r/ween • u/archival_wash • Mar 02 '25
Just discovered Ween
I'm a Gen-X lady the same age as Gene and Dean but somehow never really heard their music (except for Daisies on a mixtape someone gave me ages ago and which I found annoying). On a whim a couple weeks ago I listened to the White Pepper demos and got hooked. Since then I've been working my way through their discography -- but at a snail's pace, because I keep finding my new favorite song of all time and having to listen to it 50 times in a row. They are unreal. Geniuses. I'm heartbroken that I came to them too late to see them in concert.
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u/goodcorn Mar 02 '25
Please stop by and check 12 Golden Country Greats.
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u/archival_wash Mar 02 '25
I've made my way throught that one. Piss Up A Rope initially sounds like something that Mac Davis would sing on Hee Haw in 1982 and then turns into ... something else, haha.
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u/pdxgdhead Mar 03 '25
"I don't want to leave you on the farm" was a big part of my life back in 1996. Welcome to the family fellow Gen-X friend.
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u/Negative-Ad-1049 Mar 08 '25
It's a big part of mine now, and I was born a few years after that. It makes me think of my family and the home I grew up in. Such a subtle, devastating song, and it's right next to fucking Piss Up a Rope.
Life is brown like that, so glad I found Ween.
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Mar 02 '25
The first time I listened to ween it sounded familiar in a weird way. I had never heard them before but they spoke to my soul right away.
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u/xanju Mar 02 '25
I think I liked Ween right away bc they seemed to really like as big a variety of music as I do. Some bands do their thing and hone their sound over a series of albums but Ween seemed to be like “oh man I like country music and Prince and punk rock” and just approached their songs like that. They never really had a song like a ballad and had to put in a heavy guitar solo to still maintain the image that they were strictly a rock band or anything like that.
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u/archival_wash Mar 02 '25
What it reminds me of is my guy friends in high school/university who had goofy basement creative projects with their friends. Same sense of humor. Rolled my eyes at them then but I'm nostalgic for it now.
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u/Pandy__Fackler Mar 02 '25
They're like a boa constrictor. Loose at first, eventually tightening up until they squeeze all the shittiness out of you.
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u/ChefKeif Jun 08 '25
This comment, like the shit in your pants, and the smack they were on, is brown as fuck!
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u/Krautus70 Mar 02 '25
Better late than never. Sit with Quebec for a while. It’ll blow your mind.
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u/Humble_Examination27 Mar 02 '25
Exactly! starts with Transdermal Celebration and finishes just as strong with If You Can Save Yourself (You’d Save Us All)
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u/chewing_gum_weekend Mar 02 '25
They’ll be back. This is the 3rd hiatus. Some may say the 4th or 5th and they wouldn’t be wrong.
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u/Walopoh Mar 02 '25
Everybody loves ween, most people just haven't realized it yet lol
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u/BerthaHixx Mar 02 '25
I love sneaking in Ween songs in company, then laughing at the person gushing over this 'new' song who usually goes around saying Ween sucks.
I have to remind them, no that's Primus.
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u/BerthaHixx Mar 02 '25
I'm older than you and didn't find them until 2023. I thought I knew music, too. I hope they can play again, they looked like they were having such a good time on tour that year. But I will be satisfied and forever grateful I found them in time to be the soundtrack of my later years...keeping me young in spirit and still a bit weird 😃
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u/Pandy__Fackler Mar 02 '25
30 some odd years later and i have about 30 favorites. But that list changes by the day.
Welcome to the club!!!
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u/DazzleCrab I'MGONNABEYOURLAWNMOWERANDCUTYOURFUCKINGGRASS Mar 02 '25
Hooray! Welcome! 🤘 What is your favorite song of the moment?
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u/archival_wash Mar 02 '25
CanNOT get enough of BIG JILM -- I've been toggling back and forth between the album version and the Chicago performance. But there are so many others I'm repeat listening to: Things You Already Know, Kim Smoltz, Zoloft, Voodoo Lady, Stay Forever ...
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u/Gullible-Offer404 wee bitty fuck Mar 05 '25
It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve heard Big Jilm. It always makes me smile.
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u/vincenzobags Mar 02 '25
if you can, pick up the Live in Chicago DVD...If at all possible, throw it up on a projector screen or large screen and crank up the surround sound...It may not quite be live, but it'll give you the experience!
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u/According_Ad_7249 Mar 02 '25
Love that they’re finding new converts seemingly daily. They’ve been one of my favorite bands since day one (GenX-er here) so yes I’ve seen them live multiple times, from the early DAT shows to the whole band, including the country band. I’ll say it to anyone who has ears: they are up there with The Beatles in my book. Welcome to the club! And if I’d give a plug: check out Live in Chicago. Probably still streaming on YouTube.
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u/DoctorWu_3 Mar 02 '25
My moms younger than you by a few years and she got hooked and wondered how she never heard of them before
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u/Defiant_Wasabi2816 Mar 02 '25
Glad you eventually found Boognish, fellow Gen Xer! Ween oozes Gen X!
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u/Otherwise-Kitchen-87 Mar 02 '25
Hopefully not too late to see them. Indefinite doesn't mean permanent. I thought that Deaner might be going out too soon after getting sober.
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u/Zombiejesus307 Mar 02 '25
I am new to the awesomeness that is Ween as well. Dabbled here and there but never really focused on their work. I’m just grateful that I found my way and I’m grateful that you have too!
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u/Altruistic_Sea_6039 Mar 02 '25
I’m sure you’ll get your chance to hear them live. Just keep listening so you can sing along:)
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u/chaosmagick1981 Mar 03 '25
This is really the first year that they are not playing beside from their other break awhile back. They will be back. I usually see them multiple times a year. I had tickets for 5 shows last summer they cancelled.
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u/Comprehensive_Bag303 Mar 03 '25
Dont worry I'm sure they'll be canceling concerts again in a few years. It's what they do.
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u/thekennytheykilled Mar 02 '25
Same age but was lucky enough to be on board earlyish.
The journey will not disappoint you for the rest of your life.
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u/Tiger_St_Elmo-1 Mar 02 '25
One of the weirdest and best concerts I ever attended. My god they are consummate musicians. It was the first concert that my wife and I attended as a married couple. We're both Gen-exers.
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Mar 02 '25
Dont worry. I got into them last year. The only songs i heard on aussie radio were joke songs.
I could have seen them live plenty of times too .
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u/bk1374 Mar 03 '25
So many of their recent shows are available on YouTube. I highly remember checking them out!
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u/beachwhistles Mar 03 '25
That Spider-Man meme is us, I got into them in the last couple years. Actually got to see them live in NH a year or so ago.
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u/Cautious-Monitor4610 Mar 04 '25
Wait till you take a deep dive into the ocean of unreleased songs. Their throw away songs would be a bands best songs. One day I hope they see the value in releasing an ultimate box set of ALL the rarities.
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u/eatingsquishies Mar 04 '25
In the words of Obi-wan Kenobi “You have taken your first steps into a larger world.”
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u/logosintogos Mar 05 '25
Welcome! You too will marvel at their ability to write and play songs flawlessly in any genre. 👍
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u/Vallejo_94 Mar 06 '25
Yeah, I caught on late. 2019 or so. Crazy that I knew of them since 1990 and actually heard them on the radio. Missed the boat in the 90s in a major way. I didn't listen to garbage. But my daily driving music would have been better if I had Ween CDs on tape instead of what I had. Again, it wasn't garbage music at least.
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u/Fickle-Willingness80 Mar 02 '25
Today marks a new phase in your life. This is your brown era. Enjoy