. It is the first single from the band’s second album Pinkerton, 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 a somewhat unconventional single for the band, featuring a loose, often wandering riff, improvised-sounding vocal contributions from all the band members, and a sudden shift into double-time and a different music style for the bridge. The track failed commercially; several radio stations refused to play...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ I think I'd be good for you ... And you'd be good for me ... I'm a lot like you so please ♫
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