Boing
| "Boing" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album The Pod | |||||
| Released | September 20, 1991 | ||||
| Length | 1:33 | ||||
| Label | Shimmy-Disc Records | ||||
| The Pod track listing | |||||
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"Boing" is a song by Ween from the 1991 album The Pod.
Song Details
Recording and Composition
"Boing" is a blues song with notable elements of psychedelic rock and folk. Due to tape speed manipulation, the studio version is in the key of E major, while live performances are transposed up to A major.
Alternate Versions
The version heard on the bootleg Big Timmy Wasserman Tape is the same recording used for the Pod album version.
Live Performances
The quiet, subdued recording on The Pod is substantially different from the version played live, which has a more upbeat rock feel. Ween played "Boing" live in the early 90s, but after 1994 did not play the song until 2021, when they finally reintroduced it.[1] However, prior to that, Gene Ween had played the song several times at solo acoustic shows, as well as with the Gene Ween Band.[2]
A 10/31/91 live recording from The Pod tour was officially released on the bonus DVD to At the Cat's Cradle, 1992.
Personnel
- Gene Ween – lead vocals, guitar
- Dean Ween – bass
- Andrew Weiss – mixing
Lyrics
According to Dean Ween, the lyrics are as follows:
You know she's smooth as a poodle eatin' shit on a shingle at dawn
Rip-rip-rip Van Winkle eatin' shit on a shingle at dawn
Would you like to do a boing, boing boing? Boing?
She's a fun lovin' woman and I love to see her wiggle
She's a rooty toot cute with a piggy in the middle
Would you like to do a boing, boing, boing? Boing?[3]
Song Themes
Poop, Profanity/Swearing, Rip Van Winkle, Sex, Sung by Gene Ween, Tape Speed Manipulation