Classic or Dud: "Ladies and Gentlemen..WEEN!"

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a ween tribute album done by serious singer-songwriter types playing the songs straight with modern digital folk-rock production would be cool. to me.

scott seward, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 04:29 (seven years ago) link

Ween are one of those bands where the live recordings almost always shred the studio albums. Archive.org has a zillion live shows you can download for free, some of which have stellar sound quality. You could spend months and months going through those.

frogbs, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:04 (seven years ago) link

it's funny that two burnout kids who met in typing class ended up like living a rock and roll fantasy... they really turned into an amazing live band

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:19 (seven years ago) link

yea especially since they weren't exactly talented chaps to begin with. I doubt anyone who heard their early recordings was thinking "it's rough, but damn they've got potential!"

frogbs, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:41 (seven years ago) link

i did! kinda. i mean i thought god/ween/satan and the pod were really ambitious but i guess that's not that early. they obviously had song-writing ability.

scott seward, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:11 (seven years ago) link

i kinda think of them as an oingo boingo i would listen to. and later a jam band i would listen to. even though i only listen occasionally on youtube. i can even imagine seeing ween on acid would be fun.

i do see weird (science) parallels. O.B. even had acoustic interludes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYfjDyGPt4g

scott seward, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link

i have never actually listened to an oingo boingo album. did ween ever have horn sections on their later albums?

scott seward, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link

scott you should check out the white pepper some time. it is a stone-cold kinks are the village green preservation society / who sell out-level classic

reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link

i did! kinda. i mean i thought god/ween/satan and the pod were really ambitious but i guess that's not that early. they obviously had song-writing ability.

oh no, I'm talking about the stuff they did before that - GodWeenSatan was the culmination of like six years of writing and recording

frogbs, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link

does the Cake cult intersect with the Ween cult at all? seems like it might.

scott seward, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link

was not aware there was a cake cult

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link

there really is.

scott seward, Thursday, 9 March 2017 00:43 (seven years ago) link

Trust me on this: all of Ween's pre-GodWeenSatan albums are TERRIBLE. But they do make you appreciate what an astonishing leap in songwriting chops they made in such a short time.

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 9 March 2017 02:01 (seven years ago) link

which reminds me, the recently released front-to-back live recording of that album from 2001 is GREAT. don't think I'll ever listen to the studio album again.

frogbs, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 12:57 (seven years ago) link

five months pass...

just stumbled upon my copy of All Request Live, I forgot how good it was. still think it's hilarious that they let the fans vote on the tracklist, who responded by filling it with a bunch of bizarre non-songs like "Pollo Asado". it's actually quite nice because practically nothing on here is part of their regular live set, other than maybe "Cover it With Gas and Set it On Fire". and the Pizza Hut jingle rules. can't believe they passed on it.

frogbs, Thursday, 7 September 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link


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