Ween — Tried & True
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At the dawn, I woke, I was alone, rising
I called upon the force of time and space, calling
And as she came to me, I fell back down, realizing
That it's cool for you to love me now, I'm everything
Everything called tried and true
I see the light in you
Can you dig in my soul
Could you smell my whole life
You bent the edge, eclipsed and turned around, alive
And though the dark sparked rays of violent light, blinding
I went about the job of sewing thoughts and feelings
Oh some were good, some bad, I felt the cries of healing
'cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Can you dig in my soul
Could you smell my whole... life
Rise my darling, you've been awake too long
Let me rest in time while I blow your mind
At the dawn, I woke, I was alone, rising
I called upon the force of time and space, calling
And as she came to me, I fell back down, realizing
That it's cool for you to love me now, I'm everything
Everything called tried and true
I see the light in you
Can you dig in my soul
Could you smell my whole... life
I called upon the force of time and space, calling
And as she came to me, I fell back down, realizing
That it's cool for you to love me now, I'm everything
Everything called tried and true
I see the light in you
Can you dig in my soul
Could you smell my whole life
You bent the edge, eclipsed and turned around, alive
And though the dark sparked rays of violent light, blinding
I went about the job of sewing thoughts and feelings
Oh some were good, some bad, I felt the cries of healing
'cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Can you dig in my soul
Could you smell my whole... life
Rise my darling, you've been awake too long
Let me rest in time while I blow your mind
At the dawn, I woke, I was alone, rising
I called upon the force of time and space, calling
And as she came to me, I fell back down, realizing
That it's cool for you to love me now, I'm everything
Everything called tried and true
I see the light in you
Can you dig in my soul
Could you smell my whole... life
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Gawd I love this song. Not that fond of Ween's other stuff, but this one always makes me want to crank it up.
Quasita wrote:
Ween doesn't try anything.
I don't mind this song but the vocals make me think they were trying really hard for a specific sound... Perhaps too hard. I like it enough but it's not going to be a favorite.
Ween doesn't try anything.
gawd that guys voice gives me the creeps!
sexy voice. :D
Most Excellent!
Biscobret wrote:
God I fucking love(d) WEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep. Totally Buzz.
God I fucking love(d) WEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep. Totally Buzz.
Can you dig in my soul
Could you smell my whole... life
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Let me rest in time while I blow your mind
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God I fucking love(d) WEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could you smell my whole... life
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Let me rest in time while I blow your mind
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God I fucking love(d) WEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is amazing.
Sebadoh --> Ween --
Thanks, Bill, now I have to go home & change my shorts...
Thanks, Bill, now I have to go home & change my shorts...
Okay. I like it...7.
I like this, never heard them before, but a bit unique and cool - a solid 6.5.
I don't mind this song but the vocals make me think they were trying really hard for a specific sound... Perhaps too hard. I like it enough but it's not going to be a favorite.
Love this!
I feel absolutely inept for the following comment: I just don't get Ween.
But I like this enough. I do. I just don't get it.
But I like this enough. I do. I just don't get it.
Has anyone figured out why their album titled '12 Golden Country Greats' has only ten tracks? It's probably best to not ask these types of questions with Ween. Just enjoy the weirdness.
nszasz wrote:
nszasz wrote:
Has anyone figured out why this CD is titled Quebec. I can't hear any references. Love the album!
nszasz wrote:
Did Ween play at the "Summer Festival" in Quebec City? The album cover suggests that they enjoyed some of the sidewalk cafes in downtown Quebec—one of the oldest cities in North America.
Has anyone figured out why this CD is titled Quebec. I can't hear any references. Love the album!
Did Ween play at the "Summer Festival" in Quebec City? The album cover suggests that they enjoyed some of the sidewalk cafes in downtown Quebec—one of the oldest cities in North America.
soloport wrote:
When I saw them the vocals were very good, but that was over a decade ago.
Excellent studio sound. Unfortunately the lead vocals suck on stage. Just watch live concert footage on Youtube. Kind of a bummer. Great tracks played on RP, thought. Thanks, RP!
When I saw them the vocals were very good, but that was over a decade ago.
Wasn't able to purchase this thru iTunes. Hmmm....
Lots of Ween recently, I am digging it.
Excellent studio sound. Unfortunately the lead vocals suck on stage. Just watch live concert footage on Youtube. Kind of a bummer. Great tracks played on RP, thought. Thanks, RP!
Sounds great on vinyl also. Great song!
RP please wean yourself of ween
Has anyone figured out why this CD is titled Quebec. I can't hear any references. Love the album!
I smell 'ya!
I've never seen Ween, but this review of a recent show in my town caught my attention.
copymonkey wrote:
Ahh, the subversive brilliance of Ween! The ability to mimic nearly any musical genre perfectly—while simultaneously mocking each one with hilarious deadpan lyrics.
OK. I'll bite. Who is Ween mocking in this song?
FWIW, this is my favourite Ween song. The other stuff..... some of it is too gross out high school like, the music uneven.
Ahh, the subversive brilliance of Ween! The ability to mimic nearly any musical genre perfectly—while simultaneously mocking each one with hilarious deadpan lyrics.
Man, that refrain was irritating. Not bad otherwise.
Nice beat. 
Singer's voice is beyond annoying, though...
Singer's voice is beyond annoying, though...
I love this whole album, a lot of people did not like it compared to their others, but it is one of my favorites of theirs.
This is my favorite Ween song 
this is one of my all-time favorite songs.
More Ween please.
luin wrote:
I hope all their music doesn't sound like this
no its all different and that is one of the greatest things about WEEN! I love this band!
brandog wrote:
I like ween too.
This song is about masturbation- that's why it keeps rearing it's ugly head here!
I love Ween
Wrong its. It's about masturbation, but it's rearing its ugly head.
I like ween too.
I hope all their music doesn't sound like this
Old_Pat wrote:
"They got these really neat voice-shifting these down at Wal-Mart for 14.95".
"Let's get one - it'd be great for our next recording."
so so irritating.
Yep.
"They got these really neat voice-shifting these down at Wal-Mart for 14.95".
"Let's get one - it'd be great for our next recording."
so so irritating.
put this one on the Soundtrack for Committing Disturbing Acts...
love this band... why no "push the little daisies"
I keep expecting him to say "Rentaghost" anyone else remember that?
fuh2 wrote:
I wonder what the voice changing machine they use is called.
Either they recorded the vocals separately and mixed them at a slower rate, but more likely they just used a pitch shifter.
fuh2 wrote:
I wonder what the voice changing machine they use is called. Intriguing. I have a friend who met them at a bar after their show here a couple years back and ended up spending the night with them. She didnt even go to the show but now she's a big fan.
I guess I'd have to spend the night with them to fully appreciate this song. But I'd really rather not -- and I suppose they'd rather not either -- not that there's anything WRONG with that...
Not sure if figuring out that you can pause significantly between "whole' and "life" to give the phrase another meaning qualifies as "genius" -- but hey, Enjoy!
Leave it to Ween to creep me out once again. Love these guys.
RP does it again, another new band for me to check out. I need another three lives :D
rah wrote:
this song cracks my sh*t up...
you know, the more i hear this, the more i recognize the genius behind it.
and it still cracks me up. :D
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this song cracks my sh*t up...
Still puzzled as to why this tune keeps rearing it's ugly head here...
YES! WEEEEEEEEEEEN!
....Mommy, does that man say " Smell my hole?"...
...Oh!
the brownest band in show biz
to reiterate: great song.
now play beacon light.
I really love this - yet another great song I discovered because of RP :-)
lolitampeg wrote:
jiggy
You've made WIll Smith proud
I like the voice alteration, the words just wrap around me.
Ween me
I wonder what the voice changing machine they use is called. Intriguing. I have a friend who met them at a bar after their show here a couple years back and ended up spending the night with them. She didnt even go to the show but now she's a big fan.
cataloger wrote:
Very mollusky sounding. I saw them at a show here and they rocked out pretty good. Then a bunch of girls got on stage and started doing the drunk girl dance. Which, I guess is ok if you're a drunk guy
ive been incredibly intoxicated and seen that dance many times unfortunately. never does it for me.
Very mollusky sounding. I saw them at a show here and they rocked out pretty good. Then a bunch of girls got on stage and started doing the drunk girl dance. Which, I guess is ok if you're a drunk guy
jiggy
Novelty Act?? I quess I don't get the joke. Just a good song by a good band.
:D
aharamanx wrote:
*BUMP*
Just too apt a description of this song......
Dead on! Freaky!
I've tried and tried since "Chocolate and Cheese" or whatever it was called, but I just can't get into this band. They score points for originality and (sometimes) audaciousness though.
casablues wrote:
Because it has an incredible sound!! There are many songs on this station that are much more annoying - keep listening :D
LOL! Yes, there are many songs on this station more annoying than this one! But then again there are many that are enthralling. That's why we all tune in, n'est ce pas?
ThirdRail_33 wrote:
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. It's a decent tune, by a novelty act.
Look again, amigo. They have a history of novelties (to their credit), but they are more of a band today than most I've seen. Hopefully, Bill'll play "The Argus" for us.
The more I hear it, the more I like it. What's with the current pop obession with high voices, anyhow? This gives me that nice thrilling feeling at the bottom of my stomach.
Unique voice.
Not bad, but it reminds me of my grandmother nagging me when I was a kid...."Pick your head up! Stop talking into your chest!"...shudder.
snarf wrote:
8O
Sound's like God's first album with his garage band from back in high school.
8O
Is this supposed to sound like a 45 played at 33? 
drover wrote:
Another of those Ween songs I must admit, begrudgingly, is quite likeable. But as noted below, their novelty value makes it difficult to take them seriously.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. It's a decent tune, by a novelty act.
Max wrote:
Sounds like a nightmare recycling of those other inexplicable RP favourites Jethro Tull and Quicksilver Messenger Service. They send me off to make coffee and listen to CDs too...
the very fact that you lump tull and quicksilver into some kind of similar group with each other says to me that you have a lot to learn about 60's rock music.
and this song is in a different category altogether.
oh, and hey, you can bag on quicksilver if you want, but stay away from my tull!
odd something about this bugs me....sounds a tad precious to me.
Sound's like God's first album with his garage band from back in high school.
Another of those Ween songs I must admit, begrudgingly, is quite likeable. But as noted below, their novelty value makes it difficult to take them seriously.
Almost as annoying as Crash Test Dummies. Nothing more really than just a novility act. Can't imagine actually listening to an entire album of this.
hunters wrote:
Ick.
Hehe, I think there's something strangely appealing about it ;)
Ick.
diggin it.
OK, I can't deal with this one any more. When the sitar comes in it sounds like a bad outtake from the Rutles. And the single-entendre about smelling someone's whole life was funny for the first couple times only.
alanb wrote:
Weird slowed-down vocals... not sure I like it.
Ween is always playing out with their vocal tracks that way -- they play with everything. Nothing -- nothing -- is sacred. If y'all haven't been by their official site yet, it's worth the TRIP (notice the emphasis -- their homepage actually hurts to look at too closely -- fabulous).
(click here)
This song...this whole album...is so excellent.
It's on heavy rotation in my car during my hellish commute, and it somehow makes it all bearable! Brilliant.
Thanks Ween!
(& thanks, RP, for surpirising me at work today with this track!)
Max wrote:
Sounds like a nightmare recycling of those other inexplicable RP favourites Jethro Tull and Quicksilver Messenger Service. They send me off to make coffee and listen to CDs too...
Sounds nothing like Tull. No wonder you do not like Tull, never listened to it.
this song makes me smile.
Max wrote:
Sounds like a nightmare recycling of those other inexplicable RP favourites Jethro Tull and Quicksilver Messenger Service. They send me off to make coffee and listen to CDs too...
If this were Radiohead, the commentary below would be about Thom's incredible style and how they've grown. Not my favorite Ween tune, but interesting.
Question - Why the title "Quebec"
I really like this CD. First discovered Ween on RP and have bought 3 CDs (via Amazon of course) since,,, but would like to know why the band titled the CD "Quebec" - anyone know? (care?)
Max wrote:
Sounds like a nightmare recycling of those other inexplicable RP favourites Jethro Tull and Quicksilver Messenger Service. They send me off to make coffee and listen to CDs too...
wow. you hit the nail on the head, man. 8O
Weird slowed-down vocals... not sure I like it.
Sounds like a nightmare recycling of those other inexplicable RP favourites Jethro Tull and Quicksilver Messenger Service. They send me off to make coffee and listen to CDs too...
I guess the song itself is OK, but somehow the voice always makes me think he's trying to imitate what Marlon Brando would sound like if he tried to sing - all mush with that slight echoey effect of the laughing gas I used to get at the dentist's office.
UUMike wrote:
Why do I have to hear this every time I tune in? 
Because it has an incredible sound!! There are many songs on this station that are much more annoying - keep listening :D
I dig this groove.
Lainiepoo wrote:
His voice reminds me of the freak in Silence of the Lambs. "Now it puts the lotion in the basket". Too weird.
Buffalo Bill! Awesome! It DOES sound like him!
Why do I have to hear this every time I tune in?
haha good one Roverfish ...
qosforever wrote:
Suzanne Vega's greatest hits album has the same name "Tried and true"....
Just a curiosity...
Well, it's a fairly common English saying. Maybe there's no Spanish equivalent.
aharamanx wrote:
I was sort of liking this song until I read your comment. You know, you're dead right, it does sound exactly like him. CREEPY. 8-<
Coincidence? I think NOT!
not the best album by these guys, but still a good one.
the opening song sounds exactly like motorhead :-)
it's hard not to love them for the sincerity of stupidity, brilliant.
Sounds like the singer needs voice lessons. That was grating. Let the good music continue!
I really enjoy this. Very cool sound....
Suzanne Vega\'s greatest hits album has the same name \"Tried and true\"....
Just a curiosity...
Well, I\'m proud of those two youngsters. They started out like graduates from PBS\' Zoom, completely self-expressed with nothing to say, yet (\"Push the little daisies and let them come up!\"). Now that they\'re firmly into young-adult angst--and they\'re willing to play more instruments
Originally Posted by Art_Carnage:
Well, I could say "It's nice that stroke victims have recording contracts", but that would just be so wrong.
His voice reminds me of the freak in Silence of the Lambs. "Now it puts the lotion in the basket". Too weird.
"The voice of the singer has been altered to protect his identity." 
And enough with that (w)hole-smelling! =;
And enough with that (w)hole-smelling! =; Originally Posted by B1gwave_Dave:
"...could you smell my (w)hole....life...? Too funny
Yeah, that got me laughing too...maybe the lead singer's a dog? 
\"...could you smell my (w)hole....life...? Too funny
Is this O Positive\'s alter ego?
Repetitious...perhaps, but i like the groove ;)
An attempt, thats all! Kinda repetitious.
Sounds like he's disguising his voice while phoning in a kidnapping ransom. Doesn't sound much like the voice on "Transdermal Celebration."