Ween & Flaming Lips...

DEEP
DEEP Posts: 274
edited September 2008 in Other Music
Are they just plain wierd or is it just me?
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  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    I don't particularly care for Ween, as I think that they are way more gimmicky than the Lips.

    Of course the Lips are one of my five favorite bands ever, so I'm going to be very one-sided on this one.
  • AiCPearlJamWeen
    AiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    Both are amazing! Listen to "I Don't Want It" and "Don't Shit Where You Eat" by Ween.

    Plus both bands put on amazing fucking shows.
  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Both are amazing, but Ween is definitely weirder.
  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Havn't heard/of Ween.But Flamin Lips are the dogs bollocks.Great live to.
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    the weird makes them both great.
    d'oh!!!!!!

    http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
  • DEEP
    DEEP Posts: 274
    i gave ween more of a chance and found that they are a pretty good band. flaming lips are a different story.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    DEEP wrote:
    i gave ween more of a chance and found that they are a pretty good band. flaming lips are a different story.

    that's kinda backwards dude.

    flaming lips are weird as hell, true, but they are also amazing and have created some of the best music of the past 20 years.

    ween are a novelty act.
  • zircona1
    zircona1 Posts: 293
    soulsinging wrote:
    ween are a novelty act.

    They are an acquired taste and a lot of their songs are jokey, but I wouldn't label them as a "novelty act". Dean Ween is a really good guitarist, and on a typical night they play for 2 1/2 hours plus (at least the last time I saw them this was the case).

    I like the Lips and what they do - everyone should see them in concert - but aside from a few songs, I haven't been able to get into their music.
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

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  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    zircona1 wrote:
    They are an acquired taste and a lot of their songs are jokey, but I wouldn't label them as a "novelty act". Dean Ween is a really good guitarist, and on a typical night they play for 2 1/2 hours plus (at least the last time I saw them this was the case).

    I like the Lips and what they do - everyone should see them in concert - but aside from a few songs, I haven't been able to get into their music.

    Dean Ween, and that's his real name is it? if not then how can they not be a novelty act with a name like that?

    on a side note though i must confess to have never had the pleasure of hearing them anyway so what's my opinion really worth.....;)
    Black, the greatest without a doubt........
  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    Ween doing other people's songs? Not so bad.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54uG7VoLvWQ

    Ween doing there own songs? You tell me...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkJPiTIyZ8



    But I will say that "White Pepper" is really good.
  • Taft
    Taft Posts: 457
    Ween is extremely talented and a great live band....yes they are "weird", but don't let that fool you.
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    My brother loves Ween. I didn't care for the way the present some of their songs at first, but listening to my brother play them is amazing to me.

    Now I'm quite a fan. They are freaky but brilliant.
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    I cant stand this gimmicky crap
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  • xSmackSoundx
    xSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    Never listened to ween. Flaming Lips are in my top 3 bands of all time.
  • Evacuation Rules
    Evacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Anyone who dismisses bands like Ween and The Frogs and The Flaming Lips as "novelty acts" is a simpleton who doesn't understand what good music is.
  • MonsterOfTheMidway
    MonsterOfTheMidway Posts: 416
    JWBusher wrote:
    Anyone who dismisses bands like Ween and The Frogs and The Flaming Lips as "novelty acts" is a simpleton who doesn't understand what good music is.


    yep
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  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Don't really know much Ween, but the Flaming Lips are amazing, and a live show is like nothing else.
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  • SpinMeRoundRollMeOvr
    SpinMeRoundRollMeOvr Posts: 437
    Where's the cheese at?
  • catch22
    catch22 Posts: 1,081
    i love the flaming lips, but after watching the 'christmas on mars' trailer... it's a little too weird for me. not what i was expecting at all.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5_AJ8WTDAY
    and like that... he's gone.
  • AiCPearlJamWeen
    AiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    Glad to see this topic brought back to life!

    LONG LIVE WEEN AND THE LIPS!

    The little ditty at the end of It Overtakes Me is fucking beautiful (The Stars Are So Big And I'm So Small, Do I Stand a Chance?).

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