Dean Ween and Les Claypool talk about The Mollusk
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2024
- Taken from a Stereogum article on the mollusk turning 20.
Link: www.stereogum....
This video is already on youtube, but its unlisted and is a real gem so I thought Id make it easier for fans to find!
Imagine being out fishing, and seeing Les claypool and Dean Ween on a boat playing together
i would lose my shit
Wow, watching Les sing the mollusk with Deaner was really heartwarming.
made my day
much love
Hate to be "that guy" but I saw it happen in concert in Australia. Was a sight to behold
@@InsaneCarville hate to be that guy, but I saw the Primusween formation 5 days ago. Life will never be the same.
@@alexnelson8 You replied to me literally just after listening to the audio. Would've been incredible.
Les saying “nah that’s too complicated for me” is high tier humour
Just need a 12 string fretless bass
Definitely cause I don't get it. 😅
@@SJoiseyKidLes’s bass lines are crazy complicated
The Mollusk is one of the greatest experimental concept albums ever made. Maybe even one of the best albums ever made. God bless Ween
Agreed
whatever
No doubt
is right
Couldn't agree more. Sgt. Peppers of my Generation!!!!
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Sponge Bob, sited "the Mollusk" as a major influence. "Ocean Man" is also used as the closing theme for the sponge bob movie.
Ween also made the shoe tying song specifically for SpongeBob. I don’t think it showed up on their albums?
Loop de Loop was written for the show. They played it live recently too.
Played it at marymoor park a few weeks ago🤘
@@F0rf885 loop de loop was on the SpongeBob CD’s. I remember listening to it when I was a kid
@@Crowdyboi played it in Boise Idaho two weeks ago.
This was a very heart-warming and sentimental moment. Two creative geniuses, just living , being normal. If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
It's nice.
super nice
Quite nice
Goals right?
Kurt Vonnegut
Primus and Ween should form a supergroup and do an album. They look like they had a great time during the South Park 25th Anniversary!
Peen or weenus
@@Huelogy Peenus
Oh! Weenus is classic; didn’t see that!
That would be sweet! Pretty different bands in a way. Primis has a very focused style and sound. Ween has a style and sound for sure but are more eclectic and emphasize idioms.
Sidebar: saw both bands live a couple times. Gene is a way better singer than most people realize. Last time I saw ween, Gene's singing was basically pitch perfect and basically flawless overall. I couldn't understand it... it was maybe the best live vocal performance I've ever seen. Seen so many bands live and almost always the singers would either be weaker live or at least have some off songs or moments. Maynard from Tool for example, is a great singer but would always botch some parts and I noticed he was off-key for the first song or two. Seen them like 6 times. Seen other loved bands where the singer was much weaker live.
The fact that they followed 12 golden with the Mollusk is an incredible feat. Both are perfect.
Strong agree.
12 Golden was the first cd my father played for me as a kid it’s the only album I’ll listen to start to finish
@@bobertkallahan4392 When my lifelong best freinds wife left him "Piss up a rope" was on heavy rotation at any bar we went to.
@@seththomas9105 I discovered Ween during one of the worst breakups of my life - their songs got me thru it and made me a life-long Ween fan.
Dean is one of the most underrated guitar players. He can play so many styles!
Ween is incredibly underrated for that very reason
Wtf....."Underrated" yeah?
By who?
Dean Ween does deserve all the recognition in the world, but a world where every normal straight-laced loser was a Ween fan would really bum me out.
The Mollusk is a masterpiece.
I went to Claypool Cellars and Les’s wife let us pick a record from their collection to play during the wine tasting. I picked The Mollusk because I hadn’t heard it yet. It all makes sense now.
That’s pretty awesome. What a choice! Pachyderm approved!
I randomly drove by there a year ago to the day,but they were closed😭
What tf is claypool cellars?
@@pipi3126HD Les' wine bar/vineyard
What a cool little window into two great musicians hanging on a boat.
I got to open up for Ween once. Was a cool ass night. Seen primus a ton too. Great pair.
What band?
@@te9591 it was a variety show of sorts. just one night in pittsburgh. i think it was called worship the bomb. a year before 9/11 lol my old roomate was in instant death with ween's bass player.
@@technodrone313 Whoa! I saw them at Edgefield about 2 weeks ago and they covered Instant Death's "The Enabler"
@@-tigerseyegaming-2103 yep. scottie byrne wrote that.
@@technodrone313 that's cool.
my cheeks hurt from smiling so much at this. How beautiful
Can’t wait to see these cats rip it up at the South Park red rocks gig
Is that a thing? If so, when?!
@@chadroeder august ninth and tenth this year
Legit
Its gonna' be a hoot n' a holler of a concert.
@@Worldsawesomestguy It was epic, thanks!
*These two men made so so many minds wake up in the 90’s and I’m glad we at least still have these two*
What do you mean by wake up lol. Being stoned is so woke dude. Get dicike and woke bro
@@Huelogy sure bub
Oh man, a real collaboration between these two guys would be the most awesome album ever. I love both of them, I love their bands, I love their music, I love their personalities, I love their wisdom, I love the stories they tell us, I love their style and their weirdness and the joy that they bring to so many of us. More Dean & Les plz!!! More more more!
Deanpool!
Next month at red rocks meng
When I was in high-school, Both of these guys changed everything I ever knew about music and I've been a big fan of their work for 15+ years now. Cool to see that they're friends.
The Mollusk is my all time favorite album. Every time I listen to it, it takes me back in time.
Same here. Still can’t listen to it’s gonna be alright. Haha
Got to meet both these dudes after gigs in NZ. Les in the 90's AKL and Deaner 00's in WGN. both legends
Having recently listened to the mollusk I can say with confidence that it’s fucking incredible. I think one of its greatest feats is the fact that it’s able to maintain its ocean theme even when the songs have nothing to do with the ocean. It still feels like it’s on the same stage the mollusk (song) set at the beginning of the album. Incredible
That's a great point.
I've listened to other Ween albums and love many songs not on "The Mollusk" but that record is the one I threw on repeatedly for many, many years. So cool to see Deaner and Les connecting. Two giants coming down to our level for a bit.
I never was into ween when they were popular but I listened to their stuff about 5 years ago and the mollusk was what I gravitated to the most
Seeing Dean and Les play The Mollusk is really heartwarming. I don't often hear musicians playing their own music so casually. They both just act like fans of the music. Les though has some killer taste in music between Ween and Death Grips. Also gods above and below, The Mollusk is such an amazing album. It's nothing short of enchanting.
I love that they met at Alternative Nation. I was at that festival and VERY high on acid. I have no idea if my memories are in any way close to what actually happened but I remember during Primus' set there were fires burning all around the hillside surrounding the stage and it seriously felt like I was in the lowest levels of hell, and was loving every second of it. Faith No More performed after Primus and I remember Patton throwing himself into backflips during the song Caffeine, when he sings "I'm warning you!" Was just mind blowing!
One of my favorite albums of all time. Easily in the Top 5 albums of the 90s.
Wow, Les's speaking voice is exactly the same as on the records.
🙄 did you think he sings that way on purpose?
@@anthonybernero9720 Yes.
We need a repress of this album and fast! Cd or vinyl, or preferably both. I tried to buy a used copy of it from Japan for 30€ (incl. shipping), but it never came. The post office probably screwed up once again. If it's gone for good then I hope it sank in to the bottom of the ocean and is now bringing joy to all the little mollusks and seacreatures down there.
love both these guys
That was really pleasurable to watch. 2 incredible artists talking about their love of fishing.
Two of my favorite artists, it doesn't get better than this.
Stoked to get two night of these fine gentlemen at Red Rocks in 2022. Can't wait.
Man this is a real historic gem. Thanks for sharing it!
Inspired my favorite TV show.
The Alternative Nation festival in Australia they talk about was amazing. In Sydney 2024 the Eastern Creek Raceway is now residential homes, Sydney has expanded exponentially. Ween smashed it, Primus were THE band to see, it was a great day that I can slightly remember as the acid I took wasn't too strong. I remember Pop Will Eat Itself were astounding.
Mollusk is great but I think Quebec surpasses it. The last true album from Ween and their musical pinnacle. La Cucaracha doesn't really feel like a true album, it just feels like a bunch of cut songs they had laying around.
They are definitely close.
I still like White Pepper. It's definitely probably their biggest stab at a polished mainstream sound but there's some really good tracks on there. Mollusk is great too. One of my favorite albums in general along with 12 Golden. They've got a pretty awesome catalogue in general. Better than a ton of more popular bands for sure.
I’m partial to the Mollusk - but Quebec might have a few stronger songs. Both high water marks from a great band
Cucaracha has some gems on it tho
@dogpetdog dog, "Woman & Man" is one of the smokinist hottest Ween jams out there though.
Hey two of my favorite human beings fishing together and talking shop. What a treat.
This seriously warmed my soul, thank you very much for this
WEEN is like the Beatles in stature to me and Primus is its own category in my opinion.
If Les and Mickey formed a band I wouldn't complain even a little.
Why haven’t I seen this? Two of my favorite bands of all time
This is what I needed for my day. We need a Les/Deaner collaboration project dammit!!!
A full acoustic set on a boat would be cool.
That's would be sooo cool
Weenus?
I think a Claypool Lennon Ween Delirium would be awesome.
@@ryanbates9668 According to Les it's "Primusween"
These guys should make an album together it be crazy mad
They should do a two man project called,
"Ween 'er Les".
Prime-u-sween
Never seen this before! Thank you!
PRIMUS is probably my favorite band, ween is definitely top 5 bands for me as well. Would love to see them together again
I fish as much as possible. I was out fishing on our boat when the big news about the assassination attempt thing came out.
My oldest daughter read the news out loud, I said "I came out here to escape that, please read quietly" LOL!
Fishing is the best thing. It's not even all about catching the fish. There's so much more to it than that.
Perfect Video, two geniuses and their love of fishing
I saw Les join dean ween band in Melbourne about 5 years ago.
Great stuff . played the mollusk.
The Mollusk and Chocolate & Cheese are perfect albums.
Chocolate & Cheese is a great one too. I still jam Freedom of 76' pretty regularly. Soulful ridiculousness. lol. Gene definitely shows that he's got some serious pipes on that one. They're all over the place on that album. Good stuff.
by the time youre 52 youve def got the face you deserve luv u weener
One of the more talented musicians to never put on airs
The fact that this was going to be a regular series and never transpired is such a shame.
Imagine if Dean had been involved in a, "Trio De Twang"
My grandpa always told me, "the day I can't wipe my own ass, is the day I don't come home from fishing" sadly it didn't work that way, but the sentiment was powerful.
The Wondering Eyedojos lingered around 360’degree Pent > Angulos Pyramidal Laberintos …
Love this clip!
Ocean Man, need I say more ...oh yeah, The Mollusk is a psychedelic oceanic experience like tripping on a stonefish sting..🐟🐠🐳🦭🦈🦐🦞🦑🐙🦪🐡, did a pre show in Holland with the Ween guys ( Atak venue in the city of Enschede, Holland somewhere in the nineties), and these 2 guys got us flabbergasted with their stuff. Amazing legendary band!
The walk in Wynona's Big Brown Beaver it's something I still do to this day
Makes me happy to know these guys are friends, and of course, fishermen.
Every Ween album and especially The Mollusk made excellent soundtrack music back when I used to take fungal vacations.
You wouldn't know it now, but these guys were big stars in the 90s.
They still are…
@Jose Vasquez I don’t know Ween? Lmao. I’m 40 years old and live near New Hope. I’ve known them well since I was a child. 🙄
What a fucking wholesome legendary friendship
of course these two are friends. awesome.
Really need you guys to make an ep
A child without an eye.....
Made a mother cry....
@@Skizzy-o3l she kept her child clean
@@gonzaortellado1743 on Buckingham Green 😀
@@chadroeder The children saw the eye...
@@squeechsqueechins2584 as a SIGNNNN from god
i was at that Alternative Nation Festival, Melbourne Australia way back in '98, killer line-up, both these guys, FNM, Tool, The Tea Party Lou Reed and many more.
Yes, Yes,Yes and the crowd cheers. No , NO ,NO and the crowd boo's ! I love ween!!!!
That's why we love these guys. They are just like us.
Can ya just imagine floatin' past these two fellas on your lil' dingy?
i'd probably flip my lid
this is the best thing i've watched in a while
My 2 favourite bands, and they're friends.
That boat has two of the coolest people on the planet in it.
my sister bought me the Mollusk record, so great
we need a fishing show with these two as hosts. now.
Hosted by John Lurie, playing the "normal" guy...
Les comes from a long line of 🎵 "Pumpin' for the Man"🥁
This makes me happy.
It wouldn’t let me like this twice
Thanks for uploading this. Super cool!
I used to listen to The Mollusk all the time when I'd paint and draw. It's such a creative piece of work, it opens up my own creativity. If you're an artist, put it in your playlist for a muse. Or just listen to it because it's awesome, mang!
Freakin awesome, thanks for posting
I love Primus. But over the years I've come to love ween more.
Information < knowledge < wisdom < truth < beauty < love < music < fishing. Fishing is the best.
I'm a big Ween fan and my brother is a big Primus fan, I will send him this link right away lol
Just saw Ween and Les Claypool's Frog's a few weeks between each other at the same venue here in Kansas City.
Priceless
The Blarney Stone is one of those songs you want to drunkenly sing with a crowd of strangers.
a ween show would be the perfect place to do just that
I did that when they were on the White Pepper tour at a pub in Asheville, NC back in 2000. Everyone was drunk, high, or tripping, and when they got to The Blarney Stone everyone was shoulder to shoulder with beers in hand singing along. They closed the show with Hot For Teacher. One of the best shows I ever saw.
Hell yeah the Mollusk is great. This guy must know music.
It's always the one we never knew would be good.
After Les said The Mollusk is one of the best albums in the last 15-20 years, I was hoping Deaner would be like “well it’s been 25 years, but who’s counting anymore?”
I want Les and Ween to do an album!
Awesome video
😊WEEN SMILEY SMILER 😊
Can't wait for the SouthPark 25th anniversary show!!!!!
These guys would be cool to fish with. It would be hard for me to think of anything but "John the Fisherman" the whole time though. Such an amazing tune.
two of the BIGGEST dudes
Dudes rock.
I was too old to watch Sponge Bob but I listened to Ween in high school. I would have been so stoked if I knew that they used Ocean Man as the end credit song..
Mollusk is an all-time favorite for me too. The Lego music video is tight.
Love this!
This was awesome