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I've tried many times over the years but I just can't get into early Ween. Chocolate and Cheese? Hell yes, and almost everything since, but the first 3 records still don't do much for me 
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Fenrir posted:I've tried many times over the years but I just can't get into early Ween. Chocolate and Cheese? Hell yes, and almost everything since, but the first 3 records still don't do much for me Some of that stuff is better live and it makes it easier to enjoy. Some of it isn’t. It’s not like it’s earth shattering music. It’s ok if you don’t like it.
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Fenrir posted:I've tried many times over the years but I just can't get into early Ween. Chocolate and Cheese? Hell yes, and almost everything since, but the first 3 records still don't do much for me I'm basically the same. There's a few tracks prior to Chocolate and Cheese I love, but everything from that point on is gold to me. But same as the above comment, the live versions of some of the early stuff really shine and turn them into totally different songs. Dr Rock, Sketches of Winkle, Birthday Boy, Never Squeal, Nan (although I love the album version), Tick, Papa Zit, Big Jilm, Pumpin' 4 the Man ... all just killer tracks live!
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That live Springtheme tho.
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Apr 29, 2018 18:46
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It is like Peter Pan: clap to believe. Inside you know: that function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoFRdGsrqTk
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Fenrir posted:I've tried many times over the years but I just can't get into early Ween. Chocolate and Cheese? Hell yes, and almost everything since, but the first 3 records still don't do much for me i'm completely the same way. the mollusk is one of my top albums of all time, and when i listen to it it's very apparent to me that it was the turning point where they started using the studio environment to its fullest potential. when i go back to anything before c&c it's hard to not wonder what those songs would be with the sort of execution of the later albums. i think that's why the live versions are so good. you get the whole band up there putting their stink on those songs and it's just 
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I love lo-fi obnoxious poo poo so early ween is perfect for me. Anything before GWS is a little too unpolished, though (they had some cassettes you can find on  websites). One time I was listening to The Pod and my speakers weren't hooked up securely - it added a sort of noisy bass distortion to everything and I was asking myself "why does this album sound so much more awesome today?". After I fixed it, I tried to reproduce it again later but could never get it the same.
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Apr 30, 2018 20:45
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I find it helps to just get super hosed up wasted and then listen to The Pod on repeat.
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Apr 30, 2018 21:11
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Altered states of consciousness are pretty necessary for early Ween until it "clicks" then you can appreciate it sober
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I still listen to GodWeenSatan from time to time but it's far from my favourite album. I love the Pod and Pure Guava though. They're both those kind of albums that I can pretty much put on whenever. In fact, Pure Guava has slowly climbed my favourite album lists.
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DoubleCakes posted:I still listen to GodWeenSatan from time to time but it's far from my favourite album. I love the Pod and Pure Guava though. They're both those kind of albums that I can pretty much put on whenever. In fact, Pure Guava has slowly climbed my favourite album lists. It’s good.
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Pure Guava was my first Ween that someone recorded onto a blank tape back in the day, and playing it still takes me back to listening to it semi-covertly in Spanish class. First listen, the first couple songs went by me as sorta weird, not sure if I dig this, then Push th' Little Daisies came on and it was like reading Revelations. GodWeenSatan, well, I'm still working on.
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The Pod is still my favorite album after starting with Quebec and working my way backwards chronologically. So many classics: Mononucleosis, Captain Fantasy, She Fucks Me, Demon Sweat, Dr. Rock, gently caress. If any Ween fans in this thread want some more weird, then I'd highly recommend checking out The Frogs. No other band has fulfilled me in such a similar way, combining songcraft virtuoso with uncomfortable subjects lyrics-wise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iliwt9h6-a0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXNc6NiDzDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L02jO5bkfxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6tvHymEDM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkQ1D4ppz-E
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doctorthefonz posted:If any Ween fans in this thread want some more weird, then I'd highly recommend checking out The Frogs. No other band has fulfilled me in such a similar way, combining songcraft virtuoso with uncomfortable subjects lyrics-wise  Like Ween they were also really cool about audience recording. I've got about 30 shows recorded off the soundboard, the best ones are filled with nonstop bickering at the audience, but man they knew how to stretch goofy little improvised songs into legit great jams I've been wanting to do a Frogs thread for awhile now. They're basically the Velvet Underground of the '80s/'90s alt scene in terms of influence. Everyone loved them and tried to push them as hard as possible, but they refused to back down from what they were doing. It was a career filled with them shooting themselves in the foot over and over again and I love them very much. EDIT: Here's a solid shoutout to The Frogs from Gener! Continues on Mutilated Lips, too. caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 17:17 on May 1, 2018 |
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Just announced:
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That signed album is extremely cool  A Frogs thread would be delightful for a band with such a huge output and wild history. Steve Albini passed along one of their tapes to the head of Homestead Records which got them their first LP. They made a stop-motion VHS tape for Kurt Cobain, one of their biggest fans. Eddie Vedder attached a pair of batwings gifted by the late Dennis Flemion to his amplifier, and Pearl Jam has covered a number of their songs. Dennis also played drums for the drat Smashing Pumpkins at the height of their popularity. Jimmy played with Sebastian Bach's touring band at some point too. That's all just from skimming their wikipedia page, they were all over the place If anyone reading this thread wants to get into em they're streaming on google's music service and spotify last time I checked. I reckon they'd be right up a Ween fan's alley for sure
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I feel like I'm kind of alone in thinking Chocolate & Cheese is one of Ween's weaker albums. It's not as chaotic and uncompromisingly weird as their earlier stuff, or as clever and polished as their later stuff, and kind of rests in that same middling goofy, mildly obnoxious territory as La Cucaracha. Freedom of '76 and What Deaner Was Talking About are the only tracks I'd consider among my favorite Ween songs. I didn't start listening to Ween until after Quebec came out, though, and from there went back to Godweensatan and worked my way forward. Which is probably not the best way to come to appreciate a transitional album.
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La la Cucaracha is so loving stupid and it took me like two years before it clicked and now I love it. The weirdest part was I asked my friends who are also huge Ween fans and oddly they all said the same thing. It’s stupid, silly, and has some sort of dream-like essence.
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Rollersnake posted:I feel like I'm kind of alone in thinking Chocolate & Cheese is one of Ween's weaker albums. It's not as chaotic and uncompromisingly weird as their earlier stuff, or as clever and polished as their later stuff, and kind of rests in that same middling goofy, mildly obnoxious territory as La Cucaracha. Freedom of '76 and What Deaner Was Talking About are the only tracks I'd consider among my favorite Ween songs. Tear for Eddie is a good song too. And Joppa Road.
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Rollersnake posted:I feel like I'm kind of alone in thinking Chocolate & Cheese is one of Ween's weaker albums. It's not as chaotic and uncompromisingly weird as their earlier stuff, or as clever and polished as their later stuff, and kind of rests in that same middling goofy, mildly obnoxious territory as La Cucaracha. Freedom of '76 and What Deaner Was Talking About are the only tracks I'd consider among my favorite Ween songs. You are alone in thinking this yeah. La Cucaracha is weird because it has so many good tracks but they don’t really come together as an album. Fruit Man, Woman and Man, Spirit Walker, and to a lesser extent Shamemaker are all bad. But the rest? Some great stuff.
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Beastie posted:Woman and Man is awesome. 
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Woman and Man has the best Deaner solo on any of the studio albums. I couldn't stand Learnin' to Love for the longest time until I saw it live. It feels like the band is playing a really mean joke on the audience, it's hysterical.
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Woman and man would be great if it didn't have the long intro. Past that it's a top notch song. Like 2:50+ is great
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Harminoff posted:Woman and man would be great if it didn't have the long intro. Past that it's a top notch song. Like 2:50+ is great idk i'd say it's really cool like how the argus starts out slow but argus > woman and man both songs are cool though, that's just ween
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polyester concept posted:I love lo-fi obnoxious poo poo so early ween is perfect for me. Anything before GWS is a little too unpolished, though (they had some cassettes you can find on that's a really cool observation re: blown speakers i have an old vox combo tube/solid hybrid little guy amp that's supposed to emulate different cabs etc except the tube or something must've blown out because the input floor rose dramatically and whenever i'd play with it it's crazy fuzzy with absolutely zero sustain i learned mononucleosis, what deaner was talking about, and don't poo poo where you eat on that sucker, and even though i replaced it with a newer version of the same drat amp i still bust it out because it just sounds totally hosed and super unique e: regarding frogs talk, i really wanted to link from yt one of the few covers that they did and i just found it! bob dylan's "billy" from the old sam peckinpah film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJyN2zI5slQ just a really cool interpretation, emblematic of the frogs' musical abilities doctorthefonz fucked around with this message at 05:39 on May 4, 2018 |
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Rollersnake posted:I feel like I'm kind of alone in thinking Chocolate & Cheese is one of Ween's weaker albums. It's not as chaotic and uncompromisingly weird as their earlier stuff, or as clever and polished as their later stuff, and kind of rests in that same middling goofy, mildly obnoxious territory as La Cucaracha. Freedom of '76 and What Deaner Was Talking About are the only tracks I'd consider among my favorite Ween songs. I agree to some extent. Aside from Cucaracha, it's the album I listen to the least. It does have Don't poo poo Where You Eat, which is one of my favorite Ween songs. And it was dedicated to John Candy, which is really cool. I can't listen to anything prior to God Ween Satan. The early cassette releases are too low quality for me to enjoy them and it doesn't help that I didn't hear any of them until just a few years ago. I think some of Ween's early albums, especially The Pod, benefit from being listened to without influence of their modern albums. I can see how people wouldn't be into The Pod or GWS. Edit for a crazy coincidence: After posting this reply, I hit play (via shuffle) on my Spotify playlist with about 4,600 tracks and first Garry comes on by DWG and then Don't poo poo Where you Eat came on next. I don't even have a ton of their studio albums in the playlist. Most of it is their live stuff. me your dad fucked around with this message at 14:23 on May 4, 2018 |
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Beastie posted:Woman and Man is awesome.
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Kvlt! posted:Altered states of consciousness are pretty necessary for early Ween until it "clicks" then you can appreciate it sober I discovered fake acid (DOB) and GodWeenSatan in the same summer before La Cucaracha came out. My enjoyment of the album has as much if not more to do with it bringing back memories of how hosed up I got that summer, and it's a similar story with Cucaracha. Love both those albums, though not necessarily on their own merit alone.
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This work? Live stream of tonight's show. Audio http://mixlr.com/mike-sassone Video https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1692686360801068&id=100001791609749 Harminoff fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Jun 3, 2018 |
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Live in Chicago killed C&C for me. It's a good album but I feel like it's the one where all the live renditions just blow the studio versions out of the water.
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JAMOOOL posted:Live in Chicago killed C&C for me. It's a good album but I feel like it's the one where all the live renditions just blow the studio versions out of the water. I agree, except for: Can't Put My Finger on It: Live versions (I've heard) never captured that super trippy effect during the "Are you surprised..." part (and I love that part). Also the 20 minute middle eastern chant run-up during some live versions is boring. Tear for Eddie: I know it's ridiculous to say but I prefer the studio version. It's just so damned pretty and cannot be turned up loud enough.
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me your dad posted:the 20 minute middle eastern chant run-up during some live versions is boring. They did it when I saw them in Portland and it vibed incredibly, though it also may have been the drugs.
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Got a chuckle out of this comment on the Ween facebook group about the setlist last night:
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snorch posted:They did it when I saw them in Portland and it vibed incredibly, though it also may have been the drugs. ...though it also may have been the drugs
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Holy poo poo, Red Rocks got a "If You Could Save Yourself!" Gonna re-post from the Vinyl thread: Heads up! Schnitzel Records out of the UK just put up the pre-order for a new repressing of Ween's The Pod on silver vinyl, limited to 1,000 copies and advertised as "never going to be re-pressed in this format."
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https://archangelrecording.com/quote:The studio is really called "Deaner's Studio". It took me a long time to settle on the most obvious name, but by that time I had already registered this domain name. So on this website I'm just going to call it "the studio." First let me give you a little background about myself and the studio. This assumes that I'll be producing and engineering your project while you're here. My name is Mickey, also known as Deaner or Dean Ween. I started recording myself at home when I was 14 years old. I used a cassette deck and a reel to reel machine and would overdub tracks while bouncing the existing tracks from tape to tape. This meant that by the time I was done --the drums (for instance) had been through four or 5 generations of bouncing. I figured out how to make the sonic quality as lossless as possible eventually. Soon after that I got my first four track cassette tape recorder. Ultimately, I recorded many albums onto 4-track cassette, and they sounded good enough to eventually be released by major labels....blah blah. People like to call them "lo-fi" as if it's some badge of honor, but they actually sound awesome. There were great benefits to this way of recording though, although I didn't realize it until later on. First, it taught me how to be efficient, because when you're using only 4 tracks everything has to count. A typical session would have the drums on track one, the bass on track 2, the guitar on track 3, and the vocals on track 4--with a solo coming in on track 4 when the vocals took a rest. The end result was that I wrote better songs, and learned how to get things done quickly and efficiently, without punching in or anything like that---everything was for keeps. This has served me well later in life. So moving on....
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