Same is happening to me right now i discovered this song like 10 minutes ago and the studio version is so disgusting My favorite band is swans so i’m used to get scared on songs but this song it’s so fucking vomiting I love this song
gotta love how the band that literally inspired fucking SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS is still seen as a little cult band nobody really has much reason to care about
I feel bad now saying it kicks so much ass over the album version cuz they're both great in their own ways. The solo on the album gives me goosebumps. On this you can't hear it as well.
This was my first Ween song I liked alot. It's such a messed up song lyrically. Who would right a song about a young kid who has spinal meningitis. Especially when the song is in no way a uplifting song who's purpose is to help the kid. No it's just about being stupid and punk rockish.
Greg Rago I started listening to Ween today and this is the song that for me hooked. I’d heard of them for years. And I felt the same way, as much as I like the song. But the line about “smile on mighty Jesus” saves the song from being just edgy and is obviously a wry comment on how why loving lord could create such a disease and the suffering , fear and death of a child, I.E I’m guessing they’re not religious and this is a goofy song juxtaposing a loving lord and terrible illness. Unlike the HIV song which is just being edgy for its own sake.
Pretty damn sure they wrote this song when they were high as shit. As for the the smiling mighty jesus bit, I'm certain that's just some words that get confused with Spinal meningitis sometimes. If my memory serves me correctly, it's called a malapropism
@@pigslam i think it's tongue in cheek. The kid has a debilitating life impairing disease and theyre telling Mighty Jesus to look down on what he has created and smile. Another sick line from a sick song. Geniuses those two
headcanon: deceased father is trying to reunite with their kid by giving them a nasty disease from the grave in heaven, hence the religious themes and the kid only speaking to their mom. Just a theory with not much proof, but I think it's a cool idea
In interviews Ween has said they don't really like Zappa because they think he "made fun of the genre [he was playing on any given song]" and "it's not sincere enough." With that in mind, I can't help but view this song as one of the worst ever written by that standard, and unlike Zappa there's not anything "showoff-y;" it's just a meandering song with a random guitar solo with nothing too interesting aside from the over the top lyrics. Ween has some amazing songs, but this isn't one of them. I'd rather listen to Zappa's "Stick it Out," a song about a magical pig that the singer demands and then receives sex from, than this. Also that song has a robot.
I always took it as a statement on how the idea of a benevolent loving God and horrible things happening to innocent people are sometimes hard to reconcile. I suppose it's just one of those things that there is no good answer.
Genes voice was the best during this era
What era is this?
The post-pepper era
Hard to argue that bud
Dean-o is putting it down like a clown in this era as well
I just heard him and he sounds better than ever. Somehow, the guitar solos were even more epic too. 😘
How can Gene have great hair and be balding at the same time
Just being confident bro
It’s a gift.
Cuzz he rules
We have the same problem. Back is thick thick bush. Front not so much
You're looking at it.
"This is the blues." 😂😂😂
This is pure gold!
when I heard this song it horrified me so much I cried... why am i listening to it again
probably because chorus is catchy af
Same is happening to me right now i discovered this song like 10 minutes ago and the studio version is so disgusting
My favorite band is swans so i’m used to get scared on songs but this song it’s so fucking vomiting
I love this song
@@macarron5729 are you a ween fan now?
Listening to this song on repeat until I can conquer how uncomfortable it makes me
This song gives me chills. But I keep coming back for more!
same here man, I'm always imagine the kid feeling greassy
Chills is a sign of meningitis
Fucking Awesome ……..Love the look Deener gives the Drummer …..Priceless
Mutant Goons Yes!
The drummers name is Claude Coleman btw
2:03
gotta love how the band that literally inspired fucking SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS is still seen as a little cult band nobody really has much reason to care about
Deen and Gene at the absolute top of their game. Brilliant.
Dunno why. But this live version kicks SO much ass over the album version.
I fucking love it and I fucking love Ween.
I feel bad now saying it kicks so much ass over the album version cuz they're both great in their own ways. The solo on the album gives me goosebumps. On this you can't hear it as well.
Greasy McNasty I agree!!!
The album version is terrible compared to live versions that really took the song and polished it up and changed the whole feel.
@@gregrago9840 nah
This is the highest quality Ween!!!
Holy hot damn this Chicago show is incredible ❤🇺🇸
I used to think it was "Spiderman and Jesus! Spinal meningitis got me down."
LMAO
My favorite show was this years Chicago it’s my all time favorite and they seemed at their best.
Please make a new album boyos!
It fucking bangs live holy shit
the album version scared me as a kid lol. But since I was a child I randomly think to myself "why do they wanna see my spine am i gonna die".
it's crazy what 13 years and drug abuse can do to your age
What kind of drugs?
All of em'
Mr.McNinja Respond to me next time. I didn’t get the notification. Thanks.
Like did he do heroin?
Not sure, but knowing Ween they probably tried it out.
Valium and alcohol. Bad mix.
I thought that spinal meningitis was a made-up illness because of this song
working in healthcare for 12 years it's very real
@@V_Pie I know dude, that's why I wrote "thought" in past tense
i've heard that the song is based off one of their younger cousins dying from it because their parents thought god would cure it
Only at a Ween show could you have the crowd singing along to the voice of a terrified child about to get a spinal tap.
That drummer though...
The greatest
wish I was in Colorado right now.
Ween 4 life
That drummer can get it, no homo.
Claude is a sick drummer, check out his other band
Coronavirus got me down 🦠
That’s why I’m here. Covid got me down 😢
When I hear this song, I turn into the drunk white girl at a party, "this song is about me." (I had spinal meningitis as a kid)
I’ll send em twice to make sure you hear it
This version kicks !
Dude, 2:28 is what I come to this video for every time
This was my first Ween song I liked alot. It's such a messed up song lyrically. Who would right a song about a young kid who has spinal meningitis. Especially when the song is in no way a uplifting song who's purpose is to help the kid. No it's just about being stupid and punk rockish.
Greg Rago I started listening to Ween today and this is the song that for me hooked. I’d heard of them for years. And I felt the same way, as much as I like the song. But the line about “smile on mighty Jesus” saves the song from being just edgy and is obviously a wry comment on how why loving lord could create such a disease and the suffering , fear and death of a child, I.E I’m guessing they’re not religious and this is a goofy song juxtaposing a loving lord and terrible illness. Unlike the HIV song which is just being edgy for its own sake.
Pretty damn sure they wrote this song when they were high as shit. As for the the smiling mighty jesus bit, I'm certain that's just some words that get confused with Spinal meningitis sometimes. If my memory serves me correctly, it's called a malapropism
@@pigslam i think it's tongue in cheek. The kid has a debilitating life impairing disease and theyre telling Mighty Jesus to look down on what he has created and smile.
Another sick line from a sick song. Geniuses those two
I just saw a jorgie ormani commercial before the video! Too funny!
headcanon:
deceased father is trying to reunite with their kid by giving them a nasty disease from the grave in heaven, hence the religious themes and the kid only speaking to their mom. Just a theory with not much proof, but I think it's a cool idea
Yeah cool, I mean I just love how uncomfortable this song would make normal positive people feel.
what year was this??? how come I didn't go to this??
Skypup 2003
To quote letterkenny if you don’t know who ween is then that’s “FUCKING EMBARRASSING
Why does no one know who these guys are 🤦♂️
Do I count as a fucked individual for enjoying this song and vibing to it despite its lyrics?
Am I gonna die?!?!?!?!?
I’m just being
A truly edgy song
"this is browns"
He made his guitar sound like a crying child!
The blues?????
Jokes man….
Four weeks...
In interviews Ween has said they don't really like Zappa because they think he "made fun of the genre [he was playing on any given song]" and "it's not sincere enough." With that in mind, I can't help but view this song as one of the worst ever written by that standard, and unlike Zappa there's not anything "showoff-y;" it's just a meandering song with a random guitar solo with nothing too interesting aside from the over the top lyrics. Ween has some amazing songs, but this isn't one of them. I'd rather listen to Zappa's "Stick it Out," a song about a magical pig that the singer demands and then receives sex from, than this. Also that song has a robot.
This song is disturbing I feel like they are making fun of children with spinal meningitis
i don't think they are.
I always took it as a statement on how the idea of a benevolent loving God and horrible things happening to innocent people are sometimes hard to reconcile. I suppose it's just one of those things that there is no good answer.
To write lyrics, I always assumed they got super high and played mad libs.
pussy
Typical SJW pussy response