Ween is back and better than ever. In their last stop on their Summer 2008 tour, the brown boys, allegedly more sober than ever too, threw it down for two and half hours with one of the tightest, most energetic sets of music I've ever witnessed. Ween highlighted a fantastic summer line-up at McCarren Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. McCarren features an emptied-out pool that's hosted concerts and events for the past few years, but it will close down as a concert venue after this season when construction begins on a new water park. Except for a tease of Hendrix's "Hey Joe" at the end of the second encore song, "You Fucked Up", Ween abstained from covers and dug deep into their huge catalog of music, which we should celebrate as fervently as Bob Slydell celebrates Michael Bolton's. Other highlights included: "Booze Me Up and Get Me High," "Spinal Meningitis", "Learnin to Love," "Transdermal Celebration," "Buckingham Green," "The Stallion Pt. 3," "The Argus," "Mollusk," "Dr. Rock," "Marble Tulip Juicy Tree," and many more (see set list and video here) Though the venue was not filled to capacity, the mood was raucous and upbeat, with a dash of the weird thrown in per usual at most Ween shows, evidenced by the orgy of nitrous tanks planted in a grove of trees just outside the entrance. Many a stoned, giggling fool were seen stumbling around Williamsburg as we wandered back to the subway. My photos here.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Ween Rocks Brooklyn
Ween is back and better than ever. In their last stop on their Summer 2008 tour, the brown boys, allegedly more sober than ever too, threw it down for two and half hours with one of the tightest, most energetic sets of music I've ever witnessed. Ween highlighted a fantastic summer line-up at McCarren Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. McCarren features an emptied-out pool that's hosted concerts and events for the past few years, but it will close down as a concert venue after this season when construction begins on a new water park. Except for a tease of Hendrix's "Hey Joe" at the end of the second encore song, "You Fucked Up", Ween abstained from covers and dug deep into their huge catalog of music, which we should celebrate as fervently as Bob Slydell celebrates Michael Bolton's. Other highlights included: "Booze Me Up and Get Me High," "Spinal Meningitis", "Learnin to Love," "Transdermal Celebration," "Buckingham Green," "The Stallion Pt. 3," "The Argus," "Mollusk," "Dr. Rock," "Marble Tulip Juicy Tree," and many more (see set list and video here) Though the venue was not filled to capacity, the mood was raucous and upbeat, with a dash of the weird thrown in per usual at most Ween shows, evidenced by the orgy of nitrous tanks planted in a grove of trees just outside the entrance. Many a stoned, giggling fool were seen stumbling around Williamsburg as we wandered back to the subway. My photos here.
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