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−	{{Featured song MP3 headline|http://play.last.fm/preview/118417349.mp3|In the Garage}}	+	{{Featured song MP3 headline|http://s4.last.fm/preview/121486900/191/0444078924/66/3031912.mp3|El Scorcho}}
−	{{Featured song artwork|Weezer-blue-album.jpg}}"'''In the Garage'''" is the eighth track from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]''. Along with "[[Holiday]]", "In the Garage" was written out of a sudden burst of excitement and creativity shortly after [[Weezer]] was signed to [[Geffen Records]].  Accordingly, one could consider "In the Garage" to be the antithesis of "Holiday".  It is the sadder look at the excitement of being signed to a record label. One could arguably consider it to be the song that pinned the band as "geeks" with lyrics that reference such things as the ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' from Dungeon & Dragons and the comic book superhero Nightcrawler.<br>	+	{{Featured song artwork|Weezer_el_scorcho.jpg}}"'''El Scorcho'''" is the seventh track on ''[[Pinkerton]].'' It's one of the first narrative songs Rivers wrote at Harvard. In a 2006 interview with the Harvard college newspaper, The Crimson, that the lines mentioning "Cio-Cio San" and "watching Grunge leg-drop New Jack" were actually taken from an essay from a classmate of his at Harvard in an Expository Writing class. The printed lyrics to the song identify these two lines as quoted with the enclosure of quotation marks. "...one example is, in 'Pinkerton,' in 'El Scorcho,' two lines in the song are actually taken from someone else’s essay in my Expos class. Because at one point, we had to do a little workshop thing, and we each got assigned to review someone else’s essay. So, I reviewed this one person’s essay, and I liked some of the lines in it, so I took them and used them in the song." The actual meaning of "watching Grunge leg-drop New Jack" is a reference to ECW's star Johnny Grunge leg dropping New Jack, through a table, possibly referencing a photograph of Grunge fighting wrestler New Jack that was published in Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
−	The inspiration for "In the Garage" predominately came from [[The Garage|the garage]] of the [[Amherst House]], which was the location for all of Weezer's early rehearsals. Additionally, it was where Rivers found himself writing the majority of his songs.  The song is arguably the most personal and revealing of all the songs to appear on ''The Blue Album''.  Each verse reveals a new description to both Rivers and the garage.
		+	The song is jokingly referenced as ''El Scorpio'' in the storyline of the teasers promoting ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', where one of the label executives remarks that he is a fan of their deeper cuts.
−	{{Featured song links|In the Garage}}	+
		+	{{Featured song links|El Scorcho}}
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Revision as of 19:38, 3 October 2014

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Featured song: "El Scorcho"

"El Scorcho" is the seventh track on Pinkerton. It's one of the first narrative songs Rivers wrote at Harvard. In a 2006 interview with the Harvard college newspaper, The Crimson, that the lines mentioning "Cio-Cio San" and "watching Grunge leg-drop New Jack" were actually taken from an essay from a classmate of his at Harvard in an Expository Writing class. The printed lyrics to the song identify these two lines as quoted with the enclosure of quotation marks. "...one example is, in 'Pinkerton,' in 'El Scorcho,' two lines in the song are actually taken from someone else’s essay in my Expos class. Because at one point, we had to do a little workshop thing, and we each got assigned to review someone else’s essay. So, I reviewed this one person’s essay, and I liked some of the lines in it, so I took them and used them in the song." The actual meaning of "watching Grunge leg-drop New Jack" is a reference to ECW's star Johnny Grunge leg dropping New Jack, through a table, possibly referencing a photograph of Grunge fighting wrestler New Jack that was published in Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

The song is jokingly referenced as El Scorpio in the storyline of the teasers promoting Everything Will Be Alright in the End, where one of the label executives remarks that he is a fan of their deeper cuts.

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