First Reaction to Ween - The Mollusk
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The Mollusk is an album that was released in 1997 by Ween. It was the inspiration for one of the greatest kids shows of all time! so what do I think about this 44 minute mysterious creature of an album? hmmm...
Listen here: • Ocean Man Lyrics
Ween / Elektra Entertainment Group / Featuring... so many people / Rock / Psychedelic Experience / Western Folk / Experimental / 1997
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It's like I'm watching theneedledrop if that needle was full of heroin.
Lol
Thats a gorgeous joke.
Or if Fantano wasn't a cu..
"sounds like there's a different singer on every song" imagine your reaction when you realize one guy sings 12 of the songs
Ben Spizuco well it’s two guys but it’s still super impressive
Yeah...well one or 2 (Dean Ween sings The Blarney Stone amongst others) but I was wondering where he came up with that idea too.
@@jakeport5381 he said "12 tracks" implying that gener didn't sing all of the tracks
zyzix Deaner sang Blarney stone and pink eye is instrumental. but if course Deaner has some sick background diddles too
Johnny on the spot might have Deaner on vocals
That spongebob movie is the whole reason why ocean man is a meme, if people could put that aside then they would realize that ocean man is an actually good song
Interesting that you say that because that's actually how I got into ween in the first place, and same with my friend. Ocean man fucking rocks lol
Agreed; I love that song. It's a really cool take on surf rock. The whole album is fantastic including the song that happened to become a meme.
IKR!!!!!!!!! I love that song, and people always ruin it for me, it might be the best ween song aside from exactly where I'm at and trandermal celebration, so it really sucks that it just so happened to be used in spongbob and only remembered as a meme, and when I say thats my favorite ween song, people call me a fake fan, our world these days....
M8 meme or not people love the song, if something is a 'meme' doesn't mean that people don't take it serious, there are a lot of 'meme¿ songs thata are actually good music, don't take everything so serious
I first heard it on a Skate vid by Baker and I got so surprised when I heard it on spongebob
Man, this reminds me of the first time I heard The Mollusk. It had such a magical feel to it, like you were catching a glimpse into another world. It was the first Ween album I've heard and since then I've never looked back.
Pizza Sauce same brother, this album both ruined and saved my life
Absolutely same
Man I wish I knew that feel...I grew up on Ween, so I got used to their music since I can think back xD
Still one of my fav's till today!
Hail boognish
Can say the same here man. But I kind of zoned out the whole time and just tried to figure out how or why or what made them make such an amazing album
"There's so many perfec-"
*guitar smacks brad in the face*
He actually got to the ec
@@Erik-zd2oi true
Fun fact: Gene Ween sang every song on this album, except The Blarney Stone which is Dean Ween (and also parts of I’m Dancing in the Show Tonight), he has a ton of different singing voices for different styles, and gets different sounds also from pitch shifting. I think he’s really underrated not only when it comes to songwriting but also in terms of vocal abilities
Yup. People need to hear this.
When I first heard The mollusk I was thinking how the f that dude sings in all that styles sounding so organic
His vocal range is INSANE
Only deaner could do such a masterpiece
These are some of the best reactions i've seen on youtube in a while!
Fancy seeing you here! Ween video soon?
Wait, didn’t you have a Understanding Ween video? Where’d it go?!!
@@AmRosary05 that's what I thought!
Hiiiii! I just came here from one of your videos, small world the internet is.......
He is here
Hear me out - in "I'm dancing In the Show Tonight" you can hear the influence for Spongebob and Patricks voices. It's one vocal track, but it seems to switch between a high pitched voice (Spongebob) and a low pitched voice (Patrick). Is it just me??
100000% I feel this exact way
one of the voices in mutilated lips (7:15 in the video) sounds exactly like spongebob
Same with mr. Crabs in the Blarney Stone
This is exactly what happened. When Stephen Hillenburg was interested in making a show about underwater creatures he coincidentally heard this album and he got ahold of the band and one of the things they talked about was how the characters of the show would sound. You can clearly hear SpongeBob and Patrick on I’m Dancing in the Show Tonight, SpongeBob on Mutilated Lips, and Mr. Krabs on the Blarny Stone.
Sandy too!
I love this album. And my dad used to play this all the time when I was little. Now he’s gone, and I’m a Ween fan.
I'm so very sorry for your loss bud. I had a similar experience when I was 9. Lost my father then. Life sucked, i was so confused. I think of him. Daily. Be strong brotha!
🙏 Deeply sorry for your loss. My dad left my mother & me (after being very abusive) as well as the state around the time I turned eight- years old. (Though, it was the best thing to ever happen to me and my mother)! Your dad sounds like a really cool (and intellectually curious) man! 😄👍 ...and those guys I consider to be my peers... and my heroes! 😎🤘
Just happened to me and he loved ween ;[
My parents also used to play ween aaaaaall the time
This album came out when I was in high school and I was OBSESSED. This video warmed my heart, it was like hearing it for the first time again. At the very beginning, I was like "oh man, wait 'til he gets to 'Buckingham Green'." Didn't disappoint.
If you enjoyed this, you're gonna go NUTS over Ween's 2003 LP Quebec
And melt your brain with "The Pod"
@@eddiedingle767 brown levels too high
Mollusk slightly better than quebec to me
@@zackbone3768 - Its damn close, but The Argus might be the best song ever written.
I know he's heard, at least, "It's Gonna be a Long Night" and the first verse and maybe some change of "Zoloft"
I remember there being a video of it, in a YUNOREVIEW style, gauntlet style.
If you take a shot of the weakest liquor you can everytime Brad references the fact that Ween inspired Spongebob, you get two alcohol poisonings
Two whole alcohol poisonings, huh?
@@bingle2484 yeah two of them
Gr8 thumbnail
Love your channel
Omgggg its you
This isn’t an album, this is an experience.
They invented the term "Getting Lost In The Sauce." lol
Damn, this was like watching someone get high af, this album really is that Great. Great vid.
This is my favorite reaction video ever. I am in shock by this gorgeous album. Thanks Brad , i am from brazil and you are the best reactor than i ever see. ^^
13 seconds in and i'm in stitches this is gonna be good
Yo, Buffalo
17:13
NateIsLame I’m a huge fan Haha , your vids are great btw
FUCK YEAH
NateIsLame thanks nate
Can’t believe you watch these
Butthead: huhuhuhuhu 69
Beavis: hm hmm he
Butthead: huhuhu ween
Beavis: hmm hmm hmm he
Butthead Huhuhuhu taste
Beavis: hmm hmm he
Butthead: huhuhu This is cool hhuhuhu
Beavis: yah
Both: *laughing*
hi nate btw
brad reviews a soundtrack for a very long and intense ocean level
"haHAA Ocean Man Amirite"
It was so much fun seeing you freakout on Buckingham Green wait till you hear the zoloft.
Man, zoloft is a good, underrated track.
This album was my life in middle school
You never go into a Ween album expecting anything.
When Stephen Hillenburg was interested in making a show about underwater creatures he coincidentally heard this album and he got ahold of the band and one of the things they talked about was how the characters of the show would sound. You can clearly hear SpongeBob and Patrick on I’m Dancing in the Show Tonight, SpongeBob on Mutilated Lips, and Mr. Krabs on the Blarny Stone.
It's so much fun watching someone's first reaction to a Ween album.
you somehow look like your sober and on drugs at the same time. Funny reaction though and ween is my favorite band of all time
Song: I-V-I
Brad:
*THESE PROGRESSIONS ARE AMAZING*
I mean it's what the human ear likes
@@Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r Absolutely, I just thought his reaction to them, like they were mind-blowing, was humorous.
@@RandomGuy641 I think it was more about the instrumental or song progression than the chord progression but yeah you're right
I was 100% fooled into thinking Buckingham Green was by Pink Floyd the first time i heard it
Loved this video, felt like I was experiencing this album for the first time again. If you even care, I would recommend checking out Quebec by Ween as well. From what I've read and heard, the Ween fanbase seems to regard The Mollusk and Quebec as their two best records. If you liked this, I bet you would like Quebec.
Might as well throw White Pepper in there. Right up there.
I love Quebec, but White Pepper would definitely come before it.
@@keithgraber they are both so fab. I guess the trench made in my brain from White Pepper just runs a little deeper. So much of music is the connection we have with. At every stage of our lives. We really associate music with ourselves and our perception of the time frame. Great memories. Getting ready to see the boys AGAIN! Devils Night - Royal Oak MI.
@@MANDINGLOST00 I'm team brown, The Pod
@@eddiedingle767 I love it as well. Dr. Rock!!
i also feel the need to say thank you to that synth trumpet solo in the mollusk
PLEASE do their first album GodWeenSatan
Allahu Akbar Quebec too
The Oneness.
Quebec
@@everettbabcock8593 The Pod
“There wasn’t a single duplicate singer, I don’t think so anyways”
My brother, that is all Gene Ween. Dude’s a vocal wizard
It's fantastic to see an album like this just click with somebody instantly
I discovered this video on a night where I couldn’t sleep and my god it’s one of my favorite videos, something about watching someone listen to the Mollusk for the first time is so mesmerizing
Really enjoyed this reaction video! Thanks man! I too am a Spongebob fan, and I think that definitely made me appreciate this album on another level.
This was great!!! More reaction to classic albums would be fun. :)
I'm actually had my first listen to this album today, and *dang* this was trippy... but everything fit and it had this overall feeling to it that was amazing! 9.5/10
godlike album
There were two singers, Gene Ween (Aaron Freemen) & Dean Ween (Michael Melchiondo)
*Freeman
You introduced me to one of my new favorite albums. Thank you so much!
I'm so glad you enjoyed this album. This is honestly one of the most gorgeous albums I've ever let my ear holes digest.
I'd hardly suggest that ANYTHING on this album is "simplistic". These are well thought out songs and are all beautifully arranged. Lovely, meaningful solos that have DIRECTION!!
hahahah as a huge ween fan this album review made me fall in love with The Mollusk even more (if that's even possible). good video :)
Do Quebec
Transdermal Celebration Anyone
Mark Quick
That's my favorite track
Or white pepper
@shyguy99
I've been gone for so long...
@shyguy99
I understand it...
THIS is how WEEN should be reacted to, FULL FUCKING albums, it's just so great, this was my introduction to WEEN and it truly is one of the greatest albums of all time.
This was hilarious, your reactions made it really enjoyable to watch.
Wtf chsnge your name
Try out 'California' by Mr. Bungle. If you enjoy Ween's unpredictable musical style, you might enjoy Mr. Bungle's music as well. I'd say that they are a *bit* more unpredictable than Ween on 'California' as well. If you want something more extreme, check out 'Disco Volante'.
As much as I wanted to like Disco, I find it completely un-listenable to this day. I'm a HUGE fan of the first Bungle album - that crazy record dug its way into my brainmeat in my late teens & just wouldn't let go for years. I still put it in my top-5 all-time albums. From the epic time changes to the Lynch samples to the circus themes to the lyrics to the artwork to the violence to the pure genius of it all - it seriously f'd up my consciousness in the best ways possible. Seriously, I was obsessed. In my 45yrs very few albums have grabbed me quite like that one. So when Disco Volante came out I bought it on day 1 & rushed home to smoke one & take it all in. Of course, being a huge Patton & FnM fan, I expected it to be a bit different from the self-titled lp, but I wasn't prepared for the noisy, unstructured insanity of DV at all.
I do enjoy California very much, as well as the Fantomas stuff, so a few years ago (around the time of the Peeping Tom release) I decided to go back & give Disco Volante another listen, thinking that maybe without all of the self-imposed "sophomore-album" expectations, that I might enjoy & appreciate it like so many Bungle fans have. I mean, I'm much older now & tastes evolve, right? NOPE! haha Man, I still find it to be beyond terrible - to the point of being completely un-listenable.
Disco Volante eludes me like a great joke that I'm not in on.
California oh fuck yes
brilliant
Fuck yes
@@heatnationwpb even if you don't like disco volante, you have to admit desert search for techno allah and carry stress in the jaw are fucking amazing
@Gabriel lol
Bradley, I just wanted to thank you. I have discovered so much interesting music through watching your videos that I would have never listened to otherwise. I'm so glad that you make content, because you've helped me gain a new appreciation for music that I did not have before. Your videos are also super hilarious and I love your editing! Keep doing you! :D
Yes The Mollusk is a perfect album.
Mutilated Lips is my favorite in this album
i’ve never watched this channel but i just wanted to see what other people thought about this masterpiece. this is such a good reaction video i wish all reviews were like this
Great reaction. I love seeing other people fall in love with Ween. They’ve been my favorite band ever since my buddy turned me on to them 20 years ago. Do some more reactions of their albums!
BTW, I’m surprised you didn’t talk more on the album cover. The album art was created by Storm Thorgerson, the same guy who created Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.
Ween is probably my favorite band of all time, thanks for taking a look at this one!
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed reliving my first listen to the Mollusk vicariously through you
I grew up on this album (we always skipped tracks 6 and 11! lol) and it’s great to see your reaction like this because I’m so numb to how good it is that it’s hard to be surprised by it anymore- but seeing you react to it is like hearing it for the first time and then the next time I go back and listen to it, it sounds new again. Love it.
Thank you for making this reaction. I am a first time viewer of your content and I am glad to say that I will definitely check out more of your content, this was great! Also, I am a super big Ween fan and this was the album that got me into them. Seeing you enjoy this album so much gave me extreme amounts of joy. I love it when new people discover Ween and realize that they aren't just the meme band that "made the Ocean Man song".
fun fact, the mollusk was allegedly inspired by an acid trip on the beach lol. i wish i could listen to ween for the first time all over again. every album is fucking magic in its own way and then you find out they have as many unreleased/b sides/rarities as they have released tracks. they are a band that defies genre and expectations. you expect a joke band but you get one thats simple on the surface but deceptively subtle. gener is a brilliant lyricist with a vocal range that just doesnt make any sense and deaner is IMO one of the greatest guitarists alive
The guitarist is Michael Melchiondo, the vocalist is Aaron Freeman, the two founders of Ween. This was technically their first album where they had a proper band in the studio with them recording; had drummer for Choc & Cheese. This album I always considered their swan song for what had been their psychedelic/experimental sound up to this point. Once they got a band of musicians together to record with, there sound changed by the next album White Pepper. It was still Ween, but more "grown up", if that makes sense. 😀
Claude Coleman Jr joined Ween as their drummer in '94
You have to see them live. They are a live band. They have calmed down a bit since 2004/5, but they are still a national treasure.
I’m boutta see em in 2 weeks😩
I saw them in 05, at the Cains in Tulsa, kicked our ass for almost 3 hours. Best show I have ever seen.
Just stumbled across this video. I love your style of humor and The Mollusk. You exemplify what we all feel while listening to that album. Praise Boognish!
Glad to be your newest subscriber :)
She wanted to leave is my favorite track.
My daughter loves this song. To her it's the "cool dog barking song". Major parenting accomplishment passing the Ween torch.
Edit: and I only let them listen to certain songs. Some might not be too bad with the cursing but some of the concepts and topics are kinda fucked up.
I come back to this reaction every once in a while, it’s amazing
I feel like he was absolutely zooted the entire time
SO GOOD HAHAHA. This is my favorite album and seeing someone experience it for the first time brought me so much joy. Thank you man, this was incredible. You really saw the light of The Boognish (ween's mascot) that day.
I love his reaction when the dog starts barking during Pink Eye
I got into Ween when I was introduced to the album The Pod back when I was a nerdy stoner in high school and I’ve thoroughly loved most of their work ever since. The Mollusk came out during my senior year and it was definitely the soundtrack to many weekend evening reefer sessions while parked on some desolate country road staring up at the stars.
You think The Blarney Stone made Mr. Krabs?
This album has always been THE perfect album to me, I've been listening to it since I was five and I'm so glad I grew up with it
Well Brad, we can totally agree on one point here for certain! "The Golden Eel" singing totally reminded me of Ozzy's voice too!
The Mollusk is possibly the Best Ween album, though many of them have great value to the ears. I can ONLY listen to "The Mollusk" in sequential order. I think it is best enjoyed in its entirety, and not for its parts.
I have been listening to this album for over 20 years and watching you listen to it was a treat! I still get fucking goosebumps from this amazing album. Loved the rating!
React to the Butthole Surfers' self titled ep.
Usheen Coleman you're right, it would be, but it would still be cool for him to react to anything pre- Electriclarryland from them.
@@musicenjoyer446 *pre-Weird Revolution
@@musicenjoyer446 unless you meant by popularity, than yeh
@@musicenjoyer446 Locust Abortion Technician
this video got me into Ween. Thanks Brad :)
I loved this! You looks like you love them as much as I do lol
"Pink Eye on my Leg" sounds like a zombie walking his dog!
Hey, Brad this was the first time I heard about your channel and I was hooked I love your editing and your humor and a lot of things
I could not help but smile the whole video. Havnt listened to it in awhile...maybe a decade....now I cant stop!
the three suggested videos are
understanding ween
luigi exposed
logan reacts: the golden egg..
explain
Found you
The mollusk song is amazing to hear live
this album and your reaction is great. I felt/feel like you would/should have a lot more views than 755
This is pretty late but I'd just like to say I love this video. After listening to this album dozens of times, this makes me appreciate even more again
2020 is here and I'm here just remenesing with this video when he help me find this album, his reaction made my day every time I rewatch it
thank you this is a great video you made to go with an awesome record
god i love how this album throws you off with the first track, only to then follow it up with one of the best songs on the album
I just saw ween play the mollusk in it ENTIRETY at riot fest and it was BEAUTIFULAS FUCK
Ween has literally zero features it’s just dean and gene
Yeah, but if you didn't research Ween and then listen to Gene's insane vocal range, would you think it's just two guys?
why is colaws here what the fawk
Loved the vid man! Surprisingly enough, every song on here was sung by one man; Aaron Freeman (1/2 of the band, they're a duo)! I highly recommend checking out their album Quebec (possible reaction vid?). Keep it up bro!
The Blarney Stone was sung by Mickey, but Aaron sang every other song.
Oh damn, I honestly had no idea that was Deaner until now!! That's dope! Thanks for the correction man!
deaner sung 'waving my dick' too
twomindz79 i'm like 90% sure gene sings that song
interesting. i've seen them live twice(98&07) and deaner sung it. i've just found other shows here with gener. don't know bout the album now.
this brings me back to my first listen of the album, thanks for this
I loved that intro, 10 seconds into my first brad taste video and there's an ARTV reference, SHUT UP AND TAKE MY SUB!
Every album is a journey
About time somebody react to some ween. Thanx good review
You need to react to a recording of a ween live show (I.e. Live in Chicago), just undescribable.
I love both, the records and the live shows, hope to see them one day :D
Hail the Boognish!
I discovered ween six years ago, seen them live 5 times.. Always an adventure.. 'Love your pods🙌😊
I had my mind scooped out and kicked into sea when i first heard this. Got it as a birthday gift, no idea i had received probably the best music gift ever.
You need to react to Muse - Absolution
Cilly Bobb
Corn cobb
Hey its the weezer guy lol
Btw I wasn't trying to make fun. I just really enjoy your weezer albums
My favorite album from my favorite band. Glad you liked it!
This album can and will make me cry from its sound scapes and progressions alone
Top tier brad review