Blackjack
| "Blackjack" | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||
| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album GodWeenSatan: The Oneness | |||||
| Released | November 16, 1990 | ||||
| Recorded | c. 1989 | ||||
| Length | 4:37 | ||||
| Label | Twin/Tone Records | ||||
| GodWeenSatan: The Oneness track listing | |||||
|
|||||
"Blackjack" is a song from the 1990 album GodWeenSatan: The Oneness.
Appearances
- The Big Timmy Wasserman Tape (rough mix, 1990)
- GodWeenSatan: The Oneness (1990)
- GodWeenSatan: Live (live, 2016)
Song Details
Recording and Composition
"Blackjack" is an experimental song with industrial influences. The entirety of the song revolves around an electronic melody in B major while the bass plays a repeated G# note. In its sole live performance, the bassline is transposed up to B.
Both Gene and Dean perform the vocals on this track together. Gener's vocal is heard in the left stereo channel, and Deaner is on the right. "Blackjack" is one of the few songs on GodWeenSatan to use a drum machine instead of real drums.
"Blackjack" appears on the Big Timmy Wasserman demo tape.[more needed here]
Live Performances
The only known live performance of this song was at the GodWeenSatan: Live show on 9/14/2001.[1]
Lyrics
Official lyrics, handwritten by Dean Ween, were printed in the GodWeenSatan liner notes:
Blackjack
Big black Betty
Little Spanish Eddie
Blackjack
Indian black Betty[2]
Song Themes
Screaming, Spanish, Sung by Dean Ween, Sung by Gene Ween
References
- ↑ https://www.brownbase.org/setlist.php?band=all%20bands&show_id=335
- ↑ From the GodWeenSatan liner notes; lightly edited for clarity.