Ace of Spades
"Ace of Spades" is a Motörhead song that has been covered live by Ween.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Bassist Dave Dreiwitz sings the lead vocals for live performances of "Ace of Spades".
Ween first covered "Ace of Spades" at a unique and informal 1991 show with friends (including Dreiwitz) billed as Green Lipped Mussels.[1] At this performance, Gene Ween notes that it was Dean's idea to cover the song:
"Mickey had a good point, he said that he respects the song so much that we should do it. . . . It's really a shame that we're about to do this song, but we're gonna do it. Have mercy on us, and please forgive us . . . but we're gonna do it, 'cause I love Dave's voice, and Dave's gonna sing this song."[2]
Over a decade after this one-off show, Ween brought "Ace of Spades" back on a recurring basis in 2003 during the Quebec era, and have continued to play it occasionally ever since.[3] In addition, Dean Ween has played it at several solo shows, including with the Dean Ween Group (always with Dreiwitz); and Dreiwitz even played it solo at several Gene Ween acoustic shows, singing and playing bass alone.[4]
The song itself was written by Lemmy Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, and Phil Taylor of Motörhead, and is the title track of their 1980 album Ace of Spades.[5] It is often considered to be Motörhead's most definitive and iconic song.
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/setlist.php?band=all%20bands&show_id=827
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/Ween1991-07-15/WeenGreenLippedMussels1991-07-15t10.flac#
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=2
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=2
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Spades_(song)