Homo Rainbow
| "Homo Rainbow" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album Chef Aid: The South Park Album | |||||
| Released | November 24, 1998 | ||||
| Recorded | 1998 | ||||
| Length | 2:46 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Chef Aid: The South Park Album track listing | |||||
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"Homo Rainbow" is a song by Ween, originally released on the 1998 soundtrack album Chef Aid: The South Park Album (listed as "The Rainbow").
Song Details[edit | edit source]
"Homo Rainbow" is a song in the key of F major, although the studio version is detuned by about +50 cents. The lead vocals are sung by Gene Ween.
Gene Ween has spoken fondly of working with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone: "They're fans of Ween, and we're fans of them - we're friends.[1]
Ween debuted "Homo Rainbow" live in the summer of 1998, about a month before the "Chef Aid" episode of South Park aired. They played the song commonly for about three years afterward; a 7/7/2000 recording from the White Pepper tour can be heard on the album Live at Stubb's. In later years, they have continued to play the song occasionally.[2] It has also been played live individually by both Gene Ween (solo acoustic) and Dean Ween (with the Dean Ween Group).[3]
At the song's second performance, Dean Ween introduced it by saying that it was "About those stickers you see on the side of vans."
The studio version released on Chef Aid: The South Park Album features Isaac Hayes the voice of Chef who sings in parts of the song.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Many colors in the homo rainbow
Don't be afraid to let your colors shine (Shine)
Many colors in the homo rainbow
Show me yours, I'm gonna show you mine (Mine)
If you find your pot o' gold
Then every little thing is gonna work out fine
In the homo rainbow
Many colors in the homo rainbow
Pick any shade, from black to yellow
Many colors in the homo rainbow
A warm embrace and a kind-a hello
If you find your pot o' gold
Then every little thing is gonna work out fine
In the homo rainbow
If you find your pot o' gold
Then every little thing is gonna work out fine
In the homo rainbow
Every single color, every walk of life[4]
(Ooh... in the homo rainbow)
In all shapes and sizes, gone every day and night
From the golden shores of Kansas to the meadows of Japan
(Ooh... in the homo rainbow)
Reach around your soul and love your fellow man
(Ooh... in the homo rainbow)
There are many colors in the homo rainbow
(Ooh... in the homo rainbow)
Don't be afraid to let your colors shine
Don't be ashamed of what God made you
(Ooh... in the homo rainbow)
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/GeneWeen2006-06-25/GeneWeen2006-06-25t05.flac#
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=73
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=73
- ↑ Isaac Hayes sings this part with Ween providing backup vocals. This part is absent in live performances.