― Tom Millar (Millar), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
On a different note.. I like big butts and I can not lie, those otha brothas can't deny.....
― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mattkendall (mattkendall), Sunday, 15 December 2002 10:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 15 December 2002 10:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 15 December 2002 13:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 December 2002 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 15 December 2002 17:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― maria b (maria b), Sunday, 15 December 2002 19:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 15 December 2002 19:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron A., Sunday, 15 December 2002 21:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Sunday, 15 December 2002 21:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Yarn vs. Egg, Monday, 16 December 2002 00:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
(but seriously, they're good for a laugh or two. TMBG for the pottymouthed set. faves are the live version of "dr. rock" and "don't laugh I love you," songs do the genre they're parodying justice).
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 16 December 2002 01:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Luis Marijo, Monday, 16 December 2002 07:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
Their parodies of prog-folk are better than the 'serious' revivalists of the genre. There's nothing better than "Cold Blows The Wind." The assertation that it's a traditional Chinese spiritual only makes it more brilliant. Sample this lyric for proof:
"Go fetch me a nut from the dungeon deepand water from the stoneand white milk from the maiden's breastthat babe ere never known"
Plus, every Prince fan in the world needs to hear "LMLYP." Yet "Birthday Boy" from the same album is one of the most poignant breakup songs, capturing the confusion and resignation of a mutual breakup that just about every other breakup song misses.
And no I am not nor have I ever been stoned.
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Monday, 16 December 2002 14:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
(If you haven't heard his damn-near 6 minute going-off-about-how-amazing-Ween-is rant, well, I apologize.)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 16 December 2002 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'd love to see them live again, but they don't appear to be venturing to New England any time soon. Best Ween live experience: Burlington, VT, Halloween 2003. During "LMLYP" some crazed hippie on stilts in a gigantic cat costume, complete with huge papier mache head, came out on stage. Plus, viking helmets and wizard hats and extremely short loincloth-esque thing on Deaner. And three people in an actual Poop Ship Destroyer costume.
Also, I seem to be one of the few female Ween fans. I've only known one personally, and I'm not sure that I've seen too many at shows. Girl Ween fans hollah at me?
― Emily B (Emily B), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 01:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bea Arthur - Lost COmic GEnius ? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 01:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― cdwill (cdwill), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 02:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Apparently Ween and the creators of Spongebob Squarepants have a pretty good relationship...not only was "Ocean Man" in the movie OST (in the coveted as-the-credits-begin-to-roll spot), but they did a song about HOW TO TIE YOUR SHOES for one episode that totally owns! Also, Spongebob once said something about his pet snail Gary's "wandering eye...you little mollusk, you!".
― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Man, I fucking LOVE Ween! I was at a show years ago and it was ex-cel... Well, uh, excellent. I remember they did this jam thing while a woman was dancing. I think they just stretched for a good twenty minutes just to have a laugh at her expense. Great show.
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
FWIW I know shit tons of female Ween fans...not quite as rare as female PRIMUS fans.
― mummy wrapped in bacon (nickalicious), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
i also like primus. if you come buy a copy of les claypool's new album at my record store in bangor, and we sell more than anyone else in any of the stores participating in this little contest, les will come eat pizza and drink beer with us. no foolin'! i know you won't!
― Emily B (Emily B), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lee is Free (Lee is Free), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 23:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― J (Jay), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:11 (eighteen years ago) link
-- JMark feels the same way. This does not compute.
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 00:18 (eighteen years ago) link
"Bananas and Blow" so real
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Friday, 18 April 2008 06:38 (sixteen years ago) link
"fluffy, my furry buddy, chewed his leg on the porch"
― internet treehouse for gay nazi aspie fagz (jdchurchill), Thursday, 17 June 2010 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw them on the tour for that country album, and ... okay, you know a regular Ween crowd? Which is already like a Noah's Ark of different varieties of drug-addled weirdos? Add to that country weirdos. Seriously the strangest crowd I have ever stood in.
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Thursday, 17 June 2010 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Aww, good luck Deaner.
For the majority of my life I have been blessed enough to have a career doing the thing that I love the most. This privilege has never been lost on me. The fact that the music reaches other people and means so much to them is something that I never take for granted, and for which I am truly grateful, all of the time, every time we perform. At this moment in time though I need to step away from performing live in order to preserve my mental and spiritual well being, and instead focus on myself and loved ones. I know this will come as a disappointment and with great inconvenience to many people who bought tickets and made travel plans, and for this I sincerely apologize. I look forward to returning to the stage with the enthusiasm, joy, and renewed sense of inspiration that our fans deserve, and that I require of myself when we play live. Thank you and god bless.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 8 March 2024 20:53 (six months ago) link
that's like the exact message Gene posted before he went to rehab. hope he's okay and recovers soon.
― frogbs, Friday, 8 March 2024 21:01 (six months ago) link
I wonder what the story isFunny that Ween is giving the same “stepping down to spend time with my family” line that corporate bigwigs use
― calstars, Friday, 8 March 2024 21:19 (six months ago) link
I wonder what the story isprobably exactly what he says if this is Dean getting clean, then perhaps it would allow for re-energized touring for both the principals/the band, assuming that their limited runs since reforming were designed to protect Gener. sounds like they’re even axing the massive* Chocolate & Cheese anniversary show, given the note about travel plans for punters, which would otherwise have been worth keeping booked as a potential triumphant return. good luck Mickey!* 14,000 capacity, vs the 2800 theatre they were playing here this year (and sold out in 20 mins)
― bae (sic), Saturday, 9 March 2024 00:14 (six months ago) link
i just listened to Ween for the first time the other day per a friend's recommendation, it was nice! i think the album started with an M.
― Swen, Saturday, 9 March 2024 05:27 (six months ago) link
The molusk. The typical starting point, it's very easy to love
― H.P, Saturday, 9 March 2024 05:50 (six months ago) link
how dopey that i just have no idea who this band is that seems to have quite a following
― Swen, Saturday, 9 March 2024 05:57 (six months ago) link
but yeah they sounded great in the sun, i couldn't place like when the music was from
― Swen, Saturday, 9 March 2024 05:58 (six months ago) link
Their following has definitely gotten bigger since they were initially a band which is interesting but also their music is nearly tailor made for guys that spend too much time on the internet. I saw them in 2004 at a 1500 person venue that probably wasn’t sold out for 20 or 25 bucks…when they come around now they usually sell out a 5k capacity space and tickets are like 65 dollars or something insane.
― Slim is an Alien, Saturday, 9 March 2024 06:22 (six months ago) link
yeah it's kind of weird, the record store guy says a lot of young people look for them including some who probably weren't alive when their last album came out. idk what explains that, can't just be Spongebob. I mean its cool though they deserve the attention
― frogbs, Saturday, 9 March 2024 06:25 (six months ago) link
i would see them tbh. what's a typical price for a ticket in general these days? also ugh who is Spongebob?? why am i a 40 yr old mom.
― Swen, Saturday, 9 March 2024 07:38 (six months ago) link
haha spongebob squarepants is this show from after my time that, like, that whole generation loves. idk if there's even an equivalent from my era. i guess like animaniacs? maybe? but way bigger and more popular. you never see animaniacs memes except for the ones about prince.
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 9 March 2024 12:20 (six months ago) link
o wait i totally know that Spongebob (i love himmmm) - i just thought there was a new one like a rapper or something lol
― Swen, Saturday, 9 March 2024 12:22 (six months ago) link
Ween are squarely in the young neurodivergent/queer music nerd canon that's swept up Cardiacs as a legacy band and which makes up most of my online social circle these days. Even I've had to admit that Quebec is a masterpiece
― imago, Saturday, 9 March 2024 14:25 (six months ago) link
Surprising as I've always thought there was a very distinct frat boy element to Ween.
― man in suit and red tie raising his fist (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 March 2024 14:36 (six months ago) link
there totally is, bro city
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 9 March 2024 14:58 (six months ago) link
It's (by far) their least attractive aspect.
― man in suit and red tie raising his fist (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 March 2024 15:06 (six months ago) link
We used to go see them a lot in the late 90s, early 2000s. It was funny to see the crowds shift after phish covered roses for free. Before it was definitely a more punk scene
― Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Saturday, 9 March 2024 15:12 (six months ago) link
There is no greater joy than rolling up in the middle school carpool line and seeing your child’s stricken face as she realizes that you are blasting Poopship Destroyer turned up to 11.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 9 March 2024 15:16 (six months ago) link
Ween crowds always seem to be an interesting assortment of weirdos. there's definitely a fratboy element to it but you can't really generalize with these folks. which makes sense because I do think they have wide appeal. I mean musically they're all over the map but as people I think they're pretty easy to identify with, like you can clearly track the way their lives and attitudes and how the very nature of their friendship changed from one album to the next and there's something very real about that. one of those bands where you kind of feel like you know them.
― frogbs, Saturday, 9 March 2024 16:32 (six months ago) link
If anyone was around in ye olde ween.net forum days it was definitely more of an internet druggie and/or edgelord vibe than anything fratboy or jam band related.
― Slim is an Alien, Saturday, 9 March 2024 17:11 (six months ago) link
I think I saw them at Tramps once in NYC it must’ve been 1996. They played a lot of songs I didn’t know too well. I mostly only fuck with the first three: GWS, The Pod and Pure Guava.
― o. nate, Saturday, 9 March 2024 20:47 (six months ago) link
I feel like Chocolate and Cheese was their frat heyday. Stoned dudes in dorms … “he was head honcho with the ladies…”
― calstars, Saturday, 9 March 2024 21:04 (six months ago) link
C&C vinyl was sold out at the 3 places I looked, pretty wild given the high price point. have heard a lot of good things about the sound quality and bonus material though, it's def nice to see some high quality pressings out there finally. really irritates me that Plain handled most of their catalogue before, like I've got a copy of The Mollusk which is going for $165 minimum on discogs right now and guess what it sounds like garbage
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 August 2024 20:53 (one month ago) link
grrrrr Plain
they just canceled three (huge, sold out, hotly anticipated) shows in the PNW, hope our dudes are OK
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 8 August 2024 20:55 (one month ago) link
also frogbs u should sell that shit ASAP lol
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 8 August 2024 20:56 (one month ago) link
Yeah I picked up that reissue, but just couldn't do it at that price point. Too bad this couldn't have happened 10 years ago when it also would have gotten a 2xCD version.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 August 2024 20:57 (one month ago) link
They just cancelled Portland / Seattle / Eugene shows that were set for the next few days.
― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Thursday, 8 August 2024 21:04 (one month ago) link
Whoops, sleeve posted it already, whoops
ha no prob
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 8 August 2024 21:08 (one month ago) link
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, August 8, 2024 3:56 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I've got a White Pepper which is also apparently worth over 100 (bought for $19.99 a couple years ago, lol), maybe I'll offer them up in the Ween FB group for $80 apiece or something. you'd think they'd get a repress given The Pod and C&C did but god, you never fuckin know with these guys. I mean look what's going on with them now, seems like all is not right in the Ween camp, hard to tell if it's just someone getting Covid or some real shit (it's been rumored that Dean is battling the same demons Gene was) but the fact that they aren't saying anything does make me worry
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 August 2024 21:11 (one month ago) link
Ugh, yeah, hope they are doing alright.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 August 2024 21:14 (one month ago) link
Aaron posted a message somewhere saying that he’s gotten a lot of concerned messages and he wants people to know that he is okay and also very disappointed in the cancelled shows.
I picked up the C&C reissue but haven’t spent time with it yet. They were cranking out so much gold at this point, any unreleased stuff is great.
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 8 August 2024 21:17 (one month ago) link
that whole 94-03 run really, I mean imagine reissues of Mollusk or Quebec with 40 minutes of bonus material
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 August 2024 21:23 (one month ago) link
There is a ton of stuff out there, circulating. It would be great to have some of it curated and cleaned up.
A b-sides collection would be great. Maybe that’s why that sort of stuff wasn’t included with the reissue.
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 8 August 2024 22:57 (one month ago) link
I think Deaner once said he wasn't open to doing a Shinola Vol. 2 because the first one was a lot more labor intensive than he thought and he's not a fan of mining his own archives and instead likes to move forward. wonder if that's changed now that they aren't really making new music anymore. would be nice, I know "how on Earth did this song not make the cut while that one is" is a question you ask of a lot of bands but it especially applies to Ween
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 August 2024 23:01 (one month ago) link
Best thing about this anniversary reissue is that in my country it has finally unblocked C&C to stream on spotify.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 9 August 2024 00:32 (one month ago) link
haven't relistened to it in a while but I remember last time I did I was blown away by how slow Take Me Away seemed after being so used to the Live in Chicago version. if it was on vinyl I probably would have gotten up to check the pitch slider. similar thing happened with King Crimson's Elephant Talk
― frogbs, Friday, 9 August 2024 00:35 (one month ago) link
Ugh, hoping for the best for Deaner.
It is with sincere regret and heavy hearts that Ween must make the decision to step away from the stage for the foreseeable future. This includes next month’s sold-out Chocolate and Cheese 25th Anniversary show at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia. Despite three great shows this summer, it’s become clear that touring and performing is too taxing on Deaner’s mental health to continue. As always, we thank you for the love, dedication and ongoing support.- Ween
- Ween
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 August 2024 15:00 (three weeks ago) link
yeah i had a feeling something bad was going on behind the scenes. kinda passive-aggressive wording there too. hope he's gonna be alright. fwiw I do know Deaner's talked many times in the past about how he never wanted to just be some touring act but that's exactly what they are now. like I'm pretty sure there's an interview where he once said he'd rather the band break up than do these kinds of anniversary shows.
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 August 2024 18:06 (three weeks ago) link
which is totally fair, and I know it brings another set of stressors and challenges and is easier said than done, but there is one weird trick to not just be a touring anniversary show, which would be to also make a new Ween record!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 August 2024 18:23 (three weeks ago) link
yeah the fact that they haven't recorded anything at all suggests their relationship is kinda shit. I mean the long and short of it is Gene/Dean solo shows would get like 100 people while Ween still draws a huge crowd
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 August 2024 18:28 (three weeks ago) link
Ween draws a much bigger crowd now than they ever have -- they were still playing 1500-2000 capacity venues a couple years before the hiatus, but now they're more like a 5k-10k band (and will sell out!).
― Slim is an Alien, Thursday, 29 August 2024 19:05 (three weeks ago) link
the local record store dude remarks on it a lot, a ton of young folks come in asking for Ween records, he apparently sold all 6 copies of the C&C reissue in 30 minutes despite the high price point. I'm not sure why that is either. Ween rule of course but so do a lot of bands. must be the Spongebob effect.
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 August 2024 19:15 (three weeks ago) link
Gener and Deaner are the proto-memers. If ever there was a band for teenage Gen Z'ers, Ween is it (but yes spongebob helps)
― H.P, Thursday, 29 August 2024 21:56 (three weeks ago) link
It did seem a bit pricey but even the Plain reissues were going for a grip, this has a whole album of "studio" outtakes (they haven't really done that ever, just live right?) and much more legit mastering (which like who cares right, but a lot of people are down on Plain reissues generally speaking).
― encino morricone (majorairbro), Saturday, 31 August 2024 08:26 (three weeks ago) link
"or what"
― some dude, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 6:56 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol i came in here to post this again
― some dude, Monday, February 15, 2016 10:49 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink
THREEPEAT
― some dude, Saturday, 31 August 2024 20:50 (three weeks ago) link
hopefully the other LPs get deluxe reissues too, there's just so much great non album material out there, probably a bunch we don't even know about.
― frogbs, Monday, 2 September 2024 01:59 (two weeks ago) link
absolutely, would love a Pure Guava deluxe. also, glad that the bonus stuff is on the streaming version.
― encino morricone (majorairbro), Tuesday, 3 September 2024 05:59 (two weeks ago) link