It’s a jazz song, with a Jew reading Torah passages. Once again, a nice little solo by highly underrated guitarist Dean Ween-5/5ĩ Israel- I honestly don’t ever sit through this whole song. It’s almost worth listening to just to hear Gene say, “Riding the crystal of communion to a union, Harry Truman is the poor lady's son”. Supremely odd lyrics, but they flow very well. It took me a while to get used to this, but it is really a great song. not great-2/5Ĩ Transitions – A sort of jazz influenced song mixed with 80’s synths. This song doesn’t interest me that much to tell the truth.
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And then, out of nowhere, a very cool, almost Spanish sounding solo comes out, and then, simply fades back full circle to acoustic guitar- 5/5ħ How High Can You Fly- Very odd, heavy guitars and spastic vocals that fade in and out rapidly. Very psychedelic, it builds up slowly with acoustic guitar, then in comes some electric riffs, and then later on starts the slightly distorted, psychedelic lyrics. One of Ween’s all time best tunes, featured on a collection of odds and ends! This song alone makes the entire album worth buying- 5/5Ħ Did You See Me? – When hearing this, Pink Floyd might come to mind. Awesome solo, awesome lyrics, awesome vocals, awesome song. Killer Thin Lizzy inspired lyrics (which becomes evident as soon as the first words are spoken). Such a funny song-4/5ĥ Gabrielle- A true stand out on the Cd, this is one of my very favorite Ween songs of all time. Listening to this song truly makes the listener feel like a big fat ***. Very good song for those that are patient and can appreciate it, it’s an awesome song-4.5/5Ĥ Big Fat ***- Definitely a prime example of the “brown” side of Ween’s work, it’s basically the title repeated over and over with extremely down tuned instruments and heavily distorted vocals.
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The lyrics are beautifully written, all about falling in love. Hilarious- 3.5/5ģ I Fell In Love Today –Very slow, rolling, also one might feel the urge to skip this, but don’t! It is a shining example of how good of song writers Ween can be. Filled with strange lyrics about making love in the sun and cool keyboards, check it out. Definitely not for everyone, but most of Ween’s stuff isn’t. Once you hear the feminine voices singing “Boys Club!” followed by a sultry, deep voiced “Yeah Yeah Yeah”, you might utter a “wtf”, but you should attempt to stick out this song, and you might even find you like it.
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A very 80’s inspired track, with catchy opening chords. The power of Shinola lies later, and this song could easily be left off without being missed- 1/5Ģ Boys Club- If I had one word to describe this track, gay would pop into mind, and that’s not to say it isn’t a cool song. Not a very powerful way to start out the album.
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Consists of the title words repeated over and over and over again. Pick it up where you can.ġ.Tastes Good On Th' Bun – A very “brown” way to start out Shinola. Available almost exclusively online through their own label, Chocodog (although I managed to find it at Virgin Mega Store), Shinola is a true gem. Each song is very different and represents vastly different genres, therefore a track by track review is necessary. It is important not to judge this Cd as a whole, because Shinola is a collection of odds and ends, not actually meant to be an actual whole Cd. Gene and Dean are back, with Shinola, an odds and ends Cd.