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.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Recording and Composition[edit | edit source]
"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]
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
"Alcan Road" has never been played live.[5]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
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[6]
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Quebec
- The Caesar Demos (demo)
Further reading[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=4
- ↑ From the Quebec liner notes
