Boing
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album The Pod | |||||
| Released | September 20, 1991 | ||||
| Length | 1:33 | ||||
| Label | Shimmy-Disc Records | ||||
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"Boing" is a song by Ween from the 1991 album The Pod.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Recording and Composition[edit | edit source]
"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[edit | edit source]
The version heard on the bootleg Big Timmy Wasserman Tape is the same recording used for the Pod album version.
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
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.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Poop, Profanity/Swearing, Rip Van Winkle, Sex, Sung by Gene Ween, Tape Speed Manipulation