Ween - The Village May 17th

Ho-Hum

Anyone else going? I can't wait to see these guys live.

FledNanders

Would LOVE to be going to but alas I have a surf trip that weekend. Ween are class...

Nea

Got my ticket the minute it was announced.
Cant wait!

On a side note, in tonights episode of Eastenders, piss up a rope was playing in the background.

Jesus, ween on Eastenders!!!

Mushy

Nea wrote: »

Got my ticket the minute it was announced.
Cant wait!

On a side note, in tonights episode of Eastenders, piss up a rope was playing in the background.

Jesus, ween on Eastenders!!!

Haha, QOTSA were on it too, and theres connection in there too:D

As for the gig, well, yet again its a Saturday, so no can do for me:(...always happening lately actually.

Nea

Connection being Deaner contributing to Desert Sessions?
I have only seen them once before and they were great.

Someone in the Eastenders team has good taste in music, I have noticed some metal songs before!

Mushy

Nea wrote: »

Connection being Deaner contributing to Desert Sessions?
I have only seen them once before and they were great.

Someone in the Eastenders team has good taste in music, I have noticed some metal songs before!

I am quite sure Dean was on Desert Sessions, but he also plays on Mosquito Song on SFTD!!

I'm gonna go listen to more Ween now actually!

Timans

Never listened to these but have always meant to.

Any particular albums I should check out?

Nea

Chocolate and Cheese is a classic. Fantastic album
New album is so-so.
Recommend The Mollusk and Quebeq also.

Ho-Hum

Good to see there's a few other Ween fans about the place I really am looking forward to this one and I've heard they put a great show even if they are getting on a bit at this stage.

Chocolate and cheese and The Mollusk are definite classics and the newest effort La Cucaracha is not quite as good but is still a great album.

Freshly squash

Tomorrow night mang! Dean Ween broke his leg a few days ago but is still soldiering on anyway. legends.

Ho-Hum

Freshly squash wrote: »

Tomorrow night mang! Dean Ween broke his leg a few days ago but is still soldiering on anyway. legends.

Seriously? That should be interesting.

Lochaber

Ah Ween.... they're so great, did everyone have a good time?! I was amazed, the place was packed! No-one I've ever mentioned them to have ever heard of Ween...

Freshly squash

Great gig last night. Three hours plus. The Blarney Stone was one of the best experiences I ever had at a gig, all the beer baptising everyone.
Strange to see that the gig was a total sell out, where are all the other Ween fans hiding I've never met anyone in Ireland that seems to have any idea who they are.

BarryNumber1

Great time and great gig!

loopmonkey

deadly gig alright!

"Blarney Stone" was magnificent.

I think he was a bit worried before the song that some people might think that he was taking the piss out of Irish people but after the first chorus with the "Braveheart" style chanting from the audience it was clear that Irish Ween fans want "Blarney Stone" as the new National anthem!

BarryNumber1

I think most people there knew the deal about the Blarney stone, lots of big ween fans around and quite a few from abroad at the gig!

honru

Spectacular show. My one concern was the sound considering The Village can have truly awful sound at times, but it was actually grand. Possibly the best sounding Village gig I've been to.

Recall the setlist being more to my liking at their last gig in The Ambassador back in '03, but the atmosphere here was through the roof. Looked like alot of people flew in for the gig as they're only playing like six dates in Europe and it's their first tour over here in years. Band were in great form despite Dean breaking his leg a week ago.

Setlist:

Fiesta
Take Me Away
Transdermal Celebration
Nan
Common Bitch
Bananas and Blow
Spinal Meningitis
Learnin' to Love
Piss Up a Rope
Voodoo Lady
Our Party
The HIV Song
Light Me Up
Buckingham Green
I'll Be Your Jonny on the Spot
Object
Zoloft
Even If You Don't
Touch My Tooter
Fat Lenny
The Goin' Gets Tough from the Getgo
Ocean Man
Gabrielle
Pandy Fackler
My Own Bare Hands
The Final Alarm
Booze Me Up and Get Me High
The Blarney Stone

Tick
You ****ed Up
Mister Richard Smoker
Doctor Rock (wasn't played)
L.M.L.Y.P.

Anyway, best gig I've been to in a while, hopefully it won't be another 5 year wait for next Ween show.

mcgooch

that's not the entire setlist as they definitely played The Stallion Pt.3 from Pure Guava.

****ing amazing show. they're one of the best live acts around imo.

Lochaber

They played Mister, Won't You Please Help My Pony as well... PONY!

Found the lyrics to their extra Blarney Stone verse on flickr... not sure if I can really reproduce them so here without a lot of **** so here a link to the photo if you can read it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2beanornot2bean/2502008885/

ah the memories...

Ho-Hum

Best fun I've had at a gig in quite a while

Aye Aye........

Nea

Great Gig!
Blarney Stone was fantastic.
Was delighted with Light Me Up and Mister Richard Smoker.

Merchandise was a real let down. They should have known as it flew out at the last gig too.

Freshly squash

Merchandise was kinda dissapointing alright, you don't get too many chances too buy a Ween related item of clothing.
Strange how a band that can sell the place out like that is totally ignored in the media over here.

honru

Freshly squash wrote: »

Merchandise was kinda dissapointing alright, you don't get too many chances too buy a Ween related item of clothing.
Strange how a band that can sell the place out like that is totally ignored in the media over here.

I'd say it's down to the very small amount of Euro promotion they do. I reckon they would be very well received if they played some of the big music festivals over here, Electric Picnic immediatly coming to mind, though I know Dean really dislikes playing short sets.

mcgooch

I'm pretty sure Dean doesn't like coming over to Europe at all.

A friend of mine saw him on o'connell bridge on sunday looking a bit worse for wear. Fair play to him though - even a broken leg couldn't stop him producing an incredible performance.

Frankiestylee

I was quite impressed with the "no support" thing on the posters, I'm glad it turned out great as it's quite an interesting idea for such an established band. Might be nice if other bands with large back catalogues were to just do marathon sets for the craic.

mcgooch

some photos from last saturday night...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2beanornot2bean/sets/72157605165338471/

enjoy

mcgooch

just noticed the link to these photos was already posted above.

Johnix

Nea wrote: »

Connection being Deaner contributing to Desert Sessions?
I have only seen them once before and they were great.

Someone in the Eastenders team has good taste in music, I have noticed some metal songs before!

Deaner was on the Desert Sessions 9 & 10. The gig rocked.