The video for the song was directed by Marcos Siega, the first of many Weezer videos that Siega would direct. The opening line, "I can't help my feelings, I go out of my mind", is quoted from The Beatles' " You Can't Do That". With a tempo of 128 bpm, "Hash Pipe" is composed in the key of A minor. The song is about a transsexual prostitute. Since late 2001, the band has played the song live with a reworked guitar solo that no longer follows the verse melody. Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson is featured on the cover of the song's CD single. The story goes that Cuomo took "a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of tequila," paced around for a while, then wrote both songs. We’d bet this isn’t the last time you’ll hear Toto and Weezer mentioned together.According to an interview with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, "Hash Pipe" was written on the same night as the song "Dope Nose" off Maladroit. But it does seem to have some serious legs.
The whole saga is stranger than fiction, anyway.
So what’s next? Weezer/Toto mash-ups? A joint performance? Who knows. We love the thought of maybe some Weezer fans checking out Toto a little deeper, and, you know what? At the same time, I love the thought of maybe some snooty Toto fans checking out Weezer, loosening their wigs a little bit and enjoying some good rock and roll. I thought they were going to make fun of us. I didn’t know if I was gonna like it or not. And the way they did the harmonies with the auto-tune in there which gave it a kitschy thing. And let’s face it: they kicked ass on it. These guys stood this shit up in an afternoon. Are you kidding me? Kick ass on it! I actually reached out to Rivers on Twitter like, “Hey man, thanks a lot.” I don’t know if it’s a piss-take or not, but it’s a win-win for everybody. Their manager reached out and asked, “Would you guys mind?” Mind?! Please. Lukather also offered some more details on how Weezer’s initial cover came about and what he thought of their rendition, explaining, We wish we could be in the room when they hear it. And we added a couple of our kitschy little things to it, which I hope that they laugh. We wanted to do our thing to it, but still pay respect to it. … I love the message, you know what I mean? … And we wanted to do it justice. I thought “Hash Pipe” had a better melody. and I were listening to different ones trying to figure out which ones he’d like to sing and we settled on “Hash Pipe”. I wanted to show everyone what a good rock n’ roll band we can be. But you know what? We wanted to make it different, but we wanted to do something rock ‘n’ roll. You know, we listened to “Beverly Hills.” … I wanted to maybe even do a real “Africa”-type version of that-I was thinking about for a minute. He continued, noting how the band eventually landed on “Hash Pipe” to cover. Let’s pick out a tune and send it right back to ’em.”
They had released “Rosanna,” they did “Africa.” I sent Luke an e-mail on the road-he was in Europe. … But I was here, home, in my studio, where I’m happiest, and I saw all this action going on with “Africa”.
In the KROQ interview, he talked about the band’s reactions to the hysteria, noting, Last month Lukather and Porcaro explained that Toto had been planning cover of a Weezer song since Weezer’s initial Toto covers went viral. On Wednesday, they even welcomed Weird Al Yankovic to shred an accordion solo on their rendition of “Africa” at the L.A. Now, Weezer regularly includes the song in their live shows to the wild excitement of their fans. Toto’s own Steve Porcaro even joined Weezer on Jimmy Kimmel Live! for a rendition of “Africa” back in June. They later released their rendition of “Africa” as a single-with a screenshot of initial tweet as the single art-and the cover’s popularity and amusing backstory have since made it Weezer’s highest-charting hit in years. The campaign picked up momentum in recent months, with Weezer first trolling fans by performing Toto’s “Rosanna” in late May.Īfter the Rivers Cuomo-led “Rosanna” cover went viral, the band eventually acquiesced to the Internet’s request, performing “Africa” to close out the month.
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In case you haven’t been following along with the surreal series of events surrounding Weezer, Toto, and an enterprising Twitter account reportedly run by a 14-year-old named Mary, here’s a quick recap: Over the past year, the account has led a valiant effort to convince Weezer to record or otherwise perform a rendition of Toto’s “Africa”. The existence of the track was revealed by Toto guitarist Steve “Luke” Lukather recently on Los Angeles radio station KROQ. The saga of continues today, as 80’s hitmakers Toto have released their reciprocal cover of Weezer‘s “Hash Pipe”.
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