Pink Triangle

"Pink Triangle" is the eighth track and third single from Pinkerton.
===Appearances===
*Pinkerton (1996)
*"Pink Triangle" (radio-only promo, 1997)
*"The Good Life" (Australian "OZ EP" CD) (1997)
*Video Capture Device (2004)
==Overview==
"Pink Triangle" was written by Rivers Cuomo (around late October/early November of 1995,Cuomo, Rivers. The Pinkerton Diaries. 2011. Self-published.The Grand File. 2002. http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html while attending Harvard) about a woman with whom he was infatuated, only to later realize, after seeing her wear a pink triangle button on her backpack, that she was (ostensibly) a lesbian."Home Recordings from Weezer Frontman" NPR - Fresh Air with Terry Gross. 21 January 2009. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/99636767 Cuomo remained friends with the woman after writing the song, only to learn a year and a half later (after the release of Pinkerton), that she was not a lesbian. "I went to visit her and it was the first time I was in her dorm room. There was poster after poster of macho men on the wall. I asked her, 'Are you into guys?' She said 'Of course I am'... I said to her 'I really have something to tell you.'"Sandor, Steven. "Weezer leader finds out she wasn’t a lesbian" Vue Weekly. 10 July, 1997. Transcript
"Pink Triangle" was among the first songs Cuomo wrote following a painful surgery the previous April to lengthen his right femur, which had grown nearly two inches shorter than his left due to a congenital condition. These new, personal songs were the beginnings of a shift away from Cuomo's original plan for Weezer's sophomore album (a musical "rock opera" dubbed Songs from the Black Hole) and towards what would eventually become Pinkerton.
In early 1997, "Pink Triangle" was chosen as Pinkerton's third and final single. The band's label, Geffen, requested that the band clean up the song before releasing it to radio, so a recording session at Fort Apache was scheduled.Pinkerton: Deluxe Edition, liner notesWeezer Recording History - Page 8 Bassist Matt Sharp, who was busy working on the Rentals' sophomore album in London, was unable to attend on short notice, so Weezer held tryouts to find a replacement, ultimately selecting Scott Riebling (then-bassist for ). Two unfinished songs from the Pinkerton sessions, "Getting Up and Leaving" and "I Swear It's True," were finished in the studio to be released as B-sides on a planned retail single. Ultimately, this single never materialized, and the aforesaid B-sides were not heard by fans until the release of the Deluxe Edition of Pinkerton in 2010. Only a promotional CD/cassette for radio was released, which included the remix, as well as a live performance of the song from an acoustic concert at Shorecrest High School. This live performance also appeared on the Australian "OZ EP" release of "The Good Life."
==Audio/video==
===Video Capture Device===
"Pink Triangle" was given an unofficial music video, directed and edited by Karl Koch, as part of the band's Video Capture Device release. The audio used is the single version. The footage features Weezer recording the song in studio and playing it live in a variety of locations during the .
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===Shorecrest High School live performance===
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==Cover art==
Julie Kramer, later a DJ for the radio station WFNX in Boston, shot the photos intended for a "Pink Triangle" single.
Image:Riversdrag01small.jpg|From Kramer's websiteJulie Kramer Photography. https://juliekramer121.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Rivers-Cuomo/G00002_opBy03yYs/I0000pypnzE3aDFY (also appears in The Pinkerton Diaries)
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==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo — lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson — percussion
*Brian Bell — rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Matt Sharp — bass guitar, backing vocals
*Scott Riebling — bass guitar (remix version only)
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
When I'm stable long enough
I start to look around for love
See a sweet in floral print
My mind begins the arrangements
But when I start to feel that pull
Turns out I just pulled myself
She would never go with me
Were I the last girl on earth
I'm dumb, she's a lesbian
I thought I had found the one
We were good as married in my mind,
But married in my mind's no good
Oh, pink triangle on her sleeve
Let me know the truth, let me know the truth
Might have smoked a few in my time
But never thought it was a crime
Knew the day would surely come
When I'd chill and settle down
When I think I've found a good old-fashioned girl
Then she put me in my place
Everyone's a little queer
Can't she be a little straight?
I'm dumb, she's a lesbian
I thought I had found the one
We were good as married in my mind,
But married in my mind's no good
Oh, pink triangle on her sleeve
Let me know the truth, let me know the truth
I'm dumb, she's a lesbian
I thought I had found the one
We were good as married in my mind,
But married in my mind's no good
Oh, pink triangle on her sleeve
Let me know the truth, let me know the truth
I'm dumb, she's a lesbian
I thought I had found the one
We were good as married in my mind,
But married in my mind's no good
Oh, pink triangle on her sleeve
Let me know the truth, let me know the truth
Let me know the truth, let me know the truth
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Weezer singles
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Featured song
Category:Songs on Pinkerton
Category:Self-produced Weezer songs
Category:Music videos directed by Karl Koch