Alcan Road
| "Alcan Road" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album Quebec | |||||
| Released | August 5, 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | c. 2001–2003 | ||||
| Length | 5:08 | ||||
| Label | Sanctuary Records | ||||
| Quebec track listing | |||||
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"Alcan Road" is a song by Ween from the 2003 album Quebec.
Appearances
- Quebec Studio Demos
- Quebec (2003)
- The Caesar Demos (demo)
Song Details
Recording and Composition
"Alcan Road" is an ambient/post-rock song in the key of G minor.
The lead vocals are sung by Gene Ween, who also plays all guitars on the track, as well as keyboards. Dean Ween plays the bass. Both Dean and Andrew Weiss are also credited with "the waste".[1]
Dean Ween has said that "Alcan Road" (as well as "Wash Me Down") was musically inspired by the Pink Floyd album More.[2]
The title is a reference to the Alaska-Canadian (ALCAN) Highway, which runs through British Columbia and Yukon Territory in Canada and ends in Delta Junction, Alaska after crossing the international border.[3] It was built during World War II, originally for the purpose of US military access into Alaska.[4]
Aaron mentions an experience going up the Alcan Highway during Ween's interview with Nardwuar in 1993.[5]
Live Performances
"Alcan Road" has never been played live.[6]
Lyrics
Official lyrics were printed in the Quebec liner notes:
Open the gate to the red land
Alcan road, by the turquoise lake
Starry skies, a mushroom cloud
Folding waves in a foamy tide
Washing in beds of opal shells
White gulls cry for you and I
Butterflies float away
Drift over pools of salt and clay
Mountain man, frosted child
Eagles cry, puppets of god
Strung like time, molded in form
Trees bend back and trails distort
It leads to the land of Alcan road
The turquoise lake and starry skies
Mushroom clouds, folding waves
Foamy tides of salt and brine [1]
Song Themes
Further reading
More (Pink Floyd album)
Alaska Highway (a.k.a. Alaska-Canadian Highway; ALCAN Highway)
- Travel site (for the photos): https://www.bellsalaska.com/highway/alaska-highway/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Highway
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Quebec liner notes
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ween/comments/twnzum/daily_song_discussion_156_wash_me_down/i3husmw/
- ↑ http://www.thealaskadream.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TheAlaskaHighwayCities.jpg
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Highway#Proposal
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UES0kEntfE&t=985s
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=4
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