Subject:     ween in athens
  From:        Kent McVay   (  kmcvay@uga.cc.uga.edu  )


I saw ween last night at the famous 40 watt club in Athens.  Holy Shit!
I have never seen ween before abd they completely blew my mind.  Athens
is the musical mecca in Georgia and I have seen some heavy fuckin' bands
around here, but not one show was as solid as the one I saw last night.
I don't know all of their songs, but the set included:
Spinal meningitis
Piss up a rope
Waving my dick in the wind
Voodoo lady
Manic depression
Hot for teacher
The Blarney Stone
The hiv song
(Hebrew Chant) I can't put my finger on it
Buenos tardes amigo
The stallion (pt. ?)
Awesome sound
Candi
Mister, would you please help my pony
Push the little daisies teases (?)
Puerto rican power
Pussy jam - during individual introductions gener said he wanted some of
that "dirty pussy" as glenn played a funky-as-hell keyboard jam.  Two
festive females from the crowd took the stage to engage in a little
funky dancing wih the members of the band.  Claude had to be motivated a
bit by gener to kick his solo into a full out sonic explosion.

I'm sure that there were at least 7-10 more songs (3 hrs. 5 min.
showtime) included in the set but i'm not sure what they were called. 
For a balls-out, freaked-out, tripped-out, super-fucked-up,
infuckingcredible orgasm of melody...

                      SEE WEEN LIVE!!!!!!!!!


Subject:      Ween destroys Athens, Ga - 20 Jan 98
  From:         RatBastard  (  jackstraw@mindspring.com  )


well, lasts night show at the 40 watt in athens was totally nuts... the
crowd was the most fired up that i've seen yet, with people jumpin up on
stage and dancing, some crazy guy singing the second half of Ocean Man by
himself, and ween playing "Hot for Teacher"... heh... 3+ hours- some
highlights:

Gener said "I can tell it's gonna be one of those nights tonight" and Dean
kept talking about how fucked up he was...

Deaner kinda flipped out during Awesome Sound and ripped this long long
solo and everyone in the band was kinda looking at him like "what do we do
now?"... needless to say, it ruled...

Gene put on this wig that looked like Pocahontas wig which someone threw on
stage and busted out this chill tribal chant while the rest of the group
backed him up...

Gener introduced the band about 15 times...

Dean, "freestyling" during Blarney Stone told the crowd that he had "Zits
on his nutsack and yeast in his crack" to which Gene said that was probably
the worst thing they'd ever said on stage.

And many song false starts, stops, and complete craziness.  The guitarist
from the opening back, Alex from Royal Fingerbowl, came on stage during the
encore and they just started playing random songs like Manic Depression
(Hendrix) and Something (Beatles)... it was totally crazy.

Anyway- Here's the set list verbatim from Kirk's soundboard copy-  he
scratched out most of the encore and didn't write in what they actually
played... i cant quite remember the order- it was a long encore and they
just kinda took requests from the audience... 

I'M DANCING IN THE SHOW TONIGHT
DON'T GET TOO CLOSE (2 MY FANTASY)
TAKE ME AWAY
THE GOLDEN EEL
SPINAL MENINGITIS
PISS UP A ROPE
WAVIN' MY DICK IN THE WIND
DOCTOR ROCK
MR. WOULD YOU  PLEASE HELP MY PONY
BUCKINGHAM GREEN
THE H.I.V. SONG
VOODOO LADY
FRANK
THE MOLLUSK
AWESOME SOUND (deaner goes crazy)
MISTER RICHARD SMOKER (dedicated to Michael Stipe)
FAT LENNY
SKETCHES OF WINKLE
FINGER
PUERTO RICAN POWER
PUMPIN' 4 THE MAN
OCEAN MAN
L.M.L.Y.P. (Shockadelica)
THE BLARNEY STONE
CAPTAIN FANTASY (SCRATCHED OUT)
VALLEJO (SCRATCHED OUT)
YOU FUCKED UP (SCRATCHED OUT)
<- INSERT LONG ENCORE HERE ->
BUENAS TARDES AMIGO

Peace,
RatBastard