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So he enrolled at Harvard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast-forward two years, and Weezer followed the <em>Blue Album<\/em> with a second masterpiece called <em>Pinkerton<\/em>. Although most didn\u2019t realize at the time just how good <em>Pinkerton<\/em> was. In fact, many hated it. (And they were wrong.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, \u201cEl Scorcho\u201d is a glimpse into Cuomo\u2019s isolation at school. (With titular inspiration from Del Taco\u2019s Del Scorcho hot sauce.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>I\u2019m Jell-O, Baby<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weezer - El Scorcho (Director&#039;s Cut)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/okthJIVbi6g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first verse finds Cuomo cursing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/weezer\/buddy-holly\">the girls he\u2019s attracted to<\/a>. It\u2019s like they have a kind of superpower over him, he imagines. Smitten by a cellist, he then assumes the posture of a frozen wallflower. He\u2019ll say nothing. Do nothing. And wallow in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Goddamn you half-Japanese girls,<br>Do it to me every time.<br>Oh, the redhead said you shred the cello,<br>And I\u2019m Jell-O, baby.<br>But you won\u2019t talk, won\u2019t look, won\u2019t think of me,<br>I\u2019m the epitome of public enemy<\/em>.<br><br><em>Why you wanna go and do me like that?<br>Come down on the street and dance with me<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuomo wants the girl to make the first move. But it\u2019s all just wishful thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I\u2019m a lot like you, so please,<br>Hello, I\u2019m here, I\u2019m waiting.<br>I think I\u2019d be good for you.<br>And you\u2019d be good for me<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>\u2018Pinkerton\u2019<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuomo thinks the girl is cool because she\u2019s never heard of Green Day. Then he creeps into her room and reads her diary. A massive invasion of privacy, but it only makes him fall further for the girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I asked you to go to the Green Day concert,<br>You said you never heard of them.<br>How cool is that? So I went to your room and read your diary.<br>\u201cWatching Grunge leg drop New Jack through a press table.\u201d<br>And then my heart stopped.<br>\u201cListening to Cio-Cio-San fall in love all over again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weezer\u2019s second album is named after the character Pinkerton in Giacomo Puccini\u2019s 1904 opera, <em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>. In the story, Pinkerton, a U.S. Naval officer, marries a 15-year-old Japanese girl named Cio-Cio-San (\u201cButterfly\u201d). 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